2023 Tallinn (European) Piano & Choral Olympics Competition (online)
online competition; only need video submission
open for contestant from all European Countries of any nationality
Winners Concert + Masterclass in Tallinn, Estonia on 10-11 June 2023
Perform among the best acoutics concert hall in Tallinn for piano and choral music
Cash Prize more than 1000€
Deadline of Application: March 31 2023
Deadline of submitting video: April 15 2023
This unique competition marks an exceptional highlight in Music by Living Composers: A true celebration of the joy of piano music, singing, creativity and friendship with winners concert, masterclass, art event held during early June 2023 in Old Town Tallinn, Estonia, an UNESCO world heritage sites known for its vibrant culture, historical architecture and Medieval heritage.
Our previous Music Olympics Competitions have gathered young musicians from over 17 different countries – bringing countless national & regional premieres of contemporary musical works.
Apply Now and anticipate displaying your talents to Estonian music audience!
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photo credit: Tallinna Filharmoonia
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Tallinn designated as a UNESCO City of Music since 2022
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Distinguished Panel of Judges
Competition Category
Click each below↓ for details
Piano division
Piano solo:
Own Choice (Age group) Category
Music of Living Composer Category
Theme Based Category
Piano ensemble:
Piano 4-hand/6-hand/Peskanov Concerto
Two Piano:
Two Piano (Duo)
Choral division
★Choral:
Children Choir
Equal Voice Choir
Mixed Choir
Composition division
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Enquiry: dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
News column:
6 Jan 2023
Our Honorary Judge Nimrod Borenstein's exciting new CD Album release tralier:
His piano music is also featured in our "Music of Living Composers Category"
His new CD included his new piano works "Shirim" op. 94 (2021), a collection of 18 short pieces which are great for competition. The score will be be available this month. Stay tuned!
13 Jan 2023
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We are honored to have Singaporean Composer-Conductor, Founder & Artstic Director of the Voices of Asia International Choir Festival Darius Lim to be in our jury memebers!
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28 Jan 2023
Music Greetings from our Honorary judge Ivajla Kirova │New recording
29 Jan 2023
Ave Maria (Darius Lim) - is selected as one of the set piece for Equal Voice Choir Category B: check category
Please enjoy the World Premiere by VOS Ladies Choir
Please enjoy the World Premiere by VOS Ladies Choir
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Competition full details
Solo piano:
Contestant can apply more than one category
I. Own Choice Category
Entry Fee:
Professional Artist, Youth Professional, Youth: 75 €
Intermediate & Children A, B: 65 €
Any one or more free choice repertoire within the given time limit
1. Professional Artist (age 18-26)
Time: within 13 min
2. Youth Professional (age 18 or below)
Time: within 12 min
3. Youth (age 15 or below)
Time: within 11 min
4. Intermediate A (age 13 or below)
Time: within 9 min
5. Intermediate B (age 11 or below)
Time: within 8 min
6. Children A (age 9 or below)
Time: within 7 min
7. Children B (age 7 or below)
Time: within 5 min
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Entry Fee:
Professional Artist, Youth Professional, Youth: 75 €
Intermediate & Children A, B: 65 €
Any one or more free choice repertoire within the given time limit
1. Professional Artist (age 18-26)
Time: within 13 min
2. Youth Professional (age 18 or below)
Time: within 12 min
3. Youth (age 15 or below)
Time: within 11 min
4. Intermediate A (age 13 or below)
Time: within 9 min
5. Intermediate B (age 11 or below)
Time: within 8 min
6. Children A (age 9 or below)
Time: within 7 min
7. Children B (age 7 or below)
Time: within 5 min
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II. Music of Living Composer Category
In this category, contestant must perform repertoire(s) by any composer(s) from the Featured Living Composer List below
Entry Fee:
Professional Artist, Youth Professional, Youth: 75 €
Intermediate A,B & Children: 65 €
1. Professional Artist (age 18-26)
Time: within 11 min
2. Youth Professional (age 18 or below)
Time: within 10min
3. Youth (age 15 or below)
Time: within 8min
4. Intermediate A (age 12 or below)
Time: within 6 min
5. Intermediate B (age 9 or below)
Time: within 5 min
6. Children (age 7 or below)
Time: within 4min
List for music of living composer category:
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contestant must choose to perform any music by the composer(s) from this list
