International Song Competition For solo singers 6-15 years old (pop, rock, jazz, folk, classical)

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1 Official Patronage: Offer of Cooperation Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2018/2019 International Song Competition For solo singers 6-15 years old (pop, rock, jazz, folk, classical)

2 Sanremo Junior About the Competition An international children s song competition with live orchestra accompaniment for solo singers aged 6-15 years (pop, rock, jazz, folk, classical). One of the most prestigious international competitions for young singers aged 6-15 years, who will perform a song of their choice with the accompaniment of a 37-member live orchestra to compete with singers from other countries. The Sanremo Junior competition is organised by Kismet, a company known all over the world through GEF the World Creativity Festival in Schools. In 2018, Kismet organised the ninth edition of this international solo singer competition, emphasising the dissemination of music and singing among young individuals and trying to give them an opportunity to perform for music experts in an international and multi-ethnic environment. The appearance of the young competitors with a live orchestra is a unique opportunity worldwide. The grand finale is held every year in the famous Ariston Theatre in the city of Sanremo, Italy. This year s competition was held on April For more information, please visit In 2018, the Slovak representative Margaréta Ondrejková won 1st prize, finishing right after the absolute winner of the competition from Belarus. The representative of the Czech Republic, Sofie Fiurášková, received a special jury award for her performance. The Czech Republic participated for the first time in 2016, represented by the highly gifted 11-year-old singer Kristýna Petráková, who received a special jury award for her performance. The representative of the Czech Republic in 2017 was Nela Duchačová (11), who finished second in her category. The Slovak Republic was represented by Adriana Habrdová (13). 2

3 Offer of Cooperation Sanremo Junior Previous Competitions In 2016, the Czech Republic for the first time sent its representative to the international Sanremo Junior song competition, held in the spa town of Sanremo in Liguria. The representative was the very gifted 11-year-old Kristýna Petráková. During the event, the evenings in Sanremo were enlivened with the sounds of a symphony orchestra accompanying young singers from all over the world on the competition stage. The singers came from countries such as the USA, Argentina, South Africa, Israel, Paraguay, France, Malta and many more. Kiki Petráková sang a song by the Icelandic singer Björk It s Oh So Quiet, receiving the special award of the jury for her performance. Kristýna Petráková has continued her promising career at many more concerts, for example with Jitka Zelenková, Leona Machálková, Pavel Vítek and Karel Vlach Big Band, and above all on the musical stage, where she performs the main children s role in Soap Prince and earned the main role in the world musical Shrek. In 2018, she will release her first CD My Journey to the Stars and is involved in many other artistic activities. In 2017, the Czech Republic was also joined by Slovakia at the event. At the final gala of Sanremo Junior CR/SR on 22 February 2017 in the Hybernia Theatre, Nela Duchačová (11) was selected by the professional jury as the representative of the Czech Republic for the international competition. Accompanied by the Bon Art Pops Orchestra, she sang Let it Go from the film Frozen. She sang the same song as the representative of the Czech Republic at the international finals with the Sanremo Orchestra. The Slovak Republic was represented at the grand finale in Sanremo by Adriana Habrdová (13) with the song An Angel by the The Kelly Family. The 2017 international finals featured 24 solo singers from 18 countries. Nela ranked 2nd in her category, which was a great success. Lizi Tsereteli of Georgia finished in first place and was also the overall winner of the competition. The other countries participating in the 2017 Sanremo Junior festival included France, Greece, Italy, Hungary, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malta, Seychelles, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan. On the basis of this success, Nela received a scholarship to the prestigious Canadian School, which she now attends, and has appeared at many grand concerts and galas since, for example with Leona Machálková, Radim Schwab and others. She continues with her singing and dancing and is preparing her first CD. Adriana Habrdová has also released her first CD and continues to pursue her dream of success by becoming a successful singer, including participation in the Czech-Slovak Superstar, where she attracted the attention of the whole jury with her excellent singing technique at such a young age. 3

