Cultural Palace Târgu-Mureș
The 40th anniversary of the coronation of Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary brought a new bill regarding long-term loan for provincial cities to build (or re-build) their town halls. Thanks to this bill, the Palace of Culture was constructed on the request of mayor György Bernády. The ”Franz Joseph Cultural House” was built by Marcell Komor (1868-1944) and Dezső Jakab (1864-1932). The architect duo planned the town hall (completed in 1908) and two unrealized buildings: the Maros-Torda Country Court House and the Municipal Theatre building. The Culture Palace initially was planned as a two storey building, but mayor György Bernády persuaded the architects to add an additional floor (despite the fact that the construction has already started at that time). The local musical school had to move into the new building and the initial parameters proved too small for the school to fit in. The exterior and interior decorations are the work of the members of the Gödöllő Artist’s Colony. Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch realized the lobby decoration – similar to the English Pre-Raphaelite art and, because its simplified forms and strong contours, with the Japanese style woodcuts. Körösfői-Kriesch designed the 920×320 cm giant mosaic of the façade. The mosaic was realized by Miska Róth in his Budapest workshop. The Mirror Hall’s stained glass windows, designed by Ede Toroczkai Wigand és Sándor Nagy, were also manufactured in Róth’s workshop. The stained glass windows were exhibited in Budapest in 1913. Only after the exhibition closed, the windows were transported to Târgu Mureș in the autumn of 1913. In the right wing of the Palace the local music school (functioning since 1907) was accommodated, whereas the right wing has been home to the County Library since 1913. Additionally, in 1913 the Gallery and the language school also moved into the new building. The organ has been set up in the concert hall. Today, the organ is one of the largest in Central Europe. The organ is special, because it ‘survived’ all he renovations of the last century. Its original pipes still function perfectly: the most peculiar are the vox humana, which imitates the human voice and the Unda Maris, imitating the sea waves. The concert hall housed the city’s first movie theatre between 1913 and 1957, the first Romanian Theatre School between 1934 and 1940, the State Theatre between 1946 and 1973, the Fine Arts and Music Secondary School between 1949 and 1970, the Academy of Fine Arts between 1932 and 1949 and the County House for Guidance of Folkloric Creation between 1950 and 1999. The Palace’s second floor accommodates the Bernády Gallery and the collection of works by Romanian modern artists. This is where the visitors can admire mayor György Bernády’s office or visit the stained glass window exhibit.
[http://palatul-culturii.ro]
Târgu Mureș Fortress
In 1492 Prince Báthory István ordered for a castle-fortress to be erected around the Franciscan monastery and church. A few of the original elements have been preserved, among them wall fragments on the Southern and Western sides, the tower on the Southern wing, attached to the furriers' bastion, and ruins of the South-Western tower, included nowadays in the tanners' bastion. The structure of these towers and the fact that they are square-shaped are indicative of a medieval type military architecture.
Six bastions were added during the reign of Bethlen Gábor (1613–1629). The furriers' bastion, erected in 1628, was divided into four levels, the vast interior space allowing for several craftsmen's guilds to function here. In addition to the furriers' guild after which the bastion was named, the locksmiths' and goldsmiths' guilds also had their headquarters here.
Each bastion has firing holes for cannons on lower levels and for hand-held weapons in the walls of the first and second floors.
The erection of surrounding curtain walls took until the second half of the 17th century. The inside of the walls are provided with archways supported by posts that sustain the guard path that is on the same level as the firing holes. There may have been defense ditches on the outside which were covered in time as they were not used.
The fact that Transylvania lost its status of autonomous principality and became part of the Hapsburg Empire entailed a series of changes in what concerns military architecture. Modern, Vauban type fortresses were built in many Transylvanian towns such as Alba-Iulia, Oradea, Timișoara. The political changes in the principality were not without consequence to the fortress of Târgu Mureș. The houses inside the fortress were demolished to make place for the military headquarters and bakery. Following the restorations of 1962–1965, the walls and bastions reclaimed their initial form.
Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Competition • 2021
11-07-2021
The finalists:
Alexandru Grecu (Romania/Netherlands) – 91,2 points
Miloš Vuković (Serbia) – 89 points
Ovidiu Pintilie (Romania) – 88,8 points
Jovan Mihajlović (Serbia) – 88,8 points
Bernadett Karácsony (Romania/Hungary) – 85,2 points
Viktor Đuknić (Serbia) – 84,4 points
See you at the festival!
08-07-2021
The first round of the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Competition (No age limit category) will be on the 11th of July 2021 on our Facebook Page. The finalists will be announced after the Facebook Live on the same day.
Sergiu Hudrea (Romania/United Kingdom):
John Dowland – Fancy P6
Manuel Maria Ponce – Sonata III: II. Chanson, III. Allegro non troppo
Viktor Đuknić (Serbia):
John Dowland – Fantasia No. 7
Miguel Llobet – Variations on a theme by Sor
Bernadett Karácsony (Romania/Hungary):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue from BWV 997
Regio Sainz de la Maza – Rondeña
Miloš Vuković (Serbia):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from BWV 1006a
Leo Brouwer – Canticum: I. Eclosión, II. Ditirambo
Jovan Mihajlović (Serbia):
John Dowland – Fantasia No. 7
Napoleon Coste – Le Depart
Fatime Fábián (Hungary):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Allemande & Gavotte I-II from BWV 995
John Dowland – Fantasia No. 7
Luigi Legnani – Caprice No. 1 & 15 from 36 Caprices Op. 20
Alexandru Grecu (Romania/Netherlands):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude & Allegro from BWV 998
Astor Piazzolla – Invierno Porteño
Ákos Törőcsik (Hungary):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue & Doble from BWV 997
Gábor Pusztai (Hungary/Germany):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne from BWV 1004
Darío Pérez Díaz (Spain):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue from BWV 997
Joaquín Rodrigo – Tiento Antiguo
Ovidiu Pintilie (Romania):
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from BWV 995
Napoleon Coste – Le Depart
The jury of the first round of the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Competition in 2021 is made out of Rovshan Mamedkuliev (Russia), Anton Baranov (Russia), András Csáki (Hungary), Gabriel Guillén (Venezuela/Austria) and István Ferenc Beke (Romania).
22-02-2021
The competition’s first round will be online, with the competitors submitting an uncut and unpublished (NOT uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, Soundcloud or any other online platform) Video recording of their performance alongside with the registration form to the harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org email address until the 30th of June 2021; 11:59PM (Romania time). The recordings can be sent through Wetransfer or any other large file emailing platform. The recordings will be judged without names or image (only by audio), so the jury will not know who is playing. All decisions by the judges are final.
The finalists will be selected until the 18th of July 2020 and only after they will be revealed to the jury. There will be 6 finalists, who will be competing live in the Final Round during the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in Târgu-Mureș, Romania between the 10th and 15th of August 2021.
The whole program has to be performed memorized and the pieces cannot be repeated in the second round. The time limits are set very strict and include tuning time.
• One piece of the competitor’s choice from the Baroque/Renaissance
• The rest of the program is free of choice
• Time limit: 10–15 minutes
• Program has to be performed memorized
• First round will be online
• Video recordings must be sent to harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org until 30th of June 2021
• Free Program
• Time limit: 20–25 minutes
• Program has to be performed memorized
• 6 finalists will be selected
• Live performance at the 16th Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in Târgu-Mureș, Romania. 2021
• In case the participant does not fulfill the requested program, he/she will lose 15% of the average score, referring to the actual round he/she is evaluated
• Violation of time limits will cost 5% for every minute (playing too long, or too short)
A scale from 0 to 100 points is used by every member of the jury for the competitor`s evaluation. The highest and the lowest score have to be eliminated to calculate the participant’s average score. All competitors will receive their individual scores after the evaluation.
