2021 - 12th RIMM - 6th Mirecourt International Violin Competition

The Jury will be composed by world known musicians and violin teachers: Martin Beaver (Canada), Jan Repko (United-Kingdom), Dong-Suk Kang (South Korea), Sergey Malov (Russia/Hungaria), Marianne Piketty (France), Marco Rizzi (Italy), Irina Muresanu (Romania).

Biographies of the jury to download : Cv jury 2021 new en (1.7 Mo)

• 1^st prize: 5 000 €
• 2^nd prize: 3 000 €
• 3^rd prize: 1 000 €
• 4^th prize: 500 €
• Special Prize of the bow makers: a modern bow valued at €4,000, offered by La Venotte and the Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, organizer of the Competition.
• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary piece: a €250 voucher for music scores offered by Durand-Salabert-Eschig.
• Special Prize of Contemporary String Instrument Manufacturing:a two-year-lent-copy of the "Vieuxtemps 1741" of Guarneri Des Gesù by Bogidar Vermand from the "Atelier Vermand Luthiers".
• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the French sonata: a €250 voucher for music scores offered by Durand-Salabert-Eschig.
• Public Master Classes offered to the candidates by the members of the jury.

Information to candidates to download: 2021 CIVM - Information to candidates

The candidates have to provide before July 15, 2020 a high quality video comprising:

1. PAGANNI : one Caprice, at the candidate's choice
2. 1st movement of the concerto chosen for the finale, recorded with piano accompaniment or JS BACH – piece for solo violin (played without the repeats) chosen in the list 1. of the first round.

Concert Hall – Cinéma Rio, Mirecourt

A solo violin programme of no more than 30 minutes’ duration, comprising:

1. JS BACH - one piece for solo violin (played without the repeats) from the following list:

• Sonata n° 1 in G minor (BWV 1001) - Mvt 1-2 (Adagio & Fuga)
• Partita n° 1 in B minor (BWV 1002) - Mvt 1-4 (Allemanda, Double, Corrente, Double)
• Partita n° 1 in B minor (BWV 1002) - Mvt 5-8 (Sarabanda, Double, Tempo du borea, Double)
• Sonata n° 2 in A minor (BWV 1003) - Mvt 1-2 (Grave & Fuga)
• Partita n° 2 in D minor (BWV 1004) - Mvt 1-4 (Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga)
• Partita n° 2 in D minor (BWV 1004) - Mvt 5 (Ciaccona)
• Sonate n° 3 in C major (BWV 1005) - Mvt 1-2 (Adagio & Fuga)
• Partita n° 3 in E major (BWV 1006) - All movements

2. PAGANINI : One Caprice, at the candidate’s choice

3. A French contemporary piece for solo violin from the following list:

• Georges Aperghis - I.X. (2006)
• Pierre Boulez - Anthème (1991)
• Bernard Cavanna - Fauve (1995)
• Pascal Dusapin - In vivo (2017)
• Bechara El-Khoury - Trois pièces : Arminia, Beyrouth-Jérusalem, Perpétuel (2013)
• Philippe Hersant - Tarab (2010) 
• Philippe Hersant - Chants du Sud (1996)
• Marc Monnet - Fantasia dolorosa (1982)
• Eric Montalbetti - Sonate pour violon seul (2016)
• Florentine Mulsant - Sonate Op.19 Corail – Dédale (1999-2002)
• Florentine Mulsant - Sonate de concert Op.45, Chaconne (2013)
• Eric Tanguy - Sonate brève (1999) 

Concert Hall – Cinema Rio, Mirecourt

A recital of no more than 60 minutes’, comprising:

1. A work for violin and piano from the following list:

• Schubert - Fantasy in C major (D934)
• Schubert - Sonata in A major (D574)
• Schubert - Rondo brilliant in B minor, op. 70 (D895)
• Schubert - Sonatina in D major (D384)
• Schubert - Sonatina in A minor (D385)
• Schubert - Sonatina in G minor (D408)
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 1 opus 12 n° 1 in D major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 2 opus 12 n° 2 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 3 opus 12 n° 3 in E flat major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 4 opus 23 in A minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 5 opus 24 in F major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 6 opus 30 n° 1 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 7 opus 30 n° 2 in C minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 8 opus 30 n° 3 in G major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 9 opus 47 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 10 opus 96 in G major                      

2. A French Sonata for violin and piano from the following list:

• Mel Bonis - Sonata
• Claude Debussy - Sonata
• Gabriel Fauré - Sonata n° 1 in A major Op.13
• Reynaldo Hahn - Sonata in C major
• Guillaume Lekeu - Sonata in G major
• Gabriel Pierné - Sonata in D minor Op.36
• Francis Poulenc - Sonata
• Maurice Ravel - Sonata
• Maurice Ravel - Sonata Op. posthumous
• Camille Saint-Saëns - Sonata n°1 in D minor Op.75

3. A virtuoso piece, at the candidate’s choice, for solo violin or with piano accompaniment.

Concert Hall – Auditorium de La Louvière à Epinal

With the « Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lorraine  » – within the framework of the « Concerts Classiques d’Epinal »

A concerto from the following list:

• Johannes Brahms - Concerto in D major Op.77
• Félix Mendelssohn - Concerto in E minor Op. 64
• Camille Saint-Saëns - 3rd Concerto in B minor Op. 61
• Jean Sibelius - Concerto in D minor Op. 47
• Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski - Concerto in D major Op.35

Top down, from the left to the right: Aino Akiyama (Japan), Johnny van Gend (Australia), Gawon Kim (South Korea), Erten Deniz Ispir (Turkey), Emily Turkanik (Germany), Sophia Fournier (France), Leqing Wang (China), Larissa Cidlinsky (Germany), Riana Heath (USA), Qingzhu Weng (China), Reika Sato (Japan), Thomas Briant (France), Victoria Wong (Australia), Yoko Ishikura (Japan), Yumiko Yumiba (Japan), Léa Al-Saghir (Switzerland), Elise Bertrand (France), Alcide Menetrier (France) et Simone Spadino (Italy).

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