Liverpool International Flute Competition 2024
We are excited to announce that following the success on our first ever Liverpool International Flute Competition in 2023 that we will be holding the competition again in 2024. Our goal is to encourage technical and musical excellence through relevant and thoughtful programming. It is clear that there are underrepresented communities in the classical music industry, and compositional voices that have before been overlooked, or simply just not heard. Fortunately for us, there is an abundance of wonderful and credible works for our instrument by a diverse range of composers that deserve to be studied, celebrated and performed alongside the wonderful repertoire we may currently recognise as more familiar. We hope the repertoire choices for this competition will inspire flautists to continue to take an active interest in researching music by composers of diverse backgrounds.
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First Place
The winner of the Liverpool International Flute Competition will win the following prizes:
Chester Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Prize - winner will have the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Chester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2025
Just Flutes Solo Performer Gold Prize - £750 voucher to be spent in Just Flutes
Flute/piccolo lesson with any LFA teacher to be used in August 2024 - July 2025
Runner Up
The runner up of the Liverpool International Flute Competition will win the following prizes:
Just Flutes Solo Performer Runner Up Prize - £250 voucher to be spent in Just Flutes
2 x flute/piccolo lessons with any LFA teacher to be used between August 2024 - July 2025.
All competitors will receive detailed written feedback for their round one video recording. Competitors in the live rounds will have the opportunity to speak to the judges following the results.
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Round one of the competition is a recorded video round which should be submitted alongside your entry form and competition fee. The deadline for this round is midnight on Friday 26th April 2024. Your recorded video should be uploaded to YouTube and share the link in your application. Your video must be unedited. Please state at the beginning of the video your name, and your choice of repertoire. See “Video Submission” for more details on recorded entry.
Selected competitiors will be invited to compete in the semi-finals at CHET centre, Liverpool on Monday 5th August 2024 and the final round will take place on Tuesday 6th August 2024.
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The competition is open to all advanced flautists aged 16 and over on 1st January 2024. Competitors must be available 5th and 6th of August for semi final and final rounds in Liverpool.
Entry fee for the competition is £30 and must be received before the competition deadline alongside the entry form and a link to your round one video recording.
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Repertoire
Round One (unaccompanied), video recording - deadline 26th April 2024
Set pieces from List A, PLUS one piece from List B
List A
J.S Bach: Partita in A minor BWV 1013
Movement 3 - Sarabande (no repeats)
Movement 4 - Bouree Angloise (no repeats)
List B
Lora Al-Ahmed: Two “Skazkas” for Solo Flute
Varna Bhatia: Sangit Raat (Night Music)
Valerie Coleman: Danza de la Mariaposa
Katherine Hoover: Spirit Flight
Shulamit Ran: East Wind
Toru Takemitsu: Voice
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Round Two, Live Semi - final, Monday 5th August (accompanist provided)
Choose one piece from List A, PLUS one piece from List B
List A
Claude Arrieu: Sonatine for flute and piano
Philippe Gaubert: Fantaisie for flute and piano
Louis Gannes: Andante et Scherzo
Georges Hüe: Fantasie for flute and piano
Henri Buesser: Prelude et Scherzo Op.35
List B
Paquito D’Rivera: La Fleur de Cayenne
Sonia Gubaidelibe: Allegro Ruistico
Amanda Harberg: Feathers and Wax
Behzad Ranjbaran: Moto Perpetuo (flute and piano)
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Round Three, Live Grand Final, Tuesday 6th August (accompanist provided)
Play set piece (List A). In addition choose one piece from List B, PLUS one piece from List C, PLUS one piece of List D
List A
J.S Bach: Partita in A minor BWV 1013
Movement 3 - Sarabande (with repeats)
Movement 4 - Bouree Angloise (with repeats)
List B
Choose one of the following pieces by Adolphus Hailstork:
Flute Set (complete)
Yuwha
Pied Piper of Harlem (complete)
Flight
List C
Cécile Chaminade: Serenade aux Etoiles Op 142 for Flute and Piano
Mel Bonis: Piece, Op. 189
List D
Eugène Bozza: Agrestide, Op. 44
Valerie Coleman: Wish Sonatine
André Jolivet: Chant de Linos
Roberto Sierra: Sonata for flute and piano (complete)
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You can use any device for your video recording including a phone, tablet, laptop.
Audio must be completely unedited throughout. Recordings with any edits or enhanced sound effects including reverb will be disqualified.
Each piece must be recorded in one single take. You may however upload 2 separate videos (one for each full work you perform) if you prefer.
Competitors should be clearly visible in the centre of the video, facing the camera, with their full flute in shot.
At the beginning of each video, please announce clearly your name and your choice of repertoire.
Think about where you film your video. Your acoustics may impact the clarity of sound in your performance. An overly echoey acoustic may feel pleasant to play in, but could mean we lose important detail from your performance.
Videos must have been recorded in 2024. Please state the date of your recording in your application.
Upload your video(s) to YouTube, and share the link(s) to your application form.
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Liverpool Flute Academy course tutors Cormac Henry, Helen Wilson and Sameeta Gahir will be joined by Guest Judge Eliza Marshall to act as the judging panel for Liverpool International Flute Competition 2024.
Adjudicators reserve the right to request further information from competitors should it be required to help the adjudication process.
Adjudication decisions are final and may not be appealed.
All candidates will receive written feedback for their video 1st round submission.
All first round video entries will be watched in full by the judging panel.
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