The 4th Hong Kong International Harp Competition 2018

 Announcement

The 4th Hong Kong International Harp Competition 2018 第四屆香港國際豎琴比賽

4-7 Oct 2018

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The Hong Kong International Harp Competition aims to encourage harp students to strive for a high level of artistic achievement. It provides contestants a platform to develop their performance capabilities and encourage artistic exchange. Contestants will be judged by a highly qualified judging panel, composed of internationally renowned harpists and major harpists from Hong Kong.
『香港國際豎琴比賽』旨在鼓勵豎琴學生作出藝術交流，提供學生一個展現其天賦和發掘潛能的平台。評審團將由國際知名的豎琴大師和香港主要豎琴家組成。

We also aim to make the Competition accessible to harp community and the general public and encourage more harp learning, playing, performing and appreciation.
我們的目標是希望透過這次比賽推廣豎琴，讓更多人可以學習、彈奏、演奏和欣賞豎琴。

 

Divisions and Requirements 分组

Contestants can only enter one of the following divisions, according to the age specifications. Entries must include all the materials listed on the application page.  參賽者只可以根據年紀選擇參加以下其中一個組別

All ages will be on 31 Aug 2018

A.  Children Lever 兒童組 – ages 6 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿7歲

B.  Primary I Lever 初級I組 – ages 9 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿10歲

C.  Primary II Lever 初級II組 – ages 11 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿12歲

D.  Primary III Pedal 初級III組 – ages 11 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿12歲

E.  Secondary I Pedal 中級I組 – ages 14 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿15歲

F.   Secondary II Pedal 中級II組 – ages 19 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿20歲

G.  Professional Pedal 專業組 – ages 30 or below on 31/8/2018 前未滿31歲

H.  Open Pedal 公開組 – ages 20 or above, non-harp major current students / graduates 20歲或以上, 非豎琴專業修讀或畢業學生

 

Competition Repertoire 比赛曲目

Contestants must perform all pieces from memory. Free choice selection should be taken from the standard solo classical harp repertoire (i.e., no pop or jazz) and should be of equal or greater difficulty than the stipulated piece(s) for the Division. Free choice selection must be for solo harp, without accompaniment. The total performance length must not exceed the time limit for each division.

參賽者必須背譜演奏。自選曲應選擇經典的豎琴曲（不包括流行音樂或爵士樂），自選曲難度需要等同或大於指定曲目。選曲必須為獨奏曲，不可選擇帶伴奏的曲目，時長不能超過指定的時間限制。
A. Children Lever 兒童組

  1. Hocus Pocus from Songs by Sonja,Book2
  2. One free choice piece, time limit 4 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限4分鐘

B. Primary I Lever 初級I組

  1. Gigue from Grandjany’s Petite Suite
  2. One free choice piece, time limit 5 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限5分鐘

C. Primary II Lever 初級II組

  1. Little Fountain by Sam Pratt
  2. One free choice piece, time limit 6minutes 自選曲一首, 時限6分鐘

D. Primary III Pedal 初级III组

  1. Choose one from 選一

i. J.L.Dussek: Six Sonatines No.6, or
ii. Handel: Passacaille

2. One free choice piece, time limit 6 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限6分鐘

E. Secondary I Pedal 中级I组

  1. Rosetti/ McDonald: Six Harp Sonatas, No. 4
  2. One free choice piece, time limit 8 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限8分鐘

F. Secondary II Pedal 中级II组

  1. Choose one from 選一

i. L.Spohr: Fantasie For Harp In C Minor, Op.35, or
ii. M.Grandjany: Fantaisie sur un thème de J. Haydn, Op. 31, or
iii. P. Young:Suzhou River Fantasie

  1. One free choice piece, time limit 10 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限10分鐘

G. Professional Pedal 專業組

  1. Choose one from 選一

i. G.Tailleferre: Sonata For Harp, or
ii. P.Houdy: Sonata Pour Harpe, or
iii. P.Hindemith: Sonate For Harp

  1. One free choice piece, time limit 12 minutes 自選曲一首, 時限12分鐘

H. Open Pedal 公開組

M. Grandjany: Old Chinese Song

 

 

For details, please go to http://hkharpsociety.org/competition-2018/

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