1st Prize:
– A concert classical guitar made by Greek luthier Vasilis Sigletos (worth 5,000 €)
– Admission to the EuroStrings Artist Program for 2021/2022
– 1 Year Tonebase Subscription
– Gifts from Savarez
2nd Prize:
– AER Alpha acoustic/classical guitar amplifier (worth 700 €)
– 1 Year Tonebase Subscription
– Gifts from Savarez
3rd Prize:
– Scholarship for the 17th Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in 2022 (including food, accomodation, masterclass and competition expenses)
– 1 Year Tonebase Subscription
– Gifts from Savarez
4th – 6th Prizes:
– Diploma of Finalist
In case of equal scores the head of jury declares who will be awarded. The jury reserves the right to withhold prizes if necessary.
No age limit category: 50 € (fifty euros)
Free concert entrance every night.
The registration will be accepted only after we received the payment, the registration form and the video recording of the competitor’s performance. Please attach a document certifying the transfer with the registration form. (Payment order or pdf from the internet banking).
All payments must be transferred to our bank account with the mention “Harmonia Cordis Competition”.
Account Holder: ASOCIATIA HARMONIA CORDIS
IBAN: RO58 BTRL 0270 4205 F446 38XX
SWIFT Code: BTRL RO 22XX
For any further information please contact us by email at harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org
By entering the competition, you consent to the use by the Harmonia Cordis Association of your personal data for the purposes of administering the Competition and for any other purposes to which you consented during the entry form submission process. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 679/14.04.2016), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival and Competition. Personal data of a competitior (without permisson) will not be published or provided to any third party by the Harmonia Cordis Association.
Concursul Național de Compoziție pentru Chitară Clasică Harmonia Cordis • 2021
12 iulie 2021
În această zi avem plăcerea de a anunța câștigătorii Concursului Național de Compoziție pentru chitară clasică Harmonia Cordis. Premiații acestei ediții sunt: Andrei Petrache (Premiul I), Domokos Előd (Premiul II) și Răzvan Sebastian Lupu (Premiul III). Felicitări premiaților și felicitări tuturor concurenților. Vă mulțumim că ați acceptat provocarea noastră și vă așteptăm la edițiile viitoare ale concursului!
1 martie 2021
Concursul Național de Compoziție pentru Chitară Clasică „Harmonia Cordis” este un proiect al Asociației Harmonia Cordis și își propune să stimuleze creativitatea compozitorilor români pentru a îmbogăți repertoriului chitarei clasice.
Această ediție a concursului are ca tematică realizarea unor lucrări pentru chitară clasică solo, cu o durată aproximativă cuprinsă între 3 și 10 minute.
Concursul se adresează compozitorilor cetățeni români și nu este impusă o limită de vârstă. În concurs se pot înscrie și cetățeni străini care studiază în România. (În acest caz se cere o adeverință de student de la secretariatul facultății de apartenență.)
Lucrările prezentate în concurs trebuie să fie originale și să nu fi fost publicate sau cântate în public până la data concursului. În caz contrar, acestea vor fi descalificate, fără ca taxa de înscriere să fie returnată.
• Partiturile lucrărilor se vor trimite în format pdf în două exemplare, una semnată și una nesemnată (fără numele compozitorului!) alături de
• o variantă audio (mp3) a lucrării,
• formularul de înscriere completat și
• documentul care atestă achitarea taxei de înscriere
• adeverința de student (numai în cazul cetățenilor străini care studiază în România)
» la adresa de email harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org
DATA LIMITĂ PENTRU ÎNSCRIERE ESTE
Prin completarea şi trimiterea formularului de înscriere fiecare candidat este de acord cu termenele şi condiţiile regulamentului concursului.
