ZUŠ Márie Hemerkovej

Propositions

2025

Dear Friends,

Mária Hemerková Elementary School of the Arts, seated at 68 Hlavná st, in Košice, continues in its tradition of organizing

Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition for children and youth under 18 years of age
in solo piano playing

during 10 – 13 April 2025

The competition is held in biennal cycles.

Competition announcer: Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic

Competition organizer: Mária Hemerková Elementary School of the Arts, 68 Hlavná street, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

Competition venues: Mária Hemerková Elementary School of the Arts, 68 Hlavná street, Košice

Main medial partner: Slovak Television and Radio

Competition dates:

Competition terms and conditions:

The competition can be attended by anyone who meets the age criterion and submits their application within the given deadline. The contestants will be rated by a 5 members international jury. Decisions taken by the judges panel are definite and irrevocable.

Competition categories:

Competition repertoire:

  • 1st round – selection
  • composition from the barocco period
  • composition from the romantic period
  • 2nd round – final
  • composition from the classical period
  • composition from the 20th or 21st century

Playing by heart is a requirement. The repertoire changes can be notified before 28 February 2025 on the following e-mail address of the international piano competition:

Time limits in each round:

Time limits must be strictly observed!
The jury may disqualify the contestant for not complying with the time limit; each contestant will be stopped upon exceeding the time limit.

Direction for classification of composers by style periods:

Composers living and composing at the turn of the 19 th and 20 th century (S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, etc.), along with their entire work, should be added to compositions of the 20th and 21st century for the 2nd round.

Prizes for contestants:

Organizational instructions:

Competition application forms, along with the repertoire, accommodation order for a contestant and an accompanying adult person (pedagogue or parent), copy of a birth certificate of contestant, digital portrait photograph and an entry fee payments must be registered no later than on 31 December 2024

Register

Entry fee:

with accommodation and breakfast for 3 nights at Garni Hotel Akadémia

In case of not being accommodated at Garni Hotel Akadémia

Lunches and dinners are not provided by the organizer.

Observers arrange their own accommodation.

Fee payments must be paid no later than on 31 December 2024.

Bank details

Account name: Občianske združenie Medzinárodná klavírna súťaž

Recipient`s bank name and address: Slovenská sporiteľňa, a. s. Košice, Hlavná 103, 041 97 Košice, Slovak republic

IBAN: SK72 0900 0000 0050 5239 1050

BIC (SWIFT): GIBA SK BX

BANK CHARGES ARE PAID BY CONTESTANTS

Without paying the fees the competition`s organizational committee will not accept participation in the competition. The entry fees shall not be reimbursed in case of absence of the contestant or an accomapanying adult person.

Notice:

Foreign participants who need an invitation to get their visa for the European Union entry will provide necessary details within a web form.

After registering the application and paying the entry fees, the organizer will confirm the contestant`s admission and enlistment into the competition. The competition organizational details and time schedule will be sent by e-mail at least one month before the competition.

If, by mistake, the competition organizational details have not been sent to you, get informed on the contact e-mail addresses of the international piano competition:

Postal address:

tel:

Travel costs:

Travel costs are covered by each contestant or by an organization which has sent him/her.

We look forward to your visit and participation in Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition Kosice and we wish you a lot of success!

Anna Žitvová, DiS. art.

School Director

chairperson of the competition expert committee

Propositions