Programme

Stage III

From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces from group B, and next they draw one piece from group A and one piece from group B. The Contestant has not more than 50 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra (not more than 25 minutes per each of the drawn pieces). In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.

GROUP A

C. Debussy – The Sea

S. Hindemith – Symphony Mathis the Painter

B. Bartók – Concerto for orchestra

W. Lutosławski – Concerto for orchestra

GROUP B

K. Szymanowski – Symphony No. 2 in B flat major op. 19

W. Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4

H.M. Górecki – Refrain op. 21

K. Penderecki – Symphony No. 2 Christmas Symphony

§ 2

1. The Competition is addressed to conductors of all nationalities, hereinafter referred to as the Candidates, who were born after between 26 November 1984 and 17 November 2005 and who simultaneously satisfy all the other conditions defined in these Rules.
2. The condition for participating in the Competition is sending an application consistent with the provisions of §2 Section 3 in one of the following ways:
   1. Registration (from 1 October 2022 until 15 July 2023) by means of the registration form available on the Internet website fitelbergcompetition.com and providing all the required appendixes (§ 2 Section 3)
   2. Downloading the registration form from the website fitelbergcompetition.com,completing and signing it and posting together with all the required appendixes (§ 2 Section 3) to the following address: The Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic, ul. Sokolska 2, 40-084 Katowice, Poland, with a note 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors by 15 July 2023 (date as postmarked).

3. The application drawn up in Polish or English should contain:
   1. A short biographical note (1000 characters with spaces at the most);
   2. A photocopy of an official document confirming the Candidate’s date of birth;
   3. The GDPR form, available on www.fitelbergcompetition.com;
   4. An up-to-date portrait photograph in a digital version 600 dpi in the *.tif or *.jpg format (if the application is sent by traditional post the photograph is to be saved on an appropriately identified data carrier);
   5. Photocopies of documents confirming the fact of conducting artistic activities covering a period of not more than the last four years (e.g. participation in international conducting competitions, copies of diplomas, awards and distinctions, programmes of concerts and performances at festivals, etc.);
   6. Links (unlimited in terms of the number of active hits) or a DVD (if sent via traditional post) with a 15-minute-long audio-visual recording of a rehearsal or a concert with an orchestra, conducted by the candidate;
   7. Confirmation of payment of the registration fee with the title: “First name and surname – XI MKD” into the bank account of the Silesian Philharmonic

in the amount of EUR 100 to the bank account in Santander Bank Polska S.A., account number: PL 83 1090 1186 0000 0001 4915 8934, BIC: WBKPPLPP

or its equivalent expressed in PLN according to the average exchange rate of the National Bank of Poland as of the date of executing the payment into the bank account of the Philharmonic in Santander Bank Polska S.A., account No. 93 1090 1186 0000 0001 4266 6156

4. The fact of sending the application is equivalent with the approval of these Rules.
5. Incomplete applications, as well as applications which do not satisfy the conditions specified above, shall not be examined. In particular:
   1. The Philharmonic is not obliged to send an additional request for missing details,
   2. In such cases the registration fee shall not be refunded,
   3. The applicant is not entitled to any claim in this respect.
6. The Philharmonic shall not return the documents and recordings sent with the applications; nevertheless, within 14 days after the completion of the qualifications to the Competition, the candidates who have not been qualified have a right to apply to the Philharmonic for the return of the application documents. After this time limit the documents shall be destroyed.

§ 12

1. The Contestant commits to follow and comply with the current special limitations and restrictions imposed in Poland by competent public authorities in relation to the state of epidemic threat and the state of epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in terms of preventing, counteracting, and combating the virus.
2. If the Contestant is not able to fulfil their obligations under these Rules for reasons attributed to procedures of preventing, counteracting, and combating COVID-19 referred to in section 1, the Philharmonic:
   1. Shall not be held liable for failure to fulfil its obligations;
   2. Shall not suffer any financial consequences for this reason;
   3. Shall not reimburse the Contestant for the payment of the participation fee in the Competition.

