The fifth annual Artscape National Youth Music Competition has been dubbed one of the Big Three music competitions in South Africa where the finalists will perform with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. The competition is open to pianists and orchestral instrumentalists and affords young classical musicians the opportunity to develop their skills under competitive circumstances.
Eligibility
• The competition is open to pianists and orchestral instrumentalists.
• Competitors may not enter for more than one instrument in the same year.
• Competitors may not be younger than 14 or older than 19 years of age on 15 October 2011.
• A maximum of thirty (30) competitors will be selected for the competition.
• Previous overall winners of the Artscape National Youth Music Competition may not enter for this competition on the same instrument as they did previously.
• Competitors who did not qualify for the third round of the 2010 competition will be required to take part in the qualifying audition round.
Categories
1. Piano
2. String Instruments
3. Wind Instruments(including Woodwind and Brass)
4. Other Orchestral Instruments (eg. Harp and Percussion)
Prizes & Medals
First Prize: Gold Medal R20 000*
Prize Winners: Silver Medal R5 000
Runners-up: Bronze MedalR2 500
All third-round competitors R2 000
All final-round competitors R2 500
Pieter Schoeman Prize for the best violinist R4 000
Yaltah Menuhin Award and Medal for the best pianist R4 000
Pauline Nossel Prize for the best performance of a classical work by a pianist R4 000
Best performance of a concerto in the final round R2 000
Best performance of a South African work R2 000
Most promising competitor who is not a finalist R1 500
*This amount includes the category prize as well as the third- and final-round awards.
This year Artscape offers a dedicated Artscape National Youth Music Competition website. Interested young classical musicians can now register online via the new website.Competition website
Please click on the highlighted word to see the library of CPO concerti. Concerti
