Prizes

Prizes (Cash Awards and Certificates)

Scores will be awarded on a scale of 0 to 100.  If there is more than one judge scoring a particular performance, the final score will be the average of all the judges’ scores, and will be calculated to two digits after the decimal point.

The three top scorers in each category must have scores of 85 or above in order to receive First, Second, or Third Prize.
Prize-winners will receive the following certificates based on their final scores: 

Certificate of Merit－ a score of 85 or above;
Certificate of Competence － a score of 75 or above and below 85.

Special Prizes

Cultural Affairs Bureau Prize

This MOP100,000 scholarship prize is provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government and is awarded to one winner at the age of 15 or above whose performance the judges consider to have been truly outstanding.  The scholarship may be used to attend a Bachelor Degree in Music at an institution located in Macao or abroad. The winner will also be awarded a Cultural Affairs Bureau Certificate.

All first-prize winners in each category, or those competitors that the judges have recommended as outstanding performers, may compete in this prize.

The Talented Prizes

The Talented Prize provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government is a MOP30,000 scholarship awarded to a maximum of 10 winners who are considered to have talents under the age of 18, which shall be used to attend short-term overseas music courses. Each winner will be awarded a scholarship of MOP30,000 and a Talented Prize Certificate.

All first-prize winners in each category, or those competitors that the judges have recommended as outstanding performers, may compete in this prize.

The Best Ensemble Performance Prize

The Best Ensemble Performance Prize sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government is a MOP5,000 (five thousand patacas) prize that will be awarded to an ensemble with an outstanding performance. The first-prize winners of each Piano Four Hands, Chamber Music categories or the groups recommended by the jury may compete in this prize. The winner will be awarded a Best Ensemble Performance Certificate.

Wright State University Piano Scholarship Award - Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A.

A scholarship offered by Wright State University, USA - sponsored by its Department of Music and Office of the Provost - will enable one or more competition winners currently studying grade four in high school or equivalent or above to enroll in an undergraduate programme of Piano Performance, Music Education or Music History and Literature at the university.

The scholarship covers partial exemption of the tuition and fees with generous awards from the Provost Office and the Department of Music at Wright State University. Each winner is eligible for a scholarship valued at up to MOP$300,000 for four academic years. All First-, Second-, or Third-prize winners and are currently studying grade four in high school or equivalent or above, or those competitors that the judges have recommended as outstanding performers, may compete in this prize. All winners must be recommended by representatives from the university.

If the judges agree that none of the competition winners can be recommended for the above award, the Organizer and the university have the right to retain the award.

Cash Awards

Categories	Levels	1st Prize MOP$	2nd Prize MOP$	3rd Prize MOP$
Piano Solo (Level 1 to Advanced)	1	700	500	300
	2	800	600	400
	3	900	700	500
	4	1000	800	600
	5	1100	900	700
	6	1200	1000	800
	7	1300	1100	900
	8	1400	1200	1000
	Advanced	1800	1600	1400
Sonatina for Piano	-	1100	900	700
Liszt Piano Works	-	1600	1400	1200
Piano Concerto	-	1800	1600	1400
Piano Works of 20th Century	Intermediate	1100	900	700
	Advanced	1400	1200	1000
Piano Works by Chinese Composers	Elementary	900	700	500
	Intermediate	1100	900	700
	Advanced	1400	1200	1000
Piano Works by Macao Composers	Intermediate	1100	900	700
	Advanced	1400	1200	1000
Piano Works for Four Hands	Elementary	900	700	500
	Intermediate	1100	900	700
	Advanced	1400	1200	1000
Piano Trio, Quartet & Quintet	-	1800	1600	1400
Harp Solo	-	1100	900	700
Chamber Music for Harp	-	1400	1200	1000

Selection of “Special Prizes” Winners and “Winners’ Gala Concert” Performers

The Selection of “Special Prizes” Winners and “Winners’ Gala Concert” Performers will take place after the completion of the entire competition. All first-prize winners in each category, or those competitors that the judges have recommended as outstanding performers, must perform one compulsory piece or one free choice piece, and judges will choose the recipient(s) of the Cultural Affairs Bureau Prize, the Talented Prize, and the Best Ensemble Performance Prize from among them, as well as the performers of the “Winners’ Gala Concert”. This selection process is not open to the public; only the eligible competitors will be allowed into the venue to perform.

If the judges agree that none of the competition winners can be recommended for the above special prizes, the organizer has the right to retain the prizes.

 

The Awards Ceremony and Winner’s Gala Concert

The Awards Ceremony and Winners’ Gala Concert will take place on July 30, 2011 (Saturday), at 3 p.m. in the Dom Pedro V Theatre. Performers at this event will be selected by the judges on the day of the Selection of Special Prizes Winners and Winners’ Gala Concert Performers.

In order to achieve a balanced concert programme, performers may be selected from among any of the First-, Second-, or Third-prize winners in each category as well as from the competitors that the judges have recommended for any of the “Special Prizes”. The Organiser will notify by telephone those who are selected to perform at the Winners’ Gala Concert.

In addition, the winners of the “Special Prizes” will be announced at this event.

Tickets for the Winners’ Gala Concert cost MOP$20. During the competition, tickets will be on sale at the competition venue; after the competition, they will be available for purchase at the Tap Seac Gallery (Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, No. 95), from Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

 

Awarding of Scorecards and Prizes

Scorecards will be awarded to all participants at the end of the competition in each category. All First-, Second-, or Third-prize winners, Certificate of Merit or Certificate of Competence winners, may collect the prizes by presenting their identity cards at the Cultural Affairs Bureau at Praça do Tap Seac, from September 19 to 30, 2011, Monday to Friday , from  9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.;  2:30 p.m.  to 5 p.m.