Работает

• Romans bez słów (Романс без слов) для скрипки и фортепиано, 1892 г.
• Соната № 1 для скрипки и фортепиано op. 2, 1894 г.
• Колыбельная для скрипки и фортепиано, 1897 г.
• Грустная песня для фортепиано, 1900 г.
• Мазурка для скрипки и фортепиано, 1900 г.
• Римлянам без слов для скрипки и фортепиано, 1900
• Трио фа минор для скрипки, виолончели и фортепиано op. 10, 1901 г.
• Соната № 2 для скрипки и фортепиано op. 12 января 1901 г.
• Концерт для скрипки с оркестром op. 13 января 1903 г.
• Канцонета для оркестра, 1903 г.
• Симфония № 1 соч. 14 января 1904 г.
• Песнь о Соколе , Симфоническая поэма op. 18 января 1905 г.
• Preludium i Pieśń «abędź» для голоса и фортепиано, 1906 г.
• Виосна (Весна) , увертюра, 1906 г.
• Симфония № 2 соч. 19 января 1907 г.
• Five Lieder op. 21 (на стихи Ричарда Демеля), 1907 г.
• Six Lieder op. 22 января 1907 г.
• Protesilas i Laodamia для голоса с оркестром op. 24 января 1908 г.
• Польская рапсодия для оркестра op. 25 декабря 1913 г.
• Рапсодия n ° 2 для оркестра, 1914 г.
• W Głębi Morza (Из морских глубин) , Музыкальная картина в форме открытия для оркестра op. 26 декабря 1914 г.
• Цзы дер Чуппа , Музыкальный стол для кларнета и фортепиано
• Речитатив для кларнета и фортепиано, 1918 г.
• Марш Радосный (Радостный марш) для оркестра, 1953

Stage II

From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces (including a composition by Karol Szymanowski or Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – mandatory) from group B, and next they draw one piece from each group. The Contestant has not more than 45 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra. In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the Contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.

GROUP A

E. Elgar – Enigma Variations op. 36

A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World

J. Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

M. Karłowicz – Symphony in E minor Revival op. 7

GROUP B

A. Dvořák – Cello Concerto in H minor op. 104

H.M. Górecki – Concerto-Cantata op. 65

J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47

K. Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2 op. 61

§ 8

1. The awards and distinctions granting ceremony will take place during the gala of the Concert of the Laureates held on 25 November 2023 in the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
2. All the laureates are obliged to take part in the Concerts of the Laureates on 25 November 2023 in the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and on 27 November 2023 in the National Philharmonic in Warsaw free of charge.
3. The winner of the 1st prize shall be obliged to take part in a special concert held on 1 December in the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.
4. The programme of the Concert of the Laureates will be determined by the Jury of the Competition in agreement with the Laureates of the Competition. The Laureates are obliged to perform the programme according to the Jury’s decision.
5. The conductors who will perform in the Concerts of the Laureates shall be provided with an opportunity to have a rehearsal with the orchestra and transport to the concert on 27 November in Warsaw.

§ 5

1. The Contestants will conduct the Symphony Orchestra of the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic.
2. The Philharmonic shall not provide the Contestants with sheet music (music scores).
3. The Philharmonic shall provide the Contestants with orchestral materials, whereas the Contestants are allowed to use their own materials.
4. The Philharmonic shall not be held responsible for any violation of any copyrights of any third parties by any Contestant who uses their own sheet music.
5. The course of the competition stages and the repertoire programme:

Stage I

From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces from group B, and next they draw one piece from each group. The Contestant has not more than 30 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra. In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the Contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.

GROUP A

G. Rossini – Overture to the opera The Thieving Magpie (La gazza ladra; ed. Luck’s Music Library)

C.M. Weber – Overture to the opera Oberon

G. Verdi – Overture to the opera Nabucco

S. Moniuszko – Fantastic overture to The Fairy Tale

GROUP B

W.A. Mozart – Symphony in D major Haffner Symphony KV 385 (ed. Bärenreiter)

W.A. Mozart – Symphony in C-major Linz Symphony KV 425 (ed. Bärenreiter)

L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67 (ed. Bärenreiter)

L. van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 Eroica

Stage II

From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces (including a composition by Karol Szymanowski or Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – mandatory) from group B, and next they draw one piece from each group. The Contestant has not more than 45 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra. In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the Contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.

