The 16th International Composers’ Competition for the 16th International Wind/Percussion Competition

Annex of the Year 2025 to the Regulations on the International Composers’ Competition for the Best Obligatory Piece to Be Performed at Round Two of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s International Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments

A.1. General Provisions

A.1.1. The official name of the competition is “The Sixteenth International Composers’ Competition for the Best Obligatory Piece to Be Performed at Round Two of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s Sixteenth International Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments”; hereinafter
to be referred to as “the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th Wind/Percussion Competition” (briefly:
“the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th WPC”).

A.1.3. The dates of holding the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th WPC are from 8 to 17 September 2025 inclusive.

A.1.4. The following pieces are announced obligatory for their performance at Round Two of the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th WPC (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Piece”):

• (1) a piece for solo bassoon;
• (2) a piece for solo tenor trombone.

A.2. Prizes of the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th Wind/Percussion Competition

A.2.1. The Organizing Committee is to announce two monetary prizes for the best Pieces:

• A.2.1.1. for solo bassoon — 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) rubles;
• A.2.1.2. for solo tenor trombone — 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) rubles.

A.3. The Jury of the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th Wind/Percussion Competition:

• Yuri Kasparov
• Alexander Pulenkov
• Yuri Vorontsov
• Erkin Yusupov

A.5. Submission of the Application and the Piece

A.5.1. In order to participate in the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th WPC, every applicant must:

• A.5.1.1. fill out an online application;
• A.5.2.1. forward to the Organizing Committee’s official e-mail address the sheet music of the Piece
  as a PDF file;
• A.5.2.2. the PDF file has to be signed by the applicant’s password only (hereinafter to be referred to
  as “the Password”), with no name on it.

A.5.4. The deadline for submission of both the online application and the sheet music of the Piece
in order to participate in the 16^th Composers’ Competition for the 16^th WPC is 7 September 2025.

See the other provisions in the text of the Regulations on the Composers’ Competition for the WPC.