Taxa de participare la Concursul Național de Compoziție pentru Chitară Clasică „Harmonia Cordis” este de 50 RON / lucrare înscrisă. Taxa de participare va fi achitată în următorul cont bancar:
TITULAR: ASOCIATIA HARMONIA CORDIS
IBAN: RO83 BTRL 0270 1205 F446 38XX (RON)
Premiul I:
• 1000 RON
• Lucrarea va fi publicată la o editură de specialitate
• Lucrarea va fi interpretată în primă audiție absolută la Festivalul Internațional de Chitară Harmonia Cordis de la Târgu-Mureș (10-15 august 2021)
Premiul II:
• Lucrarea va fi publicată la o editură de specialitate
• Lucrarea va fi interpretată în primă audiție absolută la Festivalul Internațional de Chitară Novum Generatio de la Cluj-Napoca (noiembrie 2021)
Premiul III:
• Lucrarea va fi publicată la o editură de specialitate
Dávid Pavlovits compozitor și profesor de chitară clasică la Universitatea de Arte din Szeged (Ungaria)
Cătălin Ștefănescu-Pătrașcu compozitor și profesor de chitară clasică la Universitatea Națională de Muzică din București (România)
Dan Variu compozitor, membru al corului Filarmonicii de Stat Transilvania și profesor la Academia Națională de Muzică Gheorghe Dima din Cluj-Napoca (România)
Aaron Fazakas compozitor și profesor universitar la Universitatea Sapientia din Cluj-Napoca (România)
Partiturile nesemnate alături de fișierele audio vor fi trimise mai departe membrilor juriului și doar după evaluarea tuturor lucrărilor vor fi dezvăluite numele copozitorilor.
Juriul va fi format din personalități importante ale chitarei clasice, compozitori și interpreți din țară și străinătate. Membrii juriului vor fi anunțați ulterior.
Câştigătorii vor fi anunțați după deliberarea juriului (cel târziu până în data de 31 iulie 2020) şi vor fi contactați de către un reprezentant al Asociației Harmonia Cordis. Rezultatele complete vor fi publicate pe site-ul și pe pagina de Facebook a Asociației Harmonia Cordis.
Organizatorii Concursului Național de Compoziție pentru Chitară Clasică „Harmonia Cordis” îşi rezervă dreptul de a televiza, radiodifuza, fotografia, filma şi înregistra pe suport audio-video toate interpretările lucrărilor premiate în cadrul Festivalului Internațional de Chitară Harmonia Cordis și în cadrul Festivalului Internațional de Chitară Novum Generatio. În această situaţie, candidaţii nu beneficiază de onorarii..
Fiecare participant își dă acordul cu privire la colectarea și prelucrarea, de către Asociația Harmonia Cordis, a datelor sale cu caracter personal cum ar fi, dar fără a se limita la: nume/prenume, CNP, orașul din care provine, etc în scopul înscrierii sale in concurs și al primirii premiului (în cazul în care este câștigător) stabilit prin acest regulament. Organizatorul va păstra confidențialitatea cu privire la datele cu caracter personal ale participanților și câștigătorilor și le va utiliza numai în scopurile stabilite prin regulament. Participanții au dreptul să se opună prelucării datelor cu caracter personal în orice moment, din motive întemeiate și legate de situația personală, fapt care duce în mod automat la imposibilitatea înscrierii lor în consurs și a primirii premiilor aferente. Participanților le sunt garantate drepturile privind prelucrarea datelor cu caracter personal conform Regulamentului UE nr. 679/27.04.2016 și pentru orice clarificări sau întrebări suplimentare în legătură cu colectarea și prelucrarea datelor lor cu caracter personal în cadrul Concursului Național de Compoziție pentru Chitară Clasică „Harmonia Cordis”, ei se pot adresa și pot primi un răspuns la adresa de email harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org
formularul de înscriere [PDF]
regulamentul concursului [PDF]
Harmonia Cordis International Youth Guitar Competition • 2021
02-08-2021
We are happy to announce the winners of the Harmonia Cordis International Youth Guitar Competition of 2021, competition organized online this year in three age categories: A (11 years old and younger), B (15 years old ang younger) and C (19 years old and younger).
