Jyväskylä Voice Competition for Tenors
In honor of Vilho Kekkonen
"The oldest performing Tenor in the World"
Jyväskylä, February 22nd - 25th, 2009

The 100-years Birthday Celebration Concert will take place on february 21st, 2009 at 16.00 o'clock in the Chamber Music Hall of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences.
The Finals of the Competition will take place on February 25th, 2009 at 19.00 o'clock in Jyväskylä's Theatre

Organisers
The Foundation of the Conservatory of Music of Central Finland
The School of Cultural Studies of the Jyväskylä Polytechnic
Jyväskylä Symphony

Patron of the Competition
Vilho Kekkonen

Competition Office
Wivi Lönnin katu 3, 40100 Jyväskylä. tel. +358 40 546 9014

Competition place
Chamber Music Hall of Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences

Organizing Committee
Heikki Siukola, Chair
Juhani Laurila, Secretary
Vilho Kekkonen
Seppo Ruohonen

Jury
Seppo Ruohonen, Chair
Harald Ek
Genny Scarafoni
Heikki Siukola

The application forms (Paper or Internet) and audiotapes must be 16.01.2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the following address: Jyväskylä Competition for tenors, Contest Committee Wivi Lönnin katu 3, 40100 Jyväskylä Finland.

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The Foundation of the Central Finland Conservatory of Music, the School of Cultural Studies of the Jyväskylä Polytechnic and Jyväskylä Sinfonia organize a tenor competition to take place in Jyväskylä from 22nd to the 25th February 2009. The prizes of the competition are provided by the fund established by Vilho Kekkonen, Dip. Mus.

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Tenors from the member countries of the European Union, who have not reached the age of 35 by the beginning of the competition, can take part therein.

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The competition has one category and it will be carried out in two rounds. The participants in the first round will be selected on the basis of an audiotape eliminatory. The performances in this tape, as well as that in the first round, will have piano accompaniment. The finalists will perform as soloists with the Jyväskylä Symphony.

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A pre-selection jury will chose the contestants for the first round on the basis of the audiotapes received. The competition proper will be judged by a jury of four members on the basis of ratified rules and regulations.

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The enclosed application form, together with the audiotape, must reach the competition office no later than January 16 th , 2009. Either Mini-Disc or DAT-recordings are suggested for the audiotape, although video recordings will also be accepted.

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The contestants are personally responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses as well as those of their accompanists. Jyväskylä Polytechnic can also provide free of charge accompanist service. Contestants are required to send copies of theirs scores in their performance keys well in advance.

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Competition Repertoire
The repertoire of the competition consists of opera arias, concert arias and Lied. The purpose of the competition is to seek representatives of the "Bel Canto"-genre. Those selected for the finals may not perform the same repertoire as in the preliminary rounds.

Pre-selection audiotape
1. An opera or concert aria

Preliminary round (22.-23.02.2009)
1. An opera or concert aria
2. One solo selection ( 'Lied', 'Song', 'Mélodie', Romance, Italian, Slav or Finnish song).
3. Free choice selection (s)
The total programme's maximum duration is 20 min

Finals (25.02.2009)
Two of the following opera/oratorio arias accompanied by orchestra:
Bizet: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Carmen)
Donizetti: "Pour mon ame quel destin" (La fille du régiment)
Donizetti: "Una furtiva lagrima" (L´Elisir D´Amore)
Donizetti: "Tombe degli avi miei" (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Gounod: "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" (Faust)
Händel: "Come fort'ye, my people" (Messias)
Händel: "Ev´ry valley shall be exalted" (Messias)
Händel: "Ombra mai fu" ( Xerxes)
Leoncavallo: "Vesti la giubba" (Pagliacci)
Mozart: "Un'aura amorosa" (Cosi fan tutte)
Mozart: "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" (Die Zauberflöte)
Mozart: "Frisch zum Kampfe" (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Mozart: "Il mio tesoro intanto" (Don Giovanni)
Puccini: "Che gelida manina" (La Bohème)
Rossini: "Ecco, ridente in cielo" (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Tsaikovski: "Kuda, kuda..." (Jevgeni Onegin)
Verdi: "La donna è mobile" (Rigoletto)
Verdi: "Lunge da lei" (La Traviata)
Verdi: "Celeste Aida" (Aida)
Händel: "Verdi prati" (Alcina)
Händel "Car sposa..." (Rinaldo)
Gluck: "Che faro senza Eurydike" (Orfeo e Eurydice)

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The prizes of the competition are as follows:
I prize 7.500 euros
II prize 4.500 euros
III prize 3.500 euros
It is at the jury's discretion to award the prizes otherwise. The contestants selected for the finals will receive an honorary diploma signed by the competition jury.

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The competition events will be open to the public. The performances can be recorded, broadcast or televised with the permission of the organisers.

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The organisers reserve all the rights for possible, necessary changes.

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Competition repertoire
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Finals:
Résumé of musical studies. Vocal teachers must be mentioned:
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