Click below for each details Aleksandra Vilcinska (UK) Alexander Peskanov (USA) Alexander Rosenblatt (Russia) Alexander Timofeev (USA) Alexina Louie (Canada) Arvo Part (Estonia) Augusta Read Thomas (USA) Beata Moon (Korea) Chen Yi (China) Christopher Norton (UK) Dennis Alexander (USA) Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (Armenia) Elena Cobb (UK) Elisenda Fabregas (Spanish) Emma Lou Diemer (USA) Erkki-Sven Tüür (Estonia) Evelyn Chang (HK) Fazil Say (Turkey) Howard Blake (UK) Ivajla Kirova (Bulgaria) Joanna Macgregor (UK) Judith Lang Zaimont (USA) Julie Kuok (HK) Karen Tanaka (Japan) Ke-Chia Chen (Taiwan) Nimrod Borenstein (Israel) Param Vir (India) Philip Glass (USA) Riho Esko Maimets (Estonia) Robert Cunningham (USA) Stephen Montague (USA) Seymour Bernstein (USA) Tan Dun (China) Thomas Adès (UK) Thomas Grillenberger (Germany) Timothy Brown (UK) Uwe Korn (Germany) Vivian Adelberg Rudow (USA) Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (Lithuania) |
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III. Theme Based Category
Contestant can apply more than one class from below. No age limit. Entry fee 70 €
Nocturne Category
any one Nocturne by Frederic Chopin, Gabriel Faure, Louis Vierne, Sameul Barber
Prelude & Fugue Category
any one set of prelude and fugue by Bach, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Shostakovich, Kapustin
Fantasy & Capriccio Category
any one Fantasy/Fantasia or Capriccio by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms
Schubert Category
Any one piece or movement by Schubert within 8 min
Triathlon Award
Additional application Fee: 12 €
Additional application Fee: 12 €
For contestant who applies 3 competition classes (including solo, duet, trio, concerto and composition) can choose to additionally apply the more supreme Triathlon Award
The repertoire in all category must be different.
*The contestant will receive individual prizes for each class plus also to compete the Gold/Silver/Bronze medal of Triathlon Award
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The repertoire in all category must be different.
*The contestant will receive individual prizes for each class plus also to compete the Gold/Silver/Bronze medal of Triathlon Award
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Piano Duet/Six Hand/Peskanov Concerto
I. Duet Category: One piano Four hand
5 competition categories below; Entry Fee: 70 €
Duet Elementary: [Average age below 10]
Any one piece within 4min
Duet Intermediate A: [No age limit]
Any one from the following pieces by Alexander Peskanov
1. Orlando Parade or
2. Joyride or
3. Fantasy Rag
All three scores can be purchased in pdf format here
Duet Intermediate B: [Average age below 16]
Any one or more pieces composed after 1950
Time limit: 6min
Duet Advanced: [No age limit]
Required piece: Lei Liang “The Tree Rings” Listen
Purchase pdf score: here
Teacher & Young Student Duet Performance:
[Teacher: no age limit; student: below 13]
Any one piece
Time limit: 4min
5 competition categories below; Entry Fee: 70 €
Duet Elementary: [Average age below 10]
Any one piece within 4min
Duet Intermediate A: [No age limit]
Any one from the following pieces by Alexander Peskanov
1. Orlando Parade or
2. Joyride or
3. Fantasy Rag
All three scores can be purchased in pdf format here
Duet Intermediate B: [Average age below 16]
Any one or more pieces composed after 1950
Time limit: 6min
Duet Advanced: [No age limit]
Required piece: Lei Liang “The Tree Rings” Listen
Purchase pdf score: here
Teacher & Young Student Duet Performance:
[Teacher: no age limit; student: below 13]
Any one piece
Time limit: 4min
Some of the set piece of Intermediate duet class
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II. Piano Six-Hand Category One piano, Six Hand
Senior or junior categories; Entry Fee: 75 €
Six Hand Senior: [No age limit]
Any one piece for six hand composed by Alexander Peskanov
Complete list of pieces and pdf score are listed here
Six Hand Junior: [Average age below 15]
William Gillock: The Little Sparrow score here
Some recording of six hand repertoire:
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III. Peskanov Piano Concerto Category
Concert pianist, composer, and master teacher Alexander Peskanov has written many Concertos as a bridge to the concerto repertoire that will help pianists at the intermediate or developing level experience the joys of performing a concerto at a young age.
[No age limit] Entry Fee: 85 €
Contestant must send his performance video with 2nd-piano accompaniment or with MIDI orchestral accompaniment
Concerto Elementary:
any one movement of Alexander Peskanov’s elementary concerto listed in here
Concerto Intermediate:
any one movement of Alexander Peskanov’s intermediate concerto listed in here
Concerto Advanced:
any one movement of Alexander Peskanov’s advanced concerto listed in here
All scores are available to purchased in pdf format in the link above
MIDI accompaniment can be purchased here:
Elementary: here
Intermediate: here
Advanced: here
Some of the Peskanov concertos
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IV. Two Piano (Duo) Category
Two competition groups below; Entry Fee: 85 €
Two Piano Senior: Average age above 18
Repertoire:
1. one or more movements from Mozart/Grieg Sonatas K.283/189h, K.457, K.533/494 or K.545
and
2. One or more own choice piece(s)
Total time not more than 12 min.
