2. ORGANISING COMMITTEE

E. B. Fertelmeister President of the Graduates Association

(Chairman) of the Nizhny Novgorod State

M.I. Glinka Conservatory

President of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory

People’s Artist of Russia. Professor

Yu. E. Gurevitch Rector of the Nizhny Novgorod State

(Co-Chairman) M. I. Glinka Conservatory, Professor

M. Yu. Odinokov Executive Director of the Graduates

(Co-Chairman) Association of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory,

Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Development

of the Nizhny Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory

V. N. Mityakov Artistic Director of the International

Festival –competition “The Russian and classical guitar”,

Professor of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory

M. B. Gubchenko Principal of the Children’s art school № 8,

named after V. Yu. Villuan,

Member of the Graduates

Association of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory

D. A. Volkova Coordinator of grant projects of the Graduates

Association of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory,

Coordinator of grant projects of the Association “Garden of Music”,

Teacher of the Children’s art school № 8,

named after V. Yu. Villuan

N. V. Buynova Chief Accountant of the Graduates

Association of the Nizhny Novgorod

State M.I. Glinka Conservatory

3. FOUNDERS AND ORGANISERS OF THE FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

• The Graduates Association of the Nizhny Novgorod State M.I. Glinka

Conservatory (founder);

• Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “Nizhny

Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory”;

• The Department of Culture of Nizhny Novgorod Administration;

• State Budget Institution of Further Professional Education of Nizhny

Novgorod region “Educational Methodical Centre of Artistic Education of

Nizhny Novgorod region”;

• Municipal Budget Institution of Supplementary Education “Children’s Art

School № 8 named after V. Yu. Villuan”.

4. JURY OF THE FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

4.1 For evaluating the performances of participants within the Festival-

Competition the jury is to be formed.

4.2 The jury consists of professional musicians from leading educational

institutions of Russia and foreign countries.

4.3 The jury nominates the winners in all nominations and age-groups.

4.4 The decisions of the jury are final and without appeal.

4.5 The members of the jury of the Festival-Competition:

• Pavel Steidl (the Czech Republic) – Chairman of the jury, International

competitions laureate, Professor of the Prague conservatory;

• Yuri Yefimovich Gurevitch (Nizhny Novgorod) – Rector of the Nizhny

Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory, International competitions

laureate, Professor;

• Sergei Ivanovich Rudnev (Tula) – performing guitarist, composer,

orchestrator;

• Dmitry Alekseyevich Murin (Moscow) – Associate Professor of the

Department of string folk instruments of Gnessins Russian Academy of

Music, International competitions laureate;

• Roman Aleksandrovich Zorkin (Moscow) – soloist of Moscow Philarmonic,

Lecturer of Gnessins State Musical College at Gnessins Russian Academy

of Music, International competitions laureate;

• Rovshan Shakhbazogly Mamedkuliyev (Moscow) - Associate Professor of

the Department of Classical guitar in Maimonid Academy, International

competitions laureate, Laureate of the Presidential Award of the Russian

Federation;

• Vladimir Nikolayevich Mityakov (Nizhny Novgorod) – Professor of the

Nizhny Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory, International

competitions laureate;

• Aleksei Alekseyevich Petropavlovsky (Nizhny Novgorod) – Professor of the

Nizhny Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory, Candidate in Arts

History, an All-Russia competition laureate;

• Victor Ivanovich Golubnichiy (Nizhny Novgorod) – Professor of the Nizhny

Novgorod State M.I. Glinka Conservatory, Honoured Artist of the Russian

Federation;

• Ivan Aleksandrovich Steklyannikov (Penza) - International competitions

laureate, guitar master.

5. LOCATION AND DATES OF HOLDING THE FESTIVAL-

COMPETITION

The Festival-Competition is held at the premises of the Nizhny Novgorod

state M. I. Glinka Conservatory (Nizhny Novgorod region. 40, Piskunov Street,

Nizhny Novgorod) and Children’s Art School № 8 named after V. Yu. Villuan

(Nizhny Novgorod region. 5, Varvarskaya Street, Nizhny Novgorod).

The duration of the Festival-Competition is from April 13 to 18. 2021.

6. CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION AND ARRANGEMENTS

FOR HOLDING THE FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

Participants who can take part in the Festival-Competition include musicians from

Russia, former Soviet Republics and abroad – pupils of Children’s music schools,

Children’s art schools, students of Musical colleges as well as pupils of Children’s

musical artistic unions.

The Competition is held on-site for participants of all age-groups from the

Russian Federation.

