The title of the 1st Round YouTube video should be, Koblenz Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel 2020 - Participants Name, (e.g. Koblenz Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel 2020 John Smith).

The video description should contain the programme (pieces + composers name). Videos must be uploaded as “Unlisted” and the video comments should be deactivated.

The video should be recorded in “one take” and edits are not allowed.

The face and hands of competitors should be visible at all times.

A print out (available as PDF to download here) with Koblenz Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel 2020 written on it, should also be visible at all times.

Audio post-edits are not allowed.

Competitors can send their YouTube links as of now until the 14.08.2020. It will then be released on the Social-Media channels of Koblenz Guitar Festival.

Competitors are not allowed to make public or share their video link before this time.

The results will be announced via livestream on 15.08.2020.

2nd Round (Video): 17-20 minutes free choice programme

The title of the video should be, Koblenz Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel 2020 Semi-Final - Participants Name.

Otherwise, the same regulations as by the first round apply.

Competitors have until the 31.08.2020 to send the YouTube link to their video.

The results will be announced via livestream on 10.09.2020.

Final (Video): 25-30 minutes free choice programme

The final will take place on 18.10.2020 at the 28th Koblenz Guitar Festival via video.

The jury will meet and watch together the videos of the finalists. The final will also be shown via livestream.

The results will be announced via livestream shortly after the final.

Finalists should send their videos directly to us by the 01.10.2020. More details about this will follow.

 

3.000 Euro, CD-Production with AureaVox, CD-Release Concert at the 29th Koblenz International Guitar Festival & Academy 2021, D’Addario German Concert Tour in cooperation with and sponsored by D’Addario & Company, five-date concert tour at German conservatories (Mainz: Hochschule für Musik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Stuttgart: Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Wuppertal: Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Weimar: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Hamburg: Hochschule für Musik und Theater) with a fee of 500 Euro per concert plus travel expenses and accommodation, three concerts in Brazil plus video production including flight, hotel accommodation and a fee of 500 Euro per concert all in collaboration with GuitarCoop and Cultura Artística São Paulo, 30 sets of Savarez Strings, a three-years supply of D’Addario strings (52 sets per year)

 

2nd Prize:
2.000 Euro, 25 sets of Savarez strings, a three-years supply of D’Addario strings (26 sets per year)

 

3rd Prize:
1.000 Euro, 25 sets of Savarez strings, a three-years supply of D’Addario strings (26 sets per year)

 

Premio Joaquín Rodrigo
500 Euro, CDs and scores provided by the Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo for the best interpretation of music by Joaquín Rodrigo

 

 

§ 1. The Competition is part of the Koblenz International Guitar Festival & Academy.
§ 2. The Competition is held in three rounds the details of which are completely explained on the Festival Website.
§ 3. If the time limit is exceeded, the Head of the Jury may cut off the performance at that point.
§ 4. Pieces played in one round may not be repeated in a later round.
§ 5. There will be a maximum of 20 candidates chosen for the Round 2, and a maximum of 6 candidates chosen for the Final Round.
§ 6. The score will be made in a point system ranging from 0 to 25.
§ 7. The highest and the lowest points of each candidate will be discounted when the points are added together to calculate their score.
§ 8. Where candidates receive an equal score, the score from the previous rounds will serve to distinguish them.
§ 9. The score cannot be approximated or rounded off.
§ 10. The scores will be calculated to only two decimal places.
§ 11. Each jury member must keep their score sheet in the score sheet folder and at the end of each round, must hand over their signed copy to the Head of the Jury.
§ 12. No jury member should give points to their own students.
§ 13. The jury within a particular round cannot be changed.
§ 14. The First Prize may only be awarded for a polished performance of a high artistic standard.
§ 15. The First Prize cannot be shared.
§ 16. Where no First Prize is awarded, the Second Prize can be shared.
§ 17. Where there is no Second Prize awarded, the Third Prize could be shared.
§ 18. Where neither a First nor Second Prize is awarded, the jury may choose to award two Third Prizes.

§ 19. The special prizes will be awarded only for works played in the 2nd round of the competition.
§ 20. All jury members are required to maintain confidentiality; they must be objective and neutral in their judgement. If any jury member should act contrary to this requirement, the Festival Director reserves the right to remove them from the jury.
§ 21. Jury discussions must be mutually respectful, following the guidance of the Head of the Jury.
§ 22. All decisions of the jury must follow the view of the majority.
§ 23. If the number of competitors exceeds 70, then two juries might be established in the First Round. After the 1st round is completed, the Jury President can decide to call an additional intermediate round. A maximum of 10 competitors will be given the opportunity to perform again their programme from the first round for the complete jury. The number of points received in the intermediate round, will be used to judge if competitors proceed to the 2nd round.
§ 24. Only the German version of these rules are binding.
§ 25. The winners agree to perform in the winners' concert.