1. Participants should wear their best performance attire.

2. Performance repertoire are to be written clearly in the Registration Form.

3. Participants do not need to upload sheet music.

4. Registration fee must be paid in full at the time of registration. Registration fees are non refundable.

5. Piano teachers, professional musicians, and those who derive their principal source of income from public performances are not allowed to participate.

6. The 1st Prize winners of the Junior, Intermediate, and Open categories, from the previous session (2022), cannot participate in the same category this year.

7. Participants should not approach the judges for any reason before or during the competition.

8. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify participants who arrive later than the scheduled time.

9. On the day of the competition, participants are to adhere to the order of performance which will be decided by the organizing committee.

10. Audio/Video recording and photography of the competition can only be done by the organizer. By joining the competition, participants agree for the materials to be used for future publicity. No extra fee will be paid to the participants.

11. All expenses for transportation, food, lodging and insurance for contestants and/or accompaniment are to be borne by contestants.

12. The organizer for the competition holds no responsibility for any risks undertaken by contestants during the transportation to and from country-of-origin and the competition venue, as well as any health matters incurred directly and/or indirectly due to the competition.

13. All copyrights to the recording, video recording, television publication, online publication, winner’s musicale and other related performances will belong to the competition committee.

14. Any changes to the competition’s schedule will be announced through the official website.

15. The organizer reserves the right to cancel any competition categories due to any unforeseen circum- stances.

16. In the event of cancellation by the organizer, the registration fees will be fully refunded.

17. The organiser reserves the right to change the prizes to other prizes of the same value at any point of time without prior notice.

18. The prizes are non-transferable and all prizes are not exchangeable for any other form, i.e. cash, goods, credit or services In part or in full. Pictures of the prizes shown in the promotional materials are for illustration purposes only. Actual prizes may differ from the pictures shown.

19. In case of any dispute, the decision of the organizing committee is final.

20. By entering the competition, participants automatically agree to accept and abide by these Rules & Regulations.

21. The organiser reserves the right to interpretation of the Terms & Conditions of the Regulations.

DATA PROTECTION NOTICE POLICY

The Organiser may collect, use, disclose or otherwise process personal data of participants in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”). This policy applies to personal data in our possession or under our control, including personal data in the possession of organizations which we have engaged to collect, use, disclose or process personal data for our purposes.