GROUP A

E. Elgar – Enigma Variations op. 36

A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor From the New World

J. Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98

M. Karłowicz – Symphony in E minor Revival op. 7

GROUP B

A. Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104

H.M. Górecki – Concerto-Cantata op. 65

J. Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47

K. Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2 op. 61

Stage III

From the repertoire provided below the Contestant selects two pieces from group A and two pieces from group B, and next they draw one piece from group A and one piece from group B. The Contestant has not more than 50 minutes to work on the drawn oeuvres with the orchestra (not more than 25 minutes per each of the drawn pieces). In case of cyclic or multi-part pieces, if the Jury resigns from selecting a specific part, the contestant chooses the part at their own discretion.

GROUP A

C. Debussy – The Sea

S. Hindemith – Symphony Mathis the Painter (Mathis der Maler)

B. Bartók – Concerto for orchestra

W. Lutosławski – Concerto for orchestra

GROUP B

K. Szymanowski – Symphony No. 2 in B flat major op. 19

W. Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4

H.M. Górecki – Refrain op. 21

K. Penderecki – Symphony No. 2 Christmas Symphony

6. Changes in the programme of each stage communicated in the Competition are permissible provided they are communicated (by electronic means in a registration form available on the Internet website www.fitelbergcompetition.com) not later than by 29 September 2023.
7. The Contestants who do not get qualified to take part in the next stage of the Competition shall receive diplomas confirming their participation in the Competition.

Grzegorz Fitelberg

Дата рождения
18.10.1879
Дата смерти
10.06.1953
Профессия
дирижёр
Страна
Польша

Этому художнику принадлежит одно из виднейших мест в польской музыкальной культуре XX века. Своим признанием, своим выходом на концертные эстрады всего мира польская музыка во многом обязана именно Гжегожу Фительбергу.

Отец будущего артиста — Гжегож Фительберг-старший — был военным дирижером и, обнаружив в своем сыне незаурядный талант, уже в двенадцать лет отдал его в Варшавский музыкальный институт. Фительберг окончил его в 1896 году по классу скрипки С. Барцевича и по классу композиции 3. Носковского, получив премию имени И. Падеревского за свою скрипичную сонату. После этого он стал концертмейстером оркестра Варшавского оперного театра, а затем и филармонии. С последним он дебютировал как дирижер в 1904 году, а несколько лет спустя начал регулярную дирижерскую деятельность.

К этому времени Фительберг уже завоевал известность как интересный композитор, автор двух симфоний, симфонических поэм (в том числе «Песни о соколе» по М. Горькому), камерных и вокальных сочинений. Вместе с прогрессивными польскими музыкантами — М. Карловичем, К. Шимановским, Л. Ружицким, А. Шелютой — он был организатором общества «Молодая Польша», ставившего своей целью пропаганду новой национальной музыки. И вскоре Фительберг окончательно оставляет композицию, чтобы служить этой цели своим дирижерским искусством.

Уже ко второму десятилетию нашего века дирижер Фительберг завоевывает признание. Он совершает первые турне с оркестром Варшавской филармонии, дирижирует в Венской придворной опере и в концертах Общества друзей музыки, дает ряд концертов на первом фестивале польской музыки в Кракове. Длительный период времени артист проводит в России — с 1914 по 1921 год. Он дирижировал концертами в Павловском вокзале, возглавлял Государственный симфонический оркестр, вел спектакли Мариинского и Большого театров.

С огромным энтузиазмом и интенсивностью работает Фительберг после своего возвращения на родину. В 1925—1934 годах он стоял во главе оркестра Варшавской филармонии, а затем организовал собственный коллектив — оркестр Польского радио, который уже в 1927 году на Всемирной выставке в Париже удостаивается золотой медали. Кроме этого, артист постоянно выступает в Варшавской опере, совершает длительные гастрольные поездки по странам Европы, Северной и Южной Америки, во время которых не только дает концерты, но и дирижирует оперными и балетными спектаклями. Так, в 1924 году он стоял за пультом «Русского балета С. Дягилева», а в 1922 году провел в парижской «Гранд-Опера» премьеру «Мавры» Стравинского. Фительберг неоднократно бывал в СССР, где его искусство пользовалось большой любовью слушателей. «Каждая новая встреча с ним по-новому радует. Это мастер большого, хоть и сдержанного темперамента, блестящий организатор оркестра, умеющий подчинить его своему продуманному и глубокому исполнительскому плану», — писал о нем А. Гольденвейзер.

