Sendai International Music Competition

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Sendai International Music Competition

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Awarded for Exceptional piano and violin performance
Presented by Sendai International Music Competition
Country Flag of Japan Japan
First awarded 2001
Last awarded 2007
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The Sendai International Music Competition is a violin and piano music competition held in Sendai, Japan, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai and the Sendai Cultural Foundation.[1] There is no single winner in the competition; instead, awards are given to the top six contestants in both the violin and piano categories, with first place in each category receiving the highest prize. The competition is international, but most award-winners have been from either Europe or Asia. The first award-winner from outside those continents was Sean Kennard, who finished fifth in the 2004 competition's violin category. As of 2007 there have been three competitions.

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[edit] History

The Sendai International Music Competition is held every three years at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Centre in Japan.[2] It has the stated purpose of "contributing to the development of world musical culture and the promotion of international cultural exchange through the discovery of young talented musicians".[3] It was established in 2001 to commemorate the foundation of Sendai City's 400th anniversary,[4] and was added as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) since 2005.[5] There have been three competitions held, the most recent being 2007, with the next scheduled to take place on 22 May to 26 June 2008.[6][clarify]

[edit] Format

The competition consists of five stages: preliminary rounds, screening auditions, an elimination round in which the contestants play a concerto along with a string quartet or quintet, then the semi-final and the final, in which all pieces are performed with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra.[7] The competition is split into two categories: violin and piano.[8] The number of contestants passing the preliminary rounds is normally around 120 people. Along with the screening auditions, the preliminary stage decides who will qualify for the competition.[9] Initially, a jury panel judges contestants' recordings.[10] Afterwards, there is a screening audition, which is open to the public, at which the contestant will perform a concerto from a predetermined list accompanied by a piano.[11] The competition proper consists of the elimination round, the semi-finals, and the final; the number of contestants who progress from the elimination round to the semi-finals cannot exceed 12 and the contestants passing through to the final cannot exceed six.[12] In the elimination, semi-final, and final stages of the competition the performances are chosen from a predetermined repertoire; the contestants must choose a different piece for each round.[13] The judging panel decides the placing of the prizewinners from first through sixth.[14] The prize money is as follows:[15]

Place Cash prize Additional prizes
First ¥3,000,000 (28,500 USD) Diploma and Gold Medal
Second ¥2,000,000 (19,000 USD) Diploma and Silver Medal
Third ¥1,000,000 (9,500 USD) Diploma and Bronze Medal
Fourth ¥800,000 (7,600 USD) Diploma
Fifth ¥700,000 (6,700 USD) Diploma
Sixth ¥600,000 (5,700 USD) Diploma

[edit] Prize winners

[edit] 2001

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Mengla Huang Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Second Svetlin Roussev Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Third Mi Sa Yang Flag of South Korea South Korea
Fourth Yukiko Ishibashi Flag of Japan Japan
Fifth Rintaro Omiya Flag of South Korea South Korea
Sixth Kei Shirai Flag of Japan Japan
Piano First Giuseppe Andaloro Flag of Italy Italy
Second Jin Sang Lee Flag of South Korea South Korea
Third Yu Jia Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Fourth Daria Rabotkina Flag of Russia Russia
Fifth Roberto Plano Flag of Italy Italy
Sixth Amir Tebenikhin Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

[edit] 2004

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Saeka Matsuyama Flag of Japan Japan
Second Maksim Brylinskiy Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Third Dan Zhu Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Fourth Andreas Janke Flag of Japan Japan
Fifth Valya Dervenska Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Sixth Yuki Manuela Janke Flag of Japan Japan
Piano First Xiaotang Tan Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Second Masataka Takada Flag of Japan Japan
Third Michael Namirovsky Flag of Israel Israel
Fourth Elizaveta Dmitrieva Flag of Russia Russia
Fifth Sean Kennard Flag of the United States USA
Sixth Florence Boissolle Flag of France France

[edit] 2007

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Alena Baeva Flag of Russia Russia
Second Erin Keefe Flag of the United States USA
Third A-Rah Shin Flag of South Korea South Korea
Fourth Andrey Baranov Flag of Russia Russia
Fifth Sayaka Chiba Flag of Japan Japan
Sixth Haurka Nagao Flag of Japan Japan
Piano First Yuya Tsuda Flag of Japan Japan
Second Yi-Chih Lu Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan
Third Oxana Shevchenko Flag of Russia Russia
Fourth Ilya Ovchinnikov Flag of Russia Russia
Fifth Ka-Ling Colleen Lee Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Sixth Vyacheslav Gryaznov Flag of Russia Russia

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Organization : Sendai International Music Competition. www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ Japan: Sendai City Youth Cultural Centre. www.culturalprofiles.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  3. ^ Organization : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 2 (Purpose). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  4. ^ Introduction: Sendai International Music Competition. www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  5. ^ Sendai International Music Competition. www.fmcim.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  6. ^ Sendai International Music Competition. www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  7. ^ Japan: Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. www.culturalprofiles.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  8. ^ Sendai International Music Competition. www.city.sendai.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  9. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 5 (Structure, Section, Venue and Period). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  10. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 10 (Preliminary Selection). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  11. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 12 (Screening Audition Performance). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  12. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 17 (Competition Judgment). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  13. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 16 (Competition Performance). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  14. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 21 (Decision of Prizewinners). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  15. ^ Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 22 (Commendations). www.simc.jp. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.

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