4 Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2017/2018 Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2018 Mezinárodní dětský pěvecký festival Finálový večer v Divadle Hybernia za doprovodu symfonického Bon Art Pops Orchestra for the demanding gala and indeed proved their art not only with their singing technique but also through their cooperation with the orchestra, the conductor and their brave appearance on the big stage. Emphasis was also placed on their behaviour and communication off stage. The representatives for the international competition selected by the jury from the grand finale were Sofie Fiurášková (CR) and Margaréta Ondrejková (SR). Dominika Pješčáková 14 let / Most Izabela Jati 13 let / Hukvaldy Petr Cemper 14 let / Praha Sofie Fiurášková 14 let / Praha-Černošice Tereza Matiášková 13 let / Česká Kamenice Natálie Němcová 10 let / Praha Jakub Dolejš 11 let / Praha Michaela Burešová 13 let / Kralupy nad Vltavou Linda Jakubová 9 let / Králův Dvůr Valerie Kaňová 13 let / Havířov Vystoupí hosté: Helena Vondráčková Michal Hrůza Anna K. Radim Schwab Leona Machálková Genny Ciatti a další Moderuje: Jan Čenský V porotě zasednou: Anna K. Miro Žbirka Helena Vondráčková Jaroslav Svěcený Leona Machálková Janis Sidovský Michaela A. Dobrovolná Radim Schwab Michal Klein Hana Petřinová Miroslav Michálek František Drs Tereza Kavecká generální mediální partner Katarína Drobná 12 let / Zavar Margaréta Ondrejková 14 let / Čachtice Nela Duchačová vítězka ročníku 2017 CZ Vstupenky na pokladně divadla Hybernia a v síti Ticketportal hlavní mediální partner podpora projektu partneři Natália Lettrichová 10 let / Turčianske Teplice In May 2017, we announced auditions for the Czech and Slovak Republics for Solo singers from the two countries had the chance to advance to the national finals, held with the accompaniment of the Bon Art Pops Orchestra in the Hybernia Theatre on 21 February The Bon Art Pops Orchestra, exclusively composed of female musicians, has accompanied many stars of Czech and Slovak popular music in the past, including Miro Žbirka, Chinaski, David Koller, Marek Ztracený, Michal Hrůza, Janek Ledecký, Dan McCafferty (Nazareth), Jaroslav Svěcený, Michaela Gemrotová, Radim Schwab and many more. A total of 10 singers from the Czech Republic and 3 from Slovakia advanced to the national finals, and all of them then underwent intense 6-month preparation HOST HOST generální rádiový partner Adriana Habrdová vítězka ročníku 2017 SK HOST Kiki Petráková vítězka ročníku 2016 CZ generální partner Jury: Helena Vondráčková singer, actress Miro Žbirka singer, composer and lyrics writer Anna K. singer Leona Machálková singer František Drs conductor Tereza Kavecká operatic and musical singer, voice teacher Janis Sidovský manager and producer Miroslav Michálek music dramaturge, host on the Frekvence 1 radio channel, lyrics writer, musician Michal Klein music director of TV Óčko Michaela A. Dobrovolná director of the Kühnova Children s Choir Jaroslav Svěcený virtuoso violinist Hana Petřinová owner of a music and production agency Radim Schwab musical singer and actor These two finalists received another intensive course organised by Bon Art Music, SE, where they underwent preparatory study for future personalities of the world music scene, including pop and musical. They attended rehearsals with a live orchestra, studio recording, choreography preparation, lessons in communication with the media and in general before spending a week in the spa town of Sanremo, where they competed with the finalists from the other participating countries. A professional approach was emphasised throughout the competition. 4

5 Offer of Cooperation Preparations for the finals in the Hybernia Theatre 5

6 Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2018 final gala at the Hybernia Theatre 6

