Lewis Eady National Piano Competition [LENPC]
13 - 16 December 2024
Auckland |
13 - 16 December 2024 Auckland |
AUDITION INFORMATION & CRITERIA
Please read comp. rules & regulations and repertoire criteria - see above
Eligibility
Piano players up to 26 years of age as of 14 December 2024
New Zealand citizen, resident or consecutively studying in a New Zealand school or University for previous two years
Application Deadline – 1 August 2024 5pm
Following this application deadline, 15 semi-finalists will be selected by selection judges to compete in the live competitions, 14 and 15 December at the University of Auckland School of Music, where they will each perform two 30-minute recital programmes comprising contrasting styles and including a work by a New Zealand composer.
The piano adjudicator will select three finalists to compete in the Grand Final on Monday 16 December presented at the Westlake Girls High School Event Centre. The piano competition will run in conjunction with the National String Competition. The Grand Final will be recorded for broadcast by Radio NZ Concert.
Application Materials
Audition Repertoire (see detailed Repertoire Requirements in the link above)
A video recording of contrasting works representing different genres and musical styles totalling 20-30 minutes
The programme must include one movement of a classical sonata
Videos need to be recorded after 1 January 2024
Biography in English – 150 words or fewer
High Res Photograph – 300dpi or greater
Proof of NZ citizenship or residency (scan of passport, residency documents, or a letter from the applicant’s school or University verifying they have been enrolled continually for a minimum of 2 years)
Letter of recommendation from current teacher
TIPS FOR MAKING A GOOD AUDITION VIDEO
Media Information
Please choose a room/venue for the video recording that doesn’t have a lot of reverb for better clarity of sound.
We strongly recommend microphones be placed 3-5 metres away from the performer. Closer or further proximity can often obscure sound quality.
The camera must remain still from the beginning to the end of the selection. The artist’s face and both arms and hands must be visible at all times.
Any indication of editing within any video will disqualify the application, but complete items can be recorded individually.
Videos that are unplayable, inaudible, or faulty such that the judges cannot evaluate the performance will disqualify the application.
High-quality audio will enable the judges to better evaluate the performance.
We support a majority of file types, which include:
Video: MP4, MPEG, MPG, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M2V
Images: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF
Documents: PDF, PS, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPS, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, OPT, SXW, ODP, SXI, ODS, SXC, RTF, TXT
Our file size limits per media file are:
Video: 4 GB
Documents: 250 MB
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The dates are set for the 2024 National String & National Piano Competitions, presented by the Hill Family Foundation for Art and Music and CLEF, the Chiron Lewis Eady Foundation.
Both competitions will take place in Auckland from 13 - 16 December and will see New Zealand's top young instrumentalists compete for one of the generous prizes on offer, including a first prize package of $5,000 with the chance to perform with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2024:
1 July | Applications open
1 August | Applications close
1 September | Semi-Finalists announced
13-16 December | Competition
PRIZES:
1st Prize | $5,000
+ Recital at Lewis Eady Steinway Showroom
+ Performance opportunity with the Auckland Philharmonia
2nd Prize | $3,000
3rd Prize | $1,000 Donated by Trinity College London
Best Performance of a Classical Sonata | $1000 Donated by Auckland Branch of Institute of Registered Music Teachers
Best Performance of a New Zealand Work | $500 Donated by SOUNZ