GSF Singapore Festival 2022

IMPORTANT DATES

Date of Registration Period: 5 Mar 2022 - 19 June 2022

Round 1	Video Recording Submission Period: 02 Jul 2022 - 17 Jul 2022
	Jury Announcement: 31 Jul 2022
Round 2	Video Recording Submission Period: 1 - 7 Aug 2022
	Jury Announcement: 14 Aug 2022

Participants need to submit the registration form online and have to log in to their GSF account to upload the video link.
Contest results for Round 1 and Round 2 will be posted on the participant’s account.

Competition Fees:

Round 1 - SGD$136

Round 2 - SGD$190

CATEGORIES

The competition is open to Participants of all nationalities and countries. Participants compete in categories based on their age.

Categories	Age category	Age of participant as of 19th June 2022
1	Age 7 or under	Participants born on 19th June 2014 or after
2	Age 9 or under	Participants born on 19th June 2012 or after
3	Age 11 or under	Participants born on 19th June 2010 or after
4	Age 13 or under	Participants born on 19th June 2008 or after
5	Age 15 or under	Participants born on 19th June 2006 or after
6	Age 16- age 21	participants born between 19th June 2006 to 19th June 2001

PRIZES

Category	Age	Prizes (SGD)
Category	Age	1st	2nd	3rd
1	<7 years	$500	$200	$100
2	<9 years	$500	$200	$100
3	<11 years	$500	$300	$200
4	<13 years	$600	$300	$200
5	<15 years	$800	$600	$300
6	15-21 years	$1000	$800	$600
Grand Prize		Italian Violin (valued at $15,000)

REPERTOIRES
Repertoire: Participants can choose from 4 periods - Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century (*Chinese works are classified as 20th Century).

Round 1: 2 pieces (2 different periods cannot be repeated, piano accompaniment is required for use in all recordings unless composed as unaccompanied)

Round 2: 1 piece (period cannot be repeated from round 1, piano accompaniment compulsory)

Category	Age	Track Length
Category	Age	Round 1 Duration	Round 2 Duration
1	<7 years	5-10 minutes	3-7 minutes
2	<9 years	6-12 minutes	4-8 minutes
3	<11 years	8-15 minutes	5-10 minutes
4	<13 years	10-20 minutes	6-12 minutes
5	<15 years	10-20 minutes	6-12 minutes
6	15-21 years	15-30 minutes	8-15 minutes

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS

Please use a camera or mobile phone to record, the performance cannot be edited

● Layout: landscape mode, full body must be in the frame

● Image quality: resolution 1920 X 1080 HD, aspect ratio 16:9

● Format: .mp4 or .mov file, video size should not exceed 1GB

VISION

Building a Better World through Strings

MISSION

To put musicians at the heart of the GSF movement through providing a platform that identifies and nurtures young talents worldwide.

VALUES

Strings, Stage, and Sustainability. To showcase the talents of string musicians on stage, to kickstart and facilitate the path of continuous learning and development.

Jury

Yin Ke, Artistic Director

Renowned violin educator

Mr Yin Ke is currently Director of the Strings Department in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ (NAFA) School of Young Talent. Over his 30 years of teaching career, Mr Yin has formulated a distinctive teaching pedagogy to harness the unique strength and character of each of his students. Through his proven teaching methods, he has nurtured many of his students into outstanding soloists and critically acclaimed musicians worldwide, winning numerous accolades in local and overseas competitions. These include the most competitive and prestigious violin competitions: the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians in China, the Singapore Biennial National Piano and Violin Competition, MediaCorp Symphony 92.4’s Young Talents Project, Thailand International String Competition, the Animato International Violin Competition in Australia and the Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Italy.

Mr Yin is highly sought after and is frequently invited to give overseas masterclasses in countries such as the UK, USA, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China. He is part of the teaching faculty at the Singapore Violin Festival and the New Virtuosi Queenswood Mastercourse in the UK.

Mr Yin plays a Carlo Fernando Landolphi c.1750 violin, generously sponsored by Postscript, in recognition of Mr Yin's violin performance and contribution to music education.