XVI EDIÇÃO DO CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA VIANNA DA MOTTA

XVI EDIÇÃO DO CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA VIANNA DA MOTTA

18 a 30 de Julho de 2007

CCB - Grande e Pequeno Auditórios

CALENDÁRIO DA XVI EDIÇÃO DO CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA VIANNA DA MOTTA – 2007

18 Julho
Grande Auditório / 21H
CONCERTO INAUGURAL
Natália Gutman violoncelo / Elisso Virssaladze piano
SONATAS PARA VIOLONCELO E PIANO DE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN E JOHANNES BRAHMS
Preços: De 5€ a 15€

19 Julho
1ª Eliminatória
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
10h - 12h45 / 14h15 – 19h15 / 20h45 – 22h45

20 Julho
1ª Eliminatória
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
10h00 – 12h45 / 14h15 – 19h15

21 Julho
1ª Eliminatória
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
10h00 - 11h30
Anúncio dos resultados – 22H

22 Julho
2ª Eliminatória
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
9H – 13H / 14H – 18H45 / 19H45 – 23H

23 Julho
2ª Eliminatória
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
9H – 13H / 14H – 19H
Anúncio dos resultados – aprox. às 22H

24 e 25 Julho
Prova final a solo
Pequeno Auditório Entrada Livre
17H – 22H

26 e 27 Julho
Prova final com Orquestra
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Grande Auditório / 20H
Preço único 5€

28 e 29 Julho
Prova final com Orquestra
Sinfonia Varsóvia
Grande Auditório / 19H
Preço único 5€
Anúncio dos resultados finais – dia 29 Julho / aprox. às 23H – Pequeno Auditório

30 Julho
Cerimónia de entrega dos prémios
Grande Auditório Entrada Livre
19H

(Esta cerimónia contará ainda com a interpretação de uma obra ou excerto dela por cada um dos laureados, e por ordem decrescente)

A saber mais em:

http://www.vdamotta.org/


History of the competition

“Through the years, the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition has become a veritable Hall of Fame for pianists. With an average of fifteen respected judges from around the world, the jury assures competitors fair and artistic judgment. Well known figures such as Nadia Boulanger, Jacques Fevrier, Also Ciccolini, Hans Graf, Vladimir Krainev, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Friedrich Gulda, Ernesto Halfter, Lev Oborin, Cmargo Guarnieri, Samson François, Walter Hendl, Nikita Magaloff, Federico Mompou, Jakov Zak, Maria Tipo, Henryk Szeryng, Lev Vlasenko, Paul Badura-Skoda, Malcolm Frager, Elmar Oliveira, and Lazar Berman have participated on the competition's juries. The competition has been a highly respected member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1966.
More recent years have brought closer ties between the international competition and the USA. Participation by the Luso-American Foundation for Development (a Portuguse-American foundation), the Unisys Corporation, American judges and competitors and more recently, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, has helped build a cultural friendship between Portugal and the United States. Sequeira Costa, now an American citizen, has taught for several years as the Cordelia Brown Murphy Distinguished Professor of Piano at the University of Kansas--a position established especially for him.

Founded by decree of the Prime Minister of Portugal in 1957, a new piano competition of global significance was established through the vision of Sequeira Costa, a young Portuguese pianist who had an already established international career. Having competed in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition and won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (1951), Sequeira Costa was touched by the importance and brilliance of the event's Gala Concert and prize-giving ceremony. In the years following, Costa began dialogue with the Portuguese government to form a great competition which would wake and perpetuate homage to Vianna da Motta, the last pupil of Liszt and teacher of Sequeira Costa. During the initial difficulties of establishing such an event, Costa gave the First Prize of the new competition from his personal resources. Sponsorship finally fell into place and in October of 1957 the first Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition took place. Since then, its success has attracted great critical attention and consistently drawn a large number of contestants from all parts of the world.

Through the years, the competition has continued to meet high expectations. On every occasion of the competition, an impressive jury has been assembled: many of the most illustrious teachers and performers in the world. The competition provides a place of artistic exchange and a great stage for the best new talents.”

Fonte:

http://www.vdamotta.org/compHist.htm