--- Rui Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We tried to > make the prizes attractive > enough to draw the best talent in violin -- Rs. > 30,000, Rs. 10,000 and Rs. > 5,000 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively. > This allotment of prize > money drew some questions too. A few felt that > there was too much > difference between the 1st and 2nd prize. In most > of the famous > competitions the world over the winner takes all and > the competition is > known by the value of its 1st prize.
Hi Rui, I was very pleased to hear about the above. The prize money is quite generous. Our own local under-18 concerto competition (held annually in August, which attracts competitors from all over the state of Victoria) gives AUD400 (circa Rs 14,000) to the 1st and AUD50 (circa Rs 1,800) to the five runners-up. The six finalists selected at a private audition, play against each other at the finals with orchestral accompaniment. The instrumentalists range from flute to the cello, so there is quite a variance at the finals. As you say, everyone remembers the winner, and that is what attracts the competitors. As an aside, we had a concert yesterday at the Preston Town Hall, with a very young soloist (Sally Cooper) playing the Brahms violin concerto (1st movement) followed by Saint-Saens Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso. She drew a record crowd for our first concert of the year, especially teenagers. And this unpretentious young lady of Eurasian descent gave an impromptu recital for four "grumpy old men" backstage after the concert, including yours truly! Our next concert is in July, with another young set of soloists playing a Double concerto. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
