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Founding President: Pierre d'ARQUENNES

 

Supported by grants from the Minestry of Culture

The City of Paris

The Académie des Beaux-Arts

And the S.A.C.E.M.

11th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

of performance

OF FRENCH MÉLODIE

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from GOUNOD to our time

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60.000 F. of Prizes

*

PARIS 8 - 9 - 10 -11 March 2000

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LE TRIPTYQUE

28, RUE LACRETELLE

75015 PARIS

TÉL.: 01 48 56 21 82

 

FOUNDING PRESIDENT : Pierre d'ARQUENNES

 

ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1934

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF

Paul DUKAS,

Maurice RAVEL,
Albert ROUSSEL

 

COMMITTEE OF HONOUR

Mmes Nadia BOULANGER

Yvonne DESPORTES t

MM. Tony AUBIN, de l'institut t

Georges AURIC, de l'institut t

Emmanuel BONDEVILLE, de l'institut t

Jacques CASTÉRÈDE

Jacques CHARPENTIER

DANIEL-LESUR

Henri DUTILLEUX

Bernard GAVOTY, de l'institut t

Marcel LANDOWSKI, de l'institut

Raymond LOUCHEUR t

Olivier MESSIAEN, de l'institut t

Marcel MIHALOVICI t

Michel PHILIPPOT t

Henri SAUGUET, de l'institut t

 

COMMITTEE OF THE COMPETITION

 

Mesdames Jane BERBIÉ
Régine CRESPIN
Christiane EDA-PIERRE
Irène JOACHIM
Mady MESPLÉ

MM. Jean-Michel DAMASE
Jacques JANSEN
Camille MAURANE
Gérard SOUZAY
Alain VANZO

 

SECRETARY OF THE COMPETITION

Alain SUIED

 

 

THE JUDGES

 

 

  RESULTS OF THE 11TH COMPETITION

 

Maurice RAVEL prize

Offered by the SACEM

to Christopher GOLDSACK

(sound sample in real audio)

 

   Francis POULENC prize

Offered by the "The Friends of F. POULENC"

to Carl GHAZAROSSIAN

(sound sample in real audio)

 

Henri DUPARC prize

Offered by the Fondation d'entreprise FRANCE TELECOM

to Philippe BARRET

(sound sample in real audio)

and to Chantal MATHIAS

(sound sample in real audio)

 

Gabriel FAURE prize

In memory of Mme COUVREUX-ROUCHE

to Clara CISKO

(sound sample in real audio)

and to Chantal MATHIAS

(sound sample in real audio)

 

 

Claude DEBUSSY prize

Offered by Jacques JANSEN

to Naoko SUNAHATA

(sound sample in real audio)

and to Christopher GOLDSACK

(sound sample in real audio

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RULES

 

This 11th competition is open to singeres of all nationalities without age limit.

 

 

The COMPETITION involves :

- a first round

- a second round

- a final round open to the public

 

All performances should be from memory.

 

Choice of programme :

The candidate should include in his programme : two mélodies by the composer chosen and three other mélodies by any composer.

 

Candidates may compete for two prizes : in which case his programme should include two mélodies by each composer chosen and one other mélodie by any composer.

 

 

First round :

- the mélodies of the chosen composer (or composers).

 

Second round :

- the other mélodies on the competitors programme.

 

Final public round :

- the whole programme, or selctions chosen by the judges.

 

For all newly composed works competitors should make two copies available to the judges.

 

The competition will take place from Wednesday 8th March to Saturday 11th March 2000 at the Salle ROSSINI, 6 rue Drouot, Paris 9ème

 

The final will take place : Saturday 11th 2000, in the same hall.

 

The application fee is 350 FF.

 

Applications should be received by 22nd February 2000.

 

Competitors may come with their own accompanist though there will be an official accompanist available. Competitors should indicate whether they need the services of the accompanist on their application.

 

The cost of rehearsals will be met by the competitor.

 

The competitors will be heard in alphabetical order, starting with a letter picked at random

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The Jury will be presided by Monsieur Jacques JANSEN.

 

The coice of the Jury is final. The Jury reserves the right not to distribute all the prizes.

 

LIST OF PRIZES

 

1) Henri DUPARC prize .................... 10.000FF

offered by the Fondation d'entreprise FRANCE TELECOM

 

2) Gabriel FAURE prize .................... 10.000FF

in memory of Mme COUVREUX-ROUCHE

 

3) Claude DEBUSSY prize ….....…. 10.000FF

offered by par M. Jacques JANSEN

 

4) Maurice RAVEL prize ................ 10.000FF

offered by the SACEM

 

5) Francis POULENC prize .....…. 10.000FF

offered by "The Friends of F. POULENC"

 

6) Albert ROUSSEL prize ............. 5.000FF

offered by the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris

Comité Albert ROUSSEL

 

7) Jacques CASTEREDE - André JOUVET prize ...... 5.000 F

offered by the Editions BILLAUDOT and the friends of the competition

 

CASTEREDE " Dans les Abîmes de l'absence ", for baritone

Ed. Gérard Billaudot

 

or

 

JOLIVET: Deux Mélodies, for women's voices

(to be chosen from the catalogue of Ed. Billaudot)