AssociazioneMusicaleGiovanniBottesini,ViaVimercati,11–26013Crema(CR)–P.IVAeC.F.01462350198Tel.0039.335.5314814-segreteria@associazionebottesini.com-www.associazionebottesini.com

TheGiovanniBottesiniMusicalAssociationisproudlyannouncing:

8thInternationalDoubleBasscompetitionGIOVANNIBOTTESINI

COMPETITIONMUSICALPROGRAM

CREMA(ITALY)-September2021

GeneralDirectorHonoraryChairmanArtisticDirectorFrancescoDanielDonatiFrancoPetracchiEnricoFagoneFinalwiththeChamberOrchestra“CameristidellaScala”fromtheTeatroallaScalaOrganizedbytheAssociazioneBottesini,withthecooperationofComunediCremaandTeatroSanDomenico

International Bottesini Competition

AssociazioneMusicaleGiovanniBottesini,ViaVimercati,11–26013Crema(CR)–P.IVAeC.F.01462350198Tel.0039.335.5314814-segreteria@associazionebottesini.com-www.associazionebottesini.com

TheannouncementoftheCompetitionwillbepublishedbeforeJanuary2021Jury(inalphabeticalorder)ThierryBarbé France

MichinoriBunya Japan-Germany

TimothyCobb USA

EnricoFagone Italy-Switzerland(ArtisticDirector)

BrunoGiuranna Italy(PresidentoftheJury)

ThomasMartin USA-England

FrancoPetracchi Italy(HonoraryChairman)

MUSICALPROGRAMPreliminaryregulations• Themusicalinstrumentmusthaveastringlengthofatleast102cm.• Thecandidatesmustplayalltheirchosenrepertoireusingsolotuning.• The jury may decide to listen to the entire program, each piece or just an excerpt of theprogramorpiece.

• For eachpiece recommended editions are requested (the suggested list of compositions andtheir related editions are listed below in alphabetical order), but performances based onoriginal manuscripts are always allowed. Furthermore, the GiovanniBottesiniAssociation, inpartnership with the Biblioteca Palatina di Parma - Sezione Musicale (National Library inParma),the“ArrigoBoito”ParmaConservatoryandthe“GiuseppeVerdi”TurinConservatory,isinvolved in a project of urtext editions of Bottesini’s Music. These publications, if availablebeforetheCompetition,willbeaddedtotheotherrecommendededitions.

For this 2021 Special Edition (Bottesini’s 200th birthday) the whole musical program iscompletelybasedonthemusiccomposedbyGiovanniBottesini.

AssociazioneMusicaleGiovanniBottesini,ViaVimercati,11–26013Crema(CR)–P.IVAeC.F.01462350198Tel.0039.335.5314814-segreteria@associazionebottesini.com-www.associazionebottesini.com

a.FirstRound

• ElegiaNo1inRe(InternationalMusicCompany,RecitalMusic,Ricordi,YorkeEdition)

• Oneofthefollowingcompositions:

➢ AllegrettoCapriccio(InternationalMusicCompany,YorkeEdition)

➢ IntroduzioneeGavotta

(DeutscherVerlagfürMusik,)

➢ Tarantella(Billaudot,Costallat,YorkeEdition)

b.SecondRound

• OneofthefollowingElegia:

➢ ElegiaNo.2RomanzaDrammatica(InternationalMusicCompany,RecitalMusic,YorkeEdition)

➢ ElegiaNo.3RomanzaPatetica-Mélodie(InternationalMusicCompany,YorkeEdition)

• OneofthefollowingFantasia:

➢ BeatricediTenda(AkkordMusic,Billaudot)

➢ IPuritani

(YorkeEdition)

AssociazioneMusicaleGiovanniBottesini,ViaVimercati,11–26013Crema(CR)–P.IVAeC.F.01462350198Tel.0039.335.5314814-segreteria@associazionebottesini.com-www.associazionebottesini.com

➢ LaSonnambula(Billaudot,Costallat,DeutscherVerlagfürMusik)

➢ LuciadiLammermoor

(AkkordMusic,InternationalMusicCompany,YorkeEdition)

c.ThirdRound

• GrandeAllegrodiConcerto(DeutscherVerlagfürMusik,InternationalMusicCompany)

• Oneofthefollowingcompositions:

➢ Bolero

(YorkeEdition)➢ CapricciodiBravura

(InternationalMusicCompany,Zanibon)

➢ Nelcorpiùnonmisento(DeutscherVerlagfürMusik,YorkeEdition)

➢ VariazionidalCarnevalediVenezia

(Billaudot,Costallat,InternationalMusicCompany)d.FinalRoundwiththeChamberOrchestra“CameristidellaScala”fromTeatroallaScalainMilan

• OneofthefollowingConcertos:

➢ Concerton°1inFadiesisminore(InternationalMusicCompany,T.Roggen)

➢ Concerton°2inSiminore

(LIM,YorkeEdition)