Первый исполнитель большинства сочинений своих друзей по обществу «Молодая Польша», он и за рубежом дал десятки концертов, программы которых были составлены исключительно из произведений Шимановского, Карловича, Ружицкого, а также более молодых авторов — Войтовича, Маклакевича, Палестера, Перковского, Кондрацкого и других. Мировая слава Шимановского была завоевана во многом благодаря вдохновенному и непревзойденному исполнению его музыки Фительбергом. Вместе с тем Фительберг составил себе известность и как отличный интерпретатор творчества крупнейших композиторов первой половины XX века — Равеля, Русселя, Хиндемита, Мийо, Онеггера и других. На родине и за ее пределами дирижер постоянно исполнял также русскую музыку, особенно Скрябина, Стравинского, Прокофьева, Мясковского; под его управлением впервые прозвучала в Польше Первая симфония Д. Шостаковича.

До конца жизни Фительберг отдавал весь свой талант служению родному искусству. Лишь в годы Фашистской оккупации он был вынужден покинуть Польшу и концертировал в Нидерландах, Англии, Португалии, США, Южной Америке. Вернувшись на родину в 1947 году, артист возглавлял Большой симфонический оркестр Польского радио в Катовицах, преподавал в Варшавской консерватории, немало работал и с самодеятельными музыкальными коллективами, участвовал во многих общественных начинаниях. Фительберг был удостоен высших наград и премий Польской Народной Республики.

Л. Григорьев, Я. Платек

§ 4

1. 1. Auditions to the 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors shall be public and shall consist of three stages:

I – 18-21 November 2023,

II – 22-23 November 2023,

III the final –24 November 2023.

2. The Concert of the Laureates shall be held on 25 November 2023 in Katowice, and it will be repeated on 27 November 2023 in Warsaw.
3. Not more than 50 Contestants will be admitted to the 1st stage, not more than 12 Contestants – to the 2nd stage, and not more than 6 Contestants – to the 3rd
4. Starting from the 1st stage of the Competition until the 3rd stage, the Contestants shall be performing in the alphabetical order, starting from a letter drawn publicly on 17 November 2023. The Contestants’ presence during the drawing is obligatory.
5. In case of confirmed fortuitous events (such as traffic delays rendering it impossible for a Contestant to arrive on time, or an illness confirmed by the medical service of the Competition), the Contestant can obtain a permission – as an exception – to postpone their performance beyond the specified order of performances to the end of the auditions at a specific stage. The new order of performances defined this way will be valid until the end of the Competition. The final decision on the changed order shall be made by the Competition Director.
6. The Philharmonic shall not cover the costs of the Contestant’s travel.
7. During the entire time of the Contestants’ participation in the Competition (including the Concert of the Laureates), the Philharmonic shall provide the Contestants with accommodation in a hotel with breakfasts and cover the costs thereof. The Philharmonic shall not provide accommodation and shall not cover the costs of the accommodation of persons that accompany the Contestants.
8. The Philharmonic shall not mediate in the procedure of obtaining visas by the Contestants; however, upon requests of individual Contestants, the Philharmonic shall issue and send a certificate confirming the Contestant’s qualification to take part in the Competition.
9. The Contestants are obliged to be covered with a health insurance for the time of their stay in Poland in connection with the Competition.

All sanitary and epidemiological rules and restrictions in force during the Competition will be implemented on an ongoing basis in order to secure compliance with up-to-date regulations in place within the territory of the Republic of Poland during the Competition. The Philharmonic will announce all information in this respect and each Contestant will be obliged to read it and adhere to it. Should the Competitor violate any legal regulations in this respect, the Philharmonic shall not be held responsible.

