Geza-Anda – Concours Géza Anda 2021

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Concours Géza Anda

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International Piano Competition

27th May

5th June 2021

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BREAKING NEWS

Message from Corine Mauch

Mayor of the City of Zurich

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MESSAGE DE BIENVENUE DE SILVIA STEINER

President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education
Member of the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich and Head of the Department of Education

THE MESSAGE

100. GEBURTSTAG VON GÉZA ANDA

Das Jahr 2021 stand ganz im Zeichen des 100. Geburtstags von Géza Anda. Finden Sie hier eine Rückschau auf die verschiedenen Events wie den 15. Concours Géza Anda, die Klaviernacht zu seinen Ehren in Zürich sowie verschiedene Konzerte und Publikationen”

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Jury 2021

The Jury

15^th edition | 1979 – 2021

The
competition

2021 marks the year of Géza Anda’s 100^th birthday and the 15^th edition of the International Piano Competition.
The schedule and essential information on the Concours Géza Anda in 2021 can be found here.

Conditions of Participation REPERTOIRE AND COMPULSORY PIECES

Timeline

Registration 01 December 2020 – 31 January 2021 Géza Anda Competition Bleicherweg 18, 8002 Zurich

Application for the 15th Concours Géza Anda – 27 May to 5 June 2021

Applications must be made by 31 January 2021 via www.geza-anda.ch

Please note:
This application only becomes valid after payment of the registration fee of 300 Swiss Francs
to Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG, Bleicherweg 18, CH-8002 Zurich
Account: Nr. 11562561.2002 in the name of Géza Anda Foundation, Bleicherweg 18, CH-8002 Zurich/Switzerland
IBAN CH12 0852 8115 6256 1200 2
BIC 8528 – Swift: IHZUCHZZXXX
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Concours Géza Anda
Bleicherweg 18
CH-8002 Zurich

Phone +41 44 205 14 23
Fax +41 44 205 14 29

info@geza-anda.ch
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Auditions (1^st Round, duration: max. 25’) 27 – 29 May 2021 Musikhochschule Konservatorium Zurich MKZ Florhofgasse 6, 8001 Zurich

The candidate must play the following works from the repertoire list and the list of compulsory pieces:

1^st part
D. Scarlatti: One of the sonatas
or
J. S. Bach: One movement from one partita at own choice

2^nd part
W. A. Mozart: One of the sonatas
or
L. van Beethoven: One of the sonatas

3^rd part
F. Chopin: One of the etudes
or
F. Liszt: One of the etudes

REPERTOIRE AND COMPULSORY PIECES

Recitals (2^nd Round, duration: 55’) 31 May – 01 June 2021 Musikhochschule Konservatorium Zurich MKZ Florhofgasse 6, 8001 Zurich

This programme will be agreed between the Jury and the candidate, based on the selection of works from the repertoire list and the list of compulsory pieces that the candidate submitted with their application. The recital programme must be in the following order:

1^st part
A complete sonata from the list, by either Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt or Schubert.

2^nd part
A work or compilation of several works from the list.

3^rd part
A work of the candidate’s free choice, which does not need to be from the list.

REPERTOIRE AND COMPULSORY PIECES

Mozart Semi Final (3^rd Round) 02 – 03 June 2021 City Hall – Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Stefan Blunier Stadthausstr. 4a, 8400 Winterthur

The Semi-finalists have to play one of the following Mozart piano concerti:

No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 (Jeunehomme)
or
No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
or
No. 25 in C major, K. 503
or
No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595

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Final concert (4^th Round) 05 June 2021 Tonhalle Maag – Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conducted by Gergely Madaras Zahnradstr. 22, 8005 Zurich

For the Final Round, the finalists are asked to prepare works by different composers from the four groups mentioned below, either two works (selection from groups 1 and 2) or three works (selection from group 1, 3 or 4 or group 2, 3 or 4). Groups 3 and 4 cannot be combined.

1. ) B. Bartók
No. 1, Sz 83 / BB 91
or
No. 2, Sz 95 /BB 101
or
No. 3, Sz 119 / BB 127

2. ) L. van Beethoven
No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
or
No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73

3. ) F. Liszt
Piano concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
to combine with

Totentanz, S. 126 (Danse macabre)
or
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk melodies, S. 123 for piano and orchestra
or
E. von Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Tune in C major, Op. 25 for piano and orchestra (1914)

4. ) F. Liszt
Piano concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
to combine with

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Prizes

1 CHF 40,000.-

2 CHF 30,000.-

3 CHF 20,000.-

Special Prizes

Liszt-Bartók Special Prize

This prize rewards the candidates best interpretation of a work by F. Liszt or B. Bartók. It will consist of the sum of CHF 10,000 .- .

Mozart Prize of the Musikkollegium Winterthur

The Jury, in consultation with the Musikkollegium Winterthur, will award the Mozart Prize to the semi-finalist whom they consider to have given the best Mozart interpretation during the Mozart Round of the Concours Géza Anda 2021. The Mozart Prize, sponsored by the Musikkollegium Winterthur, consists of a concert accompanied by the orchestra and the sum of CHF 6,000.- .

Géza Anda Audience Prize

This Prize rewards the finalist whose personal and musical character makes the greatest impression on the concert audience. Please note: in contrast to the awards made by the Jury – which bases its decision on all four Rounds of the Competition – the Audience Prize is awarded solely on the basis of the Final Concert in the Zurich Tonhalle on 5 June 2021. The Audience Prize is sponsored by Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG. It provides the winner with the chance to perform in a concert.

Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Price

The Géza Anda Foundation will award the Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Prize to one of the young participants for a performance of outstanding artistic merit during the Competition. The Prize will consist of the sum of CHF 3,000.- .