Coming up . . .

26 May 2012 5.30pm
Concert at Twilight
Old Museum Concert Hall
With QYO3 & Brisbane Boys’ College Strings.

2 June 2012 7.00pm
QYS - The Emperor
QPAC Concert Hall
Program includes Vine’s Celebrare Celeberrime, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 The Emperor with Soloist Jayson Gillham and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

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The Old Museum

Brisbane’s youth performing arts centre and home of QYO.

2012 NYCC

QYO’s National Youth Concerto Competition, Australia’s leading competition for string players aged 17 and under. Applications are now open for 2012.

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2012 National Youth Concerto Competition


General Information Previous Winners Conditions of Entry Application Form

 

The National Youth Concerto Competition (NYCC) is recognised as the most prestigious competition in Australia for string soloists aged up to 17 years. It was established by Queensland Youth Orchestras in 1976 to encourage the development of young Australian string players.

For the first round of the competition, each applicant records and submits a CD of audition works to be judged by a panel of professional musicians. Up to three finalists and four recitalists are then invited to Brisbane to take part in the NYCC Finals Week from 20 to 28 October 2012.

The finalists compete for the first prize with their chosen concerto (preferably performed from memory) in the public NYCC finals concert titled String Sensations. The concert takes place in Brisbane on Sunday 28 October and soloists perform with the Queensland Youth Symphony (QYS) conducted by John Curro AM MBE.

The recitalists are invited to perform a minimum of three public recitals in Brisbane and to join the Queensland Youth Symphony as orchestra members for the concerto rehearsals and the finals concert.

 

Prizes

In addition to the performance opportunities during NYCC Finals Week, the following prize money is allocated:

Winner:  $3,000

Other Finalists:  $1,000

Prizes will not be awarded if the judges consider that the finalists are not of the required standard. The judges’ decisions are final.

 

Additional Information

All finalists and recitalists are required to reside in Brisbane during the entire NYCC Finals Week (20 to 28 October 2012). Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) provides a return airfare, and accommodation with a host family for finalists and recitalists where necessary. QYO cannot pay for additional airline costs for instruments that airlines consider oversize, e.g. cellos and basses. While accommodation is not provided for family members of finalists or recitalists, QYO can recommend hotels near the rehearsal venue, the Old Museum Building in Bowen Hills.

QYO provides an accompanist for all recitals, including one rehearsal for each finalist and recitalist.

All finalists must perform at least one public recital in addition to their solo concerto performance. The recitals are not an eliminating round and will not be judged, but failure to give a recital will disqualify a finalist from the finals concert.

For additional enquiries, please contact the NYCC Coordinator, Michael Sterzinger: Ph: (07) 3257 3028, Email: info@qyo.org.au

 

2011 NYCC Winner Wendy Kong

Watch the performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto by 2011 NYCC winner Wendy Kong

 

 

 

2010 NYCC Winner Anna Lisa da Silva Chen

Watch the performance of Wieniawky’s 2nd Violin Concerto by 2010 NYCC winner Anna Lisa da Silva Chen

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