• Chairman
  The Governor of the Prefecture of Chiba
  
  
• Vice-Chairman
  The Mayor of Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Futtsu and Sodegaura
  
  
• Members
  

  SUDO Toshiyuki	Chairman, Chiba Cultural Foundation
  OKODA Kazutomo	Chairman, Chiba Conference of Art and Culture
  HATSUTANI Mikio	Chairman, Kisarazu Municipal Board of Education
  MOTOYOSHI Sadao	Chairman, KImitsu Municipal Board of Education
  WATANABE Takashi	Chairman, Futtsu Municipal Board of Education
  KAWASHIMA Satoru	Chairman, Sodegaura Municipal Board of Education
  HIRANO Kinji	Chairman, Liaison Council of Kimitsu Local Cultural Association
  MIYOSHI Akira	Composer, Member of Japan Academy of Art
  MOMOSE Takashi	Music Critic, Chairman of Competition Jury
  AIHARA Shigeo	President, Kazusa Academia Park Corp.
  AOKI Kazuyoshi	Chairman, Meeting of Kazusa Ongaku no Mori
  SHIGETA Hidekazu	Chairman, Kazusa Chamber of Youth

• Competition Jury

• Director of Music

  MIYOSHI Akira

  Composer / Member of Japan Academy of Art

  
  
• Chairman

  MOMOSE Takashi

  Music Critic / Lecturer of Nihon University

  
  
• Members

  UEDA Katsumi	Pianist / Academic Dean of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
  SAKO Akiyoshi	Pianist / Professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music / Lecturer of Tokyo College of Music
  HARIMOTO Emiko	Pianist / Professor of Tokyo College of Music, Executive Board (Mieko) Member of All Japan Teachers’ Association
  YASUI Koichi	Pianist / Professor of Kunitachi College of Music
  YAMASHITA Kazuhumi	Conductor / Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Emeritus Conductor of the College Opera House Orchestra
  YAMADA Fujiko	Pianist / Professor of Toho University of Music

• Eligibility
This competition is open to candidates of all nationalities those who were born during July 5 1978 – July 4 1994.

• Application Method
Fill in the application form and send it to the office of KAZUSA AKADEMIA MUSIC COMPETITION by a registered mail. Participation fee must be remitted to the bank account shown below.
Remittance account: Chiba Bank, Ltd. Kisarazu Branch
Ordinary Account No. 3177354
Kazusa Akademia Ongaku Konkuru Jikko Iinkai

• Application Deadline
Application form must be delivered at our office during April 15 - April 30, 2009

• Numerical Limit
Supposed number of contestants will be around 70. In the case of too many applicants, the 70 applicants who have earlier postmark will be accepted. (The results will be informed to the applicants until May 20, 2009)

• Participation Fee
30.000 yen should be remitted until April 30, 2009.
(The participation fee will not be refunded after April 30, 2009.)

• Address for Application
Office of KAZUSA AKADEMIA MUSIC COMPETITION
In KAZUSA AKADEMIA HALL
2-3-9 Kazusakamatari, Kisarazu City, Chiba, Japan, 〒292-0818
tel. (81)38-20-5555
fax.(81)38-20-5139
e-mail: p-con1@kap.co.jp
http: //www. kap.co.jp/kazusa/piano

• Prizes

• Announcement
The result will be announced in a notice board at KAZUSA AKADEMIA HALL. (The result of the elimination round can be informed by facsimile or e-mail at the contestants’ requests)

• Judgment
The competition jury shall conduct the judgment according to the judgment code of KAZUSA AKADEMIA MUSIC COMPETITION. The Executive Committee will decide the schedule and order of performance. All performances will be open to the public. The evaluation will be noticed after the final round only when a contestant requests.

• Copyright and Related Rights
Copyrights of all performances held by the contestants during the competition and related concerts including broadcasting, audiovisual recording, publishing rights and portrait rights etc. should belong to the KAZUSA AKADEMIA MUSIC COMPETITION Organizing Committee.

• Travel Expenses
The expense for transportation and accommodation of any contestants shall be borne by the contestants.

• Recital for Prizewinner
The prizewinners of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will have the opportunity to have a recital.

• Repertoire

• Eliminatory Round
  
  Etude：Both (1) and (2) must be performed within a total time frame of 6 to 7 minutes.
  
  (1) Compulsory: Chopin
  Any piece shall be selected from Nos.10 or 25 (except Nos. 10-3, 10-6, 10-9, 25-7)
  
  (2) Free: One piece of etude shall be selected from those listed below.
  Liszt
  Debussy
  Scriabin
  Rakhmaninov
  Bartók
  Stravinsky
  Szymanowsky
  Prokofieff
  Shostakovich
  Ligeti
  
  
• Semifinal Round
  
  The performance should be about 15 minutes, not longer than 17 minutes.
  
  (1) J. S. Bach Any “Prelude” or “Fugue” from The Well-tempered Clavier ⅠandⅡ.
  (2) Free
  
  
• Final Round：The performance should be about 35-40 minutes.
  
  Free
  Contestants must perform the works of classical and romantic school for semifinal and final round, however, the both pieces must not be performed at the same round.
  
  †Notes:
  1. All performance shall be performed from memory.
  2. Contestants can decide the order of the performance.
  3. All pieces should be published. Pieces that include inside-the-piano-playing must not be selected.
  4. When a contestant plays Sonata, s/he can choose one movement of sonata.
  5. If a contestant plays for more than the regulated time frame, the competition jury might stop his/her play during the performance.
  6. The pieces performed at the elimination round, the semifinal round and the final round must be different.
  7. The order of the semifinal round will be informed after the elimination round.
  8. Contestants can change his/her repertoire only when he/she inform it in a written document to the office at least one month earlier than the competition.
  9. If a contestant withdraws from the competition, he/she must inform it to the office immediately.
  

• Prizewinner

• The 1st Competition
  The 1st place TAKAHASHI Serika
  The 2nd place YOKOYAMA Ayumi
  The 3rd place SUEKI Hiromi
  The special prize TAKAHASHI Serika, YOKOYAMA Ayumi
  
  
• The 2nd Competition
  The 1st place ITO Nobue
  The 2nd place WAKIOKA Yohei
  The 3rd place SAKANO Itoko
  The incentive prize IZUMI Yurino
  
  
• The 3rd Competition
  The 1st place ARAI keish
  The 2nd place MAEDA katsunori
  The 3rd place KIMURA Fumiko
  
  
• The 4rd Competition
  The 1st place KAWAMURA Fumio
  The 2nd place SATO Keina
  The 3rd place HUKUTOMI Ayako / SUZUKI Kenta
  
  
• The 5rd Competition
  The 1st place  HIRAMATU Yuho
  The 2nd place MATSUO Takeru
  The 3rd place KATO Romi
  
  
• The 6rd Competition
  The 1st place RUIKE Yui
  The 2nd place HUJITA Nao
  The 3rd place MISAKI Kiyomi
  

• Application Form
The 7th KAZUSA MUSIC COMPETITION

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