The winners of each category are:
Category A:
Petru Damian (Romania) - 90,50 Points
David Tudor (Romania) - 88,25 Points
Wrig Bhardwaj (India) - 87,50 Points
Category B:
Nichita Gânscă-Nistea (Romania) - 96,75 Points
Prigoană Maria Ilinca (Romania) - 91,50 Points
Sinoros-Szabó Laura (Hungary) - 83,75 Points
Category C:
Andrei Pițu (Romania) - 96,60 Points
Caravană Eduard Constantin (Romania) - 89,60 Points
Ferenci Balázs (Hungary) - 88,00 Points
Congratulations to all the participants and congratulations to the winners!
The awards gala will take place at the 16. Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival in Târgu Mureș.
If the winner or his/her teacher can't attend the gala the prizes can be sent to the winner but shipping costs may apply. Please contact us if this is the case.
01-06-2021
Category A – 11 years and younger
Category B – 15 years and younger
Category C – 19 years and younger
All categories of the competition will be online, with the competitors submitting an uncut and unpublished (NOT uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, Soundcloud or any other online platform) video recording of their performance alongside with the registration form to the harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org email address until the 25th of July 2021; 11:59PM (Romania time). The recordings can be sent through Wetransfer or any other large file emailing platform. The recordings will be judged without names or image (only by audio), so the jury will not know who is playing. All decisions by the judges are final.
The winners will be announced before the beginning of the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival (August 10–15) on our website and social media platforms and the prizes can be redeemed at the festival’s awards ceremony or we can send them to the winners if they cannot participate this year (shipping costs may apply). The whole program has to be performed memorized. The time limits are set very strict and include tuning time.
PLEASE MENTION THE COMPETITION CATEGORY YOU ARE APPLYING FOR!
• Free program
• Time limit: 4–7 minutes
• Video recordings must be sent to harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org until 25th of July 2021
• Free program
• Time limit: 7–12 minutes
• Video recordings must be sent to harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org until 25th of July 2021
• At least 2 pieces from different periods
• Time limit: 8–15 minutes
• Video recordings must be sent to harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org until 25th of July 2021
• In case the participant does not fulfill the requested program, he/she will lose 15% of the average score
• Violation of time limits will cost 5% for every 60 seconds past the limit (playing too long, or too short)
A scale from 0 to 100 points is used by every member of the jury for the competitor`s evaluation. The highest and the lowest score have to be eliminated to calculate the participant’s average score. All competitors will receive their individual scores after the evaluation.
Category A:
– Certificate of Attendance / Diploma for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize
– CD’s
– Classical Guitar Strings
Category B:
– Certificate of Attendance / Diploma for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize
– CD’s
– Classical Guitar Strings
Category C:
– Certificate of Attendance / Diploma for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize
– CD’s
– Classical Guitar Strings
In case of equal scores the head of jury declares who will be awarded. The jury reserves the right to withhold prizes if necessary.
• Category A: 20 € (twenty euros) / 100 RON (one hundred Romanian lei)
• Category B: 20 € (twenty euros) / 100 RON (one hundred Romanian lei)
• Category C: 20 € (twenty euros) / 100 RON (one hundred Romanian lei)
Free concert entrance every night.
The registration will be accepted only after we received the payment, the registration form and the video recording of the competitor’s performance. Please attach a document certifying the transfer with the registration form. (Payment order or pdf from the internet banking).
All payments must be transferred to our bank account with the mention “Harmonia Cordis YOUTH Competition”. The payment can be done either with euros or with RON, please choose the bank account according to your choice from the ones below.
for EURO payment:
Account Holder: ASOCIATIA HARMONIA CORDIS
IBAN: RO58 BTRL 0270 4205 F446 38XX
SWIFT Code: BTRL RO 22XX
for RON payment:
Account Holder: ASOCIATIA HARMONIA CORDIS
IBAN: RO83 BTRL 0270 1205 F446 38XX
For any further information please contact us by email at harmoniacordis@harmoniacordis.org
By entering the competition, you consent to the use by the Harmonia Cordis Association of your personal data for the purposes of administering the Competition and for any other purposes to which you consented during the entry form submission process. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 679/14.04.2016), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival and Competition. Personal data of a competitior (without permisson) will not be published or provided to any third party by the Harmonia Cordis Association.
