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First International Nikita Koshkin Competition For Young Guitarists
First International Nikita Koshkin Competition For Young Guitarists
NIKITA KOSHKIN
COMPETITION FOR
YOUNG GUITARISTS
Competition organizers:
• Municipal budgetary institution of additional education "Children Music School No. 1
named after M.I. Glinka "of the city of Smolensk;
Competition partners:
First International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists will take place in
May 2021, and will last from 2nd to 5th of May. Competitive auditions will be held
remotely, on Facebook live (online streams).
Competitive requirements:
• Students of music schools and music colleges are accepted
• Competitive auditions are held in one round in the format of online stream on
Facebook (in the First International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young
Guitarists Facebook group).
• Exceeding the time limit of the program is regarded as a violation of the competition
regulations. In this case, the jury has the right to stop the competitor's performance
and reduce the grade for the performance.
• Changes in the program less than two weeks before the start of the competitive
auditions are not allowed.
• Competitive auditions of all participants will be held in live broadcast format. Live
broadcast can be conducted from any device that has Internet access and the ability
to broadcast video (computer with a webcam and microphone, laptop, smartphone,
tablet).
• During the live broadcast, the participant records his performance on a second device
(video camera, smartphone, tablet). In case of an interrupted Internet connection, the
participant posts his video on the group wall no later than 30 minutes after the start of
his performance.
• The device broadcasting live stream should be located at a distance of about 1.5
meters from the performer. The video must be horizontal. In the frame, both hands of
the performer, face and instrument should be continuously visible. (For the nomination
"Ensemble" - when positioning the camera, it is important to take into account that all
members of the ensemble are included in the frame - the faces and instruments of all
members of the group in full. Accordingly, the distance from the performers to the
camera must be chosen individually, based on the competition requirements).
• Immediately after going live, the participant must write in the comments “I'm online”.
Comments are located to the right of the video. If a competitor is unable to write a
comment, they should immediately contact the Artistic Director of the competition via
WhatsApp. After that, the artistic director of the competition announces the unique
artist code in the comments to the broadcast. The participant says the code and
starts playing.
• If there is a problem with the connection, the participant should immediately contact
the contest coordinator via WhatsApp.
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4. «Go live»
You are online. Wait for your unique artist code in the comments to the broadcast.
Participation Fee
25 Euro for «Solo» category, 15 Euro for every member of the ensemble for the
«Ensemble» category.
Filing an application:
• The participant sends a completed application form (see Appendix No1) indicating the
subject of the letter "Application, (age category, nomination)» to the email address:
marinasdecacorde@yandex.ru
• A scanned copy of the passport / birth certi cate, personal photo must be attached to
the application. Applications are accepted until April 1, 2021.
Contest nominations
Nomination "Soloist;
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The age of the contestants is up to 21 years old (age is determined as of May 2, 2021).
The age category is determined by the senior member of the ensemble on the opening
day of the competition (May 2, 2021).
11-14 years Up to 7 An original work or arrangement (for a guitar duo, trio or quartet)
min. corresponding to the age category of di culty level
15-17 years Up to 10 An original work or arrangement (for a guitar duo, trio or quartet)
min. corresponding to the age category of di culty level
18-21 years Up to 20 An original work or arrangement (for a guitar duo, trio or quartet)
min corresponding to the age category of di culty level
JURY
• The jury will evaluate the performances of the participants. Students of the jury
members are not allowed to participate in the competition.
• Jury members are not allowed to evaluate their former students, including graduates.
• The jury does not discuss the performance of the participants until the nal scoring.
• The jury reserves the right to award not all prizes, to share one place among several
participants, and to award special prizes.
• The decisions of the jury are announced after the completion of all competitive
auditions at the awards ceremony for the participants of the competition; points of the
jury members are posted on the school website, in the VK and Facebook groups of
the competition.