7 Offer of Cooperation Sanremo Junior 2018, World Finals Italy The Czech Republic participated in the international Sanremo Junior song competition for a third time in 2018, the Slovak Republic for the second time. The competition was held in the spa town of Sanremo in Liguria on April At the final gala of the Sanremo Junior CZ/SK held in the Hybernia Theatre on 21 February 2018, the professional jury selected 14-yearold Sofie Fiurášková, who appeared with the song Because of You by Kelly Clarkson accompanied by the Bon Art Pops Orchestra. She represented the Czech Republic with the same song at the world grand finale accompanied by the Sanremo Orchestra. The Slovak Republic was represented at the world finals by 14-year-old Margaréta Ondrejková with the song Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood. In the course of the week, both competitors had several orchestra rehearsals and on Wednesday, 18 April 2018 they appeared in the Ariston Theatre at the official world finals. For the rest of the week, both Sofie and Margaréta represented the Czech and Slovak republics at the GEF World School Festival of Creativity. The two competitors earned two fantastic prizes and great success in the finals. Margaréta received 1 st prize right after the singer from Belarus, who became the absolute winner of the competition. Sofie received the Special Jury Award for her performance. After last year s competition, where Nela Duchačová received the 2 nd prize in her category, we advanced a little higher this year to prove that talent from the Czech and Slovak republics can easily compete and succeed with the best in the world. They only need a little help. The international finals featured representatives from 16 countries, who advanced to the selection from the original 35 countries and were heard by the international festival jury at the world Grand Finale. The other countries participating in Sanremo Junior this year included, for example, the USA, Panama, Italy, the Ukraine, Malta, Kazakhstan and Sweden. More at 7

8 Sanremo Junior 2018 Sanremo, Italy 8

9 Offer of Cooperation A Word from the Artistic Director of the Competition Dear Partners, We would like to address you with our offer of cooperation on the organisation of the children s singing competition for junior artists from 6 to 15 years of age, the Sanremo Junior CZ/SK. Another competition has just ended and we can boast of very positive results. In the previous years were received one jury award and one second prize. This year was more than successful for us, although we do not want to rest on our laurels and are aiming for the top ranks, for the quality of our young singers is truly comparable to the global community. We received first prize in the top age category of children up to the age of 15 and one jury award. It is not that there is a lack of competitions of this kind on our market, but none of them has ever been able to offer anything that would help the young talents in their further development. We have prepared a separate competition allowing the children to personally try what their great idols experience on stage in front of a big orchestra. None of the competitions offer the chance to sing with a 50-piece orchestra. The are many young talents appearing in musicals and on theatre stages, but they do not have the chance to sing under the spotlights of a large concert stage. And this is what we want to offer them. This is the junior version of the popular Sanremo festival. It has been a challenge for us and we have another 3 years to prove that we are a good choice for our Italian partner. It is not easy to choose 10 young Czech and 3 Slovak singers, each of whom will travel to the grand finale to represent their country. As in previous years, we are preparing a continuation of our Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2018/2019 in an effort to support young talents who might someday replace the current representatives of the popular or classical music scenes. Past experience shows that there are many children who want to sing and possess the necessary talents and techniques. Surprisingly enough, many music schools support these children in their efforts. It is probably a rare phenomenon on the global scale to see music schools supported by the state that work like this. The 2017 finals showed that these children were not afraid to appear in front of a big symphony orchestra and sing a complex composition in English. The finals featured 13 competitors from the Czech Republic, with the Czech finalist of 2016/2017, Kristýna Petráková, and the finalist of the Slovak Sanremo Junior 2017, Adriana Habrdová, as guests. All children had undergone demanding preparation for the finals. The winner was 11-year-old Nela Duchačová with the song Let it Go. She also appeared at the world finals in Sanremo, Italy. The finals featured 18 children from 24 countries around the world. Our representative ranked second in her category, right after the absolute winner of the competition. This is of course a great success and motivation for all future competitors. For us it is a great commitment to maintain the high level set by this year s competition. This year (2018) the Czech Republic was represented by Sofie Fiurášková and Slovakia by Margaréta Ondrejková. Sofie was already in the narrow selection in 2016 but finally finished right below the top ten. She worked hard and advanced to the top ten in She won the Czech finals and was selected to represent the Czech Republic in Italy. There she received the fantastic jury award. The Slovak representative, Margaréta Ondrejková, won her category in Italy. This represents a great commitment for the following years for us. We have managed to establish cooperation with the Maltese and the Italian national part of this competition and thus we can send the winners to the Maltese finals in 2019 as guests. That will certainly be very motivating for their further development and we hope also for our new competitors. We want to help young performers attend, for example, the children s Eurosong competition in the future. We would greatly appreciate if you could help develop Czech culture and contribute to this unique project. As with all competitions, this one is also very financially demanding. With your help we can let the young singers try everything, and maybe make them known and open the doors for them to theatres, TV or national and maybe even international radio. We know our goals are demanding, but without them no great things can be achieved. At present, the whole burden is carried by their parents, who often sacrifice funds that are unfathomable for many of us. We are glad that at least parents take such great care of the artistic development of their children. It should also be in our interest to make our country a high-culture country producing many new Karel Gotts, Lucie Bílás, Helena Vondráčkovás and Michal Davids. Every country has a population it has raised on its own. We would like to contribute to renewing the reputation of our country as one with excellent singers, composers and solo artists. This may be one of the means to this end. It is up to you whether you decide to help pave the way for our young talented children to not only the national but also the international scene. Ing. Richard Liegert 9

