8th International Double Bass Competition GIOVANNI BOTTESINI

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The

Giovanni Bottesini Musical Association is proudly announcing:



8th International Double Bass competition GIOVANNI BOTTESINI

International Bottesini Competition



COMPETITION MUSICAL PROGRAM



CREMA (ITALY) - September 2021



General Director Honorary Chairman Artistic Director
Francesco Daniel Donati Franco Petracchi Enrico Fagone


Final with the Chamber Orchestra “Cameristi della Scala” from the Teatro alla Scala

Organized by the Associazione Bottesini, with the cooperation of Comune di Crema and Teatro San Domenico

Associazione Musicale Giovanni Bottesini, Via Vimercati, 11 – 26013 Crema (CR) – P. IVA e C.F. 01462350198
Tel . 0039.335.5314814 - [email protected] - www.associazionebottesini.com



The announcement of the Competition will be published before January 2021

Jury (in alphabetical order)

Thierry Barbé France
Michinori Bunya Japan - Germany
Timothy Cobb USA
Enrico Fagone Italy - Switzerland (Artistic Director)
Bruno Giuranna Italy (President of the Jury)
Thomas Martin USA - England
Franco Petracchi Italy (Honorary Chairman)

MUSICAL PROGRAM

Preliminary regulations

• The musical instrument must have a string length of at least 102 cm.

• The candidates must play all their chosen repertoire using solo tuning.

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

• For each piece recommended editions are requested (the suggested list of compositions and
their related editions are listed below in alphabetical order), but performances based on
original manuscripts are always allowed. Furthermore, the Giovanni Bottesini Association, in
partnership with the Biblioteca Palatina di Parma - Sezione Musicale (National Library in
Parma), the “Arrigo Boito” Parma Conservatory and the “Giuseppe Verdi” Turin Conservatory, is
involved in a project of urtext editions of Bottesini’s Music. These publications, if available
before the Competition, will be added to the other recommended editions.

For this 2021 Special Edition (Bottesini’s 200th birthday) the whole musical program is
completely based on the music composed by Giovanni Bottesini.

Associazione Musicale Giovanni Bottesini, Via Vimercati, 11 – 26013 Crema (CR) – P. IVA e C.F. 01462350198
Tel . 0039.335.5314814 - [email protected] - www.associazionebottesini.com



a. First Round

• Elegia No 1 in Re
(International Music Company, Recital Music, Ricordi, Yorke Edition)


• One of the following compositions:

➢ Allegretto Capriccio
(International Music Company, Yorke Edition)

➢ Introduzione e Gavotta
(Deutscher Verlag für Musik,)

➢ Tarantella
(Billaudot, Costallat, Yorke Edition)


b. Second Round

• One of the following Elegia:

➢ Elegia No.2 Romanza Drammatica
(International Music Company, Recital Music, Yorke Edition)

➢ Elegia No.3 Romanza Patetica - Mélodie
(International Music Company, Yorke Edition)


• One of the following Fantasia:

➢ Beatrice di Tenda
(Akkord Music, Billaudot)

➢ I Puritani
(Yorke Edition)

Associazione Musicale Giovanni Bottesini, Via Vimercati, 11 – 26013 Crema (CR) – P. IVA e C.F. 01462350198
Tel . 0039.335.5314814 - [email protected] - www.associazionebottesini.com



➢ La Sonnambula
(Billaudot, Costallat, Deutscher Verlag für Musik)

➢ Lucia di Lammermoor
(Akkord Music, International Music Company, Yorke Edition)


c. Third Round

• Grande Allegro di Concerto
(Deutscher Verlag für Musik, International Music Company)

• One of the following compositions:

➢ Bolero
(Yorke Edition)

➢ Capriccio di Bravura
(International Music Company, Zanibon)

➢ Nel cor più non mi sento
(Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Yorke Edition)

➢ Variazioni dal Carnevale di Venezia
(Billaudot, Costallat, International Music Company)


d. Final Round
with the Chamber Orchestra “Cameristi della Scala” from Teatro alla Scala in Milan

• One of the following Concertos:

➢ Concerto n°1 in Fa diesis minore
(International Music Company, T. Roggen)

➢ Concerto n°2 in Si minore
(LIM, Yorke Edition)

Associazione Musicale Giovanni Bottesini, Via Vimercati, 11 – 26013 Crema (CR) – P. IVA e C.F. 01462350198
Tel . 0039.335.5314814 - [email protected] - www.associazionebottesini.com

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