16th Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival
last update: 01-08-2021, 17:30 EEST
* For Odorheiu Secuiesc concerts' see below.
* Pentru concerte din Odorheiu Secuiesc vezi mai jos programul.
* A székelyudvarhelyi koncertek műsora lentebb olvasható.
10 August 2021 • 19.00
BABȚAN-VARGA Florian (RO)
Gabriel GUILLÉN (VE/AT)
Jérémy JOUVE (FR)
Yamandu COSTA (BR)
11 August 2021 • 19.00
Cassie MARTIN (FR)
Venti Chiavi Guitar Trio (HU)
duo BEKE István Ferenc chitară × gitár (RO)
SZÉKELY Alpár vioară × hegedű (RO)
PUSZTAI Antal jazz band (HU/AT)
STUMMER Márton chitară × gitár (HU)
HADNAGY Attila contrabas × nagybőgő (RO)
ASZTALOS Zsolt percuții × ütőhangszerek (RO)
12 August 2021 • 19.00
Cristina GALIETTO (IT)
François-Xavier DANGREMONT (FR)
CSÁKI András (FR)
Anton BARANOV (RU)
13 August 2021 • 19.00
Francisco LUÍS (PT)
Steve COWAN (CA)
Lovro PERETIĆ (HR)
RVQ (RO) fusion jazz
Radu VÂLCU chitară × gitár
Mihai BALABAȘ vioară × hegedű
Andrei PETRACHE pian × zongora
Răzvan FLORESCU percuții × ütőhangszerek
Alexandru BADEA tobe × dobszett
14 August 2021 • 19.00
Marcell NICKMANN (HU)
PAVLOVITS Dávid (HU)
Nejc KUHAR (SI/AT)
Alexandr MISKO (RU) fingerstyle
15 August 2021 • 19.00
GIRÁN Péter (HU) flamenco
Cenk ERDOĞAN (TK) fretless
Antoine BOYER (FR) gipsy jazz
Ne rezervăm dreptul de a schimba programul! × A műsorváltoztatás jogát fenntartjuk!
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11 August 2021 • 18.00
FORGÁCS Rudolf (RO)
PRÓZSA Réka (RO)
Andrei TCACIUC (RO)
Cristina GALIETTO (IT)
François-Xavier DANGREMONT (FR)
12 August 2021 • 18.00
VAJDA Beáta (RO)
Antonio JOSAN (RO)
Francisco LUÍS (PT)
Steve COWAN (CA)
Lovro PERETIĆ (HR)
13 August 2021 • 18.00
Marcell NICKMANN (HU)
Cassie MARTIN (FR)
Venti Chiavi Guitar Trio (HU)
14 August 2021 • 18.00
duo arTpeggio (HU)
Antoine BOYER (FR) gipsy jazz
Cenk ERDOĞAN (TK) fretless
Ne rezervăm dreptul de a schimba programul! × A műsorváltoztatás jogát fenntartjuk!
16th Harmonia Cordis International Guitar Festival
The registration for classical and jazz guitar masterclasses is open.
You can access it here » REGISTRATION FORM
PRICES:
• Masterclasses – Active participation 50 euro
• Masterclasses – Passive participation 25 euro
• Meal – Lunch and Dinner – 40 lei/day/person
(EN) This year, we cannot provide any accommodation options for the participants. We can provide meals (lunch + dinner) for 40 lei per day per person. Masterclasses will be held between the 11th and 14th of August 2021.
(RO) Anul acesta nu putem oferi opțiuni de cazare participantilor. Masa poate fi servită la restaurant (prânz+cină) pentru suma de 40 de lei pe zi pe persoană. Cursurile de măiestrie vor fi ținute între 11-14 august 2021.
(HU) Idén nem tudunk szálláslehetőséget biztosítani a mesterkurzusok résztvevői számára. Étkezést biztosítunk (ebéd + vacsora) napi 40 lej/fő áron. A mesterkurzusok 2021. augusztus 11-14 között lesznek.