For foreign citizens, including those from former Soviet Republics of “A”,

“B”, “C”, “E” age-groups participation is organized distantly by providing a

video record with the performance to the Organising Committee.

Participation in “D” age-group is conducted strictly on-site. Performances of

citizens from abroad including those from former Soviet Republics in “D”

age-group is not allowed, following the restrictions introduced due to the threat of

spreading the new Covid-19 infection.

6.6 The following documents are to be sent till March 19, 2021 to the e-mail

address: russian.guitar.nn@yandex.ru :

• the application in the required format (see Appendix to the Regulations

–signed and scanned into PDF format);

• a scan-copy of the birth certificate or the passport of a participant;

• a digital photo of a participant (JPG);

• a short artistic characterization (listing the titles and awards);

• for participants from the Russian Federation, having medical

contraindications for on-site participation – a scan-copy of the medical

certificate indicating the diagnosis included in the risk group due to the

threat of spreading the new Covid-19 infection.

Important! For those participants, who take part in the Festival-Competition in the

distant form, the dates of providing video records and the requirements for

recording videos will be sent further to the e-mail address after submitting the

application.

6.7 Submission of an application form to the Organising Committee confirms the

agreement with the conditions of holding the present Festival-Competition.

6.8 Applications violating the Regulations or submitted after the due date for

applications has expired will not be considered by the Organising Committee.

6.9 All expenses for the participants and accompanying persons (travelling,

accommodation and other expenses) are to be covered by the organizations which

sent them.

6.10 Competitive auditions in age groups “A”, “B”, “C”, “E” consist of one round.

6.11 Competitive auditions in age-group “D” consist of three rounds (on-site

participation only, see para 6.4 of Regulations).

6.12 The order of appearances in all age-groups is determined by drawing, which is

organized at registration of the participants of the Festival-Competition and is

relevant till the end of competitive auditions.

6.13 Auditions are held with the observance of all measures of sanitary and

epidemiological safety, introduced by the Decree of the Governor of the Nizhny

Novgorod region, the Russian Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer

Rights and internal local acts of institutions at whose premises the performances of

participants take place.

6.14 All music pieces are to be performed by heart. Replacement of pieces listed in

the application is not allowed.

6.15 Participants will be provided classes for acoustic rehearsals according to the

timetable.

6.16. The entry fee for age-groups “A”, “B”, “C” is 2000 roubles per person; in

age-group “E” – 2500 roubles per person; in age-group “D” – 3000 roubles per

person.

6.17Disabled participants from all age-groups, disabled children of groups I and II,

orphans and legally free children can be provided a 50% discount from the initial

entry fee (see para 6.12 of the Regulations), in case they produce a confirmation

document.

6.18 The entry fee is paid on the day of arrival before registration and is to be

transferred to the bank account of the Association:

Beneficiary: The Graduates Association of the Nizhny Novgorod State M. I.

Glinka Conservatory

TIN 5260430639 TRRC 526001001

OGRN 1165275040116

BIK 042202603

Current account 40703810442000002293

Bank name: Volgo-Viatskii Bank "Sberbank Rossii" OAO

Correspondent account: 30101810900000000603

Payment purpose: Entry fee for participation in the II International Festival-

Competition “Russian and classical guitar”.

Legal entities must send to the Organising Committee their invoice details

for receiving the services agreement.

6.19 In case the participant refuses to take part in the Festival-Competition, their

documents and the entry fee are not given back.

6.20 The Festival program involves concerts of the jury members and special

guests of the Festival-Competition.

6.21 Within the Festival program there will be organized master-classes of the jury

members.

7. AGE-GROUPS OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE FESTIVAL-

COMPETITION

7.1 The Organising Committee of the Festival-Competition specifies the following

age-groups for participants:

• “A” group (junior) – aged up to 12 years old inclusively (as on

13.04.2021);

• “B” group (medium) - aged up to 14 years old inclusively (as on

13.04.2021);

• “C” group (senior) - aged up to 16 years old inclusively (as on 13.04.2021).

Attention! Students of musical colleges are not allowed to participate in

group “C”;

• “D” group (professional) – without age restrictions(as on 13.04.2021);

• “E” group – students of musical colleges.

8. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE

FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

8.1 For participants of “A” age-group:

• Free program consisting of works by Russian composers (it is possible to

perform arrangements and adaptations of folk music). The timing must not

be longer than 10 minutes in total.

8.2 For participants of “B” age-group:

• Free program consisting of works by Russian composers (it is possible to

perform arrangements and adaptations of folk music). The timing must not

be longer than 10 minutes in total.

