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We get a lot of applications and if they are sent incomplete with bits and bobs arriving separately, there is a great chance that we can't put it together. Sometimes candidates have similar names or their passport names vary from the name they use. We don’t have the time to solve these puzzles so please send your complete documents in one envelope and remember everything has to be with us by 31 October!
If you have questions regarding the competition and your application, read the following Questions and answers first before emailing us. You might already find what you are looking for.
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My passport is out of
date OR I don't have a passport. Can I send another
document?
Your application needs to
conatin an official document in English language that certifies
your name, nationality and date of birth. If your passport has
expired, you can still send us a copy of it whilst applying for a
new one. Alternatively you can send an English language birth
certificate.
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What region and format
does my DVD need to be?
The pre-selection jury uses a multi region DVD
player, so you DVD can have any region coding and be either PAL or
NTSC format. However don't send a mini DVD; just a regular size
one.
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My birthday is a few days outside of the age limit. Do
you make any
exceptions?
As a matter of
principal and fairness, we don't make any exceptions. Junior
competitors must be under 16 years of age and senior competitors
under 22 years of age on the 15 of April 2012
(everybody born after 15 April 1990). Violinists aged 15 may
also enter the Senior Section.
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Can I record 3 separate
DVDs for the application?
As we are getting so many DVDs you need to put
all your works on one DVD even if the pieces are recorded
separately. The pre-selection jury needs to be able
to flick back and forth between your works without having to
change disks.
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Where do I find
the sheet music for the Piazzolla piece?
The Piazzolla piece was originally
composed for flute and guitar but has often been played with violin
and guitar. The flute part is identical with the violin part.
You should be able to buy the “Histoire du Tango" for flute and
guitar from most good sheet music shops. Alternatively please find
following two links to websites who sell it:
http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/0293383/details.html
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What do you mean by
'virtuoso piece' and does it have to be 12 minutes long?
A virtuoso work is a standalone piece for
violin (with or without accompaniment) that shows the virtuosity of
the player. It is not a movement of a concerto or an entire
concerto. Virtuoso pieces are for example: P. SARASATE
Zigeunerweisen, C. SAINT-SÆNS Rondo Capriccioso, and it does not
have to be one of those, there is a vast repertoire to choose
from.
The piece may be shorter than 12 minutes but it can't be longer.
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Which cadenza would you
like me to play?
You can choose any cadenza or even compose
your own.
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Where do I find the newly
commissioned Chinese work?
The works are still being composed and will
be chosen by our Artistic Director later this year. Selected
competitors will receive the work early in the New Year.
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Do I have to record the
works for my application DVD without stopping, like in a
recital?
You can but you don't have to.
You may record the works separately, stopping the camera between
the works.
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Do I have to play the
works for my application DVD with or without
repeats?
We leave this to your artistic
judgement. You can play the works without repeats or with repeats
if the repeats are short. In the competition rounds,
should you be chosen, you should play without repeats unless they
are very short and add to the artistic performance. It is
important, that the work does not exceed the given time limit.
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The Glazunov Violin Concerto is one big piece without clear boundary between movements, where should I stop?
You should play the first movement until the end of the cadenza.
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I have problems getting
all required application documents together by the deadline. Can
some of it be sent later?
No. Your complete application has to reach us
by 31 October. The Menuhin Competition has a six months application
period and it is your responsibility to plan and put together your
application to reach us in time. The pre-selection jury meets
very shortly after the deadline and they will look at each DVD
and application. Therefore incomplete or late applications can not
be accepted.
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When will I know if I am
accepted to take part in the
competition?
Entrants will be advised of
their acceptance or otherwise during December 2011.
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How do I know which works
can be played with music?
The competition repertoire on pages 5 and 6
of the application information document indicate which
works can be played with music.
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