RULES AND REGULATIONS
Any musician, regardless of sex or nationality, can take part in the competition. The purpose of the
competition is to encourage and improve the performance of young musicians, to promote them and give
them an opportunity to exchange experiences among themselves.

The competition will take place from 3rd to 5th April 2009 on the premises of Krško Musical School. All
competitors will be provided with a room for warming up and practising with an accompanist.

The competitors will be grouped into nine categories:

OBOE and BASSOON
Category I : age up to 13 (born in 1996 or later)
Category II : age up to 16 (born in 1993 or later)
Category III : age up to 19 (born in 1990 or later)
Category IV : age up to 24 (born in 1985 or later)

Free categories with no age limitation:
- for those who, due to the duration of playing, cannot be grouped into age categories, and
- who, due to their year of birth, fall out of the upper age limit and are not professional orchestral
musicians or soloists.

OFF I – the candidate has not played the instrument for more than 5 years.
OFF II – the candidate has been playing the instrument for more than 5 years.

CHAMBER GROUPS
categories are only per member age not per group structure membership.
Different chamber groups, therefore, shall compete in the same category.

The following group structures are possible:
TRIO: oboe, bassoon, clarinet / oboe, bassoon, flute / 2 oboes, English horn
BASSOON QUARTET
WIND QUINTET (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

A. Age of individual members – up to 15
B. Age of individual members – up to 20
C. Age of individual members – up to 25

The competition will be public. The compositions may be played with the use of sheet music; however,
this must be printed. No photocopies are allowed.

There will be an official accompanist available for all competitors. If a musician will need one, this should be
marked on the entry form and not less than 20 days prior to the beginning of the competition, the piano parts
of the pieces must be sent to the organiser (except for the compulsory compositions). The organizer will display
the timetable of sessions for practising before the competition.


Entry fee:
Categories I – III, OFF I and OFF II: € 50.00
Category IV: € 60.00
Chamber groups: € 80.00

Please remit the fee to bank account of GLASBENA ŠOLA KRŠKO,
IBAN: SI56 0125 4603 0710 825, SWIFT: BSLJSI2X; opened with UJP Krško.
Entry to the competition will not be valid unless the above fee is paid.
In the event of cancellation not later than by 20th March 2009, the organiser will return the fee paid;
however € 20.00 will be kept as compensation of administrative costs.


The Expert Commission will score all candidates with points from 1 to 100.
The result of an individual competitor will be the average of the points of the members of the commission.
The results will be announced at the end of the competition for each category.
The commission will select the competitors from Category V and VI to take part in a second stage

A decision by the commission will be final and indisputable. After the completion of the competition,
the commission will be available to competitors for discussion.

The prizes will be awarded in accordance with the number of points achieved.

The most successful competitors will receive practical and promotional awards.
All competitors will receive recognition of participation.