DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Friday, 28 January 2022 (late applications will not be accepted)
The applications can be submitted:
- • by post at the following address: JSKD Območna izpostava Trebnje, Kidričeva ulica 2, 8210 Trebnje, Slovenia;
- • by email at oi.trebnje@jskd.si
- • by the online form available on following link
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the 23rd International Harmonica Festival “(Oh), THIS HARMONICA” will again be taking place online. The applicants will be able to participate in the event by sending a video recording of their performances. All the submitted recordings will be showcased in an afternoon online concert. Among the submitted recordings, the jury will select the ones to be presented again in the evening online concert.
Both online concerts will be streamed on the last Saturday in February, which has been proclaimed SLOVENIAN HARMONICA DAY. In case the epidemiological situation allows it, there will also be an evening concert organized in Mokronog, Slovenia.
All the participants will be awarded a certificate of participation.
SCHEDULE OF THE ONLINE FESTIVAL
1. AFTERNOON ONLINE CONCERT
The recordings of all the harmonica players (soloists or ensembles) having submitted their applications will be showcased in an afternoon online concert. The latter will be streamed on the YouTube channel and the Facebook page of the Trebnje Regional Branch Office of the Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD OI Trebnje). The organizing committee of the festival reserves the right to determine the order in which individual recordings will be streamed.
2. EVENING ONLINE CONCERT
Among the submitted recordings, the jury will select up to fifteen (15) performances that will constitute the programme of the evening online concert. The latter will be streamed on the YouTube channel and the Facebook page of the Trebnje Regional Branch Office of the Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD OI Trebnje).
EVENING CONCERT IN MOKRONOG, SLOVENIA
- In case the epidemiological situation allows it, there will also be an evening concert organized on Saturday, 26 February 2022, at 18:00 in Mokronog, Slovenia.
- The concert programme will be selected by the jury.
- The concert will be organized in conformity with the measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections in force at the time.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
1. All the participants of the online festival (soloists and ensembles) submit a video recording of their performance, together with their application form.
2. The participants can submit the recording of one musical piece only.
3. The format of the video recording:
- The recording may not exceed the time limit of three (3) minutes.
- The recording may not be manipulated or edited prior to submission.
- The video should be oriented horizontally.
4. The video recordings that exceed the allotted time and/or do not meet the terms of participation will not be eligible for inclusion in the programme of the evening online concert.
5. The application form and the video recording should be submitted to the Trebnje Regional Branch Office of the Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD OI Trebnje) by post or by email. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 28 January 2022.
PARTICIPATION FEE
There is no fee for participation at the 23rd International Harmonica Festival “(Oh), THIS HARMONICA”.
CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION FORM
- The name and the surname of the harmonica player, or the name of the harmonica ensemble with the name and the surname of its leader.
- The exact (postal or email) address, and the telephone number of the contact person.
- The names and the surnames of the ensemble members, and the instruments they play (for ensembles only).
The information about the musical piece performed in the video (the title, the composer, the arranger).
- A short presentation (up to 10 lines) that will be used to present the musician(s).
The applicants are responsible for the accuracy of the data they provide about the musical pieces performed in the videos.
The applicants allow their videos to be streamed publicly.
The organizer of the festival pledges to stream the video recordings in a suitable online environment.
THE FESTIVAL AIMS TO:
- bring the harmonica closer to as large an audience as possible, and to present the renowned, as well as the less known and unknown harmonica players to a wider public;
- increase the level of harmonica playing; and
- pave the way for the harmonica to enter the educational system.
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