Livorno Piano Competition

Classification

Music | Piano

Date of Event

od 25. 9. 2024 to 29. 9. 2024

Event time

Form of action

In person

Venue

Livorno

Age of participants

from 16 years to 33 years

Number of competition rounds

3

Livorno Piano Competition

8th edition
The competition will take place in Livorno from Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29 September 2024 and will be held in Teatro Goldoni, Livorno.
Livorno Piano Competition consists of a Preliminary round based on the invoice of a video together with the application and three rounds in Livorno in front of the Jury.
Livornoclassica reserves the right to make changes or additions to the rulement or cancel the Competition due to force majeure. In this case Livornoclassica will entirely refund the application fees.
Audience is allowed at all stages of the competition.

Conditions

Applications will be accepted starting from Wednesday 15 May until Wednesday July 3rd, 2024 at 24:00 italian hour.
The application form, downloadable in the “application” section of this website, must be filled and sent by email at segreteria@livornopianocompetition.com together with all the required documents and the link to the video for the Preliminary round. Please specify in the “object” field of the email: “application to Livorno Piano Competition 2024”.
The receipt of payment of 70 euros, net of bank expenses, must be attached to the email as association fee at Livornoclassica.
By Saturday 20 July candidates will be notified by email about their admission to the competition; the admitted candidates will have time until Saturday 27 to confirm their application with the payment of a participation fee of 50 euros. Candidates who will fail to complete the procedure will be excluded from participation.
Some candidates, not included in the lot of 45 admitted but positively judged during the preselection, can be placed in a waiting list and possibily invited to complete their application during the days following July, 27.
At the end of the application procedure the list of admitted contestants will be published on this website along with the result of extracting the letter from which the auditions will begin.
Registration implies unconditional compliance with every part of the rulement.

Prizes in the competition

FIRST PRIZE
euro 6.000,00*
- First Prize Diploma and Plate
(5000 euros will be payed within 30 days from the end of the competition, the remaining 1000 to be payed after the recitals in Toscana)
- Concerto as soloist with orchestra offered by the Goldoni Theater Foundation in Livorno during symphonic season 2024-2025
- Recital for Mediterranean Music Association in Trapani
- Recital in one of the concert series for La Società dei Concerti di Milano
N.B. For what concerns recitals agreements concerning fees / reimboursement of expenses will be taken directly between the winner and the Institutions.
- Recital tour in Toscana ( Livornoclassica, Museo Piaggio in Pontedera, Sinfonia in Lucca, Lyceum di Firenze) coordinated by Livornoclassica. The winner will receive from Livornoclassica the last part of the prize (1000 euros) and will be offered accomodation during the tour
- Premio “ARTE”, offered by Galleria d’Arte Athena, consisting in a work of art made by the artist Roberto Pampana
SECOND PRIZE
euro 2.500,00*
- Second Prize Diploma
(2000 euros will be payed within 30 days from the end of the competition, the remaining 500 to be payed after the recital in Livorno)

THIRD PRIZE
euro 1.000,00*
- Third Prize Diploma

FOURTH PRIZE
euro 700,00*
- Fourth Prize Diploma

FIFTH PRIZE
euro 500,00*
- Fifth Prize Diploma


Special awards
"Antonio Bacchelli" Special award
euro 500,00*
Awarded by the Jury to a finalist for the best interpretation of repertoire of XX or XXI century performed during the semifinal or the final round.

Young Jury Special award
euro 200,00*
awarded to a finalist by a panel of students

* Money prizes will be awarded gross of the withholding tax.

It is not possible to share the 1st prize.
It is not possible to share the 1st prize.
A Finalist diploma will be awarded to non-prizewinner Finalists, should there be any
A Semifinalist diploma will be awarded to semifinalists.