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COMPETITION RULES
The Illustrious City Council of Santisteban del Puerto, with the collaboration of all the municipalities of the Comarca el Condado de Jaén, convene the XXIV International Guitar Competition "COMARCA EL CONDADO", in accordance with the following bases.
FIRST
Guitarists of any nationality, age or gender may participate in this contest, except for participants who have won first prize in previous editions.
SECOND
The following prizes will be awarded:
FIRST PRIZE "REGION EL CONDADO-JAÉN"
Diploma, Silver Olive Tree and 4 concerts in different municipalities of the County Region valued at €2500 (€1000 Caja Rural of Jaén), which will be held in the next edition.
A handcrafted guitar by the luthier VALERIANO BERNAL from Cádiz, made of rosewood and pine-fir, valued at €4,000.
A paid concert at the International Music Festival “CIUDAD DE LINARES”.
A concert at the NORDHORN International Guitar Festival in GERMANY, paid.
Concert organized by PIMA (Classical Guitar Association), cache of €600, accommodation and food.
A concert at the International Guitar Festival in Béarn, FRANCE, paid.
A concert in Malaga, festival to be determined.
A concert at the Bankgok International Guitar Festival, Thailand, unpaid, only promotion, room and board.
SECOND PRIZE "REGION EL CONDADO-JAÉN"
Accreditation diploma, 3 concerts in different municipalities of the Comarca del Condado valued at €1500, which will be performed within the next edition.
THIRD PRIZE "REGION EL CONDADO-JAÉN"
Accreditation diploma, 1 concert in a municipality of the Comarca del Condado valued at €500, which will be held in the following edition.
SPECIAL AWARD “BEST INTERPRETATION OF ANDALUSIAN MUSIC”
Diploma and €200, Santisteban del Puerto Town Hall.
PUBLIC AWARD “ANDRÉS SEGOVIA”
Diploma and €200 donated by MARISCOS CASTELLAR.
All finalists will receive a diploma, all winners will receive a case of CONDADO OLIVA Extra Virgin Olive Oil, donated by OLIVARERA "EL CONDADO" S.A.
Said prizes will be subject to the tax withholdings that may correspond to them.
THIRD
Two qualifying tests will be held.
In the first test the contestants will interpret one or two works of free choice, if there are two they must be from different periods and musical styles, with a maximum duration of 10 minutes.
In the second test or final, the contestants will interpret a program of free choice, which includes works from different periods and musical styles, one of them being by an Andalusian composer, with a maximum duration of 20 minutes.
The contestants must provide two scores of each of the works they perform and that they will deliver to the jury at the time of their performance.
A draw will be held to establish the order of performance, which will be the same for all the tests that are carried out. The draw will take place on Saturday at 12 noon at EL ALMORADUZ, Calle Sagasta, 12, Santisteban del Puerto.
QUARTER
The tests will be held in the Assembly Hall of "EL ALMORADUZ", Santisteban del Puerto.
The start time of the eliminatory test will be on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., the final will be on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
FIFTH
The registration period for the contest will begin once the bases have been published in any medium, whether digital or physical, said period will end five business days before the start of the tests.
Said inscriptions will be sent in digital format, link at www.guitarcondado.es.
In postal format sent to:
International Guitar Competition
“REGION THE COUNTY”
A/C Mr. Enrique Munoz Teruel
Constitution Street, 1
23250 Santisteban del Puerto – Jaén (SPAIN)
By mail to: musien@msn.com
Entries submitted by mail will be sent certified and the postmark date will be considered the date of submission.
SIXTH
Registration for the contest will be FREE.
SEVENTH
The competition concludes at the time of the announcement of the prizes. Those contestants who are not present at the awards ceremony will lose the right to them, leaving these deserts or going to another contestant if the jury had so foreseen in its deliberations.
EIGHTH
The participants grant the Organization the right to record, distribute or retransmit the different phases of the contest in the different communication media, assigning to the same those rights that could originate from such concepts.
NINTH
The jury will be appointed by the organization, among relevant figures of musical life, its composition will not be made public until the beginning of the event, once issued, the jury's decision will be irrevocable. The Ilmo will act as president, with voice and vote. Mr. Mayor of Santisteban del Puerto or whom he delegates.
TENTH
Participation in the contest implies acceptance and conformity in these bases, and in what is not foreseen in them, will be in what rule the jury, of which there is no appeal.