10 Offer of Cooperation in 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to address you with a special offer of cooperation on the project entitled Sanremo Junior Czech Republic & Slovakia. Sanremo Junior is an international children s singing competition featuring live orchestra accompaniment for solo singers aged 6-15 (pop, rock, jazz, folk, classical). Auditions were announced in May 2018 for the Czech and Slovak republics for the 2018/2019 competition. The soloists are given a chance here to compete in the national finals held with the accompaniment of the Bon Art Pops Orchestra at the Hybernia Theatre. The Bon Art Pops Orchestra, an exclusively female orchestra, has already accompanied stars like Miro Žbirka, Chinaski, David Koller, Marek Ztracený, Michal Hrůza, Janek Ledecký, Dan McCafferty (Nazareth), Jaroslav Svěcený, Michaela Gemrotová, Radim Schwab and many more. A maximum 10 singers from the Czech Republic and 5 from the Slovak Republic will advance to the national finale held at the Hybernia Theatre on 20 February 2019, where the young singers will present not only their singing art but also their skills of cooperation with the orchestra and the conductor and their courage to appear on a big stage. Emphasis will also be placed on off-stage conduct. All the finalists will undergo a special preparatory course for the big finale. A professional jury will then select one Czech and one Slovak representative from the national finals. The two finalists will receive special intensive training provided by the Bon Art Music, SE for future personalities of the art scene, whether singers or musical stars. They will rehearse with a big orchestra, record in a studio, prepare choreography, learn to communicate with (not only) the media and finally travel to the spa town of Sanremo for a week to compete with the finalists from the other participating countries. 10

11 Offer of Cooperation Partnership Options The cooperation options are related to the form of the partnership. In the case of your interest, we will introduce the individual options to you, tailor-made to the partner. We offer affiliation with a brand of quality. The partner will be promoted with the project and also at the final gala. Complimentary tickets of your choice. Self-promotion option. Why become a partner in this project We offer the connection of your company with a unique project educating and giving a chance to young talented singers to try a professional performance with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra. Promotion of your company across the Czech Republic and in Prague in all advertising media mentioned below. Informal meetings with the partners of the advertiser in the context of this event. Optional meeting with your business partners on the occasion of this unique cultural event. Optional establishment of long-term cooperation with us in the context of our other projects. 11

