Preliminary Recital Round

(Performance time: 30 to 40 minutes)

BAROQUE:
Work(s) by J. S. Bach, D. Scarlatti, Soler, Handel;
CLASSICAL
Work(s) by J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert;
ROMANTIC:
Work(s) by Brahms, Chopin, Franck, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Mendelssohn, Moszkowski, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
20th CENTURY:
Work(s) written after 1900 by Albeniz, Barber, Bartok, Berg, Berio, Bernstein, Carter, Copland, De Falla, Debussy, Dello Joio, Dohnanyi, Gershwin, Ginastera, Granados, Hindemith, Ives, Ligeti, Messaien, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos, Webern, OR a published or copyrighted Filipino composition (except the Candidate’s own original composition);

Semi-Final Collaboration Round

(Performance time: 40 to 60 minutes)

VOCAL ACCOMPANIMENT REQUIREMENT. Choose among the listed German, French, English, and Spanish song cycles from the list below:

GERMAN
Berg: Sieben fruhe Lieder
Brahms: Vier Gesänge, Op. 43
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen
Mahler: Das Knaben Wunderhorn
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24      
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
FRENCH
Ravel: Trois Poèmes de Stèphane Mallarme
Ravel: Cinq Mélodies populaires Grecques
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire (Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin)
Poulenc: Air chantés
Debussy: Fêtes galantes pour Madame Vasnier
Debussy: Trois Melodies
SPANISH
De Falla: Siete canciones populares Españoles
Granados: Tonadillas
Obradors: Canciones musicas Españolas
ENGLISH
Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
Rorem: Women’s Voices
Copland: Twelve Poems by Emily Dickinson
Vaughan-Williams: Four Last Songs (to poems of Ursula Vaughan-Williams)

CHAMBER MUSIC REQUIREMENT. A Major Collaborative Work for Violin & Piano or for Cello & Piano or for Flute & Piano by:

Beethoven, Barber, Brahms, Bridge, Britten, Chopin, Debussy, Dvorak, Faure, Feld, Franck, Honegger, Martin, Martinu, Mozart, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Reinecke, Sibelius

The Final Concerto Round

A Standard Romantic Concerto chosen from the following:

Chopin No. 1 or 2, Grieg, Mendelssohn No. 1 or 2, Rachmaninoff No. 2, Saint-Saens No. 2, or Tchaikovsky No. 1

OR a one-movement work for Piano & Orchestra:

Franck Symphonic Variations, Liszt Hungarian Fantasy, Mendelssohn Capriccio Brillante or Rondo Brillante, Saint-Saens Africa, Schumann Introduction & Allegro Appassionato (Concertstück) Op. 92 or Introduction & Allegro Op. 134, or Weber Koncertstück

Repertoire Requirements

  • All works are to be performed from memory except for the vocal accompaniment and chamber music.
  • The total performance times will be strictly enforced.  The Jury retains the right to stop a performance if the Candidate exceeds his/her allotted time or deduct points if the minimum time is not reached.
  • The order of the programs is left to the discretion of the Candidate.
  • For the Preliminary Recital Round, each Candidate should choose a program which is a faithful and natural reflection of his/her artistic criterion and shall include works that represent each of the four styles of the Piano Literature. 
  • Vocal Accompaniment Requirement: Each Candidate must choose at least one song cycle from the German, French, Spanish, or English song cycles from the list provided. The Candidate may acquire his/her own singer for this requirement. The Competition can provide a Candidate with a singer but the provision is limited to one rehearsal and the performance in the Competition. Additional rehearsals beyond the Competition’s provision is the responsibility of the Candidate.
  • Chamber Music Requirement: Each pianist must choose at least one collaborative work with violin, cello, or flute from the list provided. The Candidate may acquire his/her own violinist, flutist, or cellist for this requirement. The Competition can provide a Candidate with one of these instrumentalists but the provision is limited to one rehearsal and the performance in the Competition. Additional rehearsals beyond the Competition’s provision are the responsibility of the Candidate.
  • Candidates may not make changes in the submitted repertoire after Friday, July 4, 2008.

The Jury

  • There will be seven members in the Jury consisting of reputable pianists and pedagogues from different countries.
  • Members of the Jury will not vote for Competitors who are currently their students, or who have been their students in the last two years for the duration of three months, or who are relatives.
  • In the case of a tie, the assigned Chairman of the Jury has the right to cast his deciding vote in order to break the aforementioned dispute.
  • Each Candidate is eligible to garner no more than one award, either as a Laureate or a Special Award recipient.  
  • No ex-aequo prizes will be awarded. The Jury may opt to create a standby finalist in case one of the four Finalists cannot fulfill his duties.
  • Candidates, their families, friends, and the general public, may not attempt to make contact or speak with any member of the Jury for the duration of the Competition.  A person who violates this rule may disqualify the Candidate connected to him/her in any way.