8.3 For participants of “C” age-group:

• Free program consisting of works by composers from a native country (it is

possible to perform arrangements and adaptations of folk music). The

timing must not be longer than 12 minutes in total.

8.4 For participants of “E” age-group:

• Free program consisting of works by composers from a native country, as

well as obligatory inclusion of works by Russian seven-string guitar players

of the XIX century (it is possible to perform arrangements and adaptations

of folk music). The timing must not be longer than 15 minutes in total.

8.5 For participants of “D” age-group (three performing rounds):

• 1 round: Free program, with obligatory inclusion of works by F. Sor, as

well as a work by A. Sichra and/or M. Vysotsky at the participant’s choice.

For those participants who play the seven-string guitar, the inclusion of F.

Sor’s compositions is not necessary The timing must not be longer than

15 minutes in total.

• II round: The program includes:

1) not fewer than two works (original pieces or adaptations) of the following

XIX century composers: A. Vetrov, I. Lyakhov, V. Sarenko, S. Aksyonov,

V. Morkov, N. Aleksandrov, F. Zimmerman;

• 2) the work by one of the composers: G. Regondi, J. K. Mertz, N. Coste. For

those participants who play the seven-string guitar, it is possible to perform

a composition by M. Pavlov-Azancheyev, instead of the above mentioned

composers. The timing must not be longer than 15 minutes in total.

• III round: The program includes:

1) free program including one or several works by Russian composers of the

XX-XXI centuries: N. Koshkin, I. Rekhin, V. Shebalin, S. Rudnev, S.

Orekhov, A. Zelensky, D. Borodayev, V. Kharisov, V. Kozlov, A. Ivanov-

Kramskoy (it is possible to perform arrangements and adaptations of folk

music). Besides, performing of other music is possible. It is also allowed to

play the pieces from I and II rounds.

2) adaptation of a song or romance by S. Rudnev.

The timing must not be less than 15 and not more than 20 minutes in

total.

Attention! For those participants who play the seven-string guitar the

program in III round is free. It is allowed to play the pieces from I and II

rounds.

The timing must not be less than 15 and not more than 20 minutes in

total.

9. THE ORDER OF AWARDING PARTICIPANTS OF THE

FESTIVAL-COMPETITION

9.1 The winners of the Festival-Competition in all age-groups are awarded with

diplomas of the corresponding degree and the title of a laureate or a diploma-

winner, as well as memorable presents.

9.2 The jury has the power to award the teachers of prize-winners, who

demonstrated the best results, with diplomas (certificates of achievement).

9.3 The jury has the right to award not all diplomas and to share the prizes between

several participants (with the exclusion of I prize)

9.4 The I-degree laureate in “D” age-group (professional group) is awarded with a

concert six-string guitar created by a guitar master Ivan Steklyannikov (Penza).

The cost of the concert guitar is 200 000 roubles.

9.5 Laureates of “D” age-group are provided with money prizes. The amounts of

money prizes will be published additionally.

9.6 The I-degree laureate in “E” age-group (students of musical colleges) is

awarded with a concert six-string guitar NEWTONE, Laureat series. The cost of

the concert guitar is 125 000 roubles.

9.7 Winners of the Festival-Competition in all age-groups are provided with

special prizes from the partners and sponsors of the Festival-Competition.

9.8 Special prizes are awarded according to the decision of the jury of the Festival-

Competition.

Detailed information about the II International Festival-Competition

“Russian and classical guitar”:

• Artistic director of the Festival-Competition Vladimir Nikolayevich

Mityakov:

Contact number: +7910 382 26 53

E-mail: mityak@mail.ru

• The Graduates Association of the Nizhny Novgorod State M. I. Glinka

Conservatory:

Official site: http://nnovcons.ru/assotsiatsiya-vypusknikov/

E-mail: avnngk@yandex.ru

• Organising Committee of the Festival-Competition:

E-mail for sending applications of participants:

russian.guitar.nn@yandex.ru

APPENDIX

to the Regulations for II International

Festival-Competition “Russian and classical guitar”

APPLICATION FORM

for a participant of II International Festival-Competition

“Russian and classical guitar”

1. First name, second name, surname

_______________________________________________________________

2. Date of birth___________________________________________________

3. Age-group ____________________________________________________

4. Class (year) ___________________________________________________

5. Place of education (name, address, telephone number)

________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

6. Name, second name, surname, academic degree of a teacher, their contact

telephone and e-mail

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

7. Program (with timing of each piece)

________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

8. Participation format (on-site, distant) ________________________________

9. Further information (if required):

Signature of the participant/ __________________/________________________

legal representative signature full name, second name, surname

«_____» ___________________ 20__________.