Sendai International Music Competition
| Sendai International Music Competition | |
|---|---|
| File:Sendai International Music Competition logo.JPG Sendai International Music Competition logo | |
| Awarded for | Exceptional piano and violin performance |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Sendai International Music Competition |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Website | https://simc.jp/en/ (in English) |
The Sendai International Music Competition is a triennial 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] In the competition there is no overall winner, rather there are six winners each from the violin and piano categories, with the first-placed winners receiving the highest prize. Although the competition is international, most award-winners have been from either Europe or Asia. The first award-winner from outside those continents was American Sean Kennard, who finished fifth in the 2004 competition's piano category.
History
The Sendai International Music Competition is held every three years.[2] at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Centre in Japan.[3] 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".[4] It was established in 2001 to commemorate Sendai City's 400th anniversary,[5] and has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) since 2005.[6] Five competitions have been held, the most recent being in 2013,[7] with the next scheduled to take place on 21 May to 26 June 2016.[6]
Format
The competition consists of four stages: a pre-selection round, followed by a preliminary round, and then the semi-final and the final rounds in which all pieces are performed with an orchestra.[4] The competition is split into two categories: violin and piano.[8] The number of contestants who progress from the preliminary round to the semi-finals cannot exceed 12 and the contestants passing through to the final cannot exceed six.[4] In the preliminary, 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.[9] The judging panel decides the placing of the prizewinners from first through sixth.[4] The prize money is as follows:[4]
| Place | Cash prize | Additional prizes |
|---|---|---|
| First | ¥3,000,000 (~25,000 USD) | Diploma and Gold Medal |
| Second | ¥2,000,000 (~17,000 USD) | Diploma and Silver Medal |
| Third | ¥1,000,000 (~8,500 USD) | Diploma and Bronze Medal |
| Fourth | ¥800,000 (~6,750 USD) | Diploma |
| Fifth | ¥700,000 (~6,000 USD) | Diploma |
| Sixth | ¥600,000 (~5,000 USD) | Diploma |
Winners
The first competition was held in 2001. Chinese Mengla Huang and Bulgarian Svetlin Roussev topped the violin category and the Italian Giuseppe Andaloro took first prize in the piano section. In the second tournament in 2004, Japanese Saeka Matsuyama won the violin part in the final and Xiaotang Tan from China came in first place in the piano category. In the 2007 finals, which contained five Russian contestants, the violin section was topped by Russian Alena Baeva while in the piano category the Japanese Yuya Tsuda came first. The 2010 violin competition was won by the German/South Korean Clara-Jumi Kang, while Vadym Kholodenko of Ukraine won the piano competition. As of 2013 there have been five competitions.[10]
2001
| Category | Place | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Mengla Huang | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| First | Svetlin Roussev | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | |
| Third | Mi Sa Yang | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Fourth | Yukiko Ishibashi | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fifth | Rintaro Omiya | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | Kei Shirai | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Piano | First | Giuseppe Andaloro | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Second | Jin Sang Lee | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Third | Wang Yuja | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| Fourth | Daria Rabotkina | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Roberto Plano | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | |
| Sixth | Amir Tebenikhin | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan |
2004
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Saeka Matsuyama | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| Second | Maksim Brylinskiy | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | |
| Third | Dan Zhu | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| Fourth | Andreas Janke | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fifth | Valya Dervenska | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | |
| Sixth | Yuki Manuela Janke | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Piano | First | Xiaotang Tan | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Second | Masataka Takada | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Third | Michael Namirovsky | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | |
| Fourth | Elizaveta Dmitrieva | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Sean Kennard | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Sixth | Florence Boissolle | File:Flag of France.svg France |
2007
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Alena Baeva | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Second | Erin Keefe | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Third | A-Rah Shin | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Fourth | Andrey Baranov | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Sayaka Chiba | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Sixth | Haurka Nagao | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Piano | First | Yuya Tsuda | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| Second | Yi-Chih Lu | File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan | |
| Third | Oxana Shevchenko | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fourth | Ilya Ovchinnikov | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Ka-Ling Colleen Lee | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | |
| Sixth | Vyacheslav Gryaznov | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
2010
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Clara-Jumi Kang | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany/File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Second | Andrey Baranov | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Third | Nagao Haruka | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Kim Bomsori | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Fifth | Kim Dami | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | Giora Schmidt | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Piano | First | Vadym Kholodenko | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
| Second | Maria Masycheva | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Third | Marianna Prjevalskaya | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | |
| Fourth | Sato Hiroo | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fifth | Moon Zheeyoung | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | Kwan Yi | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA |
2013
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Richard Lin | File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan |
| Second | Narita Tatsuki | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Third | Tomii Chieri | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Anna Savkina | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Bomsori Kim | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | Suliman Tekalli | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Piano | First | Sunwoo Yekwon | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Second | Suh Hyung-Min | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Third | Artem Yasynskyy | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | |
| Fourth | Sun-A Park | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Fifth | Katada Airi | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Sixth | Hong Jihwan | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
2016
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | First | Jang Yoojin | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Second | Stephen Kim | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Third | Aoki Naoka | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Anna Savkina | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fifth | Meruert Karmenova | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| Sixth | Okamoto Seiji | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Piano | First | Kim Hyun Jung | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Second | Evan Wong | File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan | |
| Third | Kitabata Yoshito | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Bruce Xiaoyu Liu | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | |
| Fifth | Shin Changyong | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | Sakamoto Aya | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
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2019
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | |||
| First | No Award | ||
| Second | Shannon Lee | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Third | Tomotaki Mayu | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Kitada Chihiro | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fifth | Elias David Moncado | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | |
| Sixth | Arai Rio | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Sixth | Ko Donghwi | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Piano | First | Choi Hyounglok | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Second | Baron Fenwick | File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | |
| Third | Daria Parkhomenko | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Fourth | Sato Motohiro | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fifth | Hirama Kyoshiro | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Sixth | Kim Junhyung | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
2022
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | |||
| First | Nakano Lina | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Second | Dennis Gasanov | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | |
| Second | Ma Tianyou | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| Third | No Award | ||
| Fourth | Hong Seonglan | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Fifth | Kitsuwa Miyu | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Sixth | Nakamura Yukino | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Piano | First | Luo Jiaquing | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Second | Jonas Aumiller | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | |
| Third | Ota Shion | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| Fourth | Jeonghwan Kim | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | |
| Fifth | Kim Song Hueon | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | |
| Sixth | George Harliono | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
References
General
- 2001 Violin Prize-Winners. Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
- 2001 Piano Prize-Winners. Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
- 2004 Violin Prize-Winners. Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
- 2004 Piano Prize-Winners. Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
- 2007 Prize-Winners. Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
Specific
- ↑ "Organization : Sendai International Music Competition". www.simc.jp. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "The 6th Sendai International Music Competition". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "General Outline". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Competition Code". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "History". www.simc.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Concours International de Musique de Sendai". Fédération Mondiale des Concours Internationanux de Musique. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "Archive". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "Sendai International Music Competition". www.city.sendai.jp. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ↑ "Repertoire". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "Home". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
External links
- Official website (in English)