September 22nd - September 25th 2009

Dear young musicians,
This autumn, as part of the Samobor Autumn Music Festival, the 6th Ferdo Livadić International Competition of Young Musicians will be held just for you.
You will have the opportunity to present yourself through an all-evening recital as an accomplished young musician and, by choosing and performing your own programme, may possibly become one of the winners of this year's competition.

What has the Festival organized for you?

• The prize fund this year, donated by Hypo Adria Bank and the City of Samobor, is 25,000 kunas.
• The Festival gives the winner of the Ferdo Livadić Award a new composition by a Croatian composer for a solo instrument and chamber orchestra.
  The premiere of the composition, performed with the ensemble Cantus, will take place at the Samobor Autumn Music Festival.
• Cooperation with the ensemble Cantus brings with it a performance in Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in the cycle "The Cantus Ensemble & Lisinski".
• The winner of the City of Samobor Award will be given the chance to perform in the Samobor Autumn Music Festival.

Let us remind ourselves of the former winners of the Ferdo Livadić Competition: Javor Bračić and Lidija Ljubičić in 2004; Petrit Çeku and Filip Fak in 2005; Zrinka Ivančić and Marija Kuhar in 2006, Petra Kušan in 2007 and Dunja Bontek and Jelena Pavić in 2008.
The continuing success of these young artists in their careers is the best proof of their talents and the Samobor Autumn Music Festival is proud to have contributed to their artistic development by awarding them this prize.

WELCOME TO SAMOBOR!

RULES OF THE FERDO LIVADIĆ INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF YOUNG MUSICIANS

General regulations
The Ferdo Livadić international competition of young musicians is a component programme of the Samobor Autumn Music Festival, which consists of 9 concerts of a competitive nature. The competition is intended for young musicians of all music disciplines, aged 26 or younger, turned in the year of the competition.

The participants perform in front of an audience and judges in an all-evening concert performance.
Former winners of the competition may not enter.

Registration of competitors
The organizers will announce the Ferdo Livadić competition in daily newspapers and on the notice boards of music academies and schools in Croatia and abroad. This announcement will include the conditions and closing date for application.

The application should include: the full name of the candidate, postal address, e-mail address, and phone number. The application MUST include a biography, programme, and an audio or video recording (CD, mini-disc, DVD) with a list of compositions recorded. The recording needn't include the compositions signed up for the competition. The organizer will not return recordings.

Applications are to be sent to: Pučko otvoreno učilište Samobor,
p.p. 8, 10430 Samobor, Croatia.

Following the admission of all the applications, the judges will select 9 participants. All candidates will be notified of the result within 14 days of the application closing date.

Programme regulations
Participants will propose programmes of their own choice, but at least one composition by a Croatian composer is obligatory. The jury evaluates: artistic personality in programme selection and performance, choice of the composition of Croatian author, stage performance, communication with the audience, and overall realization of the recital.
The duration of the programme is up to 45 minutes.

Executive regulations
The administrative council of the People's Open University of Samobor must validate all decisions regarding:

• the election of the secretary of the competition
• the election of contestants
• the composition of the Jury

The secretary of the competition will deal with all administrative affairs regarding the realization of the competition.

The Jury
The jury consists of seven (7) members.
The jury consists of distinguished experts from various musical departments and the artistic director of the Samobor Autumn Music Festival. The jury will elect a chairman amongst themselves. After the judging is complete, the chairman must write an explanation of the comission's decision. The decisions made by the jury are final and any objections will not be considered.

Awards
The Ferdo Livadić Award, in the amount of 15.000 kunas, will be given to the best performer, and the City of Samobor Award, in the amount of 10.000 kunas, for the best performance of a composition written by a Croatian composer. The jury decides on both awards.

Additional regulations
All participants of the competition and artistic associates agree to participate, without payment, in live or recorded radio or TV broadcasts.

Chairman of the Administrative Council
of POU Samobor
Ivanka Prohić

Members of the Jury

Mladen Tarbuk
conducter and composer
Ivan Repušić
conducter
Krešimir Seletković
composer
Ivana Kocelj
musicologist
Zlatko Madžar
music publicist
Branimir Pofuk
music publicist
Goran Merčep
artistic director of SGJ

Awards

Ferdo Livadić Award
- 15 000 kn
Sponsor:
HYPO ALPE ADRIA BANK

Award of the City of Samobor
- 10 000 kn
Sponsor: City of Samobor

You can download the application form here