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Grants. Rules. Competition 2008-2009.
1. Purpose
The purpose of the grants awarded by the Pau Casals Foundation is to give the young cellists of our country a chance to broaden their studies of the instrument and to perfect their technique and art through courses and training with prominent professionals.
2. Amount of the grants
The Pau Casals Foundation will decide each year the overall amount which, within its availabilities, will be devoted to the award of these grants. A jury will decide how such amount will be distributed among the candidates who apply to take part in the competition and are admitted to the audition, which will be held on 7 of June of 2008.
3. Candidates
To apply for one of these grants, the cellists shall meet the following requirements:
a) They shall be students who are on the higher level of cello studies or who are completing the intermediate level.
b) They shall have been born or be residents in Catalonia or have carried out the final year of cello studies in Catalonia.
c) They shall have been born after 31 December 1985.
d) They shall not have received a Pau Casals Foundation grant three years in a row.
Exceptionally, the Jury may agree to allow an extension to a previous grant recipient born in 1985.
4. Presentation of candidatures
The cellists applying for these grants shall submit their documents to the headquarters of the Pau Casals Foundation (Avinguda Palfuriana, 67, Sant Salvador. 43880 El Vendrell) by 1 May 2008.
The candidates shall submit a letter of introduction from a teacher or director of a conservatory or music school or else from the cello teacher with whom they intend to study.
As well as submitting this letter, the candidates shall submit the following documents to the Pau Casals Foundation:
a) A photocopy of the candidates’ ID document, current address, contact telephone and e-mail address,
b) Studies carried out, performances given as an instrumentalist (programmes, reviews and critiques), and reports from the candidates’ director and teachers.
c) The programme of studies which they propose to follow, the place of the studies and the acceptance of the teacher who will be directing them, and the letter of admission to the institution where they will be studying. If necessary, the submission of the letter of admission may be delayed until the signing of the agreement with the Foundation.
d) The amount of the requested grant, with a brief budget of the expenses which justify it appropriately.
e) The movements of the musical compositions which they will be performing before the Jury.
5. Audition and Jury
The Foundation will appoint the Jury which is to examine the applications and award the grants. According to circumstances, the grants may be only partial. The Jury’s decision will be final.
The candidates shall perform in private before the Jury a movement from one of J.S. Bach’s Suites and the first movement of a concerto from the repertoire. For this performance the candidates will have a piano at their disposal so that they may be accompanied by the pianist of their choice.
The Jury may interview candidates briefly about their study programmes.
The audition will be held at the Pau Casals Auditorium (Av. Palfuriana 52, Sant Salvador, El Vendrell), the 7 of June of 2008. The Pau Casals Foundation will notify the candidates of the time of their audition.
6. Award of the grants
On Monday, 9th June, the Foundation will send written notice of the Jury’s decisions to all the candidates and convene the grant-winners to sign an agreement which will specify the obligations undertaken by the parties.
7. Final clause
Once their studies have been completed, the grant recipients shall be prepared, over the following years, to give some recitals if the Pau Casals Foundation so requests. The number of recitals will be stipulated in the respective agreement.
Sant Salvador, El Vendrell, February 2008.
