General Rules of the
1er ACIM - AZTECA Concurso Internacional de Música

The following section lists the characteristics of the jury, its regulations on behavior and its evaluation criteria for the contestants, as well as the rules for correct scoring.

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The jury's regulations will be based solely on the following rules:

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Article Nr.1

Constitution, number and schedule of Jury members of competition disciplines and categories will be selected by Assembly of the 1er ACIM - AZTECA Concurso Internacional de Música on the proposition of experts committee.

 

Article Nr.2

Jury members will be selected out of renowned music educators, as well as performing artists, conductors,composers and chamber musicians.

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Article Nr.3

Jury is consisted of at least 8 members. The names of the jury will be kept strictly private throughout the duration of the contest to avoid internal interference or manipulation by the outside regarding the criteria of their decisions. In the same way, the members of the jury will not be able to maintain contact with each other to deliberate decisions. The opinions and criteria are exclusively individual. They will only contact the Presidency or Secretary of the competition to resolve technical incidents or issues related to the correct execution of their work.

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Article Nr.4

No member of the Jury is paid for their collaboration in the contest and no type of compensation, whether material or external, will be permitted.

We want to maintain fairness in the criteria and we appeal to our privacy policy for the proper performance of its functions.

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Article Nr.5

President of the Jury is obligated, after obtaining final list of sum points from jury members for particular competition category, to check if evaluation from each member has been carried out according to the Rules on the work of Jury and, in cases of discrepancy, i.e. if president finds irregularities, to timely intervene.

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Article Nr.6

Jury members evaluate participants with points, from 50 to 100. Jury member will send individual electronic point list onto official e-mail address of the Organizer after finishing of evaluation of competition category.

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Article Nr.7

It is allowed to exceed the time of competitive video recording in all categories up to one minute. If the time exceeds one minute, the jury will coordinate its actions with the organizer.

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Article Nr.8

For the premier performance or performance of non-catalogued composition, it is necessary to deliver music scores of such composition using electronic mail.

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Article Nr.9

Jury member does not evaluate the candidate whom he is relative with, or if there is relation teacher – pupil. Instead jury member, such candidate will be evaluated by his associate.

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Article Nr.10

Competitors are qualified according to the average grade point of evaluations by the Jury. Number of awards (prizes) is not limited.

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Article Nr.11

The parameters that the judges must evaluate with each contestant are the following two:

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1.- Musicality.Artistic understanding of the work and personal execution.

2.- Technique.Quality of interpretation and vision consistent with the musical work.

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For composers and music producers.The parameter of creativity and the use of instrumentation is added.

The scoring scale must be between 00 and 100 points for each of the parameters. The jury will present both ( or three )scores to the contest secretariat.

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Article Nr.12

Jury decisions are final and irrevocable.