Two Piano Junior: Average age below 18
Repertoire: free choice of piece(s) not more than 10 min
Two competition groups below; Entry Fee: 85 €
Two Piano Senior: Average age above 18
Repertoire:
1. one or more movements from Mozart/Grieg Sonatas K.283/189h, K.457, K.533/494 or K.545
and
2. One or more own choice piece(s)
Total time not more than 12 min.
Two Piano Junior: Average age below 18
Repertoire: free choice of piece(s) not more than 10 min
Composition Category
Young Composer Category
Entry Fee: 65 € An original composition written for the required instrumentation below
Junior division: Age under 10
Senior division: Age 10-16
Category A
Instrumentation: Piano Solo/Duet
Duration: 2- 7min
Category B
Instrumentation: either one of the following with piano accompaniment
i) Soprano
ii) Tenor
iii) Trombone
iv) Bassoon
Duration: 3-7min
Remark: contestant can submit more than one work but each composition will require a seperate application fee and each composer can submit maximum two pieces.
Entry Fee: 65 € An original composition written for the required instrumentation below
Junior division: Age under 10
Senior division: Age 10-16
Category A
Instrumentation: Piano Solo/Duet
Duration: 2- 7min
Category B
Instrumentation: either one of the following with piano accompaniment
i) Soprano
ii) Tenor
iii) Trombone
iv) Bassoon
Duration: 3-7min
Remark: contestant can submit more than one work but each composition will require a seperate application fee and each composer can submit maximum two pieces.
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Choral Category Divided into Children Choir, Equal voice choir and Mixed Choir
Entry Fee: 120€ per choir
A. Children Choir
Minimum 10 singers and not more than 40 singers
age up to 16. It is accepted that not more than 10% of singers may have more than 16 years old but should be less than 20 y.o.
3 Competition Categories below: A, B & C
choir can apply any one or more categories
Children Choir Category A
Any one or two pieces composed after 2000
Time requirement: 6-10 min in total
(own choice can be sung in native language of the choir)
Children Choir Category B
Required pieces:
Any one piece from a) to d) AND one own choice piece within 5min
a) "Night of Rainbows" by Darius Lim
listen Purchase pdf score
b) " I Search for Heaven" by Darius Lim
listen Purchase pdf score
c) Any one following piece from “Lost Animals” (2013) by Robert S.Cohen
Download score: here
1. The Dodo
2. Wolly listen
3. Tortoise Moon listen
4. Tale of the PupFish listen
d) Tina Davidson "Plankton” (listen)
Request Score: dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
Children Choir Category C
Choir is required to perform the following two pieces:
1. Any one piece from Lapsepõlve lood / Songs from Childhood by Arvo Pärt Purchase score
2. One own choice piece within 5min
(own choice can be sung in native language of the choir)
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Set piece for Children Choir Class B c)
B. Equal Voice Choir
Minimum 10 singers and not more than 40 singer
female voice only or male voice only
2 Competition Categories below: A & B
choir can apply any one or both categories
Equal Voice Choir Category A
Any two contrasting pieces within 9min
Equal Voice Choir Category B
Set piece: Any one piece from the followings 1-11:
Composer: Jennifer Higdon (USA)
1. Our Beautiful Country(TTBB) or
2. A Quiet Moment (TTBB or SSAA) or
3. Voice of the Bard (TTBB)
Purchase score of Jennifer Higdon
OR
Composer: Ola Gjeilo (Norway)
Any one from the followings:
4. The Rose (SA, piano) or
5. Northern Lights listen (SSAA a capella) or
6. Seasons (SA, piano) or
7. Ave Generosa (SSAA a capella)
purchase scores of Ola Gjeilo: here
OR
Composer: Darius Lim (Singapore)
8. Ave Maria (SSAA or TTBB a capella)
download score: SSAA TTBB
or
9. Winter Wind listen (SSAA) purchase pdf score
OR
Composer: Augusta Read Thomas (USA)
10. Two E. E. Cummings Songs (SSAA) Any one movement Purchase score
or
11. Four Basho Settings (SSAA)Any one movement Purchase score
C. Mixed Choir
Minimum 12 singers and not more than 40 singers, no age limit
3 Competition Categories below: A, B & C
choir can apply any one or more categories
Mixed Choir Category A
A capella SATB
Required repertoire:
Any two months from January to November or only "December" from
Carol Worthey's "A Choral Calendar" (12 portraits of each month of the year)
Peruse score/score inquiry: dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
Recording:
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April:
For complete recording of the 12 months, please visit here
Mixed Choir Category B
Two own choice pieces:
one from Renaissance/Baroque + one by contemporary composer
Time limit: less than 9 min in total.
