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Piano Loop Festival is organized by the Piano projekt Association from Split, Croatia.

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The Competition will be held in presence from 17 to 21 August 2022 in Split, Croatia

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Competition is open to pianists of all nationalities born before August 17 1986.

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The Jury will decide, accordingly with the artistic level, a First, Second and Third Prize. The First Prize is indivisible, the Second and Third Prizes can be assigned ex-aequo by dividing the prize.

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Candidates will perform in Alphabetical order starting from the letter "P" and that order will be valid for all the rounds.

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The vote of the Jury for the passage to the next round will be expressed with YES or NO. The Jury’s decision is final.

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The names of the contestants for the final round will be publicly announced in the order of performance, without regard to rank. After the final round is completed, the names of winners will be announced in order of rank.

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The award ceremony will take place in an official form at the final concert on August 21 at the Hrvatski dom Split Concert Hall.

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One parent/guardian must travel with a contestant under the age of 16.

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The Competition is open to the public.

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The Organizer shall retain all the rights to video and audio recordings.

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The Competition schedule will be published on the Competition website and will be printed out in the Competition booklet.

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Competition will consist of 2 rounds

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If any unexpected situations arise in the execution of these guidelines, the Jury Chairman and Piano Loop Festival director will resolve such situations.

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In case of withdrawal of a member of the jury, the Organizer has the right to replace the withdrawn member with a new member.

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The Piano Loop Festival, as the Organizer, reserves the right to change the Competition Rules.

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The original English version of these rules governs all interpretations.

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First Prize winner of the 7.Neue Sterne Competition are advanced directly to the finale of the Piano Loop Competition.

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First Prize winners of the 17.Mozarte Competition are advanced directly to the finale of the Piano Loop Competition.