§ 11

1. The term “force majeure” means an external unpredictable and unpreventable event the occurrence of which prevents the Philharmonic or the Contestant from fulfilling their obligations, in particular such as natural disasters, wars, terrorist attacks, strikes, epidemics, illness of the Jurors.
2. The Philharmonic and the Contestant shall not be held liable for failure to perform or inappropriate performance of their obligations relating to Competition if the failure to perform or inappropriate performance of their obligations relating to the Rules of the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors results from force majeure.
3. In the event of force majeure:
   1. The Philharmonic shall immediately notify the Contestant or Contestants on the occurrence of force majeure and causes thereof electronically by sending an e-mail message to the Contestant’s address provided in the registration form.
   2. The Contestant shall immediately notify the Philharmonic on the occurrence of force majeure and causes thereof electronically by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] .
4. The Party affected by force majeure (Philharmonic or Contestant) shall make every effort to immediately and in any case not later than within 2 days after the date of notice provide the other Party with a reasonable justification explaining the nature and causes of the force majeure occurrence. If after the notice the Parties do not agree otherwise, each of the Parties shall continue their best efforts in order to meet their obligations.
5. To the extent that one of the Parties (Philharmonic or Contestant) is not able to meet their obligations resulting from these Rules due to being affected by force majeure, the other Party shall not be held liable for failure to perform the aforementioned obligations.
6. If force majeure affects a Contestant and their justification is accepted by the Philharmonic, the Contestant will be able to get a refund of the Competition costs, fully or partially, depending on the time of force majeure occurrence:
   1. By 13 October 2022 – full refund of the costs
   2. 14 October 2022 – 16 November 2022 – refund of 1% of the costs
7. In a special case of force majeure affecting the Philharmonic, such as a Juror’s illness or any other sudden indisposition, the Philharmonic reserves the right to first of all propose an adequate substitution.

§ 7

1. 1. The following awards and distinctions shall be distributed among the Finalists – Contestants taking part in Stage III of the Competition:1st award – EUR 20,000 and the Gold Baton2nd award – EUR 10,000 and the Silver Baton3rd award  – EUR 6,000 and the Bronze Baton

Three equal distinctions – EUR 4,000.

2. The sums of money defined above shall be reduced by the rate of the income tax from natural persons that is currently in force.
3. Basing on the final scores, the Jury of the Competition can change the distribution of the awards and distinctions by the majority of 2/3 of votes, with the reservation that the total sum allocated to the awards and distinctions must not be increased.
4. The winners of the awards are entitled to the title of the Laureate of the 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors.
5. Apart from the awards defined in these Rules, the Jury shall also distribute awards funded by institutions, companies, and private persons, e.g. in the form of invitations to concerts of orchestras from Poland and abroad.
6. Proposals of the additional awards shall be received and approved by the Director of the Competition.  They should be submitted by 29 September 2023. Cash prizes shall be paid out in the currency in which they have been deposited, having deducted the due tax.
7. The Jury’s decisions are irrevocable and unappealable.

§ 1

1. These Rules specify the terms and conditions of the 11th Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors in Katowice, hereinafter referred to as the Competition.
2. The Competition shall be held in the period 17-27 November 2023.
3. The organiser of the Competition is the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic with its registered office in Katowice (40-084), 2 Sokolska street, entered in the Register of Cultural Institutions kept by the Marshal of the Province of Silesia under the number of RIK/F/4/99, holder of the Tax Identification Number 6340137669, hereinafter referred to as the Philharmonic.

§ 3

1. The applications shall be evaluated by the Qualification Committee, which consists of distinguished Polish conductors and musicians. The Qualification Committee shall qualify not more than 50 contestants (hereinafter referred to as the Contestants) from amongst the applications sent to the competition, and it shall indicate not more than 10 candidates as reserve contestants.
2. The Qualification Committee’s decisions shall be final and unappealable.
3. The registration fee paid by Contestants who are not qualified to take part in the Competition shall not be refunded.
4. The list of Contestants qualified to the Competition and reserve Contestants shall be communicated on 15 August 2023 by means of a website of the Competition (fitelbergcompetition.com).
5. Having received a notice on being qualified to the Competition, the Contestants shall be obliged to pay a competition fee in the amount of EUR 250 or its equivalent expressed in PLN according to the average exchange rate of the National Bank of Poland as of the date of payment.
6. The fees should be paid by 1 October 2023 into the Philharmonic’s bank account specified in §2 item 3 letter h.
7. Failure to execute the payment within the specified time limit shall be equivalent with the Contestant’s resignation from the participation in the Competition.
8. In the event of a resignation of a Contestant qualified to the Competition, the Philharmonic reserves the right to add a name from the reserve list to the list of Contestant, observing the order of reserve Contestants.