REGISTRATION & REGULATION

Deadline for submission of registration documents: May 15, 2025.

“Guitar Talents” Competition

REGULATION

1. Organization

The 13th Edition of the Guitar Talents competition will be held in a hybrid format. Participants may choose between two options for their involvement: in-person attendance or online participation.

For both modes of participation, all required registration documents must be submitted by May 15, 2025.

The live competition with STAGE presence:

It will take place on June 6 for the Hobby category and on June 7 for the Performance category. Additionally, in 2025, a Gala event will be organized on June 8 at 5:00 PM for competitors who have selected the stage performance option.

Sections & categories:

The stage competition is organized by the Association “Deschideri spre viitor” and consists of two different sections: PERFORMANCE & HOBBY.

The PERFORMANCE section (music highschools and universities) include 4 age categories:

A category: 8-11 years;
B category: 12-14 years;
C category: 15-19 years
D category: open

The HOBBY (music schools, art schools, private sistem) is organized according to the years of study, according to the grade the pupils are in at the moment of registration.

pre-school (up to 7 years old)
1^st grade
2^nd grade
3^rd grade
4^th grade
5^th grade
6^th grade
7^th grade
8^th grade
9^th grade
10^th grade
11^th grade
12^th grade
open category

The ONLINE contest (Hobby) takes place at a national level and is open to participants who study guitar in schools and music clubs as well as in private settings. It includes 4 distinct categories:

A category: 8-11 years;
B category: 12-14 years;
C category: 15-19 years
D category: open

Each competitor will make a video recording of the proposed repertoire. It will be uploaded to Youtube with the audience setting: public. The name of the video recording on Youtube will be the following: “Name of the competitor – International Contest Guitar Talents, Bucharest 2025”

In the online competition can take part only those who do not study guitar in a music highschool or university.

Before the actual interpretation of the repertoire, each contestant will present himself in the video mentioning: name and surname & the contest in which he participates. Example: “My name is …… .. This video is made to participate in the Guitar Talents competition – 13th edition, 2025.”

The link to the video posted on Youtube will be sent to the organizers by e-mail: guitartalents@yahoo.com until June 10, 2025.

The recording will have to be done without interruption, interpreting all the pieces from the competition repertoire, exactly as in the case of a stage performance.

Video recording can be done with the help of any video device (video camera, camera with recording function, mobile phone, etc.).

Editing of video recordings (mastering / soldering) is not allowed.

The quality of the image and the aspects related to the place where the recording is made will not be taken into account in the judging.

The frame must be made so that the position, face, gestures and both hands of the interpreter are visible during the interpretation.

The sound is indicated to be loud enough, quality and as clear as possible.

Clothing can be free to choose, keeping the idea of a dress code suitable for performing.

The maximum time allocated to each benefit does not take into account the introductory presentation time.

To the extent that the repertoire does not fall exactly within the time limits imposed for each category, a maximum time extension of 30 seconds is allowed.

Deadline for submission of registration documents: May 15, 2025.

Deadline for submitting links on Youtube: June 10, 2025.

The online contest will take place between June 13-20, 2025.

The prizes for the online contest consist of diplomas and sheet music in pdf format from the website www.tudorchitara.ro (Scores section) as follows:

1st prize: 5 scores of your choice

2nd prize: 3 scores of your choice

3rd prize: 2 scores of your choice

Mention: 1 score of your choice

The videos can be deleted from Youtube by the user only one week after the final results are displayed.

The results will be displayed on June 30, 2025 on the official website of the contest.

2. Registration

The deadline for completing the registration formalities (sending documents & paying the participation fee) for both types of participation in the contest, with stage or online presence: May 15, 2025.

Necessary documents required for the registration in the “Online” contest:

Copy of the birth certificate;
Filled-in registration form;
Payment of the participation fee;
Declaration of consent – completed and signed – regarding the processing of personal data (provided by the organizer).

Necessary documents required for the ON STAGE competition:

“Hobby” section:

Copy of the birth certificate;
Filled-in registration form;
Payment of the participation fee;
Declaration of consent – completed and signed – regarding the processing of personal data (provided by the organizer).

“Performance” section:

Copy of the birth certificate;
Filled-in registration form;
Payment of the participation fee;
Declaration of consent – completed and signed – regarding the processing of personal data (provided by the organizer);
Photos after the first two pages of the school notebook (those where the school/university stamps and pupil’s/student’s name appear).

A participant can register in the contest both in the HOBBY section and in the PERFORMANCE section, choosing the same participation option (with stage presence or online), respecting the repertoire requirements.

Pupils from music/arts highschools and students from music universities will registrate only in the PERFORMANCE section.

