http://www.wfimc.org/Webnodes/en/Web/Public/Competitions/Competition+info?cmp=41715
Calendar
First day meeting: 25th March 2017 – 8,30 a.m.
First Round: from 26th until 29th March 2017
26th March: afternoon session at 17h.
27th March: morning session at 10h.
27th March: afternoon session at 17h.
28th March: morning session at 10h.
28th March: afternoon session at 17h.
29th March: morning session at 10h.
Second Round: 30th and 31st March 2017
30th March: morning session at 10h.
30th March: afternoon session at 17h.
31st March: morning session at 10h.
31st March: afternoon session at 17h.
Semifinal: 2nd April 2017
Morning session at 10h.
Afternoon session at 17h.
Possible recitals for contestants eliminated from the competition: from 30th March until 2nd April 2017
Final with Orchestra: 6th April 2017 at 8,00 p.m.
Award Ceremony: 7th April 2017
Jury
The jury members of each edition are announced each year after the selection of the contestants, in mid-January. Pupils or relatives of the jury members are not allowed to take part in the competition.
More than 200 jury members from 30 countries have selflessly participated in the competition, throughout its history.
Members of the jury are leading figures in their own countries and internationally, with a vast experience as performers, teachers and jury members in other prestigious international competitions.
They are selected by the competitions’ Artistic Director in agreement with the General Manager, representing multiple nationalities and piano schools on the international stage and balanced between members of the francophone, anglophone, German, Asian, East European, Mediterranean as well as local musical traditions.
The competition relies on jury members who, in spite of not being media celebrities, have an outstanding concert career and teaching experience. They must stand out for their personal and human value, for showing empathy and understanding in moments of effort and stress, and for their ability to appreciate the contestants’ musical talent. Every year, a previous winner of the competition is part of the jury.
The Artistic Director of the competition, Mr. Carlos Cebro, is also the President of the Jury.
Jury for the Maria Canals 2017
The members of the Jury for the 63rd edition of the International Music Competition Maria Canals 2017 will be:
CARLOS CEBRO – PRESIDENT OF THE JURY
Uruguay / France
Pianist. Winner of many prizes in various international competitions. Concerts, recitals and master classes around the world. Artistic Director of several international competitions, among them the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona. He gives master classes in Europe, Asia and America. Jury Member of several international music competitions. He has made numerous recordings. He has been given the grade of «Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres» by the Ministry of Culture of the French Government.
ENRIQUE BAGARIA
Spain
Pianist. Concerts and recitals around the world as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Prize winner at several international competitions. Winner of the Barcelona Maria Canals International Music Competition. Professor at “Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu” in Barcelona and pianist at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Esmuc). He has given master classes and he has made several recordings. Jury at numerous international competitions.
MICHEL DALBERTO
France
Pianist and Conductor. Prize-winner at the Clara-Haskil International Competition and Leeds International Piano Competition. Professor at the « Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris ». Worldwide recitals and master-classes. He has performed with the most eminent orchestras and conductors and he has made numerous recordings with the major music labels, obtaining several awards. Jury at numerous international competitions, he has chaired the Jury of Clara Haskil Competition, where he currently is member of the Organization Committee. Awarded «Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite» by the French Government
MANANA DOIJASHVILI
Georgia
Pianist. Prize-winner at the International George Enescu, Smetana and Sydnney Piano Competitions, among others. Worldwide recitals, concerts and master classes. Head of the piano department and Vice-Rector at Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Director of the Georgian Music Competitions Fund. Founder of the Festival New Year Music Celebration.Jury at numerous international competitions. Founder and director of the Tbilisi International Piano Competition. She has been given the grade of Officier dans l ́Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
ALEXEY LEBEDEV
Rusia
Pianist. Prize-winner at the International Piano competitions Ferruccio Busoni in Bolzano, Gian Battista Viotti in Vercelli and José Iturbi in Valencia. Awarded at the Maria Canals International Music Competition from Barcelona. Worldwide recitals, concerts and master classes. Jury at numerous international competitions. Professor at Kyungsung University in Busan, South Korea.
DAVID LIVELY
U.S.A.
Pianist. Prize-winner at the International Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, and Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels. Former student, currently Director of Competitions at l’Ecole Normale de Paris. Worldwide recitals, concerts and master classes. He has a very broad repertoire and he collaborates with the best contemporary composers. Interested in chamber music, he has made several recordings among them the integral chamber music works by Cesar Franck. Jury at numerous international competitions.
EWA OSINSKA
Poland
Pianist. First Prize at the International Piano Competition A. Casella (Napoli) and Concurso Internacional Premio Jaen de Piano. Jury member of several international competitions. Concerts, recitals and master classes in the five continents. Several published recordings, among them the integral piano works by Chopin. She has been awarded the highest artistic distinction, the Order Polonia Restituta, as well as the medal of the city of Paris.
ELIANE REYES
Belgium
Pianist. Prize-winner at the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona as well as in the Internacional Ettlingen, Montreal, Ignacio Cervantes and Clara Schumann Piano Competitions, among others. Worldwide recitals, concerts and masterclasses. She has made numerous recordings, which have been nominated several times in the International Classical Music Awards. Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and also complementary piano
at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Jury at numerous international competitions. In 2016 she has been given the grade of «Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres» by the French Government.
MAMIKO SUDA
Japan.
Pianist. Professor at Toho University of Tokyo. Awarded the Fréderic Chopin Prize by the Fréderic Chopin Society of Japan. Prize winner at several international competitions, among them the Mozart International Piano Competition of London. Recitals, concerts, and master classes in Asia and Europe. Jury Member at numerous international competitions.
The scoring system
The scoring system is detailed in the Competition Rules.
The final score is an aggregate of the marks obtained by the contestants in the four rounds. However, a weighting system has been established to give priority to the Second Round mark in relation the First Round mark. The same thing happens with Semifinal and Final.
To obtain the average final score for each contestant in each round, both the highest and the lowest marks will be overlooked.
Voting is secret, but at the end of each round and before deliberations, the marks of the contestants are distributed among the jury members, from the highest to the lowest. Marks are known by the jury, but cannot be assigned to any of its members.
Only the Director and the Secretary of the jury know the marks of the jury members, during deliberations.
In case of a mark differing greatly from the rest, the President of the Jury may ask for a further clarification.
Rules: http://mariacanals.org/mm/file/ReglamentANGL_2017_04.pdf