International Competition
FOR INSTRUMENTALISTS AND COMPOSERS
Sofia-Bulgaria
to mark Earth Day - 22
of April
Giant
Cristals Hall - Earth and Man National Museum
Time Period
Competition
is open to the public and takes place annualy since 1993
Patron
The Minister of Environment and Waters of
Republic of Bulgaria
Place
Giant Cristals Hall at The Earth
and Man National Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria
Goals and Aims
The main goal of the Competition
is to stimulate young talents to create and perform a music dedicated to the
Earth and its survival. By their art they will support the formation of a new
moral attitude towards Nature, regarding Man not as a sovereign but as part of
Nature, aware of the fact that both the present and the future generation have
equal rights to use it as a living place and a source of raw materials and
energy.
The International
Music and Earth Competition provides a fine opportunity for young performers and
composers to take an activ part, by the means of their art, in the worldwide
movement for building up a new world, sustanaible through environmental
development, in which people will live in harmony with Nature and with one
another.
Participants
2050 yuong musicians from Bulgaria,
Japan, Russia, Greece, Macedonia, Switzerland, Turkey, France, Germany, Korea,
USA, Ukraine, Cypres, Belarus, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Finland, Taiwan.
Activities - National and
International
Annual issue of The Competition.
CDs of The Green Angels
Collection, with performances of the prize-winners.
Concert tours of the
laureats
In Bulgaria, Greece, (Santorini Festival),
France (Paris Philomuses;
Sully Sur Loir Festival), USA (Arcady Music Festival, Maine 1996),
and Russia (Golden Ferry Festival, 2001 and 2002, Sochi).
The Competition was
presented:
At the exhibition during the day
of The Bulgarian Culture for Sustanaible World at Counsel of the Europe
in Strastburg 1996.
At the Permanent representation of Republic of Bulgaria in
the United Nations, April 2000.
International Media and
Magazines
Northeastern Broadcasting, USA
Radio Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Juilliard Journal, New Jork, USA
Ellsworth American, Maine, USA
"Chopin", "Lesson no
Tomo", "Musica Nova", Tokio, Japan;
Revue Periodique, Paris, France
Henry Lemoine, Paris,
France
Bulgarian National Radio and TV
Other Events
Arts - for the Earth Festival
Masters classes of the jury
members
Competitions for English, French, Swiss and Spanish Music
Concerts
Organization
The entire organization of the
Competition including financing, advertising and administration is made possible
by its Organizational Commitee, President, Artistic Director, and Secretariat as
well as by members of Earth and Man Foundation who provide the Green Angels
Center with annual support
Budget
The funds for the
Competition are accumulated from subsidies, donations and sponsorship