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COMPETITIONS

International Music Competition of the ARD for violists, age 17-30, and string quar tets, age 17-35, total age under 121. First Prize-viola DM20,000, string quartet DM 32,000. Contact: lnternationaler Musikwettbewerb Bayerischer Rundfund, Miinchen D-80300, Germany.

tel.: +49 89 5900-2471 fax: +49 89 5900-3573 email: ard.conc@br-mail.de.

Deadline: For viola 20 April 2000

For string quartet, 1 July 2000.

The Irving M. Klein String Competition will be held 10-11 June 2000 at San Francisco State University. The competition is for violin, viola, cello, and bass players ages 15-23. Semifinalists will be chosen following a preliminary taped round. Tapes must in clude three contrasting movements, no more

than 10 minutes each, including one Bach movement, one classical, romantic, or major 20th-century concerto, and one 20th-century work. Entries must be postmarked before 15 February 2000. For more information, please call (415) 338-7618.

GEOFFREY OVINGTON

MAKER OF VIOLINS, VIOLAS AND CELLI Instruments of Distinction Played Internationally GEOFFREY 0VINGTON VIOLINS STANTON ROAD SHUSHAN, NY 12873 U.S.A. 518-854-3648

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