VIDEO SELECTION PROCESS

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The candidate must submit the following video:

24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op.1 Caprice Nº3, Niccolò Paganini. Transcription and free instrumentation. Suggestions: Editions: D. Vadrot (Lemoine) i R. HekKema (Raaf Publications)
This video file must be sent by WeTransfer to contact@andorrasaxfest.com by 15 November 2023.

File name: SURNAME_FIRST_NAME_PAGANINI

Resolution: minimum 640 x 480 pixels. Format: only mp4 will be accepted.

The video file must not exceed 2Gb.

In the video, the candidate must be fully visible at all times on the screen and the camera angle must be fixed.

The video must be filmed in a single take. A montage of the video will not be accepted.

All videos are viewed confidentially by the competition’s organising team to ensure that no editing has been used.

It is the responsibility of the competition’s organising team to decide whether a video is inadmissible due to insufficient technical quality and/or non-compliance with the rules defined above.

 In the case of inadmission, the contest’s organising team reserves the right to ask the candidate to provide a new video.

Until the end of the competition, the candidate is strictly forbidden to publish these videos on any media platform, including social media networks, under penalty of exclusion.

The video remains the property of the Andorran Saxophonists' Association until the end of the competition.

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FIRST ROUND

Märchenbilder, Schumann (1r mov)
Original Key, without previous piano rehearsal, the organisation can provide an adaptation of the score.
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Sonate, Jeanine Rueff, (3r mov)
Alto Saxophone Solo.

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SECOND ROUND

Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Leonard Bernstein (2nd mov)
Boosey & Hawkes Publishers. The organisation can provide an adaptation of the score.
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2nd free work
Solo piece chosen by the contestant. It must be original for any member of the saxophone family. It must be published and transcriptions won´t be accepted unless is made by the composer and it´s published as well. The contestant will bring copies of the piece for the jury. It is recommended that the piece is shorter than 12 minutes. The piece could be longer than 12 minutes but the jury could stop the interpretation in the competition once it passes the 12 minutes mark.

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FINAL ROUND

Alexander Glazunov, Concerto Op 109, From 9 bars after nª21 to nª22 the contestants will play a Cadenza different from the original one. It can be an edited Cadenza (like Lauba's) or a Cadenza composed for the occasion by the contestant or by someone else. Its maximum duration must not exceed 5 minutes. A special prize will be awarded to the best original Cadencia of the final, including a publication of this Cadencia.

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Original solo work commissioned by the Andorra Sax Fest to Jean-Charles Richard.

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