The registration in the Competition constitutes acceptance of the official rules and any change made by the organization, in special circumstances.
The Competition is open to musicians of all nationalities.
The competition will be held in an online format, as per the restrictions in place due to the pandemic.
The registration should be submitted on the Competition Registration From available at FISP official website (www.fispalmela.com) until the 15th of June 2021.
After validation of the registration, each participant should send the participation video as a Youtube link (of a non listed video) and via a file transfer platform (such as Wetransfer, GoogleDrive, Dropbox) to fisp.inscricoes@gmail.com until the 15th of June 2021.
The participation video will have to be recorded on a single shot, without cuts or any kind of editing, either video or sound.
Edited videos with any kind of sound effects or filters will not be considered valid.
The participation video can be recorded with a mobile phone or with professional equipment (the quality of the recording will not be considered for evaluation purposes).
Please read the Good Practice Manual for Video Recording available on our official website.
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All categories are decided in a single round.
The participation in the competition has a paid registration:
The participants will be disqualified without the reimbursement of the paid values, in any situation where the rules of the competition are not respected or if the information submitted on the form is not verified on the participation video.
Vitor Santos - Ex Prof Conservatório Nacional
The head of the Jury has veto power.
Each member of the Jury will assess each participant from 1 to 20 values.
At the end of each performance the assessments will be collected and counted.
If one of the members of the Jury is the teacher of one of the participants, his assessment will be removed and the final assessment of each participant will be the average of the remaining assessments given by the Jury.
At the end of each round, all the assessments will be disclosed to the Jury as well as the final results.
If there is a tie the head of the Jury will have veto power.
There can be place for honourable mentions, exclusively on exceptional cases, if the Jury is consensual
The Jury’s decisions are final and unquestionable.
If necessary the Festival organization can nominate new Jury members.
All participant videos will be published on the official channels of FISP and Adolphesax.com from the 12th to the 14th of July 2021.
The results will be announced at the winners concert, on July 15th at 21h30 (UTC +1), live at the São João Theatre, Palmela, with broadcast to both FISP and Adolphsax.com official channels.
All the participants will receive a participation certificate and a written comment from all jury members.
* All travel expenses will be supported by the winners
** Two day recording with the sound technician José Fortes. Recording, editing and distribution arranged by FISP. All travel expenses will be supported by the winners
Image rights - FISP reserves the right to transmit some or all of the tests in the competition for radio or television, as well as to use these recordings for promotional purposes of FISP, without prior authorization.
Any missing question on these rules will be decided by the organization.
For more information please contact the organization: