International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition

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The Shostakovich competition is a classical music contest in chamber music performance. The two editions of the competition were held in 2008 and 2010 in Moscow, Russia. The contest was open to the participants of all countries in two categories: chamber music ensembles and piano duets. The Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition continued the line of musical contests named after Shostakovich and dedicated to the chamber music: e.g. Shostakovich String Quartet Competition in Moscow.

Dmitri Shostakovich Soviet composer and pianist

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.

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Moscow Capital city of Russia

Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits, 17 million within the urban area and 20 million within the metropolitan area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities.

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According to the competition chairman V. I. Vorona:

"The influential Shostakovich competition in chamber music has gained a lot of interest from the musical community from the start. I'm positive that it has a great prospective to contribute in the development of the chamber music performance and that it will give opportunities for young musicians to express themselves." [1]

1st Edition of 2008

Regulations and statistics

The First Shostakovich Competition was held in Moscow from February 25 to March 2 in 2008. It was open for contestants around the world. The Chamber Music Ensembles category included participants in the following age groups:

The Piano Duet category was open for the ages from 11 to 27 years old.

The competitive performances took place at the Grand Hall of the State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, in the Rachmaninoff Hall of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in the hall of the Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Cultures. The concert of the laureates and the closing ceremony were held in the Rachmaninoff Hall of Moscow Conservatory on March 2, 2008. [2]

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Russian composer, conductor and teacher

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher. He music expanded from the late-Romantic era and into the 20th century era.

Moscow Conservatory Musical educational institution with major performance venue

The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory is an educational music institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate diplomas in musical performance and musical research. The conservatory offers various degrees including Bachelor of Music Performance, Master of Music and PhD in research.

The competition has gathered 75 ensembles from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Latvia, and Ukraine. The chamber music festival DSCH was organized at the same time with the competition. The featured artists included State Shostakovich String Quartet, and Ippolitov-Ivanov Piano Quartet. [1]

Russia transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

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Belarus country in Eastern Europe

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According to the jury member professor Elena Sorokina: "It was not easy to select the best ensembles, for the level of competitors was very high". [1]

Founding organizations

Ministry of Culture (Russia) ministry in Russia

The Ministry for Culture of Russia is a Russian Federal Ministry in the Russian Government that responsible for state policy in Cultural spheres, Art, Cinematography, archives, and inter-nations issues. The responsibilities of the Ministry includes censorship of anti-Russian films.

Government of Moscow Federal City

The Government of Moscow is the highest executive body of state authority of Moscow. The Government of Moscow is headed by the highest official of the city of Moscow, i.e. the Mayor of Moscow.

Chair of the organization committee - professor Valery Vorona. [1]

Valery Vorona is a Russian violinist, soloist, conductor, and Meritorious Artist. Vorona graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College and was a post-graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory where he later became a professor. Later on he became a conductor and teacher in positions which added to his career. Currently he is both artistic director and conductor-in-chief of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra for young violinists as well as a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and a President of the Russian Performing Art Foundation. He also serves as a rector at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Mupic Pedagogical Institute and by 2008 became both conductor and soloist of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. He has participated at various festivals such as the Russian Festival in San Francisco as well as Vladimir Spivakov Festival and Sakharov Festival in Nizhny Novgorod. Besides national performances he has also performed overseas in such countries as France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Spain, the United States and various former Soviet republics. He has appeared with many well-known conductors including Ukrainian Oleh Krysa and Oleksandr Bondurianskyi and the Russian conductors Valentin Berlinsky, Vladimir Ponkin, Vladimir Repin, Yuri Bashmet, and Maxim Vengerov.

Jury

Results

Chamber ensembles

Group 1

I Prize - duet Liya Yakupova (violin), and Anna Tamarkina (piano)

II Prize - duet Anna Aseeva (violin) and Lidiya Nochovskaya (piano)

III Prize - trio Juventa: Alexey Osipov (violin), Nikita Kinyaev, (cello), and Sergei Redkin (piano); quintet Viktoria Ashmarina (violin), Yana Ashmarina (violin), Maria Yarisheva (viola), Maria Efanova (cello), and Olga Chmil (piano).

Group 2

I Prize - Class&Jazz Duo: Oleg Bezuglov (violin), and Natalia Bezuglova (piano)

II Prize - duet Ineta Abakuka (viola), and Inara Piksha (piano)

III Prize - duet Alexander Haskin (flute), and Artem Selivanov (piano); duet Alexey Cherkasov (violin), and Alexey Muratov (piano)

Special Prizes:

For the best performance of the piece written after 1970: trio M. Boltavskaya (violin), P. Churilov (cello), and D. Shaposhnikova (piano)

For the best performance of Shostakovich's piece: duet O. Bezuglov (violin), and N. Bezuglova (piano). For the best performance of the romantic piece: duet I. Tarasenko (viola), and T. Shevchenko (piano).

Piano duets

I Prize - Olga Trofimova, and Ilia Hrustov

II Prize - Tatiana Shatkovskaya, and Anna Shatkovskaya; Anastasia Gramoglasova, and Lubov Gramoglasova; Maria Spirina and Irina Zarechneva

III Prize - Anastasia Rybina and Elena Severukhina; Artem Lyahovich and Alina Romanova

Special Prizes:

For the Best Performance of Shostakovich's piece: O. Trofimova - I. Hrustov; T. and A. Shatkovskaya; A. and L. Gromoglasoval; A. Lyahovich - A. Romanova For the Best Performance of the Fantasia on the themes from Mussorgsky's Opera "Boris Godunov": D. Pinchuk - A. Savinov. [1]

2nd Edition of 2010

Regulations

In its 2nd edition the competition was held in one category, which included chamber music ensembles with the piano. Participants were judged in two age groups:

In the Junior Group eligible ensembles included piano duets, and piano trios. In the Senior Group the participants competed in duets, piano trios and piano quintets.

The competitive performances took place at the Grand Hall of the Ippolitov-Ivanov Pedagogical Institute in October 4–10 of 2010. The competition was held in two rounds. [4]

Founding organizations

Jury

Results

I Prize - trio Yaroslav Zaboyarkin (violin), Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (cello), Igor Andreev (piano); duet Maria Lazareva (violin) and Andrey Gugnin (piano)

II Prize - duet Mitinskiy Aleksandr (viola) and Nadezhda Kotnova (piano)

III Prize - quintet Svetlana Bezotosnaya (violin), Elena Savelyeva (violin), Elena Pentegova (viola), Lidiya Braun (cello), and Olga Lavrova (piano); trio Soronova Elizaveta (violin), Pavel Glazyrin (cello), Valentina Nemkova (piano)

Special prizes:

For the Best Performance of Shostakovich's piece: duet Mitinskiy Aleksandr (viola) and Nadezhda Kotnova (piano)

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References

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  2. ↑ 1st International Shostakovich Chamber Music and Piano Duet Competition - regulations
  3. ↑ "Буклет Первого Конкурса им. Шостаковича" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Международный конкурс камерных ансамблей имени Шостаковича". tvkultura.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  5. ↑ "II Международный Конкурс Камерных Ансамблей | Государственный музыкально-педагогический институт имени М.М. Ипполитова-Иванова". www.ippolitovka.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
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