Preselection

First selection on video

The competition is open to candidates born on or after January 1^st, 1989.

The pre-selection on video(s) aims to select the candidates who will come to take part to the competition (which has four rounds) in Istanbul. For the pre-selection on video(s), candidates are free to choose any compositions. Works chosen for the pre-selection on video(s) may be performed again during the competition.

To register for preselections on video, candidates must complete a form (link to be found under the heading "registration"). To this form, the candidates must also attach the video(s) and a curriculum vitae.
This first registration requires a payment of 60 Euros (payment to be made online or by bank transfer, all the information can be found under the heading "payment").

The registration deadline is Friday, December 01, 2023 midnight.

The preselection on videos will take place in December 2023 and all applicants will be contacted no later than Monday, December 18, 2023 to be notified whether their application has been accepted or not.

The candidates selected to participate in the competition will fill a second registration file, including the choice of their program, and will have to pay 60 Euros of definitive registration fees..

Technical requirements for video recordings:

It is possible to present one or more recordings, of different dates and different places. The record(s) must be recent (less than one year old). The length of the recording(s) should not exceed 20 minutes. This recordings must be of good technical quality; the face and hands of the candidate must be clearly seen.

Whether you should encounter some difficulty to download the videos through our online process, it is possible to send a DVD by post, until Friday, December 01, 2023 (postmark attesting), to this address:
International Piano Competition - Istanbul Orchestra’Sion
Notre Dame de Sion Fransız Lisesi
Cumhuriyet Cad. 127 Harbiye
34373 Istanbul Turkey