“LEONARDO DA VINCI’S FABLES IN MUSIC”
| “LEONARDO DA VINCI’S FABLES IN MUSIC” | |
| Summary: | Competiton for young European composers |
| Deadline: | 15 May 2019 |
| Date Posted: | 24 April 2019 |
| Details: |
EUROPEAN COMPETITION FOR 18-30 YEARS OLD MUSIC COMPOSERS • Open from 1 February until 15 May 2019 • Announcement of winners: by mid July 2019 • Award ceremony in Bruxelles: 26 September 2019 On the occasion of the 500-year anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death (1519-2019), and 30-year anniversary of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989-2019), the no-profit foundation “Carano 4 Children”1 (the “foundation”) launches the no-profit initiative « Leonardo 4 Children » with a focus on art and science for children, with the following objectives: • Stimulate the creativity and participation of European children and youth on art and science topics, inspired by the example of Leonardo da Vinci, to contribute to their balanced development and psycho-physical well-being; • Support children in need - primarily orphans or abandoned children and primarily in developing countries - to develop their artistic and scientific skills and develop their personality, and help them to overcome post-traumatic stress; • Create a cultural and solidarity link between children with higher and those with lower opportunities, such as between European children and children in developing countries outside Europe, showing that all children have similar potential to create and be “genius”. The competition will allow young musicians and composers across the European Union to use and further develop their creativity, musical skills, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) skills, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Fables. 1.1 Duration The competition starts on 1st February 2019 and ends on 15th May 2019. 1.2 Eligibility “Participants”: the authors of the works eligible for the competitions shall be young people legally resident in a Member State of the European Union (includes UK), aged between 18 and 30 years old at the date of submission, enrolled in or graduated from a Conservatory / Music school located in the EU. 1.3 Scope The competition focuses on 10 Fables3 (“Fables”) written by Leonardo da Vinci (available in annex 1). The Fables are provided in English and original language; other language versions may be added on the website www.carano4children.org. The participants are encouraged to make preparatory work on the fable and on creative interpretation, as well as on music techniques. 1.4 Work The “work” submitted for the competition shall be an original creation by the participants and consist in a musical interpretation of one Fable, chosen by the participants among the 10 Fables. The work should: • be completely original and not contain any third party’s work; • have a duration between 3’ and 10’; • consist of a melodic music played by classical music instruments: minimum 1 classical music instrument (piano or violin); maximum 7 classical music instruments (string quartet, piano, flute, harp) with the option to add percussion instruments; • include minimum 1 and maximum 3 classical singer voice types (chosen among: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass), playing original songs aligned with the content of the chosen Fable either using textual sentences, or with a free original poetic interpretation in any language; • possibly include as an option a children’s choir including 2-3 voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto); • possibly be done in team with multiple musical and creative competences. The work should include: 1.5 • a partition, possibly written using a programme for musical partitions (eg Sibelius, Finale,...); • the text played by the voices and choir; • either a recording of the composition or a MIDI file. Submission The work shall be submitted using the online form available at: www.carano4children.org Each application shall be related to a single chosen Fable; the same music composer(s) can submit more than one application. By submitting the application, the participant agrees with these “Terms and conditions”. The participants are welcome to post information on social media using #Leonardo4Children. 1.6 Scoring The eligible works will be scored using inter alia the following award criteria: • Creativity and originality • Quality of music melody • Quality of vocal and choral elements Alignment of the work with the selected fable Jury The Jury will be selected by the Advisory Board and include professional members from at least 3 different countries: composers, musicians and singers. The Jury members shall be independent, have no conflict of interest and commit to adhere to the highest standards of impartiality and fairness in their judgement. During the evaluation process, the Jury will not have access to the data of the applicant, nor the participating children, nor their country, in order to ensure fairness in their judgement. The applicants or the representatives of the participating children cannot contact the members of the Jury. The judgement of the Jury is final and cannot be appealed. 1.8 Awards The announcement of winners will be made by mid July 2019 on the website www.carano4children.org and an award ceremony will be organised in Brussels on 26th September 2019. The works with the best scoring for each of the 10 Fables will receive an award, which will consist in: • publication on “Leonardo 4 Children” multimedia product and as part of the “Leonardo 4 Children” toolkit for raising funds and as donation to children in need; • presentation at public events, at institutions or public places, or during concerts and events; • “Leonardo 4 Children” award certificate; • publication on website, social media and promotional material. The Jury may decide to assign special awards, including for the best Woman composer. For any query related to the competition please write to : leonardo@carano4children.org |
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