ASEAN INTERNATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION DISASTER

11.21 PM GMT +7.00 here..

oh my god, you know it right, that I am 2nd grade POP piano student and 1st grade classical piano student? yeah, at least I can play piano instrument.

with that minimum ability, me and Sani (my friend) who can play violin (3rd grade), wanted to join Asean International Concerto Competition, after saw the prize. Rp. 100.000.000,- and can join in National Indonesian Orchestra as well.

Over-confidence, we told all of our friends that we wanted to join that competition, even we hid the announcement because we didn't want another people who better than us join that competition too. Oh yes, we get in to Category B, who the finalist are in 13 - 18 years old.

But, in our school's announcement there isn't any rules or anything required to that competition, and we decided to open the link which written there to see the rules and prize.

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after we see that, we SHOCK.
look at these rules!!

For Piano

Category B:

1. Preliminary Stage (not to exceed 20 minutes):
   

1. 1.One étude chosen from among the following: Czerny Op. 740; any étude; F. Chopin, C. Debussy, S. Rachmaninoff or A. Scriabin;
   

2. 2.One J. S. Bach’s Simfonia or Prelude and Fugue from J. S. Bach‘s Well-tempered Clavier;
   

3. 3.One complete Sonata from the Classical era;
   

1. Semi-Final Stage (not to exceed 20 minutes):
   

1. 1.One work of the candidate’s choice, not to exceed 8 minutes in length;
   

2. 2.First movement of a Piano Concerto from the Final Stage to be performed with the second piano accompaniment;
   

1. Final Stage:
   

2. A complete piano concerto to be performed with a String Quartet accompaniment: W. A. Mozart: Concerto in C Major, K. 467.
   

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For Violin

Category B:

1. Preliminary Stage (not to exceed 10 minutes):
   

1. 1.Scale & Arpeggio in A Major, F Minor (3 octaves);
   

2. 2.Kayser Op. 20 No. 18 & No. 26;
   

1. Semi-Final Stage (not to exceed 15 minutes):
   

1. 1.Handel Violin Sonata No. 4;
   

2. 2.Corelli Sonata for Violin & Piano Op. 5 No. 8, Allemande movement only;
   

1. Final Stage:
   

2. Mozart Violin Concerto in G Major K. 216 (1st movement with cadenza) to be performed with a String Quartet accompaniment.

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Good bye, One hundred millions rupiahs. Good bye, National Indonesian Orchestra. We were sad after that, and wrote "GOOD BYE Rp. 100.000.000,-" in all our status at all our society forum. Hffh..

ARGH.
AICC. HUFFT~