International piano competition of Orléans for youth “Brin d’herbe” – 2021
The 9th edition of the International piano competition of Orléans for youth “Brin d’herbe” took place at the “Salle de l’Institut”, from July 3rd to 4th 2021.
The competition brought together young pianists around the repertoire from 1900 to the present day. A piano work entitled ‘Atelier d’Escher’, commissioned to the Spanish composer Mikel Urquiza, was premiered.
The Jury included the pianists Maroussia Gentet, Aline Piboule and Philippe Hattat — all three laureates of the International piano competition of Orléans — and awarded Prizes and Special prizes to the laureates, on the two levels of competition.
Presentation
The International piano competition of Orléans for youth “Brin d’herbe” encourages young pianists to explore contemporary and modern music from an early age.
The Competition “Brin d’herbe” is organised every two years, alternating with the International piano competition of Orléans. Created in 2004, the contest, unique event in the field of music creation, welcomes young candidates and gathers a jury formed of personalities from all around the world, fully qualified in teaching the contemporary repertoire.
Promoting and disseminating the contemporary repertoire to these young people and to the audience is an objective that adds to the idea of building a new pedagogy around this repertoire. The work commissioned to a composer, every two year, demonstrates our strong desire to build a pedagogical repertoire for the contemporary piano, while following the pioneer idea of the “Games” Játékok, developed by the major Hungarian composer György Kurtág.
NEW DATES OF THE 9TH COMPETITION: July 3rd and 4th, 2021
Find here further information about the competition as well as the rules & regulations.
New dates of the Competition
From July 3rd to July 4th, 2021.
Salle de l’Institut, Orléans
July 3rd
– from 10.00am and from 2.30pm: Round of the Competition. The young candidates from ‘intermediate’ and advanced’ levels will play their programme in front of the Jury.
– from 6.00pm: Meeting with the composer Mikel Urquiza around the mandatory piece ‘Atelier d’Escher‘.
July 4th
– 10.45am: Concert of the laureates and Jury followed by the Award ceremony.
The Competition is open to the public.
Tickets online on HelloAsso
Salle de l’Institut 4 Place Sainte-Croix 45000 Orléans – France
The 9th edition of the International competition of Orléans for youth “Brin d’herbe” will take place at the “Salle de l’Institut”, from July 3rd to 4th 2021. (New dates !)
The competition will bring together international young pianists around the repertoire from 1900 to the present day. A piano work entitled ‘Atelier d’Escher’, commissioned to the Spanish composer Mikel Urquiza, will be premiered.
The Jury will include the pianists Maroussia Gentet, Aline Piboule and Philippe Hattat — all three laureates of the International piano competition of Orléans — and will award Prizes and Special prizes to the laureates, on the two levels of competition.
For this reason, we are very happy to present to you, again this year, our beautiful International piano competition of Orleans for youth “Brin d’herbe”!Once again, in the Salle de l’Institut, the interpretations of our young candidates will resound under the eyes of a jury made up of the three laureates of the International piano competition of Orléans in recent editions: Maroussia Gentet, Aline Piboule et Philippe Hattat.The 9th Competition is accessible to pianists already advanced in their studies and curious to meet new music. It will take place on two levels on July 3rd and 4th, 2021.As with each edition, this will be accompanied by a composer commission: this year, Mikel Urquiza – Spanish composer and winner of the 2020 Prix de Rome – will present to us a new work in six pieces entitled “Atelier d’Escher” (Escher’s Workshop).To conclude in his own words, this is a pedagogical collection: “on the one hand because the pieces are not difficult (nor are they easy), but above all because they are imbued with an Escherian simplicity of ideas, with a desire to communicate and share; an invitation to look at the world as if we are unfamiliar with it – this is something you must learn when you’re young and never forget.”
Dates of the Competition
From July 3rd to July 4th, 2021. Salle de l’Institut, Orléans
– Rounds on July 3rd, from 10.00am
– Concert of the laureates on July 4th, at 10.45am
Registration deadline
Until April 19th 2021 included. — registrations are closed —
Please use the samed layout as in the documents to send your programme when you register.
- Maroussia Gentet – Pianist, France
- Aline Piboule – Pianist, France
- Philippe Hattat – Pianist, France
Composer : Mikel Urquiza
1 – Main qui dessine la main – 2’15
2 – Chute d’eau – 1’15
3 – Lune ridée – 1’30
4 – Belvédère – 2’15
5 – Cavaliers – 1’15
6 – Trois mondes – 1’45
To see online the score of the mandatory piece by Mikel Urquiza, “Atelier d’Escher”, click here!
The score will be sent free of charge by pdf file to the registered candidates.Note of intent from Mikel Urquiza: Atelier d’Escher (Escher’s Workshop)Escher’s prints are part of 20th-century popular culture; their affinity for the paradoxical (shared with writers such as Borges), their surrealist technique (similar to Magritte) and their graphic imagination fueled by craftsmanship (similar to Klee), expressed through striking and accessible images, have been spectacularly successful, with hundreds of exhibitions and publications of all kinds.Because of their success and their ubiquity, these prints (especially those most frequently reproduced) have ended up losing their element of surprise: we think we know what we will find within, so we no longer look at it. Moreover, their fantastic aesthetic (of monsters and castles) often limits them to the world of children. This is obviously a mistake, because within these prints lies not only a visual aspect (the trompe l’oeil and the subtle reference) which is interesting, but also the delicacy with which it is implemented: the characters, the decorations, the light, always detailed and learned.I wished to examine these poorly understood prints once more. I can no longer look at them as if for the first time, but I can find, through detailed study, the same sense of fascination (satisfaction) and dizziness as the first time.This is a pedagogical collection, on the one hand because the pieces are not difficult (nor are they easy), but above all because they are imbued with an Escherian simplicity of ideas, with a desire to communicate and share; an invitation to look at the world as if we are unfamiliar with it – this is something you must learn when you’re young and never forget.
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– the complete registration file – see page 12 (deadline: April 19th, 2021 included).
– a recent and good quality video recording of the performance of two short pieces among which one piece composed after 1900 and one composed after 1970.
Total duration of the video: 3 to 5 minutes for the Intermediate level / 5 to 8 minutes for the Advanced level.
The two pieces can be recorded separately and edited one after the other in a single file.
For help on how to film this video, applicants are advised to watch the videos of the International piano competition of Orléans for youth Brin d’herbe 2019 on our YouTube channel: Concours international de piano d’Orléans.
Youtube link and MP4 file (sent by email/Wetransfer) are both accepted.
Please contact us if you require further technical information.
Upon receipt of the applications, the complete files will be submitted to the Jury of preselection who will view the videos and preselect a maximum of 14 candidates, spread over the 2 levels of the Competition.
Every candidate will be notified by email from May 12th, 2021.
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