Entry open: Sunday, January 5, 2025   Entry deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
Results: March 15, 2025
Judging format: Online video judging (YouTube only)

Eligibility
All nationalities

Category
Piano, vocal, stringed instruments, harp, wind instruments

Age and performance time limit
A. 6 years old and under (5 minutes or less)
B. 7 years old to 9 years old and under (6 minutes or less)
C. 10 years old to 12 years old and under (8 minutes or less)
D. 13 years old to 15 years old and under (10 minutes or less)
E. 16 years old to 18 years old and under (12 minutes or less) 

Free piece Classical music from Baroque to modern times
- For vocal music, this also includes nursery rhymes and musicals.
・Judging will be conducted within each time slot.

・Multiple songs are allowed. Songs without published scores or original compositions cannot be entered.

Participation Fee

A. 6 years old and under 10,000 yen   B. 7 years old  to 9 years old and under 10,000 yen  

C. 10 years old  to 12 years old and under 12,000 yen

  D. 13 years old  to 15 years old and under 14,000 yen   E. 16 years old  to 18 years old and under 14,000 yen

Please click each participation Fee by PayPal

*Applicants from outside Japan should pay by PayPal.

Judges
・Musicians and music educators active in Japan and abroad. 

Piano ...  Anthony Tam   Tomoya Furuta   Dr. Yurim M. Choi   Nozomi Tanaka

Vocal ... Dr. Mongkol Chayasirisobhon   Yooka Nam    Masachika Watanabe    Dr. Yurim M. Choi 

Stringed Instruments ... Robert Einenkel    Ye Zonghan   Yukiko Wada   Dior Violin

Harp ... Ion Ivan-Roncea    Joel von Lerber    Ayaka Sakai

Wind Instruments ... Yasuto Kimura    Chikara Sugano   Wang Chengyue

Prize
Basel International Junior Music Prize
1st to 6th place in each category
Special Jury Award, Excellence Award, Future Award, Supraleitung Methode Award, Encouragement Award

Prize
Total prize money: 200,000 yen
In strict compliance with the rules of our competition, if the winners are eligible for the prize money, the prize money will be awarded to the top winners.
However, the total prize money will be divided and awarded to multiple winners.

Second prize
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Basel International Junior Music Salon Concert to be held pianosalon Tokyo Denenchofu
Sunday, November 2, 2025 Basel Music Festival Autumn 2025 to be held at Oji Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Selected winners will be able to perform in the concert. (Participation fee free)
Selected winners will be provided with special lessons by the judges free of charge.

Certificate
・Certificates will be sent by post within Japan, and electronic certificates will be sent overseas.

Certificates once issued will not be reissued.

How to enter
・Apply via our website and the entry application form (formrun system).
・Please set your email settings to receive emails from the formrun system and musik.bs.europa@gmail.com.
・Please attach proof of age (student ID, passport, etc.) and a copy of the participation fee payment slip.
・In principle, videos must be recorded after January 2024.
・Performance locations must be music studios, music salons, concert halls, music practice rooms, homes, etc.
・Orchestral accompaniment is not permitted.
・Make sure to play from memory.
・Record with your upper body or entire body visible. (Please refer to past winning videos, etc.)
・Please send the URL of the video uploaded to YouTube.
・The performance video should be sent as a YouTube link. (please make sure to change the privacy setting to “unlisted”). （For Bilibili, only public settings）

- It is okay if your performance goes over the allotted time. Judging will continue up to the allotted time.
- Please record the video at an adjustable volume.
- The quality of the video will also be taken into consideration when judging.
- If you will be performing copyrighted music, please apply in advance.
(Copyright laws vary from country to country, so if you will be performing a copyrighted work, you must apply in advance and pay for the costs yourself.)
- After submission, no changes to the video will be allowed.
- After submission, videos cannot be deleted without instructions from our company.
- If you experience any system problems with the formrun system, please contact us by email.
- Please be sure to check our website for any updates.

Rules of Participation

・All media, including internet, newspapers, magazines, etc., relating to the competition belong to the Basel International Junior Music Competition 2025.

・Please apply through the entry application form to submit your entry.

・Entrants must check the results of the judging on the special website.

・The judges' comments will be sent to you by email approximately one month after the competition.

・Please note that the number of judges' comments varies depending on the category.

・We cannot answer any questions or objections regarding the judges' comments.

・The judges may be changed due to circumstances.

・Prize money will be awarded to the top prize winners in strict compliance with the rules of our competition, and if the winners are deemed to be eligible, the prize money will be awarded to them. However, the total prize money will be divided and awarded to multiple winners.

・Prize money will be awarded within two months of the competition.

・The performances of the top prize winners designated by our company may be made public to third parties.

・If an entrant deletes a video without instructions during the event period, the entrant will be disqualified.
・If a winner deletes a video without instructions after the prize has been awarded, the entrant will have to return the prize and have their prize revoked.
・If any defamatory words or actions against our company are discovered after the prize has been awarded, the prize will be returned and the entrant's prize will be revoked.
・If it is discovered that an entrant has misrepresented their age, educational background, etc., their prize will be revoked.
・The personal information of entrants will be managed strictly by the executive committee.
・The event may be canceled due to force majeure (natural disasters, war, civil unrest, etc.). In that case, the entry fee minus a processing fee will be refunded.
・The entry period may be postponed due to global circumstances.
・If the global situation makes it necessary to change the terms and conditions, our company reserves the right to do so.
・In principle, entry fees will not be refunded after an entrant has applied.
・We will not accept any objections regarding the scoring method, the prize money set by our company, etc.

Basel International Junior Music Competition
General Incorporated Association Supraleitung Methode Japan
musik.bs.europa@gmail.com

Japanese website https://www.klassikwettbewerbbasel.info
English website https://online.basel-vocalconcours.org/

Uploaded on November 27, 2024