Sendai International Music Competition

The 3rd SIMC (2007) | Sendai International Music Competition Official Website

The 3rd SIMC (2007)

Outline

Violin Section Sunday, May 20 – Saturday, June 2, 2007
Piano Section Sunday, June 10 – Saturday, June 23, 2007
Venue Sendai City Youth Cultural Center (3-27-5, Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Japan)
Eligibility Born on or after January 1, 1979 (Open to all nationalities)
Application Deadline Postmarked on or before September 1, 2006
Entry fee JPY10,000
Competition Structure The Competition consists of Elimination, Semifinal and Final Rounds. The Competition is open to the public. A Preliminary Selection based on documents and recordings and the Screening Auditions will be held to decide which contestants qualify for the Competition
Prizes
[1st prize]
Cash prize of JPY 3,000,000; Diploma; Gold Medal;CD Production; Concerts with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra or other major orchestras in Japan; Recitals in Japan
[2nd prize]
Cash prize of JPY 2,000,000: Diploma: Silver Medal
[3rd prize]
Cash prize of JPY 1,000,000: Diploma: Bronze Medal
[4th prize]
Cash prize of JPY 800,000: Diploma
[5th prize]
Cash prize of JPY 700,000: Diploma
[6th prize]
Cash prize of JPY 600,000: Diploma
Managing Committee Chairperson EBISAWA Bin, Director, Young Artists Training Programme of the New National Theatre, Tokyo
Jury Chairpersons SOH Tomotada(Violin Section)/ NOJIMA Minoru(Piano Section)
Orchestra Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Pascal VERROT(Chief Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conductor: Yamashita Kazufumi(Resident Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra)