Let me inform you about the new developments in the preparation of the 27th year of the competition:
The smaller number of applications so far indicates that the competition days will be shortened from Thursday, April 21 to Saturday, April 23, 2022.
Preliminary schedule of the competition:
Thursday April 21
9.00 Opening Ceremony
9.30 Drawing of lots for 1st category
10.00 1st category competition
13.30 Drawing of lots for 3rd category
14.00 3rd category competition
19.30 Concert
Friday April 22
8.30 Drawing of lots for 2nd category
9.00 2nd category competition
11.30 Drawing of lots for 4th category
12.00 4th category competition
Saturday April 23
10.00 Reception of foreign participants and guests by the mayor
14.30 Concert of winners and prize-giving ceremony
The schedule is tentative at the moment and its final version will be announced after the application deadline on March 10, 2022. We are accepting applications until then.
If you don't have your own piano accompaniment, you can contact Mrs Hana Forsterová, an experienced pianist and accompanist from the Prague Conservatoire, e-mail: hforster@post.cz
We wish you good luck in your preparation and we look forward to seeing you in Ústí nad Orlicí.
On behalf of the organizing team
Lenka Lipenská
competition directress
Dear contestants,
The town of Ústí nad Orlicí announces that 27th Heran Violoncello Competition will take place in person from 20th to 23rd of April 2022 in Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic.
More information in Organization Rules.
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund: prize money 5.000 Czech crowns:
The prize from Bärenreiter Prague music publisher for laureate: purchase of music scores in Bärenreiter Praha and Bärenreiter-Verlag Kassel worth 3 000 CZK:
The prize from the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation for the best interpretation of Bohuslav Martinů Variations on Slovakian folk song in 4th category: prize money 15.000 CZK:
The prize of Frantisek Kinsky, the New Chateau owner in Kostelec nad Orlici, for the best Czech competitor of each category: a ceremony concert invitation:
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund for the winner in each category: prize money 2 000 CZK:
The prize from the Master Jaroslav Kocian foundation fund for the youngest participant:
We would like to congratulate the winners!
Dear contestants and teachers,
We are aware of the complications arising from closed schools, limited traveling possibilities, or health problems caused by the Covid-19 virus. That is why we have decided to move the deadline for the recording submission to the 8th of April 2021. We cannot move it any further, since the jury needs sufficient time to evaluate your performances.
I wish all of you good luck with preparations for the competition.
Lenka Lipenska
Competition Directress
Mr. Josef Kozel, Pardubice Region Council member in charge of education, gives his personal patronage to 26th Heran Violoncello Competition. This gesture is proof of how much are both the competition and the heritage of cellist Bohus Heran appreciated in the Pardubice Region.
It is my pleasure to announce that for the 26th Heran Violoncello Competition we have received 34 applications. 20 young cellists from Czech Republic will compete with students from Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Germany, Estonia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Mongolia. So the foreign participants are from 8 countries. We are very much looking forward to hear all the performances, albeit only via video recordings.
I wish all of you good luck with preparations for the competition.
Lenka Lipenska
competition director
