The 2nd SIMC Piano Section

Preliminary Selection	September 29, 2003

Screening Auditions	November 29, 2003　Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris) December 2, 2003　Vienna (Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien) December 5, 2003　Shanghai (Shanghai Conservatory of Music) December 13 – 14, 2003　Sendai (Sendai City Youth Cultural Center) January 8, 2004　New York (The Juilliard School)

Elimination Round	Saturday, June 5 – Monday, June 7, 2004
Semifinal Round	Friday, June 11 – Sunday, June 13, 2004
Final Round	Thursday, June 17 – Friday, June 18, 2004
Prizewinners’ Gala Concert	Saturday, June 19, 2004

1st Prize JPY 3,000,000 ; Gold Medal ; Diploma
	TAN Xiaotang (China) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.26 Final Round Tchaikovsky / Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op.23
2nd Prize JPY 2,000,000 ; Silver Medal ; Diploma
	TAKADA Masataka (Japan) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.26 Final Round Liszt / Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
3rd Prize JPY 1,000,000 ; Bronze Medal ; Diploma
	Michael NAMIROVSKY (Israel) Semifinal Round Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Final Round Brahms / Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op.15
4th Prize JPY 800,000 ; Diploma
	Elizaveta DMITRIEVA(Russia) Semifinal Round Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Final Round Chopin / Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op.21
5th Prize JPY 700,000 ; Diploma
	Sean KENNARD (U.S.A.) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.26 Final Round Tchaikovsky / Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op.23
6th Prize JPY 600,000 ; Diploma
	Florence BOISSOLLE (France) Semifinal Round Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Final Round Chopin / Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op.11

The French Ambassador to Japan Prize
Opportunity to perform at the residence of the French Ambassador to Japan. TAN Xiaotang (China)
Audience Prize JPY50,000 ; Diploma
Awarded to contestants most voted by the audiences each day of the Semifinal Round. June 11 Sean KENNARD (U.S.A.) June 12 TSUDA Yuya (Japan) June 13 TAN Xiaotang (China)

Chairperson	NOJIMA Minoru	Japan
Vice-Chairpersons	UEDA Katsumi	Japan
	Peter RÖSEL	Germany
Members	Edward AUER	U.S.A.
	KOYAMA Michie	Japan
	NÁDOR György	Hungary
	Cécile OUSSET	France
	Claude SAMUEL	France
	SHIN Soo-Jung	Korea
	Elisso VIRSALADZE	Russia
	YANG Jun	China

1. Preliminary Selection

The applicant must record his/her performance of solopieces of his/her choice on a tape, etc. (cassette tape, MD, CD, or DAT) for at least 15 minutes.

2. Screening Auditions

The participant shall perform the first movement of a concerto of his/her choice with piano accompaniment.

3. Elimination Round

The contestant shall perform both (1) and (2) below. The total performance duration shall be no longer than 20 minutes.

(1)

Mozart	Piano Concerto in C major, K415 (387b), 1st movement with Cadenza by Mozart

(2) The contestant shall select one or more pieces each from lists A and B, and perform them.

A

Chopin	12 Etudes op.10 (except No. 3 and No. 6)
	12 Etudes op.25 (except No. 7)

B

Liszt	“Etudes d’ exécution transcendante”S139 (except No. 3 and No. 11)
	“Grandes Etudes de Paganini” S141
Scriabin	12 Etudes op.8 (except No. 8 and No. 11)
	8 Etudes op.42 (except No. 4)
Debussy	12 Etudes
Rachmaninov	“Etudes-tableaux” op.39 (except No. 2 and No. 7)
	“Etudes-tableaux” op.33 (except No. 3 and No. 8 in G minor)

4. Semifinal Round

The contestant shall select one of the following and perform all the movements.

Prokofiev	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op.16
	Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.26
Ravel	Piano Concerto in G
Bartók	Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz119

5. Final Round

The contestant shall select two from the list below. After the Semifinal Round, the Chairperson of the Managing Committee shall designate one piece from the selected two, and the contestant shall perform all the movements of the piece thus selected.

Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op.37
	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op.58
	Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op.73 “Emperor”
Chopin	Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op.11
	Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op.21
Liszt	Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
	Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
Schumann	Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Brahms	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op.15
	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, op.83
Saint-Saëns	Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op.22
	Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, op.44
	Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, op.103 “Egyptique”
Tchaikovsky	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op.23
Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op.18
	Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op.30
	Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, op.43

No	Name	Country Region	Prize
1	ABE Shoko	Japan
2	Jun ASAI	U.S.A.
3	Carlos AVILA	U.S.A.
4	Florence BOISSOLLE	France	6th Prize
5	Vadimas CHAIMOVIČIUS	Lithuania
6	CHEN Lin	China
7	Elizaveta DMITRIEVA	Russia	4th Prize
8	Ciro FODERE	Italy
9	HAMAMOTO Ai	Japan
10	IFUKU Kentaro	Japan	Semifinalist
11	IRIE Kazuo	Japan
12	ISHII Rie	Japan
15	Sean KENNARD	U.S.A.	5th Prize
16	KIKUCHI Yusuke	Japan	Semifinalist
17	KOCSIS Krisztián	Hungary
18	LEE Mi-Yeon	Korea
19	Delphine LIZÉ	France
20	Václav MÁCHA	Czech
21	William McNALLY	U.S.A.
22	Michael NAMIROVSKY	Israel	3rd Prize
23	Stefanos NASOS	Greece
24	NEZU Rieko	Japan
25	OKAMOTO Mako	Japan	Semifinalist
26	OKUYAMA Rina	Japan
27	Toms OSTROVSKIS	Latvia
28	Madalina PASOL de MARTIN	Romania
29	SANO Takaya	Japan
30	Anastasiia SEIFETDINOVA	Ukraine/Germany
31	SU Li-Chun	Taiwan
32	TAKADA Masataka	Japan	2nd Prize
33	TAN Xiao Tang	China	1st Prize
34	TOMARI Mamiko	Japan	Semifinalist
35	TÓTH Péter	Hungary	Semifinalist
36	TSUDA Yuya	Japan	Semifinalist
37	WANG Jue	China
38	ZUO Zhang	China