1. Pianists from all over the world can participate in the Rachmaninoff International Youth Piano Competition (hereinafter, the “Competition”).
   
   
2. The participants should be at least 10 and no older than 18 years inclusive by the Competition Opening on March 21, 2023.
   
   
3. The maximum number of participants of the live rounds is 15 pianists.
   
   
4. The preparation, arrangement and management of the Competition is supervised by the Organizer – the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture «ROSCONCERT» (hereinafter – Organizer).

1. The competition applicant (hereinafter, the “applicant”) must submit his/her application to participate in the competition (hereinafter, the “application”) until February15, 2023, via the official website of the competition rachmaninoff-youth.com (hereinafter, the “official website”). The application must be in Russian or English according to the form provided on the official website.
   
   
2. The application must have the following documents attached:

– a copy of the applicant’s document of identification (passport of a foreign citizen or another document established by federal law or accepted in accordance with an international treaty of the Russian Federation as a document identification of a foreign citizen for foreign citizens); birth certificate;
– applicant’s biography (approximately 1,000 characters);
– 2 digital color photos of the applicant, resolution of at least 300 dpi, including a close-up photo for publication;
– a copy of the musical education certificate;
– copies of the laureate diplomas of international competitions for the last 3 years (if any);
– applicant’s bank account details (for the prize transfer);
– 2 letters of recommendation: one from the applicant’s music teacher, the other from the cultural organization, an educational institution, a concert organization or an authoritative figure in musical art. Letters must be written in the form of a special recommendation of a candidate for participation in the competition on Russian or English language
–   consent form to process personal data, permitted by the personal data subject for distribution.
–   consent form to process personal data
–   consent form to use the performance
–   other documents at the request of the Organizer

3. The applicants should attach to their applications the list of musical pieces from the competition program including their tonalities, movements as well as the performance duration of all competition pieces including the qualifying round.

Changes to the mentioned list can be made only until March 1, 2022.

4. The applicants should submit a video recording of their performance of the musical pieces filmed for the competition, unedited, recorded no earlier than in September 2022, prior to participation in the competition, strictly in the same place (hereinafter, the “video”). The video should be submitted in the form of a web link (the participants are responsible for providing the working web links). Videos should be made by one fixed camera without interruption during the performance of one piece of music and show a musician as he/she is seen from the audience perspective (in full growth); Turning off the camera between the recording of different pieces is allowed. The video repertory requirements are specified in the competition program.

The competition consists of the qualifying round by video, 1^st and 2^nd  live rounds held at the competition venue. The 1^st round – solo performance of the competition programme. 2^nd (final)round – performance with an orchestra.

1. The candidates for the live rounds are chosen according to the results of the qualifying round by video based on of the submitted videos, applications and the attached documents and materials specified in the Application Procedure section.
   
   
2. The Organizer will announce the qualifying round results before March 1, 2023.
   The applicants who pass the qualifying round receive the official letter from the Organizer containing the invitation to participate in the live rounds.

The applicants who do not pass the qualifying round receive the official letter from the Organizer containing information on the competition jury’s decision to terminate their participation in the competition.

3. No more than 15 pianists can be admitted to the live rounds.
   
   
4. All contestants admitted to the 1^st round also compete in the 2^nd There will be no selection between the 1^st and 2^nd rounds.
   
   
5. The drawing procedure in the 1st round defines the order of the performances that remains unchanged throughout the competition. Only the competition jury has the right to decide on changing the order of performances.
   
   
6. The participants are provided with practice rooms during the Competition and time for acoustic rehearsals on the stage of the concert hall where the competition will be held prior to the 1st round, as well as one orchestral rehearsal before the 2^nd
   
   
7. All musical pieces should be performed by heart.
   
   
8. All live performances of the contestants are open to the public.

1. The participants invited to the live rounds (1st and 2nd rounds) of the competition and for one accompanying person are provided with a hotel room (a twin room in a hotel of at least a 3-star category) for the period of time between the date stated in the invitation and till the end of the competition.
   The Organizer pays for:

– the airplane and/or train tickets (economy class) for the participant (admitted to the 1st round of the competition) and his accompanying person from the place of residence (or study) of the participant to the competition venue;
– the airplane and/or train tickets (economy class) for the participant and his accompanying person from the competition venue to the participant’s place of residence (or study) after the end of the competition.

The participants invited to the 1st round of the competition (and their accompanying person) are provided with meals for the period of time between the date stated in the invitation and till the end of the competition.

2. The participants invited to the live rounds of the competition who live in the country with specific visa requirements for visiting the Russian Federation have to individually apply for a visa at the Russian consulate. The Organizer undertakes to provide all the necessary invitations, however, is not liable for obtaining a visa and the related expenses.
   
   
3. The participants who arrive to take part in the competition and refuse to perform for whatever reason are obliged to bear all the accommodation and travel expenses, as well as obliged to reimburse the Organizer’s incurred expenses for themselves and their accompanying person.

