Founder:
Music for Future Cultural Foundation
Artistic Director:
Sergey Smbatyan
Music for Future Cultural Foundation establishes
An annual nominal scholarship "Music for Future"
for talented young musicians aged 10-16 in the following specialties:
VIOLIN
VIOLA
CELLO
FLUTE
OBOE
BASSOON
FRENCH HORN
TRUMPET
TROMBONE
PERCUSSIONS
PIANO
HARP
The stages of receiving the Scholarship are as follows:
To apply for the Scholarship, the following should be submitted:
The abovementioned documents and video recording of the applicant should be sent by the free program We Transfer to the following e-mail of the Foundation: info@m4f.foundation
The application form should be filled in either by computer or in a hard copy using block letters (not cursive letters). In both cases, after filling in the application form, it is necessary to sign its hard copy, and send the signed and scanned application form in the way mentioned above.
Submission of the application-form states that the applicant’s parent or guardian has read, agrees and unconditionally accepts all the provisions of the Scholarship Regulation, without any objection accepts the results to be recorded (decision to be made) by the Jury, and agrees that the photos, audio and video materials made within the framework of the project with the participation of the applicant are used and distributed by project organizers. The applicant and applicant’s parent/guardian are responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the information and video recording submitted and their compliance with the requirements mentioned in the Regulation.
The applicant must be a citizen of the Republic of Armenia and live in Armenia.
The applicant must be a student of a music or art school or music college of Armenia.
The applicant must be 10-16 years old inclusive on the date of application submission.
If submitted documents and video recordings are incomplete or don’t comply with
the requirements mentioned in the Regulation, the applicants applications will be
rejected about which the applicants will be notified beforehand.
The deadline for submitting documents and video recordings
to apply for the Scholarship is
May 22,
2020.
The results of the hearings of the applicants’ video recordings will be summarized on June 3 of this year.
After summarizing the results of the hearings of all the video recordings, the applicants will be
notified about the Jury’s decision in a written form by June 5 of this year.
After announcing the Scholarship-holders, agreements will be signed with the parent or guardian of the 10 selected Scholarship-holders by June 12 of this year.
The evaluation standards (criteria) are:
During the video recording, the applicant must perform as a soloist and choose a free program of his/her choice (1 or more compositions), which he/she considers to present himself/herself in the best way as a candidate for the Scholarship.
Duration of the submitted video recording should not exceed 15 minutes. It must be up to date and must be recorded starting from May 4 of this year. It must be one complete video without edits and must be shot in high quality. When recording videos on phone, the camera must be stored horizontally.
At the beginning of the video recording the applicant must first present himself/herself, indicating his/her name and surname, and indicate the following: "The video recording is made to apply for the "Music for Future Scholarship"".
The decision of the Jury is final and indisputable (cannot be appealed).
After summarizing the results 10 best nominal Scholarship-holders will be
selected, and the Scholarship-holder support (encouragement) agreement for one year will
be signed with the Scholarship-holder’s parent or guardian.
The following types of benefits (support) will be provided to the Scholarship-holder:
Monetary support
For each nominal Scholarship-holder, for the given year, the Foundation each
month will transfer a Scholarship amount (AMD) equivalent to 100 (one hundred)
Euro (at the exchange rate corresponding to the day of signing the agreement) to
the bank account of the Scholarship-holder’s parent or guardian.
Support of Scholarship-holders outside of RA
Each nominal Scholarship-holder will have the opportunity to attend a master class
of the world-known artists and lecturers once during the given year.
The Foundation will cover the expenses of the Scholarship-holder to attend the
master class: air tickets, accommodation and food (abroad) and cost of master
class.
Support of Scholarship-holders provided by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
During the given year each nominal Scholarship-holder will have the opportunity to be
present at:
- all concerts of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra in Armenia free of charge (2
free tickets from the Foundation to the Scholarship-holder for each concert).
- master classes of the artists and musicians hosted by the Armenian State Symphony
Orchestra in Armenia for free.
- rehearsals of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.