Age Limit
The competition is open to duo candidates of all nations; singers born after July 1, 1979 and pianists born after July 1, 1977.
Application
All entrants should apply using the enclosed Application Form. Please enclose the following documents with your application:
- a photocopy of your birth certificate
- a short curriculum vitae: musical training (place and teacher), concert experience, critiques and letters of recommendation if available
- program, which can be revised until September 8th 2013. Thereafter it is not possible.
- two recent photographs: one passportsize and the other postcard-size
- a bank receipt showing that the Competition Fee has been paid into the Competition Account with the Dortmund Savings Bank (Sparkasse Dortmund)
- the application form, correctly filled in
Please send in the application form together with the aforementioned documents to the following address:
Internationaler Schubert-Wettbewerb Dortmund e. V.
Postfach 50 02 09
D - 44 202 Dortmund
The direction of the competition will have the ultimate decision about admission and will send in this case the official invitation.
The closing date for entries is: June 30, 2013 and this date will not be extended.
In deciding whether an entry is late or not the date of the postmark shall be considered as the date when the entry was received. Applicants who have been accepted must inform the Secretariat immediately if they are unable to take part in the Competition. In this case however, a refund of the Competition Fee is not possible for technical reasons.
Competition Fee
The Competition Fee of € 80.00 (eighty) per duo must be transferred “free of bank charges for the recipient” at the latest by June 30, 2013. Otherwise the entry will be considered invalid.
The Competition Fee must be transferred to the following address:
Internationaler Schubert-Wettbewerb Dortmund e.V.
Konto: Sparkasse Dortmund
BLZ: 440 501 99
Konto-Nr. 651 002 478
IBAN DE73 4405 0199 0651 0024 78
SWIFT-Code (BIC): DORT DE 33
The Competition
The LiedDuo Competition consists of three separate public stages held in the Chamber Music Hall of the Orchesterzentrum NRW. The start will be September 22, 2013. Entrants who arrive late or who are not in possession of their Competitor’s confirmation will not be be allowed to perform.
The registration of the participants and the order of the first audition will take place on Saturday, September 21, 2013. All songs must be performed by memory. The sequence of performance is at the participant’s decision. Alterations in the choice and order of the Lieder must be reported to the Sekretariat till September 8, 2013. All works must be sung in original language.
Jury
Ingeborg Danz (D)
Irwin Gage (CH)
Stefan Heucke (D)
Graham Johnson (GB)
Julie Kaufmann (USA/D)
Deen Larsen (USA/AT)
Cheryl Studer (USA/D)
Scot Weir (USA/D)
Prize Winners’ Concert and Prize-Giving
The Final Concert with the awarding of the prizes will take place on September 29, 2013, 18:00 h, in the Konzerthaus Dortmund.