The committee of the Viseu International Piano Competition, is pleased to announce that the 5th International Competition will take place from the March 10th to April 8th 2023.
Pianists of all nationalities are eligible, provided they were born not earlier than April 5th 1992. Contestants who have family ties with a jury member or have studied with a jury member in the last two years will not be judged by that jury member.
The composition of the jury will be communicated to the contestants after they have correctly completed their application forms.

1. Enrolment
Applications must be made through the official competition website no later than the 15th of February 2022: www.musicadaprimavera.pt; Contestants must also submit the following documents via email to viseu.music.competition@gmail.com

a) Copy of an identity document (which includes age);
b) One recent photograph;
c) Curriculum Vitae.

2. Enrolment fee
The fee must be received by the 15th of February.
The amount should be paid in full via:
a) Bank transfer to the following account:

b) Traveler’s cheque or postal order to Proviseu – Conservatório de Música Dr. José de Azeredo Perdigão
c) Applications sent and paid after February 15th and until March 5th, will have a 25€ extra fee.

2.1 Non attendance
The enrolment fee is not refundable.

3. Dates
3.1 A pre-selection stage will be held online from March 10th to 12th 2023.

3.2 The pre-selection stage will be held online, though STREAMING, in the Page of the Festival. In due time, the schedule will be announced to the public and to the pianists enrolled. Enrolled pianists shall send, through the channels that will be indicated to them, a video recording made in a unique take and with no editing, with good technical quality of image and sound. The camera used must be fixed at an angle in which will be always visible the piano and the pianist’s face, hands and feet. In this video, to be sent no later than the 5th March 2023, the program of the first stage must be performed.
The STREAMING broadcast of this stage will be on the 10th, 11th and 12th March 2023, in the order found through a draw previously made and communicated to pianists and jury members. From the Jury votes 15 pianists will be selected and invited to come to Viseu.
3.2.1 Enrolled pianists shall send a video recording made in a unique take and with no editing, with good technical quality of image and sound. The resolution should be 1920×1080 (Full HD). The camera used must be fixed at an angle in which will be always visible the piano and the pianist face, hands and feet. The video must start with the verbal statement «Viseu International Piano Competition».

3.3 The competitors selected will be asked to arrive in Viseu before the 5th April 2023. The draw of the performing order will be done in Viseu, at the Solar de Prime, on the 4th April 2023, at 18h00.

3.4 The First Stage, for the 15 selected pianists, will be held on the 5th April 2023. At the end of the day, the names of the 9 semifinalists will be given.

3.5 The semifinal stage will be held on the 6th and 7th April 2023 and will select the 3 finalists.

3.6 The Final, at Teatro Viriato, will be held on the 8th April 2023, and will be followed by the Closing Ceremony.

4. Program
4.0 Pre-selection round:
A freely chosen program of 15 to 20 minutes, which must include one Chopin Etude (op.10 or op.25) and one Bach Prelude and Fugue (Well Tempered Clavier).

4.1 First round:
A freely chosen program of 15 to 20 minutes, which must include one Chopin Etude (op.10 or op.25) and one Bach Prelude and Fugue (Well Tempered Clavier). The selected 15 pianists can perform the same program of the pre-selection video or, if they want, change one or more of the works. In this case, the changed program can be declared in the application form or communicated to the Artistic Direction no later than the 26th March.

4.2 Second round:
A freely chosen program of 50 minutes, including one Classical or Romantic Sonata (Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms) and a work composed after the year 1900 (20th and 21st centuries). The remaining time can be fulfilled with works from any period. Some Romantic Fantasies could be, upon request, considered as Sonatas.

4.3 Final round:
A freely chosen program of 30 to 35 minutes.
Note – Repetition of works, other than the one mentioned in 4.1, is not allowed in the different rounds.
A copy of any unpublished piece must be sent to the committee until the 26th March 2023.

5. The beginning of the competition
a) Pre-selection: March 10th to 12th
b) 1st round: April 5th
c) 2nd round: April 6th and 7th
d) Final round: April 8th.

6. Jury
The committee will invite several well-known personalities, from different countries, as jury members.

7. Admission to the second round (9 pianists) and to the final round (maximum of 3 pianists), as well as the distribution of prizes, will be based on a simple majority of votes. In case of need, the presidency of the jury has a quality vote.
The jury’s decision will be final.

8. Prizes
The prizes will be made public, after the Final, on April 8th.

1st prize – 9,000€
The first prize will include the following concert tour:
– A concert at the 17th Viseu Spring Music Festival;
– A concert in Paris, at Salle Cortot, for Animato Society;
– Other concerts to be announced.

2nd prize – 6,000 €
3rd prize – 3,000 €
Audience Award – 500€
Prize for the Best Portuguese Contestant – 500€

10. Contestants will waive all rights now and at any time in the future, in relation to any type of recording made during their performances in this Festival.

11. Participation in the competition implies that the contestant accepts the above regulations.

12. In the event of any disagreement concerning the rules, the only valid text will be the original in the Portuguese language.