Grand Prix – awarded after the Laureates Gala concert.
Five prizes of 350 thousand rubles each are awarded to five contestants who received the title of “Laureate of the Competition”.
Ten prizes of 100 thousand rubles each are awarded to ten participants who received the title of “Diploma of the Competition”.
The prizes are transferred to the participants’ bank accounts in rubles or in the US dollars according to the official exchange rate published by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the payday.

Depending on the achieved results and limited by the established number of prizes, the competition jury has the right:

а) give out not all the prizes;
b) divide prizes between the participants.

The decisions of the competition jury are final and are not subject to revision.

Special and additional prizes might be established by other state, commercial, public or art organizations, both Russian and foreign, but only with the approval of the organizing committee. Such prizes must be approved by the organizing committee no later than the opening date of the competition.

1. The competition finalists participate on a free basis in the closing ceremony and 2 concerts of the laureates. The competition finalists also participate in the Russian and abroad concert tours of the laureates.
   
   
2. All the competition rounds might be broadcast live by television programs and be recorded for the subsequent broadcasts as well as for audio and video releases. The competition will be partially or fully available for viewing on the Internet information and telecommunications network.
   
   
3. The Organizer has exclusive broadcasting rights and rights for audio and video recording of the competition and closing concert of the laureates, as well as the right for further usage of the aforementioned materials.
   
   
4. The participants undertake to sign a document confirming that they have no claims regarding the use by the Organizer of the materials specified in paragraph 3 of the Special Terms. The Organizer does not assume any financial liabilities on the usage of the produced materials to the participants.
   
   
5. The Organizer does not provide any kind of insurance to the participants and persons accompanying them.
   
   
6. The application is the evidence of the participant’s full understanding of the conditions stated in the present Regulations as well as their commitment to follow them.
   
   
7. The competition jury is approved by the organizing committee and includes famous musical personalities.
   
   
8. The activity of the competition jury is pursuant to the regulations of the competition jury approved by the organizing committee.
   
   
9. The media representatives, citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign citizens who acquire tickets to the events included in the main competition preparation and execution program or the citizens who receive invitations from the Organizer, as well as persons accompanying the participants are considered the guests of the competition.
   
   
10. All the information posted on the official website of the event is considered correct at the moment of its publication. The organizing committee retains the right to make all the necessary amendments. Should any conflict arise between the Russian and English versions of these terms, the Russian language version shall be controlling.

General terms

1) All the pieces are performed by memory. Participants must not exceed the allotted time; the total performance time does not include the pauses between pieces. The jury has the right to stop performance in case a participant exceeds the allotted time. The right of repeats is left to the discretion of the competitor.

2) Participants should be able to submit one copy of the sheet music they used to practice each musical piece.

3) Submitted repertory or the performance order of the musical pieces can be changed only upon authorization of the Organizer.

4) When applying for participation, competitors must state the duration of the musical pieces of their choice.

Qualifying round (video recording). Duration – up to 20 minutes

It is not allowed to perform works of live (I and II) rounds.

– J.S. Bach. Invention (two-part or three-part invention) or Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier (book 1 or book 2);

– One or more works by the following composers: D. Scarlatti, J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, M. Clementi, F. Schubert (it is allowed to perform 1 or 2 and 3 movements of the sonata);

– Two virtuosic etudes at the choice of the participant from the following composers: M. Clementi, K. Czerny, M. Moshkovsky, A.G. Rubinstein, A.Scriabin, S.V. Rachmaninoff, F. Chopin, R. Schumann, F. Liszt, C. Debussy, C. Saint-Saens, S. Prokofiev.

I round (solo). Duration – from 20 to 25 minutes

– One or more compositions by the following foreign composers (up to 10 minutes): J.S. Bach, G.Handel, J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, K.M.von Weber, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, F. Chopin, R. Schumann, F. Liszt, S. Frank, J. Brahms, E. Grieg, K. Debussy, M. Ravel;

– One or more compositions by the following Russian composers (performance of one or more compositions by S.V. Rachmaninoff is obligatory): M. Mussorgsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, A.Rubinstein, M. Balakirev, A. Lyadov, S. Taneev, N. Myaskovsky, N. Medtner, S.Rachmaninoff, S. Prokofiev, A. Scryabin.

As part of the solo round, the performance of movements of the sonata is allowed as well as the transcriptions of the pieces of the above mentioned composers.

II round (orchestral). Duration – up to 20 minutes.

Any concerto (all movements) from the list, or only movement I, or movements II and III.

J.S. Bach. Clavier Concerto in F minor BWV 1056

J.S. Bach. Clavier Concerto in D minor BWV 1052

Haydn. Piano Concerto in D Major

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major K.414

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major K.453

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K.466

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major K.467

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K.488

W.A. Mozart. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K.491

van Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op.15

van Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major Op.19

van Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor Op.37

Mendelssohn. Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op.25

Chopin. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op.11

Chopin. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op.21

Schumann. Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54

Liszt. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major S.124

Liszt. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major S.125

Grieg. Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16

P.I. Tchaikovsky. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op.23

S.V. Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op.1

S.V. Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op.18

S.V. Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op.30

S.V. Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43

Prokofiev. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major Op.10

Prokofiev. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major Op.26

M. Ravel. Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Major