Prizes and Awards of PENDIM International Competition for Percussion Instruments will be offered amounting to 14 500 EURO.

A. Individual Performers

First group

1. First prize to the value of 100 EURO
2. Second prizeto the value of 70 EURO
3. Third prize to the value of 50 EURO

Only object prizes are awarded!

Second group

1. First prize to the value of 150 EURO*
2. Second prize to the value of 120 EURO*
3. Third prize to the value of 100 EURO*

Third group

1. First prize to the value of 200 EURO*
2. Second prize to the value of 150 EURO*
3. Third prize to the value of 100 EURO*

Fourth group

1. First prize - Pendim xylophone PX 4, bars honduras rosewood, table
2. Second prize to the value of 250 EURO*
3. Third prize to the value of 200 EURO*

Fifth group

1. First prize - $500 sponsored by Dr. Kiril Tarpov, Orchestral and Choral Conductor,
President of "Young Soloists of New York" Chamber Society USA
2. Second prize to the value of 400 EURO*
3. Third prize to the value of 300 EURO*

Sixth group

1. First prize - Pendim F marimba (3 200 EURO)
2. Second prize - Pendim xylophone PX 2 bars honduras rosewood, or 20 sets of mallets (1 200 EURO)
3 Third prize - Pendim xylophone PX 2, bars acacia wood, or 13 sets of mallets (800 EURO)

B. Ensembles

Duo

1. First prize - Pendim F marimba (3 200 EURO)
2. Second prize - Pendim xylophone PX 2, bars honduras rosewood, or 20 sets of mallets (1 200 EURO)
3. Third prize - Pendim xylophone PX 2, bars acacia wood, or 13 sets of mallets (800 EURO)

 

* There will be both cash and object prizes. The object prizes are made and given by the PENDIM Company.

 

Special prizes set up and awarded by:

• IKMMA - International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Academy, sponsored by Katarzyna Mycka - for the Best marimba performance - in the form of a scholarship for the active participant at the IKMMA 2007 in September in Wroclaw (Poland) - 350 EURO
  
  
• Pustjens Percussion Products/Tatiana Koleva - Education Prize for young bulgarian talent
  
  
• Mrs. Kamenarova - for the Best timpani performance in Sixth group - 200 EURO
  
  
• Dobri Paliev's heirs - for the Best performance of a Paliev piece - 100 EURO
  
  
• Mr. Simeon Serafimov - for the brightest stage presence - 50 EURO
  
  
• Mr. Edmond Demirdjian - for the best membrane instruments performance - set of cymbals

Other cash and object prizes, provided by state, and municipal organizations, or private contributors can be awarded. All competitors are presented with a Diploma.

First prize-winners will also receive a bronze sculpture specially made for the Pendim competition. Many additional encouraging prizes will be provided for the participants in First group. Prize-winners selected by the jury will take part in the gala concert on Мarch 25 in the Concert Hall of the Opera and Philharmonic Society, Plovdiv. Prize-winners in Sixth group will play on March 23 with the Orchestra of the Opera and Philharmonic Society. A special CD with their performances will be made. All rights to the recordings of the participants' performances in the gala concert are sole property of Pendim International Competition.