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Victor Solomin
Musician  -  Conductor  -  Composer  - Lecturer













Musician

Conductor

Composer

Lecturer
Victor Solomin Domra and Mandolin International Jazz Competition 2025
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Organizers:
- EDITION 49
- Schweizer Mandolinenverband (SWISS MANDOLIN ASSOCIATION)
- MANDOISLAND
- VICTOR SOLOMIN SCHOOL OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION
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Our Mission:
- To discover and support talented musicians in the field of improvisational art;  
- To preserve and develop the finest traditions of domra and mandolin performance;  
- To promote international cultural exchange among performers;  
- To revive and advance the improvisational traditions of plucked instruments;  
- To enhance the professional skills of musicians playing plucked instruments;  
- To promote plucked instruments worldwide.
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Awards:
The prize fund includes two concert domras and one mandolin.  
All participants will receive certificates of participation or achievement.
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Application Process:
The competition is open to domra and mandolin players aged 8 and older.  
Participation in the contest is free of charge.

Participants are divided into four age categories: 

Category I: 8–14 years  
Category II: 15–21 years  
Category III: 22–40 years  
Category IV: 41 years and older   

The participant's age is determined as of October 4, 2025.
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Jury
The jury includes representatives of the competition organizers as well as prominent figures in the field of culture and the arts. The chairperson of the jury is appointed by the Organizing Committee. 
The jury reserves the right not to award all prizes and may divide them among participants. The decisions of the jury are final and not subject to appeal.
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Organizers:
- EDITION 49
- Schweizer Mandolinenverband (SWISS MANDOLIN ASSOCIATION)
- MANDOISLAND
- VICTOR SOLOMIN SCHOOL OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION
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Our Mission:
- To discover and support talented musicians in the field of improvisational art;  
- To preserve and develop the finest traditions of domra and mandolin performance;  
- To promote international cultural exchange among performers;  
- To revive and advance the improvisational traditions of plucked instruments;  
- To enhance the professional skills of musicians playing plucked instruments;  
- To promote plucked instruments worldwide.
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Awards:
The prize fund includes two concert domras and one mandolin.  
All participants will receive certificates of participation or achievement.
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Application Process:
The competition is open to domra and mandolin players aged 8 and older.  
Participation in the contest is free of charge.

Participants are divided into four age categories: 

Category I: 8–14 years  
Category II: 15–21 years  
Category III: 22–40 years  
Category IV: 41 years and older   

The participant's age is determined as of October 4, 2025.
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Jury
The jury includes representatives of the competition organizers as well as prominent figures in the field of culture and the arts. The chairperson of the jury is appointed by the Organizing Committee. 
The jury reserves the right not to award all prizes and may divide them among participants. The decisions of the jury are final and not subject to appeal.
Rounds
First Round:
- Applications are accepted from August 20 to September 20, 2025.  
- To participate, applicants must submit an application along with a video recording of the first-round performance.  
Participation Conditions:
- The first round is conducted remotely via video   recordings.  
- The video must be recorded between August   and September 2025 and must not be edited. 
 - Advancement to the next round will be based   on the results of video review.  
- First round videos will be published on the           competition’s official platforms on 
   September 28, 2025.
Second Round:
- Second round tasks will be published on   October 10, 2025. 
- Video submissions are due by October 21,   2025. 
- All second round videos will be published on   October 23, 2025.  
- Final results and winners   will be announced on October 26, 2025. 
Message from Viktor Solomin to the Competition Participants

  Dear participants,  
 
  Below you will find the assignments for all categories.  These include sheet music and backing tracks to support you on your exciting musical journey.   
  
  Each piece of sheet music indicates the number of choruses during which you are expected to perform:  
  - The Head (the theme),  
  - The written-out improvisation, 
   - And your own improvisation based on the chords of a jazz standard.   

  You will also find scales and modes in the materials to help guide your improvisation.   
  
  In the same folders, participants from all age categories will find the required backing tracks for preparation and video recording.  You may choose the tempo, form, and duration of your improvisation.  

  However, contestants must use the backing track located in the folder appropriate for their age category.   

  A 12-chorus backing track is provided for training purposes.
Telegram channel of the competition @SOLOMINcompetition
The assignments
First (Preliminary) Round
I
8–14 years
II
15–21 years
III
22–40 years
IV
41 years and older  
Take part in an exciting musical journey
Applications are accepted from August 20 to September 20, 2025.
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Viktor Solomin 
(1962)
Viktor Solomin is a Ukrainian composer, virtuoso domra and mandolin player, Heinrich Böll Foundation scholarship recipient, and laureate of international competitions. As a performer, he displays a wide stylistic range — from Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach to free jazz improvisation. He is known for being the first to introduce the Ukrainian domra as a solo instrument within a jazz ensemble, as well as for initiating the development of the electric domra. His compositional works include music for the stage productions "Inconsolable Shadows" (Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Germany), "Gespräche über die Komik, das Lachen und den Narren" (West-Ost Theater, Switzerland), works for solo mandolin and mandolin with orchestra, and numerous fantasies based on Ukrainian folk themes for various instruments. The domra is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument, tuned identically to the mandolin and played using similar techniques.
VICTOR SOLOMIN’S SCHOOL OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION
The School of Jazz and Improvisation offers regular individual and group lessons as well as master classes. Lessons are available both offline and online. 

To enroll, 
email: victor.solomin.domra@gmail.com

Telegram: @Domrist004


YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-RZUDy3uz8s8S3ihfO7b3OUXLD8VBKkp

Individual lessons (55 minutes)
 
35 euros: 
• in British pounds: 30 GBP 
• in US dollars: 40 USD 

Group lessons (55 minutes) 

20 euros per student: 
• in British pounds: 16.50 GBP 
• in US dollars: 22 USD
Published compositions by Viktor Solomin
9 collections will be published in 2025 by this publishing house

Contacts

Email: vsd41@proton.me