Yamaha Music Gulf FZE Scholarship Program 2022-23
PROGRAM
■ Scholarship program 2022/23 will be held for Clarinet
■ Scholarship award – 1 unit of Yamaha Custom Clarinet - will be awarded to each of the 6
selected
scholars
■ The finalists will be selected based on video recordings of the applicants’ performances
■ The final audition will take place in Dubai, UAE in February 2023
■ The travel cost & accommodation for the finalists will be provided by the organizer
■ The finalist may be accompanied by their teacher/professor
CONDITIONS
ELIGIBILITY:
Age limit:
The Scholarship program is open to all clarinetists from the below mentioned regions who were
born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2006. Age verification is required upon
registration.
Countries:
Students who have permanent residence in the following countries and regions are
eligible:
Group I - Middle East, West Asia, and Africa
Group II - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine*
*Ukrainian passport holders who are temporarily staying
outside of
Ukraine but lived in the country on a permanent basis until February 24, 2022, are also eligible to
participate
APPLICATION:
The applicants must submit the following documents to Yamaha distributors
(e-mail
or printed) in their countries between September 1 and November 30,
2022:
■ Application form
can be
downloaded here or obtained from Yamaha distributors
■ Identity document (passport, national
ID)
■
Video
recording with YouTube link
REPERTOIRE:
First Audition Repertoire:
■ Applicants should submit a recorded
performance with
2 pieces representing different styles
■ Total performance time is limited to 20 minutes
Final
Audition Repertoire:
■ Free choice program with a maximum duration of 10 minutes
VIDEO SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
■ Video resolution must be at least 1280x720 pixels with high
quality
audio
■ Video can be recorded by any device that supports video recording
■ At the beginning
of the
video recording, the applicant must say his/her first name, last name, and the title of the event:
“Yamaha
Scholarship program 2022/23”
■ The applicant must be clearly visible on the video in order to be
identified
■ The applicant is required to send a YouTube link with his/her recording. It should
be
submitted with an “unlisted” privacy setting (only visible to those with the link)
■ Both pieces
must be
recorded in one take without any editing and uploaded as one video file
SCHEDULE
Application period
1st September - 30th November
First audition by recorded pieces
December 2022
Announcement of the first audition results
January 2023
Final Audition
February 2023
CHAIRMAN OF THE JURY
Born in Palermo in 1967, Riccardo Crocilla commenced his clarinet studies at the Paganini
Conservatory in
Genoa under G. Laruccia. After graduating cum laude at an early age, he worked with Giuseppe
Garbarino and
Thomas Friedli. He won first clarinet positions in the symphony and opera orchestras of
Cagliari, Genoa,
Trieste, Lausanne and, since 1996, has been Principal clarinet of the Maio Musicale Fiorentino
Orchestra
of Florence, under the direction of Zubin Mehta. He has also performed with the Orchestra of
Italian Radio
and Television (RAI), the Chamber Orchestra of Padua and Veneto, the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, the
Parma Opera Ensemble, the Filarmonica della Scala, and the Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa
Cecilia,
under the direction of the world’s leading conductors such as:
M.W. Chung, L.Maazel, R. Muti, Z.Mehta, W.Sawallisch, G.Sinopoli, C.Abbado, G.Pretre.
One of the highlights of his career as a soloist was his performance of the Mozart clarinet
concerto under
the direction of Zubin Mehta at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, as well as the premiere performance
of Sofia
Gubaidulina piece “Warum?” for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra. Mr. Crocilla is a holder of the
prestigious
Premio Galileo 2000 award as the outstanding young Italian performer.
He has recorded for Arts record, Columna musica, NBB records and Idyllium, and is endorser of
Yamaha
clarinet, D’Addario reeds, and Zac ligature.
DISTRIBUTORS
AFRICA
CIS
Armenia
MCF Production LLC
Nina Hajduković-Hayrapetyan
MIDDLE EAST