General Rules & Information

  • All rules and information in this prospectus are definitive. Camerata dell’Arte Foundation, the organizing committee of the Competition reserves the right to make changes if deemed necessary
  • Each Candidate by signing the application form accepts all the rules and regulations of the Competition and the decisions of the Jury, and binds himself/herself to fulfill the engagements which form part of the prizes.
  • All Rounds of the Competition are open to the public.
  • The Ultimate Pianist 2008 Competition will consist of three rounds.  The Preliminary Round will be held throughout the mornings and afternoons of Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22 at the Lopez Memorial Museum.The Semi-Final Round will be held throughout the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, July 23, at the Marian Auditorium of the Miriam College. The Final Round & Awarding Ceremonies will be held on July 26 at the Philamlife Theater.
  • A maximum of twenty-four (24) competitors will be accepted into the Competition. A maximum of eight (8) competitors in the Semi-Final Round and a maximum of four (4) competitors for the Final Round will be chosen.
  • The Order of Performance throughout the Competition will be determined by a drawing of lots on Saturday, July 19, 2008.
  • Camerata dell’Arte Foundation reserves the right to record all the performances during the Competition for use at their discretion for radio and television broadcasts or otherwise.  Each Candidate, by signing the application form, renounces his/her rights, fees, and claims regarding such recordings, broadcasts, performances, and portions thereof, and those of his/her collaborating vocal or instrumental partners.
  • Competitors must be available for photo sessions and media interviews during the Competition.
  • The rehearsal of The Ultimate Pianist 2008 finalists with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra will be held in the mornings of July 24 and 25, 2006 at a venue to be announced. The General Rehearsal will be held in the afternoon of Saturday, July 26, 2008. The finalists are duty-bound to attend all rehearsals. All Competitors are required to attend the Awarding Ceremonies. A no-show is a forfeiture of any award due to the absentee.
  • Performance attire requirement: Formal

Jeffery Meyer

Guest Conductor

Jeffery MeyerBorn in Chicago, Jeffery Meyer began his musical studies as a pianist, and shortly thereafter continued on to study composition and conducting. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as the Director of Orchestras at the Ithaca College School of Music. In the 2008-09 season, he will assume the position of Artistic Director of the Water City Chamber Orchestra, Northeast Wisconsin’s only professional chamber orchestra. Dr. Meyeris also the Orchestra Director at LSM Academy and Festival, a summer festival for talented high school musicians. He has appeared with orchestras in the United States and abroad, including ensembles such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonico “Haydn” di Bolzano e Trento. In recent concert seasons, he has been seen conducting, performing as piano soloist and chamber musician, as well as conducting from the keyboard in the United States, Canada, Russia, Italy and Germany. Called “one of the most interesting and creatively productive conductors working in St. Petersburg” by Sergei Slonimsky, he is an active participant in the music of our time, has collaborated with many composers, and commissioned and premiered many new works. Recently he made his Glinka Hall conducting debut in the final concert of the 43rd St. Petersburg “Musical Spring” International Festival, featuring works by three of St. Petersburg’s most prominent composers. He has been featured numerous times as both a conductor and pianist as part of the “Sound Ways” International New Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a pianist, Dr. Meyer has been in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and in residence at the Aspen Festival as part of the Furious Band. He performs frequently with percussionist Paul Vaillancourt as part of the piano-percussion duo Strike, which, in 2009, will record an album of world-premiere recordings of works written for the duo on Luminescence Records, Chicago. He has been broadcast on CBC, has recorded and performed with the Philadelphia Virtuosi (Naxos), and has been heard as a soloist at the Aspen Festival. During the 2001-2002 academic year he lived and studied in Berlin and Leipzig as the recipient of a DAAD grant in music, during which time he wrote incidental music to David Mamet's Duck Variations, which was performed throughout Berlin by the theater group Heimspieltheater. He was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2004 Pedrotti International Competition for Conductors, a finalist in the 2003 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition and a semi-finalist in the 2003 Beethoven Sonata International Piano Competition, Memphis, Tennessee. He was also recently selected to be included in the 60th Anniversary Edition of Who’s Who in America. In addition to performing in masterclasses for such artists as Richard Goode, John Perry, György Sebök, Robert McDonald, and Leon Fleischer, he has studied chamber music with Julius Levine, Charles Neidich, and Timothy Eddy. He has worked with conductors such as Gustav Meier, Bridget Reischl, and Robert Spano. Dr. Meyer holds degrees in piano as well as composition and completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Gilbert Kalish at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Meyer is an active adjudicator, guest clinician, and masterclass teacher. He has adjudicated throughout the United States, including Alaska, as well as at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. He has served on the faculties of the Dorian Keyboard Festival, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Marrowstone Music Festival, and LSM Academy and Festival.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

The PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (PPO) is the country’s leading orchestra, widely regarded as one of the top musical ensembles in the Asia Pacific Region. The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra was formally inaugurated on May 15, 1973 as the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra and was initially intended to assist artists performing at the CCP Theater. The PPO’s first music director was Maestro Luis Valencia with Julian Quirit as concertmaster. In 1979, then First Lady Imelda R. Marcos asked Maestro Oscar C. Yatco to reorganize the orchestra. Three years later, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra was born with a new vision - to become a world-class orchestra. Three years later, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra was born with a new vision - to be ranked among the best in the world. The PPO has performed with many of the world’s most renowned conductors including Mendi Rodan, Piero Gamba, Yaacov Bergman and Nicholas Koch. It has also performed with some of the very best Filipino and foreign artists, including Cecile Licad, Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, Lea Salonga, Van Cliburn, Renata Tebaldi, Judith Engel, Anthony Camden and jazz pioneer David Benoit. The PPO has gone on a very successful European tour and participated in the Asia Orchestra Week 2002 held at the Tokyo Opera City Hall. The orchestra performed in a hugely successful Charity Royal Command Concert in September 27, 2004 at the National Theater in Bangkok, Thailand, upon the invitation of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, the older sister of His Majesty the King of Thailand. This was a project of the Fund for Classical Music Promotion, a nonprofit charity organization that gives out scholarships to young, talented and needy musicians to further study music, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Philippines and the Ministry of Culture of Thailand. The PPO has featured the Philippine premieres of works by Margaret Brouwer, Michael Tilson, and Mark Anthony Turnage, to name a few. In the past decade, the country's national orchestra has been led by Ruggero Barbieri and Eugene Castillo in the promotion, propagation, and nurturing of Filipino culture, expression, and heritage as its past Music Director and Principal Conductor.

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