Music School ,,Vlado Milosevic” Banja Luka

The Seventh International Piano Competition

 “Banjaluka Biennale 2022

BANJALUKA, 19 – 22 MAY 2022

The Seventh International Piano Competition “Banjaluka Biennale 2022” will be held in the Concert Hall of Banski Dvor and in the Concert Hall of Music School “Vlado Milosevic” in Banjaluka from 19 to 22 May 2022. (Duration of the competition will depend on the number of participants) The competition will be held in two disciplines piano solo and piano duo (for 4 hands and 2 pianos).

Applications should be sent up to 29 April 2022

(Any program changes could be made until 4 May 2022)

The applications should be sent up to 29 April 2022 via mail or email to the following address- es:

JU Muzicka skola ,,Vlado Milosevic“

(The Seventh International Piano Competition “Banjaluka Biennale 2022”)

78 000 Banja Luka

Jovana Ducica 23

Republika Srpska

Bosna i Hercegovina

(E – mail: banjaluckibijenale@gmail.com)

Together with the application for, candidates must enclose their birth certificate or a copy of the passport if they are foreign citizens, as well as the receipt of the paid registration fee.

On the payment slip should be written:

-Name of the school or music academy (or the participant’s name and the place they come from)

– The purpose of transfer: Registration fee for Banjaluka Biennale

– Recipient: State revenue of the City of Banjaluka

– Recipient’s account number: 5510010001603924

– Type of revenue: 722511

 – Municipality: 002

– Budget organization: 0840001

The organizer does not have the possibility of opening a foreign currency account, so competitors from abroad will be able to make the payment upon arrival in Banja Luka, at the bank or at the secretary of the competition.

Registration fee for the discipline piano solo:

– 30 euros – pre-category, the first and the second category

– 40 euros – the third, the fourth and the fifth category
– 50 euros- the sixth and the seventh category

Registration fee for the discipline piano duo:

– 25 euros per candidate- pre-category and the first category

– 30 euros per candidate- the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth category

COMPETITION RULES

Discipline: Piano solo

Pre- category

Candidates born in 2013 and younger

Program is of the free choice of the candidate up to 5 min

The first category

Candidates born in 2011 and younger

Program: One movement of sonatine, sonata (sonata form) or variations

Compositions of free choice

From 5 to 8 min

The second category

Candidates born in 2009 and younger

Program: One movement sonatine, sonata (sonata form) or variations

Compositions of free choice

From 8 to 12 min

The third category

Candidates born in 2007 and younger

Program: One movement of sonatine, sonata (sonata form) or variations

Compositions of free choice

From 12 to15 min

The fourth category

Candidates born in 2005 and younger

Program: One movement of sonata (sonata form)

Compositions of free choice

From 15 to 20 min

The fifth category 

Candidates born in 2003 and younger

Program: One movement of sonata (sonata form)

Compositions of free choice

From 20-25 min

The sixth category

Students of the first and the second year of Music Academy

Program: One movement of sonata (sonata form)

Composition of free choice

From 25 to 30 min

The seventh category

Students of the third, the fourth and the fifth year of Music Academy

Program: One movement of sonata (sonata form)

Composition of free choice

From 30 to 35 min

The eight category- Artistic category (no age limit)

Program: Composition of free choice

From 35 to 40 min

Discipline: Piano duo (for 4 hands or 2 pianos)

Pre-category

Candidates born in 2013 and younger

Program: Composition of free choice up to 5 min

The first category

Candidates born in 2010 and younger

Program: Composition of free choice

From 5 to 8 min

The second category

Candidates born in 2007 or younger

Program: Composition of free choice

From  6 to 10 min

The third category

Candidates born in 2004 and younger

Program: Composition of free choice

From 10 to 15 min

The fourth category

Candidates born in 2001 and younger

Program: Composition of free choice

From 15 to 20 min

The fifth category

Candidates born in 1998 and younger

Program: Composition of free choice

From 20 to 25 min

The sixth category – Artistic category (no age limit)

Program: Composition of free choice

From 25 to 30 min

Discipline Piano Practicum

High school, Music Academy Music Theory Departments and other Departments students which have piano as a compulsory instrument

The first category

The first and the second year High School students

Program: Composition of free choice

From 4 to 6 min

The second category

The third and the fourth year High School students

Program: Composition of free choice

From 6 to 10 min

The third category

The first and the second year students of Music Academy

Program: Composition of free choice

From 9 to 13 min

The fourth category

The third, the fourth or the fifth year students of Music Academy

Program: Composition of free choice

From 12 to 16 min