The Fourteenth International Competition of Performers on Wind & Percussion Instruments

Laureates of the Fourteenth International Competition of Performers
on Wind and Percussion Instruments

Category Flute

First Prize: Xenia Arsenova
Second Prize is divided between Alexandra Zvereva and Elena Krivorotova.
Third Prize: Ekaterina Sukhanova
The best performance of an obligatory piece at Round Two: Maria Popova
The best accompanist: Irina Zhuravel
Special prizes, the Yamaha silver heads of Types ‘E’ and ‘C’, were awarded
to Elena Krivorotova and Maria Leontyeva.

Category Tuba

First Prize is not awarded.
Second Prize is divided between Ilshat Bulyakov and Vilnur Samigullin.
Third Prize is divided between Ilya Guryev and Artyom Dmitrov.
The best performance of an obligatory piece at Round Two: Georgy Kvitantsev
The best accompanists: Eugenia Dumnich and Olga Tsagarelli

Congratulations to the winners!

Annex of the Year 2023 to the Regulations on Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s International Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments

A.1. General Provisions

A.1.1. The full official name of the competition is The Fourteenth Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s International Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments (hereinafter to be referred to as “the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition”).

A.1.3. The dates of holding the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition are from 27 October to 1 November 2023 inclusive.

A.1.4. The 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition will be held for the following two categories:

• (1) Flute;
• (2) Tuba.

A.1.5. The Program of the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition

A.1.5.1. Category Flute

By default, all pieces have to be performed by heart.

Round One — three pieces:

1. J. S. Bach. Partita in A Minor for solo flute, BWV 1013: I. Allemande (no repeat of the second section);
   II. Courante (no repeat of the second section)
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff. Vocalise (no repeat of the second section). Version for flute and piano (download PDF: flute part, piano part)
3. Sigfrid Karg-Elert. From Thirty Caprices for solo flute (Gradus ad parnassum), op. 107: Chaconne

Round Two — three pieces:

1. Аnastasia Khoroshilova. Jazz(less) for solo flute — to be performed from music (download PDF)
2. Sergei Prokofiev. Sonata in D Major for flute and piano, op. 94 (1943): either Movements 1 & 2 or Movements 3 & 4 (optionally)
3. One of the following pieces for flute and piano, optionally:

(a) George Enescu. Cantabile and Presto (1904)
(b) Philippe Gaubert. Nocturne and Allegro scherzando (1906)
(c) Gabrielle Fauré. Fantaisie, op. 79 (1898)
(d) Pierre Sancan. Sonatina (1946)

Round Three — two pieces:

1. W. A. Mozart. Concerto No. 1 in G Major for flute and orchestra, KV 313
2. Vladimir Tsybin. Concert Allegro No. 3 in F-sharp Minor for flute and piano (1946). Transcription for flute and orchestra by Valery Kikta — may be performed from music (download PDF: flute part, piano part)

A.1.5.2. Category Tuba

By default, all pieces have to be performed by heart.

Round One — two pieces:

1. Carlo Tessarini. Sonata in F Major for cello and basso continuo: Andante cantabile and Presto. Version for tuba and piano (download PDF)
2. Nikolai Rakov. Poetic Fantasia for tuba and piano (1987)

Round Two — three pieces:

1. Еlena Basova. The Song of A Lonely Earthman for solo tuba — to be performed from music (download PDF)
2. Bruce Broughton. Sonata for tuba and piano (1945)
3. One of the following concertos for tuba and orchestra adapted for tuba and piano, optionally:

(a) Valery Kikta. Concerto, op. 48 (1974) (download PDF)
(b) Edward Gregson. Concerto (1978)

Round Three — two pieces:

1. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Concerto in F Major for tuba and orchestra (1954) — download PDF (tuba part, Klavierauszug)
2. Alexei Lebedev. Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for tuba and orchestra (1950) — may be performed from music (download PDF: tuba part, Klavierauszug)

Dear competitors! Should you have any difficulties in finding the music, please don’t hesitate to contact the Organizing Committee.

A.2. Prizes of the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition

The Organizing Committee shall announce six monetary prizes for the laureates — three ones per each category:

• (1–2) First Prize of 200,000 (two hundred thousand) rubles each;
• (3–4) Second Prize of 100,000 (one hundred thousand) rubles each;
• (5–6) Third Prize of 75,000 (seventy-five thousand) rubles each.

A.3. The Jury Teams of the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition

A.3.1.1. Members of the Jury for the Category Flute:

Chairman of the Jury: Yefrem Podgayts (Russia).

Members of the Jury:
(1) Narek Avagyan (Armenia);
(2) Ljubiša Jovanović (Serbia);
(3) Vladimir Kudrya (Russia);
(4) Maria Chepurina (Russia).

A.3.1.2. Members of the Jury for the Category Tuba:

Chairman of the Jury: Pavel Klinichev (Russia).

Members of the Jury:
(1) Sergei Barmin (Russia)
(2) Pyotr Dudarenko (Belarus);
(3) Firgat Musin (Russia);
(4) Nikolai Shadrov (Russia).

A.4. Procedure for Holding the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition

A.4.3. The 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition of the year 2023 consists of three rounds:

Round One, the Rachmaninoff Hall
October 27, Friday, 10:00: Flute
October 28, Saturday, 10:00: Tuba

Round Two, the Rachmaninoff Hall
October 29, Sunday, 10:00: Flute
October 30, Monday, 10:00: Tuba

Round Three, the Great Hall
November 1, Wednesday, 10:00: Flute
November 1, Wednesday, 14:00: Tuba

A.4.8. The award ceremony and the final concert of the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition will take place on
1 November 2023 at 19:00 in the Great Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

A.5. Submission of the Application and the Documents

A.5.1. In order to participate in the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition, every applicant must fill out his/her online application
See the list of the other necessary documents in the text of the Regulations (clauses 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5 and 5.4).

A.5.3.1. In addition, every applicant for the Category Flute must submit the video recording of his/her performance of the shortened program of Round One in the form of a valid link to one of the following three “cloud” services: google.com, mail.ru, or yandex.ru. The obligatory technical requirements are as follows: 

• (1) the video recording has to be made with a still camera as a single frame: no editing is allowed;
• (2) the link must open one and the only video file of high density;
• (3) only the AVI, MOV, WMV, or MP4 file formats are admitted;
• (4) the video file may not be downloaded on any streaming video hosting (e.g. youtube.com, hulu.com, vimeo.com and the like).

A.5.3.2. The performance of the following two pieces has to be submitted on the video recording:

• (1) J. S. Bach. Partita in A Minor for solo flute, BWV 1013: I. Allemande (no repeat of the second section);
  II. Courante (no repeat of the second section)
• (2) Sigfrid Karg-Elert. From Thirty Caprices for solo flute (Gradus ad parnassum), op. 107: Chaconne

A.5.3.3. Both pieces may be performed from music for the video recording only.

A.5.5. The deadline for submitting the video recording (for the Category Flute), the online application and the documents in order to participate in the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition is 24 September 2023.

A.6. Financial Term

A.6.2. An amount of the registration fee for participation in the 14^th Wind/Percussion Competition is, optionally:

• (1) 3000 (three thousand) Russian rubles;
• (2) 218 (two hundred eighteen) Chinese yuans;
• (3) 30 (thirty) US dollars;
• (4) 29 (twenty-nine) euros.