Between 24th and
26th November 2017 the Bertold Hummel
Foundation is organising, in collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik
Würzburg the eighth Bertold Hummel Competition for instrumental students of
all music universities and conservatories in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, the Netherlands
and Switzerland. The instrumental specialty in this competition is Saxophone.
Foreword
With this competition, the
Bertold Hummel Foundation and the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg wish to pass
on to younger generations of musicians an active
involvement with the work of the composer Bertold Hummel (1925-2002). With
his wide-ranging œuvre, he is considered
an important representative
of German cultural life in the second half of the 20th century. Throughout
his life, Bertold Hummel was energetically engaged in promoting
upcoming young musicians, not only in his position as President (later
Honorary President) of the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg, but also in many
other cultural/political bodies in Bavaria and beyond the borders of the
Federal Republic of Germany.
A word of welcome
The eighth Bertold Hummel
Competition is taking place in Würzburg in 2017 and is dedicated to classical
saxophone literature with an emphasis on the music of the
20th and 21st centuries. I was very pleased to take
over the patronage of this competition, having of course been closely linked with Bertold
Hummel on an intellectual and personal level from his beginnings in Freiburg and
later during his work in Bavaria. May the reputation of the competition named after
him in turn spread to the music universities
and conservatories of German, Austria, Switzerland and,
this year, of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and attract many young
artists – bringing joy to the performers and honouring the memory of an important
creator and teacher of music.
Munich, 5th March 2017
Prof. Dr. Hans
Maier
Former Bavarian Minister of State for Education and Culture.
Prizes
1. Prize 2500 Euro
2. Prize 1500 Euro 3. Prize 1000 Euro Jury
Prof. Dr. Bernd Clausen President
of the Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg - Chairman
Prof. Arno Bornkamp Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Prof. Lutz Koppetsch University of Music, Würzburg
Prof. Gerald Preinfalk University of Art of
the City of Graz
Prof. Jan Schulte-Bunert University of Music and Theater, Rostock / Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt
Competition Repertoire
1st Round (max.
20 minutes)
Bertold Hummel: Tre Pezzi for Saxophone in Eb
solo, op. 81e (1979)
|
and
|
one work
from the following group: |
Gallois Montbrun: Six Pièces Musicales d’Etude pour Saxophone Alto et Piano (1954) - movements 1-4 |
Robert Muczynski: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, op. 29 (1970) |
Claude Pascal: Sonatine pour saxophone et piano (1947) |
Erwin Dressel: Bagatellen für Saxophon und Klavier (1938) |
Paul Hindemith: Sonate für Alt-Saxophon und Klavier (1943) |
François Rossé: Jonction pour saxophone alto et piano (1999)
|
and |
Johann Sebastian Bach: two movements from a suite
for cello solo or from the partita for flute solo in a transcription of
your own
choice
(4 - 5 minutes) |
2nd Round (max. 30 minutes)
Bertold Hummel: Sonata brevis für Alt-Saxophon und Klavier op. 95a (1991)
|
and
|
one work from the following group:
|
Jacques Ibert: Concertino da Camera pour Saxophone Alto et Piano (1935) |
Fernande Decruck: Sonate en Ut # pour Saxophone Alto et Piano (1943) |
Paule Maurice: Tableaux de Provence - Suite pour Saxophone Alto et Piano (1948-1955) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone et Piano (1948) |
Edison Denisov: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1970) |
Bernhard Heiden: Sonata for alto Saxophone and Piano (1937) |
and |
one
work of your own choice for saxophone solo, composed after 1970 (max. 8. minutes)
|
Competition venue: Chamber Music Room (Kammermusiksaal) of the Hochschule für Musik
Würzburg, in the building by the Residence (Gebäude an der Residenz)
Timetable
Friday,
24th November 2017
from
9.30: Clarifying rehearsals with pianist Irén Seleljo
11.00-12.00:
Registration of participants in the entrance area of the Chamber Music Room (Kammermusiksaal)
12.00:
Drawing of lots for the order of performance
14.00:
Welcoming of participants and jury / 1st Round
Saturday,
25th November 2017
2nd
Round
14.15-14.45 Carlos Gimenez Martinez
14.45-15.15 Christina Bernard
15.15-15.45 Alexandra Pichler
15.45-16.15 Mateusz Pusiewicz
INTERMISSION
16.30-17.00 Joaquin Sáez Belmonte
17.00-17.30 Irina Yudaeva
17.30-18.00 István Szaller
18.00-18.30 Andreas Mader
followed by announcement of the prize winners of the competitions
Sunday,
26th November 2017
11.00
Matinée with the prize winners in the presence of the Patron, Prof. Dr. Hans
Maier
All events are open to the public!
Requirements for participation
The competition is open to
all students who at the time of the Competition are matriculated at a music
university or a conservatory in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. By registering they confirm that
they will keep themselves free of all professional
obligations and be present at the competition venue. Both rounds are public. The
prize winners will be announced
after the end of the second
round. The jury’s decisions regarding the results of the competition are
final and not subject to appeal. Eliminated participants have
the opportunity to receive advice from the jury. The prize winners undertake
to perform at the closing Matinee. They do not however
have any right to a fee. The organiser of the competition is not liable for
damage to persons or property.
Closing date for
applications was on October 31st, 2017
Contact
wettbewerb@bertoldhummel.de
The Bertold Hummel
Competition is organised by the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in collaboration
with the registered charity Bertold Hummel-Stiftung
Hamburg / business office: Heimhuder Straße 6, 20148 Hamburg / Tel 040-41350491 / stiftung@bertoldhummel.de / contact
person: Thomas Hummel
Previous
prize winners of the Bertold Hummel Competition
Prize winners 2015 - Flute
Prize winners 2013 - Piano
Prize winners 2011 - Bassoon
Prize winners 2009 - Organ
Prize winners 2007 - Percussion
Prize winners 2006 - Violoncello Prize winners 2005 - Violin |