General Rules

4th Bucharest International Jazz Competition, 7 - 13 May 2010, is open to bands and vocalists of all nationalities. 

Applicants must be born after 1st of May 1975. 

Competition Procedure

Eligibility

Bands may have up to 6 performing musicians and they will include:

• instrumentalists and vocalists
• instrumentalists
• vocalists 
  

1st Round - Selection of semi-finalists 

The admissions panel and adjudicators will evaluate each application and CD. Recording must have been made within the past 12 months. The CD must include 2-3 pieces of different style.

2nd Round - Semi-final on 7 – 12 May 

• Semi-finalists will perform 50 - 60 minutes in the competition’s concert hall
• Semi-finalists will perform 50 - 60 minutes in an unconventional space
  

Competitors have complete freedom in choosing their repertoire.

3rd Round - Final on 13 – 14 May

Finalists will perform 20 minutes.

Competition Entry Requirements

Registration in the competition will be made based on: 
a. Application form - Annex A, Annex B, Annex C 
b. CD recording and the list of the recordings - title / composer
c. Copy of passport for all musicians
d. One photo, passport type for each group's member
e. Two different recent photos of the group, printed format, 10x15 cm 
f. Copy of the bank confirmation for the registration fee
g. Technical rider
h. Short CV of the group – max. 10 lines

The registration fee of 100 Euro will be paid into the account RO 91 BACX 0000 0030 0145 6002 of the Unicredit Tiriac Bank, Izvor Branch – 20 Libertatii Blvd., Bucharest, for Jeunesses Musicales Romania - Jazz Competition, Swift Code BACXROBU, and must be sent free of charge to the payee. 
The entry fee is non-refundable. The registration fee will be refunded only to those competitors who have complete application documents and are not accepted in the Semi-final based on the CD recording selection.
Drafts are not accepted. 

Registration deadline is February 10, 2010 - date of postmark or courier service stamp. Confirmation of the applicants' registration in the competition will be made before March 30, 2010. 

Application documents must be sent to the below address:

jmEvents.ro
PO Box 13 – 63, Bucharest 13
Romania

The participants will have a professional technician and sound system along with backline of drum kit, acoustic or digital piano and bass amplifier.

Organizers provide lodging for the first 5 registered musicians in the competition. Accommodation begins on May 5, 2010 and is ensured for the period the participants remain in contest. For the rest of the candidates, the organizers will make hotel reservations upon request, based on special accommodation packages offer.

Upon arrival in Bucharest each group / band should report to the Competition Secretariat and present a valid passport.

The total amount of the prizes is 7.000 Euro: cash, in Romanian currency and concerts engagements.

• Grand Prize Winner 1.200 Euro
• Special Prize - Best Band 400 Euro
• Special Prize - Best Vocalist 400 Euro
• 3 – 5 concerts engagements for one or two finalist bands
  

The prize-winners will have priority in being included in the programs organized by jmEvents.ro / Jeunesses Musicales Romania, both nationally and abroad.

Final performers will receive diplomas. Prizes will be awarded by a Jury whose members are well known personalities of the jazz musical world. The Jury will use the standard criteria as:

• style / interpretation
• improvisation
• technique / diction / articulation
• musicality
• time and rhythm
• intonation
  

The public preference will be considered for the final decision. All the decisions of the Jury are final and non-appealable.

Each award-winner must receive his or her prize personally. The concerts will be broadcast by the Broadcasting Corporation or recorded for later transmission. A live or deferred broadcast by other Romanian or foreign Broadcasting Corporations is possible, as well as a complete or partial re-broadcast of the concerts. By applying to take part in the competition, the applicants give their implied consent for this recording as well as for its transmission under the conditions mentioned above. The participants and the prize-winners have no claim to additional fees.

During the development of Bucharest International Jazz Competition, you are not allowed to perform in any other spaces except for those of this competition.

The infringement of rules has as consequence the exclusion from the competition, which is irrevocable, and/or taking pecuniary measures.  

For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us !

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