Geelvinck Fortepiano Concours 2018-2019
A. Geelvinck Fortepiano Competition 2018 ‘The Romantic Fortepiano’ (10 – 14 July 2018)
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection during the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen in August 2018 (remuneration € 200 plus travel costs)
• a prize of € 1.000
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including
– an invitation for a performance in the “Geelvinck Salon” concert series on a Streicher fortepiano (1867) in the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam in the season 2018-2019,
and in early music festivals abroad, including
– “Salon Romantique” (on fortepianos Pleyel 1837 and Erard 1845) of the Fêtes Romantique de Croissy in Croissy-sur-Seine (near Paris) in October 2018 on invitation by Yves Henry (président, Nohant Festival Chopin).
The Geelvinck Early Fortepiano Award
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection during the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen in August 2019 (remuneration € 200 plus travel costs)
• a prize of € 1.000
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam, and early music festivals abroad.
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen
• a money prize
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam, and early music festivals, including the Early Music Festival in Utrecht.
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your potential skills and its expectations for your future career
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen
• a money prize
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands.
• the honour to be praised by the public and the organisers of the festival for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen
• a money prize
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam, and early music festivals abroad.
The Stanley Hoogland Square Piano Award 2018
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection during the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen in August 2018 (remuneration € 200 plus travel costs)
• a prize of € 500
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam, and early music festivals abroad.
E. Geelvinck Square Piano Competition 2019
The Stanley Hoogland Square Piano Award 2019
• the honour to be praised by the jury for the quality of your skills and the beauty of your performance
• the opportunity to perform a recital on historic fortepianos of the Geelvinck Collection during the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival at the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen in August 2019 (remuneration € 200 plus travel costs)
• a prize of € 500
Moreover, the museum will gladly strive to organise opportunities to perform on concert podiums at historic houses in the Netherlands, including the Museum Cromhouthuis in Amsterdam, and early music festivals abroad.
Performance dates for winners in the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival 2018
The dates for the recitals are: 11th and 16th August 2018 in the early afternoon (to be arranged after the competitions).
Place: Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen
Program and historic pianos for the recital: the choice and proposal by the winners themselves
Certificate
All candidates, who participate in the competition, afterwards receive an official certificate stating their participation.
Stanley Hoogland Square Piano Award
This award is named after the doyen of the historic fortepiano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Stanley Hoogland. The jury can chose to honour with this award the best performance on square piano, when the quality level of the performance is in accordance with the award’s requirements. Participating in this competition is optional. However, all candidates of the fortepiano competition (also when you did not make it to the second or final round) are encouraged to take part in this competition for the Square Piano Award too.
Romain d’Ansembourg Encouragement Award
In addition to the main award, the festival organization intends to issue the Romain d’Ansembourg Encouragement Award (‘Stimuleringsprijs’) to stimulate aspiring young talent for performing on historic pianos. The award is named after the late Romain count de Marchant et d’Ansembourg, who during his lifetime has encouraged many aspiring young professional fortepianists and in general supported performances on historic fortepianos. His house with historic pianos was always open for fortepianists. In his memory, a historic Erard fortepiano (1896) from his collection is now part of the Geelvinck Collection. The awarding of the Romain d’Ansembourg Encouragement Award is decided by the widow of Romain count de Marchant et d’Ansembourg, Mrs. Dominique Theumen (Romain d’Ansembourg Foundation), together with Willem Brons in consultation with the Jury.
Geelvinck Audience Award
The Geelvinck Audience Award (“Publieksprijs”) maybe awarded to the candidate, who, in view of the audience and the leadership of Geelvinck Music Museums (independently of the jury), is the generally most appreciated fortepianist of this competition.
