List of Sendai International Music Competition winners

Infobox award
name = Sendai International Music Competition
current_awards =


imagesize = 300px
caption = Sendai International Music Competition logo
description = Exceptional piano and violin performance
presenter = Sendai International Music Competition
country = flag|Japan
year = 2001
year2 = 2007
website = http://www.simc.jp/index_j.html jp iconThe Sendai International Music Competition is a tri-annual 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. [cite web|url=http://www.simc.jp/org/index_e.html|title=Organization : Sendai International Music Competition|publisher=Sendai International Music Competition|accessdate=2008-05-22] 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.

The competition consists of five stages: preliminary rounds, screening auditions, an elimination round in which the contestants play a concerto with a string quartet or quintet, then the semi-final and the final, where all pieces are performed in the company of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. [cite web|url=http://www.culturalprofiles.net/japan/Units/763.html|title=Japan: Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra|publisher=Cultural Profiles|accessdate=2008-05-23] After the contestants have been placed through the different stages the judges must select six contestants for the final, [cite web|url=http://www.simc.jp/org/regulation_e.html#r03|title=Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 17 (Competition Judgment)|publisher=Sendai International Music Competition|accessdate=2008-05-22] where the positioning of the winners is later decided by the judges, from sixth to first in both categories. [cite web|url=http://www.simc.jp/org/regulation_e.html#r04|title=Competition Code : Sendai International Music Competition - Article 21 (Decision of Prizewinners)|publisher=Sendai International Music Competition|accessdate=2008-05-22]

The first competition was held in 2001. Most of the twelve winners were from Asia, with Chinese Mengla Huang topping the violin category and the Italian Giuseppe Andaloro taking first prize in the piano section. In the second tournament in 2004, the competition received a more worldwide range of winners; contestants coming from Asia, Europe and North America finished in the prize winning places. 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. As of 2007 there have been three competitions with the next to be contested in 2010. [cite web|url=http://www.simc.jp/index_e.html|title=Sendai International Music Competition - Home page|publisher=Sendai International Music Competition|accessdate=2008-06-03]

Prize winners

2001

References

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* [http://www.simc.jp/2001/index_e.html 2001 Violin Prize-Winners] . Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-22
* [http://www.simc.jp/2001/index_p_e.html 2001 Piano Prize-Winners] . Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-22
* [http://www.simc.jp/2004/index_e.html 2004 Violin Prize-Winners] . Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-22
* [http://www.simc.jp/2004/index_p_e.html 2004 Piano Prize-Winners] . Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-22
* [http://www.simc.jp/2007/results/index_e.html 2007 Prize-Winners] . Sendai International Music Competition. Retrieved on 2008-05-22;Specific

External links

* [http://www.simc.jp/index_j.html Official website] jp icon