- The World Guzheng Competition 2024, organized by the Asian Art Association Singapore, is a professional Chinese music competition for the guzheng category and is open to participants from all over the world. Entries should be performed on the guzheng, and are open to guzheng enthusiasts and professional guzheng performers from all over the world.

- The competition is divided into categories according to age and professional level, and is divided into Amateur Children Category (6 years old or under), Amateur Children A Category (7-9 years old), Amateur Children B Category (10-12 years old), Amateur Teenager A Category (13-15 years old), Amateur Teenager B Category (16 and 17 years old), Amateur Youth Category (18-44 years old), Amateur Middle-aged and Senior Category (over 45 years old), Professional Platinum Category (25 years old and above), Professional Youth A (18 - 35 years old),Professional Youth B (18 - 35 years old), Professional Teenager Category (17 years old or under), Professional Ensemble Category (No Age Limit).

- Contestants cannot participate in more than one solo category, but can participate in both solo and ensemble categories. The same participant can participate in more than one ensemble category. No more than 20 players in the ensemble category.

- The Professional Category is for students studying in art colleges and practitioners working in guzheng art, and amateur guzheng enthusiasts can also challenge the Professional Category.

- The entry requirements for each category of the professional division are as follows

Professional Platinum Category (25 years old and above)
Guzheng professional students, teachers and professional category players and freelancers

Professional Youth Category A (18 years old - 35 years old)
Students, teachers and professional category players of the eleven major music academies in China (including teachers and freelancers from all over the world whose last degree is within three years after graduation from the eleven major music academies)

Professional Youth Category B (18 years old - 35 years old)
Students, teachers and professional category players of guzheng in art colleges or comprehensive universities

Professional Teenager Category (under 17 years old)
Students majoring in guzheng in secondary schools, elementary schools and secondary schools of professional music colleges

- All contestants' registration categories are based on their current status. Please fill in the registration form truthfully with the institution of study and work unit (contestants who graduated within three years of their final education will be registered according to their final institution of study). Players will be allowed to apply for categories that are higher than this category, but not lower than the corresponding category. Players who have already received the notice of passing the third examination of professional music academy, secondary school and primary school this year cannot apply for the amateur category competition.

- The entry fee for this competition is S$99/person for the Amateur Solo Category, S$129/person for the Professional Solo Category. Amateur Ensemble Category S$199/group, Professional Ensemble Category S$299/group. (All performing members of the Ensemble Category will receive the certificate, but only one trophy cup will be awarded to the Zither Ensemble Organization).

- How to submit works: You can provide a link to the official website application form through file sharing websites (such as Google Drive, Baidu Cloud, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Microsoft OneDrive, etc.). Please note that we do not accept any links from video streaming sites like Youku, Tencent Video, Youtube, Vimeo, etc.

- The entry video must be recorded in landscape, no editing and must be the original performance recording. The camera lens should be at a proper distance from the zither stand and be able to see at least half of the height of the zither stand. Please name the video files with "Participant's Name - Song Name" and put all files in the same folder, only one folder link should be shared.

- Ranked according to the judges' comprehensive scores. Out of every 100 works, 5 for PLATINUM, 10 for GOLD, 15 for SILVER, 20 for BRONZE and 50 for OUTSTANDING WORK will be selected. And set up OUTSTANDING TUTOR award and OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION award. The Organizing committee reserves the right to adjust the number of winners according to the number of entries and performance level of each category.

- The repertoire requirements for each category are as follows:

Amateur Preschool Category: One work of your choice

Amateur Children Category and Amateur Teenager Category: One work of your choice

Amateur Youth Category: Two work of your choice

Amateur Middle-aged and Elderly Category: One work of your choice

Amateur Ensemble Category: One work of your choice

Professional Category: Two works of your choice, one for modern compositions (excluding adaptations of other songs or from other instruments including original pieces), one for traditional work

- Examples of music styles:

Traditional music, such as 高山流水, 寒鸦戏水, 渔舟唱晚, 出水莲, 汉宫秋月, 四段锦, 月儿高, 将军令

Modern compositions, such as 箜篌引, 香山射鼓, 雪山春晓, 战台风, 西域随想, 溟山, 临安遗恨, 幻想曲

transplanted adaptations and popular music adaptations, such as 山丹丹开花红艳艳, 浏阳河, 井冈山上太阳红, 瑶族舞曲, 彝族舞曲, 梅花三弄, 草原英雄小姐妹

- Competitors need to memorize the music score (except for the ensemble category).

- None of the entries may have any kind of accompaniment.

- If there are only two participants in a repertory category, both of them must play the guzheng. If there are three or more participants, one of them is allowed to play another instrument.

- The judges scored the performance based on a number of dimensions, including the difficulty of music, mastery of performance techniques, and musical expressiveness. Difficulty of music is also included in the judging category. When the contestants choose their own songs, they should choose the ones that can show their highest level. For categories that require two pieces of their own choice, the contestants should choose two pieces of music with different styles and types according to the regulations.

- Contestants are required to attach the electronic music score (PDF format) of the published score of the self-selected song for reference by the judges. The electronic score file should indicate: (1) the name of the contestant; (2) the competition category. If there is no published score, please provide the composer's consent.

- Contestants must complete the performance within the time limit of each category; the judges have the right to stop the performance of the contestant when the time limit is exceeded. The total performance time of the entries should not exceed 30 minutes.

- Please submit a text description (maximum 100 words) in Chinese or English for each piece.

- Before the performance, a performer or announcer speaks to the camera, "I am XXX, from XX city, XX country. Today is DD, MM, 2024. The following program is for the World Guzheng Competition organized by the Asian Art Association Singapore. The instrument I use to play is xxx, I participate in the xxx Category, and the name of the performance is xxx." and then performed directly without any cuts.

- Excellent teacher award will be set up in this competition. The organizing committee will issue "Best Mentor Award" to all mentor of the contestants.

- Entries can only be performed by themselves, and it is strictly prohibited to embezzle other people's works. If there is any infringement, the creator will be responsible for legal responsibility, and has nothing to do with the organizer, except to recover the reward according to law.

- Participants are not allowed to have any contact with the judges during the competition, and the judges are not allowed to grade their own students. Violators will be disqualified from the competition and their prizes will be forfeited.

- Entries and fee will not be returned. The organizer has the rights to archive, broadcast, exhibit, and publish the selected winning works, and will not pay any remuneration or rights fees for future use.

- Please make sure the registration information is correct, and an administrative fee of 10 SGD will be charged for amending the information or resubmitting the work before the registration deadline. After the registration deadline, no amendment is allowed.

- The contents on the award certificate are adopted from the information filled in the registration. Please fill in the form carefully and contact the competition organizing committee within 15 days if you find any mistake.

- The organizer has the final right of interpretation of this event. Signing up for the competition means abiding by the selection rules and the final selection result of the organizer.