International Tel Aviv Recorder Festival (nr. 7) and the 2025 Recorder and Early Music Competition.
Open to recorders, ensembles and early music instruments of all ages.
Competition categories (2025):
Category 1: Soloists up to the age of 10 (inclusive). (age = on the day of the competition)
Category 2: Soloists between the ages 11-14.
Category 3: Soloists between the ages of 15-20 who are students at a pre-academic institute (inclusive).
Category 4: Soloists up to the age of 26 (inclusive) who are students of recorder performance in an academic institute.
Category 5: Soloists of any age, and those who do not fit exactly any other category
Category 6: Ensembles (recorder consorts/mixed ensembles/recorder orchestras) in which all members are no older than 18.
Category 7: Ensembles (recorder consorts/mixed ensembles/recorder orchestras) with no age limit.
Special categories: These categories are open to all ages, and both to soloists and ensembles. It is possible to register for the complete competition ( categories 1-7) and compete also in these categories, or register only to them:
Category 8: Music composed by women composers of all eras that include at least one recorder
Category 9: Music composed by Soren Sieg that includes at least one recorder.
Category 10: Early instruments – up to 18
Category 11: Early instruments – no age limit
Category 12: Israeli music – no age limit (as part of the general competition)
TARF -
https://www.icm.org.il/.../tarf-tel-aviv-recorder-festival/
Regulations -
https://www.icm.org.il/.../tarf-2025-competition.../
Registration -
https://www.icm.org.il/.../tarf-2025-competition.../
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Drora Bruck, director of TARF.
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