Application

Extended application time: no late fee if you apply before April 1, 2012

Step 1:

Prepare the following items:

• Your recent photo (headshot) in jpg format (max. 1MB).
• A scan of the picture page of your passport in jpg format (max. 2MB). Make sure your data on the scan are readable.
• Upload a video recording of your performance (2 pieces of different styles with a total duration of at least 15 min. ) to YouTube or another storage site. You will be prompted to provide the Internet link. Please check the link and quality of your recording in advance.

The admission committee will select participants based on submitted recordings.

Step 2:

Create a Semper Music account by following the link New Account.

Step 3:

Log into your Semper Music account and read the Application Instructions before you fill in the Participant Application . A non-refundable $135 application fee must accompany your application, made payable to SEMPER Music Inc. by March 15, 2012. Any application received without the payment of the application fee will not be accepted.

If you intend to participate in the Schlern International Competition, you need tosubmit a non-refundable $105 competition entry fee together with yourapplication fee (see payment information below).

After March 15, 2012 you can apply for the festival if space is available. Please contact us by email (info@sempermusic.org ) before submitting the application. A late application fee of $185 becomes effective after March 15, 2012.

Age limit:

There is no age limit for participants. Students under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or designated guardian.

Information for an accompanying person:

For family members and/or spouses accompanying festival participants we offer a festival package.

The festival package includes hotel accommodation (sharing a room with your child/spouse), full board (breakfast at the hotel, lunch and dinner at the Festival Dining Hall; except on excursion days), bus transportation from and to the airports Milan and Munich, respectively, on July 5 and July 25, 2012 (for departure times see Travel Information), bus transportation to concerts (if outside of Völs am Schlern) and participation in excursions.  In addition to this, you may attend all private lessons, chamber music coaching and master classes of your child. All Festival concerts are free of charge. The parent package price is $1950 (incl. accommodation category A) and $1800 (incl. accommodation cat. B). Category A has a higher star rating then B.

After the applicant has received a notification about his/her acceptance into the program, you can log into the applicant’s Semper Music Account and fill in the Accompanying Person Application. You need to submit this form and your festival package payment to Semper Music Inc. by April 15, 2012 (see payment information below).The accommodation category of your festival package must be the same as the person’s you are accompanying.

If you would like to do some volunteer work at the festival, please send us an email to info@sempermusic.org.