Tbilisi, Georgia. January 20-27,

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1 Tbilisi, January 20-27,

2 Mozart International Competition - Festival will be jointly conducted by the Art Academy and the Music Academy. The competition is open to citizens of any country. The competition will be held in the following specialties: Piano Solo Piano Duet Piano Duo Chamber Ensemble String Instruments Wind Instruments The sequence of participants is determined by the alphabetical order. All winners must be present at the closing ceremony of the competition. The winners of first prizes and the Grand Prix should participate in the Festival concert. Jury: jury has the right not to award prizes or to split prizes according to the number of participants. The jury's decision is final and will not be subject to appeal. Age category: C "A" years inclusive C "B" years old C "C" years old C "D" years old C "E" years old C "F" years old C "G" years old Participants must cover personally all costs associated with travel, lodging and meal expenses. The program: First round: 1. One composition by the choice of a competitor 2. Any composition of Mozart (separate movements of Sonata are allowed) Second round: Participants should repeat the Mozart composition they performed in the first Round.

3 Jury Artistic Director Valerian Shiukashvili Pianist, founder and General Director of Nodar Gabunia International Piano Competition, General Director of Art Academy, director of UG Music Academy, Valerian Shiukashvili participated in many international music festivals and competitions. He serves as a jury member for various National and International piano competition and festivals. He had performances as a soloist and also with orchestras in, Russia, Japan, Israel and other countries. Tatiana Nechaeva Talented performer, docent of Piano Department at Saratov State Conservatory, head of Piano department at Sobinov Music College, Tatiana Nechaeva had been a jury member and co-founder of a number of international music festivals and competitions. She and her students had performed and won all over the world. Chairperson of the Jury Tamara Poddubnaya Professor and Dean of Music Department at Long Island Conservatory of Music, New York. She has adjudicated as a chairperson numerous international competitions and festivals, held master classes and performed all over the world. She was a cofounder of "Peter the Great Festival" in Netherlands, Portland International Piano Festival, "Music without Borders" International Piano Festival at Gould Academy, Bethel, ME. She is a holder of the Golden Muse and Si. Sophia Awards in Bulgaria. Tamara Licheli Gifted soloist, Associate Professor of Tbilisi State Conservatoire. She s a founder and artistic director of Tengiz Amirejibi International Music Festival and National Piano Competition, director of classical music development foundation. A prizewinner of numerous national and international competitions she serves as a jury member of different national and international competitions. Tinatin Gambashidze Laureate of international trio competitions, co-founder of EVRUS Piano Trio, professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. The pianist became known through numerous solo performances with a number of orchestras. Victoria Power one of Stockholm s most sought after piano teachers and performers. Since 1998 she has been teaching piano at the music school Lilla Akademien in Stockholm, where she during the years has had a lot of students who have won frst prizes at international and national piano competitions. Aside from her work as a teacher, she is also a very engaged soloist, chamber musician, composer and arranger. Margar Sedrakyan Famous pianist, piano teacher and lecturer at the Piano Department of Yerevan State Conservatory, head of the Piano Department at Sayat- Nova specialized music school. Winner of several international piano competitions, he had performances in Armenia, Russia, England, Japan, USA, Germany and Slovenia, he had been a member and a chair of the jury of national and international piano competitions.

4 Anahit Arushanyan, Armenia Yahya Azimoglu, Vaiva Bitinaite, Lukas Bliadze, Giorgi Cheishvili, Anna Garibiani, Nino Gergauli, Veriko Gergauli, Nini Giorgadze, Manana Gognadze,

5 Ilayda Karsidag, Isil Kaya, Irmak Kesen, Kristupas Klimkaitis, Damla Koshar, Yasemin Kotan, Idil Kuner, Tamar Kupatadze, Giorgi Kvernadze, Nika Niqabadze,

6 Emre Nurbeyler, Elene Maisuradze, Gabija Maknavičiūtė, Lasha Merebashvili, Sweden/ Elizaveta Pavlenko, Russia Alexander Power, Sweden Alice Power, Sweden Barbare Roinishvili, Dimitry Sokolov, Russia Medea Shatirishvili,

7 Emilia Joana Soriute, Dachi Vartagava, Gabrielė Zinkutė,

8 Preliminary schedule January Registration, acoustic rehearsals, master classes January 22 20:00 Jury member recital - Tatiana Nechayeva January 23 10:00-16:00 Acoustic rehearsals 16:00 1st round auditions, groups A, B, C January 24 10:00-15:00 Acoustic rehearsals 15:00 1st round auditions, groups D, E, F, G January 25 13:00 2nd round auditions, all groups January 26 master classes January 27 Award ceremony and Gala Concert of Competition winners Those interested in master class participation can apply during registration. We would like to thank University of for fnancial support, prize fund contribution and especially for the gift of the Yamaha grand piano.