The Seventh Nikolai Myaskovsky Competition of Young Composers

Laureates of the Seventh Nikolai Myaskovsky Competition

First Prize:
Ekaterina Khmelevskaya (Russia): Songs of the Sands (password “Wind of Change”)

Second Prize:
Xiao Rongjun (China): Fantasy (password “1066607293”)

Third Prize (divided between two composers):
Daria Slavnikova (Russia): Two Poems for string orchestra (password “The Olive Branch”)
Vera Petrova (Russia): Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra (password “er4k31”)

Diplomas:
Anton Smirnov (Russia): In Memory of Bela Bartók (password “The Man of Men”)
Duan Yuqian (China): The Ninth Wave (password “Blue sky”)
Li Hao (China): The Fight of a Dragon with a Tiger (password “132435”)
Wen Ziyang (China): Dirge (password “465700”)

Congratulations to the winners!

Twelve scores with the following identifying passwords have been admitted to participate in Round Two:

1. 1066607293: Fantasy
2. 132435: “The Fight of a Dragon with a Tiger”
3. 25789: “The Images of Russia,” a suite for chamber orchestra
4. 465700: “Dirge”
5. Blue sky: “The Ninth Wave”
6. er4k31: Prelude and Fugue for string orchestra
7. MUZA: Canticum cordis (in memoriam)
8. Nicholas of Radom: Col Legno (Chamber Magnificat)
9. Wind of change: “Songs of the Sands”
10. Оливковая ветвь [Olive Branch]: Two Poems for string orchestra
11. Человек Человеков [The Man of Men]: “In Memory of Bela Bartók”
12. Через музыку к Свету! [Through Music to Light!]: “Space”

Forty scores with the following identifying passwords have been admitted to participate in Round One:

1. 1066607293
2. 132435
3. 13579
4. 16851873
5. 168520231750200700
6. 20Vaud23
7. 25789
8. 465700
9. 4903945
10. 9.11
11. anorkats
12. apoptosis
13. aptj3885
14. Blue sky
15. E50184706
16. er4k31
17. Eternal waters
18. HarmonyV9
19. Iguman
20. incognita
21. Insmp10
22. irrevocable thing
23. Mandragora
24. MUZA
25. Nicholas of Radom
26. NorgardG32
27. nullun
28. QUANTICUM
29. RxB
30. suriv
31. Wind of change
32. zzzxxxcvb
33. деда_да! [deda_da!]
34. Оливковая ветвь [Olive Branch]
35. Память [Memory]
36. периметр прямоугольника [rectangular perimeter]
37. Портфель [Briefcase]
38. СДУЩ-25 [SDUShch-25]
39. Человек Человеков [The Man of Men]
40. Через Музыку к Свету! [Through Music to Light!]

Annex of the Year 2023 to Regulations on Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s International Nikolai Myaskovsky Competition of Young Composers

A.1. General Provisions

A.1.1. The full official name of the competition is Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s Seventh International Nikolai Myaskovsky Competition of Young Composers (hereinafter to be referred to as “the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition”).

A.1.3. The dates of holding the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition are from 10 to 30 April 2023 inclusive.

A.2. Prizes of the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition

A.2.1. The Organizing Committee has announced the following prizes for the laureates:

• (1) First Prize of 80,000 (eighty thousand) rubles;
• (2) Second Prize of 60,000 (sixty thousand) rubles;
• (3) Third Prize of 40,000 (forty thousand) rubles.

A.3. The Jury Teams of the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition

A.3.1. The Jury Team of Round One:

1. Alexander Chaykovsky (Russia)
2. Alexander Koblyakov (Russia)
3. Yuri Vorontsov (Russia)

A.3.2. The Jury Team of Round Two:

1. Alexander Chaykovsky, chairman (Russia)
2. Kuzma Bodrov (Russia)
3. Valery Voronov (Germany)
4. Yuri Vorontsov (Russia)
5. Alexander Koblyakov (Russia)
6. Mikhail Kokzhayev (Armenia)

A.4. Procedure for Holding the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition

A.4.3. The 7^th Myaskovsky Competition consists of two rounds.

• A.4.3.1. Round One is an eliminating contest of the pieces to be submitted by the applicants to the Organizing Committee (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Piece”; see clause 5.2 in the basic text of the Regulations).
• A.4.3.2. Round Two of the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition will be held publicly on 28 April 2023 at 14:00 in the Nikolai Myaskovsky Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

A.4.6.1. The award ceremony and the final concert of the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition will take place on 30 April 2023 at 14:00 in the Nikolai Myaskovsky Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

A.5. Submission of the Application and the Piece

A.5.1. In order to participate in the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition, every applicant must fill out his/her online application.
The form of an applicant’s consent for the processing of his/her personal data can be downloaded here.
See the description of the other necessary documents in the text of the Regulations (the Regulations tab: clauses 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6 and 5.3).

A.5.2.1. Also, in order to participate in the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition, every applicant must submit one Piece composed by him/her personally, with any formal structure whatsoever, to be presented in the form of the score and the parts as PDF files, provided that:

• (1) the score and each part must be signed by the applicant’s identifying password only (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Password”), with no name on them;
• (2) the name of each PDF file has to contain the Password only;
• (3) the Password on the score must be identical to that on each part.

A.5.2.2. The Piece has to be composed for a string orchestra consisting of 4 first violins, 4 second violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double-basses. The duration of the Piece has to be seven minutes minimum and ten minutes maximum.

A.5.4. The deadline for submitting the online application and the Piece in order to participate in the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition is 9 April 2023.

A.6. Financial Term

A.6.2. An amount of the registration fee for participation in the 7^th Myaskovsky Competition is, optionally:

• (1) 3000 (three thousand) Russian rubles;
• (2) 300 (three hundred) Chinese yuans;
• (3) 43 (forty-three) US dollars;
• (4) 40 (forty) euros.