Competitors who have been among the laureates in the previous editions in the PERFORMANCE section and have been awarded with the 1st, 2nd or 3rd places will not be able to sign up for the HOBBY section.

Exceptions are competitors who for two editions have not won any awards in the PERFORMANCE section and who are not enrolled in music / arts high schools or music universities.

All documents will be sent by e-mail to: guitartalents@yahoo.com.

Download Registration Form
HOBBY - STAGE presence

Download Registration Form
PERFORMANCE - STAGE presence

Download Registration Form
ONLINE contest

Download Declaration of Consent
for PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

3. Participation fee

Online contest: 100 lei (payed in this currency: lei)

Hobby and Performance section: 150 lei (payed in this currency: lei)

The participation fee will be paid into the account of “Deschideri spre viitor” association – see the second page of the registration form.

The participation fees are not refundable.

4. Repertoire:

For participating in the ONLINE (hobby) section:

repertoire of free choice with a total maximum duration of 7 minutes.

For participating in the STAGE competition section:

PERFORMANCE stage section:

A category: repertoire of free choice with a minimum duration of 4 minutes and maximum duration of 7 minutes;

B category: repertoire of free choice with a minimum duration of 6 minutes and maximum duration of 10 minutes;

C category: at least two pieces from different musical periods with a minimum duration of 7 minutes and maximum duration of 12 minutes.

D category: at least two pieces from different musical periods with a minimum duration of 8 minutes and maximum duration of 15 minutes.

HOBBY stage section:

For each grade: repertoire of free choice with a total maximum duration of 7 minutes. For 4th grade and older competitors the minimum duration of the program will be 3 minutes. Competitors signed-up in the HOBBY section can play pieces of any musical style, provided they are interpreted with the classical guitar.

5. Prizes

Our sponsors:

PC Garage, Kremona Guitars, BAM cases, Knobloch strings, Bergmann Editions, Strings by mail, Tecnoservice Equipment srl, Totunik, Telegraf Print, E&E Music Production Management, Mihai Vinersar Photography, Magazinul Rapsodia.

In each section, I, II, III prizes and mentions are eligible to be awarded. Depending on the musical performancevof the competitors, the jury can decide to award or not award one or more of the prizes in the different age categories.

PERFORMANCE SECTION:

Pc Garage (Romania): vouchers worth a total of 16.500 lei & special SURPRIZE prizes. The vouchers can be used to pruchase products from www.pcgarage.ro up to the value of the prize or as a partial payment for a more expensive product

Kremona Guitars (Bulgaria): two Kremona student model guitars made of soolid wood, with a total value of 3000 lei.

BAM cases (France): one IKAT NASHVILLE CLASSICAL GUITAR GIGBAG, valued at 468 euro.

Knobloch strings (Spain): Knobloch string sets worth a total of 600 euro.

Bergmann Editions (Denmark): Published sheet music for classical guitar

Strings by mail (USA): Prize packages.

E&E Music Production Management (Romania): a professional audio-video recording of a musical piece.

Mihai Vinersar Photography (vinersar.mihai@gmail.com):

one professional photo session, artist portofolio.
a voucher for a photo session with a 50% discount for all participants

HOBBY SECTION:

prize packeges consisting of school supplies and stationery products.
prizes consisting of Pc Garage vouchers – for the 1st place special awards;
a voucher for a photo session with a 50% discount for all participants offered by Mihai Vinersar

ONLINE SECTION (HOBBY):

prizes consisting of Pc Garage vouchers – for the 1st place special awards;
digital sheet music from www.tudorchitara.ro, as follows:

first prize – five scores

second prize – three scores

third prize – two scores

mention – one score

The total value of the prizes is 35000 lei.

The prizes will be awarded exclusively during the LAUREATES’ GALA – Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM.

6. The jury

The jury will be made up of classical guitar teachers and performers. The jury members will be announced to all participants before the beginning of the event.

7. Evaluation

The jury will have three main criteria of evaluation:

technical execution;
artistic interpretation;
interpretative personality.

The members of the jury will not score their own students.

The final evaluation score for each participant represents the average score given by the jury members, excluding the highest and the lowest score.

The decisions of the jury are final. No appeals are admitted.

8. The activities of the contest in progress

All useful information regarding the organization and conduct of the contest will be posted on the competition’ s website and will also be sent by e-mail in due time to all participants.

Additional information about the contest will also be posted and updated on the facebook page: Concursul internațional de chitară Talente în afirmare”

Contact person for sign-up and details

Tudor Niculescu-Mizil
Mobile: (004) 0720 788 827
E-mail: guitartalents@yahoo.com