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10th Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition

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The winner of 10th Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition is Robert Bílý, Czech Republic.
Jury awarded Robert Bílý The Prize for the best J. N. Hummel Piano Trio Rendition
2nd Place: Sunah Kim, South Korea and Leo de María, Spain

2nd Round result – competitors proceeding to 3rd Round:

Robert BILY, Česká republika
Sunah KIM, Južná Kórea
Leo de MARÍA, Španielsko

2nd Round order:

Matouš ZUKAL, Czech Republic
Sunah KIM, South Korea
Jan WACHOWSKI
Zifan YE, China
Young Sun CHOI, South Korea
Shinho LEE, South Korea
Simon POPP, Germany
Robert BILY, Czech Republic
Kaiwen ZHAO, China
Pavol PRAŽENICA, Slovakia
Boris UZUNOV, Bulgaria
Eliška TKADLČÍKOVÁ, Czech Republic
Anastasiia CHZHAN, Russia
Leo de MARÍA, Spain

2nd Round order and videorecordings: stream.filharmonia.sk 

The Competition Schedule

Round II
Wednesday, 24th November 2021
Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
9.AM – 1.20PM
2.30PM – 6.50PM

Thursday, 25th November 2021
Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
9.AM – 1.20PM
2.30PM – 4.30PM
5:30PM Announcement of the candidates that will proceed to the Round III
(entry is not allowed)
Videorecordings available from 9PM at stream.filharmonia.sk

Round III
Friday, 26th November 2021
Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
4PM – 6PM J. N. Hummel – Piano Trios
with Jozef Horváth – violin, Boris Bohó – cello
(entry is not allowed)
3rd Round live stream avaliable at stream.filharmonia.sk,  4PM

Saturday, 27th November 2021
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
3.30 PM– 8PM0 Concerts with the orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic, Rastislav Štúr – conductor
Live stream avaliable at stream.filharmonia.sk,  3.30PM
7PM Announcement of the competition laureates, festive awarding of the prizes and the competition laureates concert
(entry is not allowed)

Audio video archive: stream.filharmonia.sk

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10th Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition

Member of the World Federation of International Music Competition
and the Alink – Argerich Foundation

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Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Organizer
Slovak Philharmonic

President
Prof. Marian Lapšanský

Contact
Slovak Philharmonic
Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition
Markéta Štefková
Medená 3, 816 01 Bratislava
Phone: + (421) 905 662165
e-mail: marketa.stefkova@filharmonia.sk
www.filharmonia.sk

JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), a native of Bratislava, was considered one of the greatests composers and pianists during his life. He studied with Mozart, Albrechtsberger, Salieri and Haydn. As a composer Hummel bridges two epochs. His output comprises almost all significant music genres of the turn of the 19th century (excluding symphony). He excelled most of all in the realm of virtuoso piano music. From the stylistic point of view Hummel unites elements of Late Classicism (being considered its most important representative in his time) with many Early Romantic elements. Thus Hummel is an exponent of the style which follows the legacy of Clementi, Mozart and Beethoven, simultaneously adumbrating Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, young Liszt and Schumann.

The Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition aims at helping the active cultivation of the legacy of this great composer and piano virtuoso. Simultaneously the organizers hope to help young remarkable pianists to start a concert career.

Due to the situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the organizers decided to change the Competition Rules of the 10th Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition

  1. The deadline for submission of application forms has been postponed to July 30, 2021. The application form has to be sent via e-mail only.
  2. The reperteoire for the 1st round can be changed until August 20, 2021, of the 2nd nad 3rd round until October 28, 2021.
  3. The enrolment fee is 50 €.
  4. The 1st round will take place online based on the evaluation of video recordings with the repertoire (played by heart) stated by the competitor in the application form.
  5. Competitors have to submit the video recording at https://stream.filharmonia.sk/hummel2021/ not later than by September 5, 2021 23:59 GMT. Confirmation about receiving of the recording complying with the requirements will be sent to competitors by September 13th, 2021.
  6. The results of the 1st round will be announced by October 5th 2021 at the latest. A maximum of fifteen competitors advancing to the 2nd round will attend the next part of the competition in person in the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava.
  7. Arrival in Bratislava will be on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. The order of the competitors will be determined by drawing lots at 18.00. In the absence of the competitor, a member of the Competition Office draws on his behalf.
  8. The 2nd round will take place on November 24 – 25, the announcement of the competitors advancing to the final will take place on November 25, 2021 after the end of the 2nd round of the competition.
  9. Three competitors will advance to the 3rd round of the competition (final). The final will take place on November 26 – 27. Departure from Bratislava will be on November 28, 2021.
  10. In case of an unfavourable pandemic situation, the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the competition will take place without audience. Both rounds will be streamed and available at stream.filharmonia.sk
  11. All the other Competition Conditions remain the same.

Competition Rules

  1. Pianists of all nationalities born after September 6th 1989 are welcome to take part in the competition.
  2. After arrival to Bratislava the applicants will be asked to prove their identity and age.
  3. The Competition will proceed in three rounds.
  4. The whole programme – excluding Hummel’s Trio – should be played by heart.
    In the case the first round has an excessively high number of participants the jury is authorised to shorten the programme of the first round.
  5. For the 10th year of the J. N. Hummel International Piano Competition the following prizes are announced:
    1st Národná banka Slovenska Prize Eur 6.000 (including three concerts in the Slovak Republic),
    2nd prize Eur 4.000,
    3rd prize Eur 2.000.
    The awarded holders of main prizes will be simultaneously conferred the title of the laureate of the competition.
    The jury is approved to award also other special prizes.
  6. The result will be publicly announced after the final of the competition on November 27th 2021 at the awards ceremony.
    The decision of the jury is conclusive.
  7. The jury has a right not to award a prize or combine prizes except the 1st prize, which is indivisible.
  8. The competitor agrees to his/her performances being recorded by radio and television and streamed on the internet.
    The records may be used for the promotion of the competition and its laureates on a non-commercial basis.
  9. The competition performances are not anonymous, and they are accessible to the public.
  10. The competitors are entitled to ask the Management Office for the reservation of the accommodation.

THE REQUIRED REPERTORY

1st round of the competition
a) a sonata by W. A. Mozart
b) an etude by J. N. Hummel
c) an etude by F. Chopin from his Op. 10 (excluding the Nos. 3 and 6) or from Op. 25 (excluding No. 7)
d) an etude by F. Liszt, A. N. Scriabin, S. Rachmaninoff or C. Debussy
Time limit for the 1st round: 25 minutes

2nd round of the competition
A recital consisting of works of at least two style periods, including a significant work from the era of Romanticism. No piece from the first round should be repeated.
Time limit for the 2nd round: – min. 50, max. 60 minutes

3rd round of the competition
a) one piece selected from J. N. Hummel’s following piano trios:
in F major Op. 22, in G major Op. 35, in E major Op. 83, in E flat major Op. 96

b) one piece selected from the following piano concertos:
W. A. Mozart: No. 24 in C minor KV 491, No. 25 in C major KV 503, No. 26 in D major 537, No. 27 in B flat major KV 595
L. van Beethoven: No. 1 in C major Op. 15, No. 3 in C minor Op. 37, No. 4 in G major Op. 58
J. N. Hummel: No. 2 in A minor Op. 85
F. Chopin: No. 2 in F minor Op. 21

JURY

Chairman
Pavel Gililov Germany

Members
Eugen Indjić France/USA
Ivo Kahánek Czech Republic
Marian Lapšanský Slovak Republic
Torleif Torgersen Norway
Marcel Štefko Slovak Republic

Download here – Application Form