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Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen) is a competition for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark, in memory of the composer Carl Nielsen.
The competition was established in 1980 under the patronage of Queen Margarethe of Denmark. It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1981. Initially a violin competition, its first President was Henryk Szeryng. Later the competition added special editions for organists (since 1986), clarinetists (since 1997) and flutists (since 1998). At various times jury members included Max Rostal, Joseph Gingold, Norbert Brainin, Arve Tellefsen, Milan Vitek, Dorothy DeLay, Tibor Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow.
Since 2012, the organ competition is no longer part of the Carl Nielsen Competition, but is instead held as a separate competition. But the violin, clarinet and flute competitions have, after nearly four decades, established themselves as some of the most demanding and rewarding in the world, each offering winners the chance to launch a significant international career. From 2019, the Carl Nielsen International Competitions for violin, clarinet and flute will be held concurrently for the first time. Representing the 2019 competition as Artistic Advisors are three of the world's leading musicians in their fields – Nikolaj Znaider, Emmanuel Pahud and Martin Fröst.
During the 2022 edition of the competition a mentoring program called Espansiva! was held concurrently. The aim of this new program is to run alongside future editions of competition and to offer participants advice and insight during their time in Odense. During Espansiva! 2022, 10 talks were given by guest experts, soloists and musicians and 4 complementary workshops. There was opportunity for individual conversations with members of the Espansiva! team and each evening both participants and guest speakers were invited to "relax and eat together" at the aptly named Anarkist brewery located in Odense. The name Espansiva! comes from C. Nielsen's 3rd Symphony which also goes by the name Espansiva! [1]
The 1st prize includes a sum of 25.000 Euro's as well as a recording deal with Orchid Classics and the Odense Symphony Orchestra with an approximate value of 13.000 Euros. The winner of this prize is also offered to appear as a soloist with top nordic orchestra's. In addition the 1st Prize winner of the Violin competition will also receive a bow made by Duncan EMCK, donated by "Ulf Eriksson Violiner". [2]
2nd Prize winner will be awarded 10.000 Euros. [2]
3rd Prize winner will be awarded 7.500 Euros [2]
Odense Symphony Orchestra Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Junior Jury Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Audience Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Prize for best interpretation / Prize for Playing around Nielsen: 1.000 Euros awarded for the best performance of new piece commissioned for the violin competition and 1.000 Euros awarded amongst the 2nd round candidates of the Flute and the Clarinet competitions performing playing around Nielsen. [2]
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