Instrumental department of the V International Music Academy

Period: from 13d to 22d February 2020. Masterclasses for different instruments will be held at separate times during the Festival.

Place: city of Sochi, Russia

Instrumental Department operates within the framework of International Musical Academy of Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi. The Department realizes a number of educational events for young gifted musicians. It is held with the aim of searching, supporting and educating gifted musicians from around the world.
International Department of International Musical Academy is held according to the regulation rules (hereinafter – Regulation). Participation at the academy means full and clear agreement with Regulation.

1.1. Organizers and partners of the Academy
Holding of the Academy, preparations and organization is made by Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi (hereinafter WIAFS), artistic director – Yuri Bashmet, executive director – Dmitriy Grinchenko.

1.2. Period and place of holding:
The masterclasses of International Department of Academy is held in the date of Festival from 13 to 22 February 2020 in the city of Sochi.
Participants should arrive one day before the masterclasses with their specialization start and leave one day after the end of masterclasses

1.3. Professors of Instrumental Department and date of masterclasses:

PIANO
David Lively (piano, France)
Professor, Dean of Exams at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
from 17 to 22 February

STRINGS
Tatiana Samouil (violin, Russia)
Professor at the Antwerp Conservatory
from 17 to 22 February

Mihaela Martin (violin, Germany)
Professor at the University of Music in Cologne
from 17 to 22 February

Wilfried Strehle (viola, Germany)
Professor at Universität der Künste in Berlin and Barenboim-Said academy
from 17 to 22 February

Frans Helmerson (cello, Germany)
Professor at Kronberg academy and Barenboim-Said academy
from 17 to 22 February

Jan Krigovsky (double bass, Slovakia)
Professor at Banska Bystrica Academy of Arts, President of Slovak Double Bass Club
from 17 to 22 February

BRASS INSTRUMENTS
Vincent Campos (trumpet, Spain)
Professor of Trumpet at Salvador Seguí Higher Conservatory of Music of Castellón de la Plana
from 13 to 16 February

David Bruchez (trombone, Switzerland)
Professor at the Zurich University ZHDK, Solo Trombone Player in Tonhalle Zürich
from 13 to 16 February

Olivier Darbellay (French horn, Switzerland)
Principal horn of the Berne Symphony Orchestra and the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Professor at both the academies of Lucerne and Lausanne
from 15 to 18 February

DRUM
Nebojsa Zivkovic (marimba and percussion, Serbia)
Professor of percussion at Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, Austria
from 18 to 22 February


Program of Academy in the date of masterclasses:

10.00 – 14.00 lessons with professors
14.00 – 15.00 break
15.00 – 18.00 lessons with concertmasters

21st February 2020 17:00, Organ Hall – Concert of participants of Academy together with soloists of Youth Symphony Orchestra of Russia.

2.1. The academy is opened for youth musicians from Russia, Europe and other foreign countries aged from 14 to 25 years on the period of attendance (01.02.2020).

2.2. Lessons in frames of Academy are free of charge for students who passed selection.

2.3 The list of participants is based on competition.

2.4. Academy participants should arrive in Sochi according to the terms specified in the invitation from Winter International Arts Festival.

2.5. The cost of travelling to and back from Sochi, accommodation in Sochi for the period of the Academy for the participants and accompanying persons back are born by the participants of the Academy or the contributing party.

2.6. Organizers of the Festival and the Academy reserve the right to establish different scholarships for the most talented young musicians who participate in the Academy.

2.7. Academy participants are bound to take part in the events (concerts, lessons, etc).

2.8. Candidates for the open lessons and concert will be selected by professors of the Academy.

2.9. The concert and lessons programs will be selected from the list of pieces indicated in the application forms of the participants.

2.10. All pieces must be played by musicians by heart.

2.11. Organizers are responsible to provide concertmasters for the participants of the Academy for the whole period of their staying in Sochi in frames of Academy

2.12. All lessons in frames of Academy are opened with possibility for the audience to present at master-classes and concert as a listener.

2.13. Organizers are responsible for educational and cultural program

2.14. If required, the organizers will apply for the necessary documents to obtain the working VISA for the musician. Participant will send to the AGENCY all the necessary documents to obtain the VISA. All visa service charges as well as visa costs are paid by participant.

2.15. Academy students have possibility to get the Entry pass for all events of Winter International Arts Festival free of charge. The Entry Pass is a property of Winter International Arts Festival. Holding Entry Pass to the third party is strongly prohibited. Entry Pass gives the rights to visit concerts in frames of Festival without seat conferment.

2.16. If required, organizers will book the hotel for participants by special price of Winter International Arts Festival.

2.17. Organizers don’t cover any medical insurance for the participants and accompanying persons. For all injuries suffered by participants and accompanying persons, loss and damage of property during the Academy, the organizers are not liable.

2.18. The participants of the Academy and their legal representatives, through their participation, confirm that they have no medical contraindications for participation in the Academy.

Condition of participation in the Academy is the conclusion with the Winter In-ternational Arts Festival performers of the relevant musical works free of license agreements (article 1308 of the Civil code of the Russian Federation), containing the indication that the use of objects of related rights created in connection with participa-tion in the Academy, the parties of the contract have agreed to apply Russian law. In all other cases, not stipulated in this Regulation and relevant use of rights to results of intellectual activity, organizers and participants of the Academy are guided by the civil legislation of the Russian Federation.
Academy students give their consent to the filming of master-classes, concerts and other activities of Academy with the possibility of further usage of materials for the creation of TV programs.
In all other cases not covered by these Regulations and regarding the use of rights to the results of intellectual activity, the organizers and participants of the Acad-emy are guided by the civil law of Russian Federation.

To participate in the Academy, one must complete form of online registration on the website www.wiafs.ru or send not later than 01th of February 2020 to the following address:

Direction of the Winter International Arts Festival In Sochi
Bolshaya Nikitskaya street 22/2, office 56
Russia 121009 Moscow
Tel/Fax:: +7 (495) 212 1565
E-mail: info@rusconagency.ru

The application form should be sent together with the following documents:
- one digital photo – not less than 300 dpi/2Mb by size (portrait-type, neutral back-ground, artistically performed);
- a copy of passport or any other ID-card (the pages with photograph and personal signature are required)
- a brief artistic biography (1200 to 1300 characters);
- DVD with video recordings or weblink for recording of performances made on or after January 1, 2019.
- a permission for processing the applicant’s personal data (in a free form, signed by applicant)

The application and accompanying documents will not be returned. The application, executed with violation of requirements will not be considered. All participants and accompanying persons must have an insurance policy valid on the territory of Russian Federation.

In the event of a dispute in interpreting the terms and conditions of participation in the Academy contained hereunder, the Russian text shall be considered as the only correct text.

Direction of the Winter International Arts Festival In Sochi

Bolshaya Nikitskaya street 22/2, office 56
Russia 121009 Moscow
Tel/Fax:: +7 (495) 212 1565
E-mail: info@rusconagency.ru

Contact person: Anastasia Minaeva (Management of the Winter International Arts Fes-tival In Sochi) minaeva.anastasiia@gmail.com