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Jury
Jury President:
Jury members:
Dmitry Illarionov (Russia) - Russian musician, classical guitarist, winner of the Grand Prix
of the largest classical guitar competition “Guitar Foundation of America” (GFA 2002),
nominee for the Grammy long-list prize, winner of the “Guitar Gems” (Israel),
International classical guitar competition named after Andres Segovia (Spain), Francisco
Tarrega International Guitar Competition (Spain), Augustin Barrios International Guitar
Competition (Italy), etc.
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he recorded the "Danzas Españolas" by Enrique Granados for EMI. He taught at the
Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1980 to 1998. He began teaching at the Hochschule für
Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar [1] in 1994 becoming a full professor at this school in 1997.
Marina Krupkina (Russia) ‒ composer, active popularizer and the only performer on the
decacorde (ten-string classical guitar) in Russia, laureate of the award for the support of
talented youth established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation
(2013), laureate of the all-Russian competition "Young Talents of Russia", laureate and
diploma winner of the competitions "Golden Age of Guitar" (Moscow), Guitar Virtuosos
(St. Petersburg), Golden Talents of the Commonwealth (Zheleznogorsk), Szeged IGF
Guitar Contest (Hungary, 2019), etc. Representative of the guitar master Davide Serracini
(Italy), PYRAMID company (Germany).
Ekaterina Uvarova (Netherlands - Russia) - guitarist, laureate and grand prix winner of
thirteen all-Russian and international competitions, laureate of the Krasnoyarsk Territory
Government Prize for personal achievements in the eld of culture and art (2012), winner
of the New Names Foundation scholarship (2014). Currently, Ekaterina is studying for a
master's degree at the Fontys Higher School of Arts in the Netherlands (Tilburg) in the
class of Professor Johan Fostier. Awarded the Fontys Scholarship of Musical Excellence
with the support of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. She studied at
the summer guitar school in Borgo Val di Taro (2016, Italy).
Online concerts of jury members, online presentations from our sponsors and
partners will take place within the competition days.
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Prizes
• laureate diploma of the I degree with the award of the title of Laureate of the First
International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists
• Guitar from Newtone Guitars (Kaluga) (for one of the age categories at the
choice of the jury)
• Valuable prizes from SAVAREZ (for three age categories at the choice of the jury)
• laureate diploma of the II degree with the award of the title of Laureate of the First
International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists
• laureate diploma of the III degree with the award of the title of Laureate of the First
International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists
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• diploma with the award of the title of diploma winner of the First International Nikita
Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists
• participant diploma of the First International Nikita Koshkin Competition for Young
Guitarists
Nomination «Ensemble»:
Laureates of I, II, III degrees in the nomination "Ensemble" receive a laureate diploma of
I, II, III degrees, respectively, with the title of Laureate of the First International Nikita
Koshkin Competition for Young Guitarists
For teachers:
Each teacher, whose students became laureates and / or diploma winners of the
competition, is awarded a gratitude for the preparation of the laureate / diploma winner.
The organizing committee of the competition and the members of the jury reserve the
right to establish special prizes, including the Grand Prix of the competition.
GRAND PRIZE
• certi cate for free participation in the international competition "The Golden Age of
Guitar" (Moscow);
• guitar from GMD Guitars (St. Petersburg) for the nomination «Soloist"
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Special prizes are awarded to one of the laureates of the competition or to the winner of
the grand prix, by the joint decision of the jury members.
Kaplina Zhanna Aleksandrovna, Director of the “Children Music School No. 1 named
after M.I. Glinka ”, Smolensk.
Eremeeva Natalia Georgievna, Deputy Director of the “Children Music School No. 1
named after M.I. Glinka ”, Smolensk.
Contacts:
Marina Krupkina: 8 919 041 44 13 WhatsApp / marinasdecacorde@yandex.ru
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nikitakoshkinguitarcomp
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Application for participation
In the First International Nikita Koshkin Competition for
Young Guitarists
Nomination «Soloist»
Country, city, name of educational institution.
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Address, phone, e-mail.
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Name of the participant
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Date, year of birth indicating age to 05/02/2021
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Age group
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Age group
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Full name of the teacher _______________________________________
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Program, exact timing.
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