Sendai International Music Competition
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Awarded forExceptional piano and violin performance
CountryJapan
Presented bySendai International Music Competition
First awarded2001
Last awarded2022
Websitehttps://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  China
First Svetlin Roussev  Bulgaria
Third Mi Sa Yang  South Korea
Fourth Yukiko Ishibashi  Japan
Fifth Rintaro Omiya  South Korea
Sixth Kei Shirai  Japan
Piano First Giuseppe Andaloro  Italy
Second Jin Sang Lee  South Korea
Third Wang Yuja  China
Fourth Daria Rabotkina  Russia
Fifth Roberto Plano  Italy
Sixth Amir Tebenikhin  Kazakhstan

2004

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

2007

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

2010

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Clara-Jumi Kang  Germany/ South Korea
Second Andrey Baranov  Russia
Third Nagao Haruka  Japan
Fourth Kim Bomsori  South Korea
Fifth Kim Dami  South Korea
Sixth Giora Schmidt  USA
Piano First Vadym Kholodenko  Ukraine
Second Maria Masycheva  Russia
Third Marianna Prjevalskaya  Spain
Fourth Sato Hiroo  Japan
Fifth Moon Zheeyoung  South Korea
Sixth Kwan Yi  USA

2013

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Richard Lin  Taiwan
Second Narita Tatsuki  Japan
Third Tomii Chieri  Japan
Fourth Anna Savkina  Russia
Fifth Bomsori Kim  South Korea
Sixth Suliman Tekalli  USA
Piano First Sunwoo Yekwon  South Korea
Second Suh Hyung-Min  South Korea
Third Artem Yasynskyy  Ukraine
Fourth Sun-A Park  USA
Fifth Katada Airi  Japan
Sixth Hong Jihwan  South Korea

2016

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin First Jang Yoojin  South Korea
Second Stephen Kim  USA
Third Aoki Naoka  Japan
Fourth Anna Savkina  Russia
Fifth Meruert Karmenova  Kazakhstan
Sixth Okamoto Seiji  Japan
Piano First Kim Hyun Jung  South Korea
Second Evan Wong  Taiwan
Third Kitabata Yoshito  Japan
Fourth Bruce Xiaoyu Liu  Canada
Fifth Shin Changyong  South Korea
Sixth Sakamoto Aya  Japan

2019

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin
First No Award
Second Shannon Lee  USA
Third Tomotaki Mayu  Japan
Fourth Kitada Chihiro  Japan
Fifth Elias David Moncado  Germany
Sixth Arai Rio  Japan
Sixth Ko Donghwi  South Korea
Piano First Choi Hyounglok  South Korea
Second Baron Fenwick  USA
Third Daria Parkhomenko  Russia
Fourth Sato Motohiro  Japan
Fifth Hirama Kyoshiro  Japan
Sixth Kim Junhyung  South Korea

2022

Category Place Prize winners Country
Violin
First Nakano Lina  Japan
Second Dennis Gasanov  Russia
Second Ma Tianyou  China
Third No Award
Fourth Hong Seonglan  South Korea
Fifth Kitsuwa Miyu  Japan
Sixth Nakamura Yukino  Japan
Piano First Luo Jiaquing  China
Second Jonas Aumiller  Germany
Third Ota Shion  Japan
Fourth Jeonghwan Kim  Germany
Fifth Kim Song Hueon  South Korea
Sixth George Harliono  United Kingdom

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ "Organization : Sendai International Music Competition". www.simc.jp. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ "The 6th Sendai International Music Competition". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ^ "General Outline". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Competition Code". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ "History". www.simc.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Concours International de Musique de Sendai". Fédération Mondiale des Concours Internationanux de Musique. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Archive". Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Sendai International Music Competition". www.city.sendai.jp. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Repertoire". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Home". Sendai International Music Competition. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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