PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SChOlARShiP

PABLO CASALS
INTERNATIONAL
scholarship
2016
F O U N D A T I O N
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PABLO CASALS
The Pau Casals Foundation, established
by Pablo Casals and Marta Casals in 1972,
INTERNATIONAL
created the Pablo Casals Scholarship in
SCHOLARSHIP
1984. Over those 32 years, a large number
2016
of young cellists from Catalonia, the rest
of Spain, Andorra and the South of France
have been able to take part and fifty
or so of them have received the support
In association with:
of the Foundation.
With the 2016 competition, the scholarship
becomes international and is open to
aspirants from all the countries of the
European Union and Puerto Rico.
F O U N D A T I O N
Pau Casals Museum
Avinguda Palfuriana, 67
Platja de Sant Salvador
43880 El Vendrell
T +(34) 93 319 20 21
Pau Casals Foundation
Casa del Gremi de Velers
C/ Sant Pere Més Alt, 1, 4t, 2a
08003 Barcelona
[email protected]
www.paucasals.org
CONDITIONS
2016 Competition
1. Purpose
The Pablo Casals International Scholarship offered by the Pau
Casals Foundation aims to help young cellists broaden their studies
of the instrument in order to develop their technique and the art
of performance through ongoing studies and training with leading
professionals.
The aims of the scholarship are:
1) To provide support for young cellists in their training and technical and artistic development.
2)To promote an open, ongoing relation with the young cellists
who win the scholarship and foster the connection between
them as ambassadors of the Foundation to promote knowledge
and dissemination of the artistic, cultural and human legacy of
Pablo Casals.
The scholarship consists of an economic endowment, but also an
offer by the Foundation to accompany and advise the person selected in the development of their artistic training.
2. Amount of the Scholarship
The Pablo Casals Scholarship is worth €18,000. The international
jury may grant an extra €6,000 for aspirants from Catalonia, the
rest of Spain, Andorra and the French Pyrenées-Orientales department. Among the aspirants selected for the final stage the jury may
award honourable mentions to the best finalists.
3. Participation in concerts
In addition to the economic contribution, the scholarship holder
will have an opportunity to take part, over the two years following
the granting of the Scholarship, in scholarship holder concerts
at the Pau Casals Foundation in Barcelona, El Vendrell or other
cities.
The scholarship holder undertakes to perform in a minimum of
four promotional concerts during those years. There will be no fee
for participation in the concerts, but there may be an agreement
to cover accommodation and transport provided the performance
is given more than 100 kilometres from El Vendrell or Barcelona.
4. Candidates
The scholarship this year is open to those who meet the following
requirements:
a) Students following or having completed higher studies in cello.
b) Citizens of member states of the European Union, Puerto Rico
and foreign students with a minimum of two years registered
residence in the European Union.
c) Born after 31 December 1990.
All cello students who meet those requirements and who have not
already won the Pablo Casals Scholarship may apply.
5. Secretary’s office and submission
of candidatures
The aspirants may submit the documents in Catalan, Spanish or
English. All the documents will be submitted in digital files.
Necessary documents:
a) Personal data: photocopy of passport or certificate accrediting
point 4b of these conditions, present address, contact telephone and e-mail.
b) Certificates of studies completed, performances as instrumentalist (programmes, recensions and reviews) and reports from
the director and teachers on the last courses.
c) Study programme to be followed, with supporting arguments
and the motivation for the selection, the place and acceptance
of the teacher will direct—or is directing—them, as well as admission to the institution where the scholars will be studying. In
the event, that admission could wait until the agreement with
the Foundation is signed. An economic estimate of the studies
must also be submitted.
d) Notification of any other aids or grants awarded or applied for
for the same studies. Those receiving another aid may not be
eligible for the scholarship.
e) Musical compositions to be played at the performance before
the jury and length thereof (in the event of being selected for the
final test).
f) Recent video recording of the candidate on a digital file playing a
prelude from one of Suites 4, 5 or 6 by J. S. Bach and one of the
Studies op. 73 by Popper, to be chosen from numbers 14, 20, 24,
29, 32 or 33.
Complementary information:
The aspirants may obtain complementary updated information
about the scholarship on the www.paucasals.org website.
Submission of candidatures:
The cellists entering this competition must submit the documents
in a digital archive (pdf) and another file on video in Standard MP4,
AVI, MOV, MPEG or similar format (clause f) which they will send
by e-mail to [email protected] if they are not larger than
10Mb, or by WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com) if larger, by
30 April 2016. For any consultations, the candidates can contact
the Pau Casals Foundation by e-mail ([email protected]) in
Catalan, Spanish or English.
6. Jury and musical test
The Foundation will appoint the jury which will examine the applications and award the scholarship. The jury’s decision will be final. They
will assess the candidatures and select eight for the final test. The candidates selected will be notified by 31 July 2016. The aspirants who are
not selected for the final test will be so informed by the Foundation.
The candidates selected will have to travel to the Pau Casals Municipal
School of Music in El Vendrell (https://goo.gl/maps/fovdwiqCGMS2),
to take part in the final audition before the jury.
The candidates selected will have to perform, before the jury, the
Prelude, the Sarabande and the Gigue from one of the Suites 4, 5
or 6 by J. S Bach (aspirant’s free choice) without repetitions, and
choose between the first movement of Haydn’s Concerto in D major
with cadenza (free), Schumann’s Concerto in A minor or Dvorak’s
Concerto in B minor.
For the performance the candidates will have a piano for an accompanist of their choice or they may opt to be accompanied by a
pianist proposed by the organisation.
The jury may interview the candidates and may ask them for their
study programmes.
The test will take place at the Pablo Casals Municipal School of Music in El Vendrell, (Passatge del Tívoli, 3-7 El Vendrell) on Saturday
1 October 2016. The Foundation will notify candidates of the time.
7. Award of the Scholarship
The Foundation will publish the name of the winner of the scholarship after the final test. The new scholarship holder must be present and sign an agreement specifying the obligations contracted by
the parties.
8. Final arrangement
The scholarship holder will state in his or her curriculum and at
any possible performances given after the award of the scholarship,
for at least five years, that he or she has received the Pablo Casals
Scholarship and the year in which it was awarded.
15 of March 2016. Sant Salvador. El Vendrell.
COMPOSITION OF THE JURY
President
Marta Casals Istomin
Vice-president of the Pau Casals Foundation.
Members of the jury
Sr. Julius Berger. Cellist
Sr. Claudio Bohórquez. Cellist
Sr. Lluís Claret Serra. Cellist
Sr. Josep M. Escribano Casaldàliga. Pianist
Secretary
Jordi Pardo. Director general of the Pau Casals Foundation