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APPLICATION FORM 2024

YOUNG LEV VLASSENKO PIANO COMPETITION

Applicant’s Full Name (as on passport or birth certificate)

Preferred name /stage name of Applicant (the name you wish us to use for you publicly if different to your legal name)

Date of Birth of Applicant

Residential address of Applicant

Email address of Applicant

Phone contact (mobile preferred)

Biography of Applicant (for publicity purposes)

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Curriculum Vitae/Resumé

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Headshot photo of Applicant (for publicity and identification)

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Parent / Guardian’s details

Note: this is required as Applicant is under 18 years of age

Full Name of Parent/Guardian

Email address of Parent/Guardian

Phone contact of Parent/Guardian’s mobile preferred

Teacher / Mentor’s details

Teacher’s Name (current or most recent)

Current email address of Teacher

Supporting Documents

Proof of Nationality and Age

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Letter of recommendation from Teacher or eminent musician

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Certificates and Awards you have received

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REPERTOIRE Young Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition

AUDITION

REQUIRED FORMAT is to list the information on the work in this order:

Composer (first & last name), name of work, number of work (e.g. No. 1), key (written as ‘in C major,’) a comma, the Opus Number /catelogue number or equivalent, plus any further title or number required

For example:

Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/2

Frédéric Chopin Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

LIST WORK IN REQUIRED FORMAT

Prelude and Fugue from Well Tempered Klavier by Bach

Virtuoso Study by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov or Scriabin

First Movement of a Classical Sonata by Mozart, Haydn or Clementi

The Movement of the Concerto the Competitor has nominated to play in the finals

FIRST ROUND Repertoire (changes may be made up to 19 May 2024)

20 – 25 mins Recital

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A Prelude and Fugue by Bach (Well Tempered Klavier) or Shostakovich

A Virtuoso Study by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov or Scriabin

A First Movement of a Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Clementi

Own Choice of Work(s) if time permits

SECOND ROUND Repertoire – SEMIFINALS (changes may be made up to 19 May 2024)

25 – 30 mins Recital

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Work by an Australian Composer

Own Choice of Work(s) as time permits

PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND AGREEMENTS

All Applicants and Competitors, by submitting an application, and any images, and audition videos,

agree irrevocably that the Competition has the right, without payment of fees to:

televise, film, video, tape, broadcast, webcast or photograph all rounds of the Competition;
produce, reproduce, adapt and distribute, without limit, recordings of all rounds of the Competition, whether in whole or in part;
produce documentary or feature films and promotional material using such images and
videos or part thereof;
authorise (and sub-licence if necessary) Kawai Australia Pty Ltd to do likewise, but limited to the purposes of the sponsorship arrangements between Kawai Australia Pty Ltd and the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition Ltd.

The above constitutes an irrevocable licence to the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition Ltd (ACN

083 982 094) to use, adapt and reproduce (in its discretion) applications, images, videos and other

intellectual property associated with the Contestant’s participation in the 2024 Young Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition.

Media

All approaches to and from the media (as well as sponsors) must be made through and with the

approval of the Competition. Competitors may be required to be available for media calls arranged by the Competition.

Broadcasting and Live-streaming

ABC Radio and Radio 4MBS Classic FM may record for radio and broadcast the entire competition.

Performances may be filmed and recorded and live-streamed on the internet via the Competition website and various other digital platforms.

Acknowledgements

The First Prizewinner will, for a period of 10 years after the date of the receipt of such prize, include a clause in their curriculum vitae, biographical notes and performance programs, as an acknowledgement of their having been a prizewinner of the Young Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition.

Insurance

Applicants and Competitors are responsible for their own personal and property insurance. The Competition accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any sickness or accident or for any damage to or loss of competitors’ belongings whilst making their audition videos, in transit to the Competition venues or during their stay in Brisbane should they make the Finals.

AGREEMENT OF APPLICANT

I confirm I have read the above Performance Rights and Agreements above and Agree to all terms contained within and to all Rules of the Competition as published on the Competition website www.lev-vlassenko.com from time to time. I accept that all decisions of the Judges will be final.

I agree to the terms & conditions

Name of Applicant

AND

AGREEMENT OF PARENT / GUARDIAN (Required for all Applicants to this Competition)

I agree to the terms & conditions

Name of Parent/Guardian

PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE

Please note Applications will not be valid until payment is received

Young Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition – Application Fee $200 (non-refundable)

To conclude the Application, the $200 non-refundable application fee must be paid by Direct Deposit and a screenshot uploaded showing the payment with the description/reference and so that the deposit can be verified.

If a screenshot is unable to be uploaded an email must be sent to contact@lev-vlassenko.com detailing the Applicant’s name with a screenshot showing the payment with the description/reference and so that their deposit can be verified.

Direct Deposits must be paid into the following account:

BSB: 034055 ACC: 380018 - The Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition

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$250

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