12 Project and Competition Support Media (television, radio, press) TV and radio spots Outdoor ads selection of: CLV and rotundas (citylight cm) High-standard and effective backlit advertising space. Locations at the busiest spots in cities, by the main roads and at public transport stops. Visible from passing means of transport and pedestrians. The backlit advertising panels are an attractive part of the urban environment and draw attention of passers-by. DigiCLV (Digital citylight px) Dynamic advertising panels in shopping centres in Prague and other cities. Rolling boards ( cm) Backlit scrolling areas. Nearly 7 m 2 with back lighting; this giant simply cannot be missed. QS foils ( cm) Exterior sides of Prague trams. Metro frames (49 49 cm) Interior walls in the Prague metro. A3, A2, A1 posters Displayed in the Prague city centre at highly visible locations. Local and internet advertisements Further ads to be offered based on availability. Billboards ( cm) Addressing the target group of drivers. High-standard advertisements along motorways and highways. 12

13 Offer of Cooperation Competition Visual Mezinárodní dětský pěvecký festival Sanremo Junior CZ/SK 2018 Finálový večer za doprovodu Bon Art Pops Orchestra v divadle Hybernia Vystoupí hosté: Helena Vondráčková Michal Hrůza Anna K. Radim Schwab Leona Machálková Genny Ciatti a další Moderuje: Jan Čenský Visual of 2017/2018 competition 13

14 Profile of the Bon Art Pops Orchestra Increasing interest in concerts where popular singers are accompanied by a big orchestra led to the foundation of an ensemble able to perform various genres on the top level as brought about by the dramaturgy of the concerts organised by Bon Art Music, SE. The concerts held by this agency intentionally combine opera scenes, symphonic and chamber music with jazz, swing, rock and pop. This places great demands on the individual orchestra players, which is why the BAPO is made up of excellent musicians meeting the performing standards required by the different parts. After years of staffing the orchestra with both male and female performers, we decided in 2014 to make the ensemble a female orchestra. At the final gala of the Sanremo Junior Czech Republic & Slovakia, the orchestra will perform as a big band with woodwind, complete string and extended percussion sections. The ladies have performed very well, and that is why we wish to continue in this trend and engage female performers for the purpose of concerts as well as recording sessions. Depending on its size, the orchestra changes names: Bon Art Pops Orchestra, Bon Art Chamber Orchestra or Bon Art Symphony Orchestra. The response suggests that we have set out on the right path. We have changed the perception in this country that women do not play the trumpet or trombone. We were surprised ourselves by how many women are able to perform the demanding solo parts in big band compositions with great skill. 14

15 Profile of Bon Art Music, SE The company Bon Art Music, SE is one of the leading advertising and production companies in the Czech Republic involved in versatile production and promotion activities. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact us: Concerts and events, advertising, publishing We produce concerts and tours. We release CDs and DVDs. We cooperate with our leading artists (Meky Žbirka, Chinaski, David Koller, Jaroslav Svěcený, Radim Schwab, Michaela Gemrotová, Markéta Konvičková, Marpo and many more). We publish books. We provide comprehensive event organisation service. We discuss the client s ideas and desires, provide advisory service, find the venue, provide for its decoration, performers and services, arrange for the necessary permits and fees, including OSA, catering, etc. We take audio and video recordings of the events. We provide quick, accurate and comprehensive billing of the event. Bon Art Music, SE Registered offices:: Ovocný trh 572/ Prague 1 Mobile: e mail: info@bonart.cz We cooperate with our best and most popular performers and try to create entertainment exceeding the audience s expectations. We cooperate with many business partners with the aim of providing premium services with a wide selection of associated services. Our aim is maximum client satisfaction and the fulfilment of the client s vision.

16 The competition is organised by Final gala with the accompaniment of: Contact: Moonlight Production spol. s r.o. Krkonošská Prague 2, Czech Republic Mgr. Jakub Liegert Director of the competition jliegert@sanremojunior.cz Kristina Horáčková PR and media khorackova@sanremojunior.cz Head producer (questions concerning the competition): Andrea Machová amachova@sanremojunior.cz