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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-10-27 12:19:29
Busoni competition refuses to pay prizes after contestants cry fraud
This is one of those tales of misery that arise from time to time in the lower reaches of the competition industry. We have received this complaint from a scandalised Korean contestant, Jehi Bahk and post his account verbatim. It should serve as a warning to young hopefuls never to attend an unonwon competition, no matter how famous a name it bears. Here’s Jehi’s tale: About two weeks ago I travelled to Italy to participate in the“International Conducting Competition SilVer 2016 – Ferruccio Busoni” , organised by the “Associazione Culturale Silver”. I got invited on October 16th by e-mail and had to transfer the participation fee of 270 EUR (additional to the application fee of 50EUR) to the personal account of Alessio Cioni, via Western Union or Moneygram. On October 18th the participants got an e-mail with the exact location – first announced as the Teatro di Vinci it was changed […]
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