Competition for violinists
Valiant Bank is organizing a soloist competition as part of the Murten Classics festival. Young violinists can apply until February 19.
Renowned soloists, ensembles and orchestras perform at the Murten Classics summer festival. The festival takes place from mid-August to the beginning of September in the picturesque town of Murten. The main performance venue is the courtyard of the medieval castle. The backdrop and the view of Lake Murten and Mont Vully give the concerts a unique blend of culture and nature.
The promotion of young musicians is a central element of Murten Classics' artistic objectives. In collaboration with Valiant, Murten Classics has been organizing the Valiantforum, a competition for young artists, for 16 years.
In this context, a soloist competition will be held for the second time in 2016. This year's competition is aimed at young violinists. It consists of an internal preliminary round based on submitted dossiers and video recordings, a partially public competition in two rounds and a public prizewinners' concert with orchestra, which will be held as part of Murten Classics.
Violinists can apply with a dossier until February 19. They must either have Swiss citizenship or be enrolled at a Swiss university of the arts and born after December 31, 1989. The preliminary round will take place on March 30 and 31, 2016 in Murten.
Three prizewinners from the second round will be invited to perform a part of the prizewinners' concert on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at 8 p.m. as part of Murten Classics.They will be accompanied by the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim under the direction of Johannes Schläfli.
One of Mozart's violin concertos KV 207, 211, 216, 218 or 219 will be performed. The jury will determine the ranking list at the prizewinners' concert.
The prize money is CHF 5,500. The winner will perform as a soloist at the Murten Classics Festival in 2017, will be a Valiant artist for a year and will be used at Valiant events whenever possible.
The jury may award additional special prizes in cooperation with other concert organizers.
The competition documents are available at
www.valiant.ch/murtenclassics
or to be requested from
jacqueline.keller@murtenclassics.ch
Further information about the Murten Classics Festival
www.murtenclassics.ch
