1. 1. Compositions must not exceed a maximum duration of twelve minutes;
   
2. 2. Works that have already won prizes in other competitions are not admitted;
   
3. 3. Works that have already been performed in concerts or educational contexts are
   admitted;
   
4. 4. Contestants have the option (but not the obligation) to send an audio or video recording
   of the submitted work;
   
5. 5. Contestants may participate with a maximum of two works;
   
6. 6. Two physical copies of each score are required. Each must display: full name, date and
   place of birth, nationality, title, and duration of the composition;
   
7. 7. A PDF copy with the same information must be sent to: bucchi@premiobucchi.it;
   
8. 8. The application must be completed following the procedures outlined in the attached
   Registration Form and Privacy Policy.
   

Art. 4 (Structure of the competition)

• a) First phase (selection of finalists)
  The jury, on the basis of the evaluation of the scores received, will select up to a maximum of
  seven composers who will be admitted to the second phase of the competition.
  
• b) Second phase (final concert)
  
  1. 1. the works produced will be performed in a public concert that will be broadcast online in
     live streaming on the YouTube channel of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana and
     subsequently there will be a repeat performance organized by the Valentino Bucchi
     Foundation;
     
  2. 2. the final concert is scheduled for November 2026 as part of the 2026/27 Artistic Season
     of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, at the Sala Casella, via Flaminia 118 in Rome;
     
  3. 3. the performance of the scores will be entrusted to instrumentalists chosen in agreement
     with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana;
     
  4. 4. the announcement of the winning work of the Valentino Bucchi Prize will be
     communicated within a week of the final concert and publicised on the website of the
     Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Valentino Bucchi Foundation as well as via national
     music channels and broadcasting stations.
     
     YouTube channel of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana:
     https://www.youtube.com/user/FilarmonicaRomana
     



Art. 5 (Valentino Bucchi Prize)


The competition assigns the single and indivisible Valentino Bucchi Prize.

• a) All finalist competitors will receive a certificate of merit and will participate in the public
  concert scheduled in collaboration with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana which will
  be broadcast in live streaming as well as recorded;
  
• b) the author of the winning work of theValentino Bucchi Prize will obtain a grant which consists
  of the reimbursement of expenses of 2,000.00 euros gross and involvement in a subsequent
  concert as part of the artistic activities of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana;
  
• c) the Author of the work winning the Valentino Bucchi Prize will receive a commission for
  an original composition for chamber orchestra to be performed as a world premiere in the
  concert season of the European Philharmonic Academy;
  
• d) the jury will have the right to announce any ‘honorable mentions’ awarded to finalist
  competitors, who were not winners of the prize awarded.
  



Art. 6 (Competition Jury)


The Jury will be announced by September 2026.

• a) The jury will appoint the president who will guide the evaluation procedure;
  
• b) the decisions taken by the jury will be final;
  
• c) the jury will also retain the ultimate right not to award the Valentino Bucchi Prize provided for according to art. 5 of these Regulations.
  



Art. 7 (Amendments to the Regulations)


The organizational management of the prize reserves the right to make any changes deemed
necessary to these regulations should reasons of force majeure require.



Art. 8 (Registration fee)


All competitors must pay an entry fee of 80,00 Euros, for each of the compositions submitted to the
competition. This may be done by bank transfer payable to:

IT 70 Y 02008 05028 000101604283 Fondazione Valentino Bucchi

BIC/SWIFT code: UNCRITM1B96



Art. 9 (Acceptance of the rules of the regulation)


The application for participation in the competition implies the acceptance of all the rules of these
regulations by the competitor.

Art.10 (Competent Forum)

• a) In case of any dispute, this regulation, in the original Italian version, will be the only legally
  valid text considered;
  
• b) for any controversy, the Court of Rome will be the competent authority.