World
Chinese Music
Competition
Experience the Magic of Chinese Music on the World Stage
Organizer
Asian Art Association Singapore
From
March 1, 2024
Until
May 31, 2024
1. The electronic version of the award certificate and comment certificate has been completed. Please send email to [email protected] to ask for it. Please provide the name of the participant and the tutor in the email.
2, the physical version of the competition certificate and trophy will be issued this month, please look forward to.
The World Chinese Music Competition aims to promote traditional Chinese culture and promote the exchange and development of Chinese music art. Standing at the perfect intersection of East and West, Asian Art Association Singapore will strive to make this event the largest, most influential and most credible professional music event in the global Chinese music industry.
The World Chinese Music Competition aims to promote Chinese traditional culture and the exchange and development of Chinese music. The judging panel of the World Chinese Music Competition consists of renowned Chinese music experts from various countries, and the judging criteria are rigorous and fair, ensuring the fairness and impartiality of the competition.
We invite all Chinese music enthusiasts from all over the world to join us in Singapore, the perfect crossroads of Chinese and Western cultures, so that we can promote the art of Chinese musical instruments together, and wish her to blossom forever.
Highlight
· Online submission, breaking the geographical limitation, is open to all Chinese music lovers around the world.
· Winners will receive a globally recognized award certificate and trophy.
· Winners will be invited to deliver their acceptance speeches. All entries will be broadcasted on numerous video websites to showcase to Chinese music lovers around the world.
· All entries will be collected by the National Library of Singapore for permanent preservation as part of the nation's cultural heritage.
ELIGIBILITY
Type of Musical Instrument
Wind Instruments: Dizi, Suona, Sheng
Plucked Instruments: Guzheng, Pipa, Yangqin, Guqin, Zhongruan and Liuqin
Chinese Percussion Instruments: Chinese big drums (including hall drums), Paigu (including big drums or combination drums that use both hall drums and Paigu), panel drums, other drums (such as Xinjiang hand drums, Korean long drums), combined percussion solos (Combined solo works based on "different categories" of Chinese percussion instruments are allowed to use no more than three "small categories" of foreign percussion instruments)
solo group
Amateur Teenager Group: 13 to 17 years old, the performance should not exceed 9 minutes, one piece of own choice, no accompaniment
Amateur Youth Group: 18 to 45 years old, each performance time no more than 10 minutes, one or two songs of your own choice, accompaniment allowed
Amateur Middle-aged and Elderly Group: 46 years old or above, the performance should not exceed 10 minutes, a piece of one's own choice, with accompaniment allowed
Professional Children Group: 12 years old and below, the performance time no more than 6 minutes, one piece of own choice, no accompaniment
Professional Youth Group: 13 to 17 years old, the performance time no more than 9 minutes, one piece of self-selection, no accompaniment
Professional Adult group: 18 years old and above, each performance time no more than 10 minutes, one or two songs of your own choice, optional accompaniment
Ensemble group
Amateur Ensemble for All Age Group: No age limit, the performance no more than 10 minutes, one piece of your own choice
Professional Ensemble Minor Group: All members are 18 years old or younger, the performance should not exceed 10 minutes, one piece of self-selection
Professional Ensemble for All Age Group: No age limit, the performance time no more than 10 minutes, one piece of your own choice
Judges
Beibei Monter
Premier American Guzheng Artist & Composer and Soloist for Disney’s “Mulan” and "Kung Fu Panda" Film
Cheng Hsiao Mei
Full-time Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Music, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
FAN Wei-Tsu
Taiwanese Guzheng Artist & Dean of the College of Arts and Professor of the Chinese Music Department at CCU
Sun Huang
Chinese Famous Young Erhu Performer & Professor of Folk Music Department of Central Conservatory of Music
Wang Wei
Guzheng Artist, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Wan Ji
Chinese Young Erhu Performer & Associate Professor of Erhu, Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Wong Sun Tat
Singaporean Erhu Player and Educator, Head of Chinese Music Department of NAFA
Xu Lingzi
Guzheng Artist & Professor and Deputy Head of the Chinese Music Department of the HKAPA
Xu He
Lecturer of Pipa in the Department of Chinese Music of Wuhan Conservatory of Music
Yang Wei
American Pipa Artist & Former Principal Pipa of Shanghai National Orchestra
Yuanyuan Zhao
British erhu player & PhD and TA at School of Music, Leeds University
Entry process
Step 2: Submit the registration form and the network disk link of the video file on the official website of the competition before 24:00 on May 31, 2024. This time is Singapore time.
Step 3: Visit the official website of the World Chinese Music Competition on June 30, 2024 to check the competition results.
Scoring criteria and competition rules
Awards
GOLD: 10% of the entries in each group. The winners will be awarded with a trophy, a certificate of award and a certificate of the judge's comment.
SILVER: 15% of the entries in each group. The winners will be awarded with a trophy, a certificate of award and a certificate of the judge's comment.
BRONZE: 20% of the entries in each group. The winners will be awarded with a trophy, a certificate of merit and a certificate of the judge's comment.
OUTSTANDING WORKS: 50% of the entries in each group. The winners will be awarded with a medal, a certificate of award and a certificate of the judge's comment.
OUTSTANDING TUTOR: The tutors of all participants, a certificate of award
OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION: Group registration institutions, Award trophies and Award certificates
RESULTS
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Contact
Email: [email protected]