Official Rules
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The registration in the Competition constitutes acceptance of the official rules and any change made by the organization, in special circumstances.
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The Competition is open to musicians of all nationalities.
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Procedure
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.
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Participation Video
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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Categories
(dates in dd/mm/yyyy format)
- Infant Category: Born from 12/07/2008
- Juvenile Category: Born between 12/07/2005 and 11/07/2008
- Junior Category: Born between 12/07/2002 and 11/07/2005
- Senior Category: Born between 12/07/1990 and 11/07/2002
- Chamber Music Category: All ages.
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Stages of the competition
All categories are decided in a single round.
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Program
- Infant Category: One piece chosen by the participant (solo, with electronics, with play along or with piano). Maximum duration of 5mn
- Juvenile Category: One piece chosen by the participant (solo, with electronics, with play along or with piano)
Maximum duration of 10mn - Junior Category: One piece chosen by the participant, or a part of (solo, with electronics or with piano)
Maximum duration of 15mn. - Senior Category: One piece chosen by the participant, or a part of (solo, with electronics or with piano).
Maximum duration of 15mn. - Chamber Music Category: One piece chosen by the participant, or a part of
Maximum duration of 15mn.
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Payment
The participation in the competition has a paid registration:
- Infant Category: 25€ (twenty-five euros)
- Juvenile Category: 30€ (thirty euros)
- Junior Category: 35€ (thirty-five euros)
- Senior Category: 40€ (forty euros)
- Chamber Music Category: 20€ (twenty euros ) for each element of the group
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Disqualification
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.
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Jury
Head of the jury
Vitor Santos - Ex Prof Conservatório Nacional
Infant Category:
- Isabel Anjo – Prof Conservatório de Música do Porto
- Jorge Sousa – Prof Academia Costa Cabral
- José Magalhães - Prof Conservatório Viseu e CMAD
Juvenile Category:
- Carlos Canhoto – Prof Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Castelo Branco
- Hélder Alves – Prof Escola de Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional
- Ricardo Pires – Prof Conservatório de Música de Sintra
Junior Category:
- Alfonso Padilla – Prof Conservatorio Superior de Müsica “Manuel Castillo”, Sevilha
- Francisco Ferreira - Prof Academia Costa Cabral
- Luís Ribeiro – Prof Universidade do Minho
Senior Category:
- Arno Bornkamp – Prof Conservatorium van Amsterdam
- Henrique Portovedo – Prof Conservatório de Música de Aveiro Calouste Gulbenkian
- Nobuya Sugawa – Prof Tokyo University of Arts.
Chamber Music Category:
- Fernando Ramos – Prof Universidade de Aveiro
- Mario Marzi – Prof Conservatorio di Musica di Milano “Giuseppe Verdi”
- Mário Marques – Prof Universidade de Évora
- Pawel Gusnar – Prof Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Varsóvia
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The head of the Jury has veto power.
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Assessment methodology
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
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The Jury’s decisions are final and unquestionable.
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If necessary the Festival organization can nominate new Jury members.
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Publishing
All participant videos will be published on the official channels of FISP and Adolphesax.com from the 12th to the 14th of July 2021.
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The Results
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.
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Awards
All the participants will receive a participation certificate and a written comment from all jury members.
Infant Category
1º Prize
- FISP Award - Participation in the concert “Young soloists": Solo Concert with wind orchestra at the IX FISP edition, 2023*
- D´Addario Woodwinds Award - 2 boxes of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
2º Prize
- AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
3º Prize:
- Arpejo Editora Award (sheet music)
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
Juvenile Category
1º Prize
- FISP Award - Participation in the concert “Young soloists": Solo Concert with wind orchestra at the IX FISP edition, 2023*
- D´Addario Woodwinds Award - 2 boxes of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
2º Prize
- AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
3º Prize:
- Arpejo Editora Award (sheet music)
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Tutorial 33mm
Junior Category
1º Prize
- PSP Award - Solo Concert with the “Portuguese Police Symphonic Band”, on the season 2021/22 *
- D. Caeiro Award - Voucher 200€
- Russomusica Award - Rousseau mouthpiece
2º Prize
- Scherzo Editions Award (sheet music)
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Silver Plated 33mm
- Légère Reeds Award - five reeds
3º Prize
- D´Addario Woodwinds Award - 2 boxes of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
- AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
Senior Category
1º Prize
- FISP Award - Recording, edition and digital distribution of a CD**
- Soloist participation in a evening concert on the IX FISP edition, 2023 *
- MPMP Award - Concert with Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa on the 2021/22 concert season*
- BREATHTAKING AWARD - Breathtaking Lithe Premium
- LefreQue Award - LefreQue Silver Plated 33mm
2º Prize
- Crédito Agrícola Award - Prize money of 500€
- Vandoren Award - 1 Mouthpiece + 1 box of Vandoren reeds + 1 Ligature
- Légère Reeds Award - five reeds
- AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
3º Prize
- D´Addario Woodwinds Award - 2 boxes of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
- BrassFeelings Award - 200€ Voucher
- Scherzo Editions Award (sheet music)
Chamber Music Category
1º Prize
- FISP Award - Recording, edition and digital distribution of a CD**
- Participation in a concert on the IX FISP edition, 2023 *
- Payed concert with live broadcast *
2º Prize
- FISP Award - Participation in a concert on the IX FISP edition, 2023 *
- Associação das Festas de Palmela Award - Prize money of 500€
- Concert on the program of “Festas das Vindimas” 2021 or 2022 *
3rd Prize
- FISP Award - Participation in a concert on the IX FISP edition, 2023 *
* 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
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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.
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Any missing question on these rules will be decided by the organization.
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