Rules

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• The competition is open for flutists of any nationality 
• Age limit: 28 years old as November 15, 2020
• The competition will be entirely online and all its rounds will be broadcast through Facebook Live.
• At the time of the application, each contestant must submit the selected repertoire in YouTube video links.

The jury will select a maximum of 50 contestants out of all the applicants who will advance to the first round. This prescreening process will be made based on the video sent by each contestant for the first round of the competition.

First round: 

• One piece with maximum duration of 5 minutes to be chosen from the repertoire list.

Second round: 

• One piece to be chosen from the repertoire list.
• Mandatory pieces: Tango Etudes Number 4 and 6 by Astor Piazzolla. These etudes must be recorded in one single video continuously.  

Final: 

• One piece to be chosen from the repertoire list.

¡Important!

The pieces to be chosen from the repertoire list must belong to composers from at least two different nationalities.

We suggest to chose the repertoire with a similar logic used for a recital, with a variety of styles between pieces.

• Each piece should be recorded on separate links except for the Tango Etudes 4 and 6 by Astor Piazzolla. Those etudes must be recorded in one single video continuously.
• The videos must be uploaded as public or unlisted.
• The videos must be made exclusively for this edition of the competition.
• The videos must be recorded horizontally.
• Recommended video resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels.
• Your recording device must be still . 
• There is no editing allowed in the videos.
• Avoid backlighting.
• Playback is not permitted.
• At the beginning of each video the contestant must say: “La Flauta Latinoamericana International Flute competition”, followed by the contestant name, country of origin, name of the piece to be performed and composer.
• The description of the video must contain the following information:
   

1. La Flauta Latinoamericana 2020
2. Round
3. Name of the contestant
4. Name of the piece
5. Name of the composer.
    

• Do not include any kind of text on the video.
   

¡Important! 

You will be judge based on the video you are sending. Make sure your video meets the highest quality standards.

Failure to comply with these conditions may result in disqualification from the competition.