Mixed Choir Category C
Required repertoire:
1. "Sleep Deeply" or "Sleep My Child" by Karen Tanaka
"Sleep Deeply" listen ; purchase pdf score: Here
"Sleep My Child" listen ; purchase pdf score: Here
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2. Own choice piece within 5min
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"Sleep Deeply" by Karen Tanaka (complete recording):
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Enquiry: dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
Facebook Page: Here
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Application Procedure/How to Apply:
1.Contestant must send the following on or before March 31 2023 to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
◆Application form (download click here)
◆One photo of contestant(s) or choir (not exceed 10MB)
◆Scanned receipt/confirmation of online payment of entry fee (Go to online payment now click here)
2.By April 15th 2023 or earlier, send your performance video to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
◆YouTube video link (with state clearly the name of the contestant, category & full details of repertoire and composer)
◆For Young Composer category, only need to send the composition score either engraved electronically or hand-written in PDF together with midi/mp3 file or recording of your composition to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
1.Contestant must send the following on or before March 31 2023 to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
◆Application form (download click here)
◆One photo of contestant(s) or choir (not exceed 10MB)
◆Scanned receipt/confirmation of online payment of entry fee (Go to online payment now click here)
2.By April 15th 2023 or earlier, send your performance video to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
◆YouTube video link (with state clearly the name of the contestant, category & full details of repertoire and composer)
◆For Young Composer category, only need to send the composition score either engraved electronically or hand-written in PDF together with midi/mp3 file or recording of your composition to dufy_music@yahoo.com.hk
Prizes: winner list will be announced on early May 2023
Cash Prize:
Grand Prize for Own choice category 1-3: 120 € Cash
Grand Prize for Own choice category 4-7: 100 € Cash
Outstanding young pianist: 250€ Cash
Grand Prize for Music of Living Composer : 150 € Cash
Grand Prize for Music of Living Composer Class 4-6: 100 € Cash
Grand Prize for Two-Piano Category: 150 € Cash
Dufy Scholarship for Piano Duet Advanced Class: 80€ Cash
Grand Prix for Choral section: 300€ Cash
Additional Cash Prizes can be awarded
1st prize, 2nd prize & 3rd prize of each category:
Printed certificate + online publication of their performance videos+ comment sheet
Honorable mention: Printed certificate + comment sheet
Selected winners and choirs will be invited to perform in winners concert which is planned on 10 June 2023 Saturday evening in Old Town Tallinn, Estonia. Concert venue is conveniently located in central Old Town Tallinn which is close to main tourist attractions and easily accessible on foot.
Triathlon Award ★New: for contestant who applied 3 classes and additionally apply the Triathlon award
Gold Medal (the most outstanding performer in overall 3 classes)
Silver Medal (1st runner up)
Bronze Medal (2nd runner up)
Young Composer Award:
80€ Cash
They may choose to perform their award-winning composition in the winners concert (performer can be the composer or other musicians they provided)
Their winning compositions will be featured in our list of the "Music by living composer category" for the next international piano olympics competitions.
Ivajla Kirova composer prize: Ivajla Kirova's piano CD
Dufy anniversary prize: Dufy Director Stanley Wong's piano CD
award to selected winners
Special prize: award to numerous contestants
All other participants will receive a printable "Certificate of Attendance" by email.
Teacher/Studio Award:
◆The teacher/studio of top prize winner will receive "Outstanding teacher award"
◆For any teacher/studio present more than 5 students applying the competition will receive "Outstanding advocate of contemporary musical arts Award"
◆For Teacher/studio present more than 10 students applying the competition will be awarded with "Piano Olympics Ordre des Arts"
Teacher/Studio Award:
◆The teacher/studio of top prize winner will receive "Outstanding teacher award"
◆For any teacher/studio present more than 5 students applying the competition will receive "Outstanding advocate of contemporary musical arts Award"
◆For Teacher/studio present more than 10 students applying the competition will be awarded with "Piano Olympics Ordre des Arts"
Our winner concert /Masterclass will be held in 10-11 June 2023 inTallinn, Estonia.
Past Winners:
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