Rules

1. CANDIDATES

1.1. Candidates’ age
The competition is open to conductors of all nationalities born after December 1977.

1.2. Application
Candidates must apply online: www.orquestradecadaques.com no later than 7 July 2013, and attach the following documents:

a) Passport
b) Curriculum vitae
c) Examination certificate(s) and material supporting their curriculum vitae
d) Two or more letters of recommendation (written in one of the official languages of the competition or, failing that, a sworn translation)
e) One photograph (resolution: A300DPF; size 10x15cm)
f) Brief written biography (maximum 150 words) to be included in the competition programme

*All documents in one of the official languages of the competition

VERY IMPORTANT: applications must be submitted online.

Candidates will be informed of the acceptance of their applications by confirmation of receipt, by email, from the organization. The confirmation will be sent within three days of the processing of the candidate’s application. Any candidate who does not receive confirmation can contact the organization.

1.3. Number of candidates
The Organizing Committee will review the documentation provided by the candidates and directly select a maximum of fifty contestants. The selected candidates will be informed of their acceptance before 31 July 2013.

NOTIFICATION OF PRELIMINARY AUDITIONS:
The candidates who have not been selected directly may opt for a special preliminary audition, which if they pass, allows them to participate in the competition. For more information, consult PRELIMINARY AUDITION. A maximum of ten candidates may be selected through the preliminary auditions.

Together with the fifty participants selected directly, a total number of sixty contestants will take part in the first round of the competition.

1.4. Registration fee
The selected candidates must send the registration fee and any material requested by the Organizing Committee before 15 August 2013. The fee is €310 (excluding bank charges) and must be sent by bank transfer.

1.5. Accommodation
The Organising Committee will provide hotel accommodation free of charge, during the time of the candidate’s active participation in the competition. Per diem and travelling expenses will be the contestants’ own responsibility.

1.6. Date of preliminary audition
All contestants should be present on the day, time and place to be duly communicated. Conductors will be called to perform in alphabetical order, beginning with a first letter chosen at random.

2. COMPETITION

2.1. Parts of the competition
The Competition is divided into five parts: first round, second round, third round, fourth round or semi-finals and the finals.

2.2. Number of contestants
There will be no more than sixty contestants in the first round, no more than twenty in the second round, no more than seven in the third round, no more than three in the semi-finals, and no more than two in the final round.

2.3. Open competition
All parts of the competition will be open to the public, and may be recorded and broadcasted by radio or television. Conductors have no rights to royalties on these recordings and/or broadcastings.

2.4. Orchestra
All contestants will conduct the Ensemble of the Cadaqués Orchestra in the first round, and the Cadaqués Orchestra in the rest of the rounds.

2.5. First round
Conductors will be allowed 10 minutes for the selection round, during which they will conduct the work detailed in section 3.1.

2.6. Second round
Conductors will be allowed 15 minutes for the second round, during which they will conduct the work detailed in section 3.2.

2.7. Third round
During the third round the conductor will conduct one work from section 3.3. The Artistic Committee / The Jury will decide which works the candidate will conduct and their order. The contestants will be given 30 minutes to perform these works.

2.8. Fourth round or semi-finals
For the semi-finals contestants will have to conduct a work commissioned by the competition (section 3.4.). This work will be given to all candidates the 3 June 2012. The contestants will be given 45 minutes to perform the work.

2.9. Finals
For the finals contestants will have to conduct the work from section 3.5.a and one work from section 3.5.b, which will be chosen by the Artistic Committee / The Jury. The finals will be held on day, time and place to be duly communicated. Finalists will be given one hour to rehearse with the Cadaqués Orchestra on the same day.

3. REPERTOIRE

(PROVISIONAL)

Preliminary Auditions:
Igor STRAVINSKY: Histoire du soldat
(Chester Music ISBN: 0711938415).

3.1. First Round
Arnold SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire
(Universal Edition)

3.2. Second Round
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Symphony n. 38 K504 en D major "Prague"
(Bärenreiter)

3.3. Third Round
a) Antonín DVO?ÁK: Serenade for strings (Tritó)
b) J.C. ARRIAGA: Symphony in D major (Tritó)

3.4. Fourth Round or Semi-Finals
Héctor PARRA: commissioned work

3.5 Finals:
a) Ferran SOR: Aria de “Telémaco” (Tritó)
b) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony n. 1, op. 21 en Do major (a decidir entre Ed. Bärenreiter o Ed. Henle)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony n. 2, op. 36 en Re major (a decidir entre Ed. Bärenreiter o Ed. Henle)

All these scores can be ordered at Tritó:
http://www.trito.es
Email: info@trito.es

NOTE: Candidates are not allowed to use photocopies of the scores during the competition. Candidates who use photocopies will be excluded.

4. PRIZES

4.1. Awards
The judges will give two awards:
First Prize and Second Prize

4.2. The judge’s decision
Any one of the two prizes can be declared void and the second prize may be declared ex aequo.

4.3. Orchestral engagements
The First Prize winner will conduct a programme with one of the orchestras that collaborate with the competition. The Second Prize winner will conduct the Ensemble of the Cadaqués Orchestra.
10th Edition collaborating orchestras were:

BBC Philharmonic (Manchester)
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Joven Orquesta Nacional de España
Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen (Anvers)
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Orquesta Ciudad de Málaga
Orquesta de Córdoba
Orquesta de Valencia
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Orquesta Pablo Sarasate de Pamplona
Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radiotelevisión Española
Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid
Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
Orquestra de Cadaqués
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona Nacional de Catalunya
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Real Filharmonía de Galicia
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and
Wiener Kammerorchester (Vienna)

THE 11th CADAQUÉS ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN 2013.

5. THE JUDGES

5.1. The panel of judges
The panel is chaired by Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

5.2. The panel’s sessions
During the panel’s sessions the artistic director of the competition will act as secretary, with no right to vote. The judges’ decisions will be secret and final.

5.3. During the course of auditions
The panel has the right to interrupt the contestants during performances to ask them questions, and also has the right to order them to finish before their time is up.

5.4. The panel’s rights
The organisers have the right to change the number of contestants in any of rounds of the competition, as well as the right to introduce any changes necessary for the smooth functioning of the competition.

In the event of any doubts as regards the different translations of the competition terms and conditions, the Catalan version is the definitive text.