Frequency of the competitions ?
Each three years.

Open to every country ?
Yes.

Limit of ages ?
Minimum : no limit.
Maximum : 30 years (the competition is open to pianists born after January 1979).

Informations
Calendar, musical programme, rules of the competition
on the website, from September one year before the tests of each competition,
www.concours-long-thibaud.org.

Repertoire
Any work will be played entirely from memory excepted the compulsory contemporary work (with the agreement of the composer).

Pianist-accompanists
Official accompanists on charge of the competition.
One rehearsal before each test.
The candidate may be accompanied by his (her) own pianist at his (her) own charge
No accommodation by the competition.

Recording – broadcasting
The candidate cannot refuse any recording either CD or video and broadcasting on radio or television of the tests.

Which orchestra will accompaign the finalists ?
Two orchestras of Radio France alternatively :

• the Radio France philharmonic orchestra
• the National Orchestra of France

• 1° Private accomodation

The candidates who did not chose accomodation in host families will have to see themselves to their accomodation.

To make their searches easier, the Contest dealt preferential agreements (dealt prices with breakfast and taxes included) with « EXCLUSIVE HOTELS ».

For every demand :
Central booking
Telephone : 0033 1 78 94 78 94
Fax : 0033 1 70 99 99 15
Internet : www.exclusive-hotels.com
Electronic address : resa[at]exclusive-hotels.com
(Please to replace [at] by "@" for avoiding the spam.)

Thank you to introduce yourself under the name « Candidat Concours Long-Thibaud [year of the contest] ».

• 2° Accomodation in host families

The candidates may be accomodated in host families who live in Paris and in the next suburbs. Most of them have a piano. They present accomodation, breakfast and one meal for each day, until the candidate is eliminated by the Contest. In the French host family, the accommodation is reserved to the candidate. The contest does not take care of the accommodation of his own accompanist.

Travels
At the candidates’s charge

Registration fee

75 euros (plus Bank charge in addition), by transfer only, to :
Banque Transatlantique, Groupe CIC
account number : 00021559601 34
IBAN : FR76 3056 8199 0400 0215 5960 134
SWIFT CODE : CMCIFRPP