JSFest competition

REGULATIONS ON SCANDINAVIAN COMPOSITION COMPETITION ON-LINE  4. - 6.4.2025
Turku, Finland
 

GENERAL TERMS
Organizer: International Cultural Association of the city of Turku (Turun kansainväliset kulttuurimarkkinat yhdistys ry) in cooperation with the Finnish company SEM Consulting Oy.

The participation in the International Scandinavian Composition Competition 2025 is open for both amateurs and professionals, for students from the educational establishments for culture and arts, from the universities for creative arts, as well as for teachers.
 

Deadline for applications is March 20, 2025.
The competition results will be published on the website www.jsfestcompetition.com on April 18th, 2025. The Organizing Committee send participants diplomas by e-mail from 21 to 27 of April 2025. All questions should be directed only by email and only from one email address to our email address: info@semconsulting.fi

 

CATEGORIES AND AGE GROUPS
For participation in the competition, it shall be required to present 1 work. The total playing time should not exceed 10 minutes gor age groups 1 and 2, no more than 15 minutes for age groups 3, 4 and 6, no more than 18 min for professionals.   

 

The competition shall be held in the following nominated categories:
• instrumental music (works for solo instruments, instrumental groups, orchestras, chamber music)
• vocal and choral music (works for voice and accompaniment instruments, for voice and ensemble, vocal ensembles, choral music with and without accompaniment)
• electronic, electroacoustic, computer music

• pop and jazz music
• musical and theatrical performances

• arrangement of a classical piece
 

Age groups:
• Group 1: up to 12 years
• Group 2: from 13 to 16 years

• Group 3: students
• Group 4: teachers
• Group 5: professionals

• Group 6: amateurs
 

RULES FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

The application form can be found on the website www.jsfestcompetition.com
Applications are to be sent by email to info@semconsulting.fi After receiving an application org.commettee will send to the contestant a personal registration number and an invoice for payment. Please, note: Separate application for each nomination! Composers who are going to take part in the competition should send to the Organizing Committee of the competition by

March 25 to e-mail: info@semconsulting.fi the following documents:

• photocopy of passport or birth certificate

• sheet music score (in PDF format, not nesessary for electronic, electroacoustic, computer music )
• competition material (YouTube links or Mp3)
The contestant sends the contest materials under his registration number.
 

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VIDEO RECORDING

the recording of the competition program can be submitted:
1) in the form of video recordings of competitive work, file must be signed (registration number and title of a specific work in accordance with the sequence of performance 

2) or in the form of Mp3 audiomaterial recording

JURY
The jury of Scandinavian Composition Competition consists of internationally recognized professional composers. The jury's task is to evaluate the contestants as objectively as possible. The jury has the right: to divide places between participants, to award special diplomas, to award not all diplomas. The chairman of the jury has the right to make decisions in unclear situations. The decision made by the jury is not subject to revision.
 

EVALUATION CRITERIA
• originality of idea and concept

• depth of topic unveiling
• professionalism (confident mastery of composer skills, sophistication of form, sense of style, degree of musical language complexity)
• quality of performance
 

DIPLOMAS AWARDED AT THE ONLINE COMPETITION
Participants are evaluated in each nomination and age group separately. Those who took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5thand 6th places shall be awarded a diploma of I, II, III, IV, V and VI degrees in each age group. It may be possible that some special diplomas will be granted. No cups or cash prizes will be awarded in online edition.
 

PARTICIPATION PAYMENT
Cost of participation: 100 €. Should the applicant cancel his participation, this amount is not refundable.
Participation in several categories is possible, while for each of them a separate application and the corresponding payment are provided. The organizing committee will send an invoice for payment with bank details only after receiving an application for participation. Payment for participation must be made before March 25, 2025. A scanned copy of confirmation of payment for application registration and participation must be sent to e-mail address: info@semconsulting.fi

 

RIGHTS OF ORGANIZERS
The Organizers of Scandinavian Composition Competition reserve the exclusive rights to radio broadcasting, video recording, television broadcasting, photographing of competition performances, as well as posting them on the website and in any other information systems without any compensation to the contestants and their pianists.
Copyright compliance: the Organizing Committee shall not be entitled to use and distribute for own purposes the works of the competition participants without their consent.
 

CONTACTS
E-mail address: info@semconsulting.fi

Phone: +358 50 5238257
Website: www.jsfestcompetition.com