The 3rd SIMC Piano Section

Preliminary Selection	September 30, October 1,2006

Screening Auditions

December 1, 2006　Vienna (Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien) December 3, 2006　Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris) December 5, 2006　Moscow (Moscow P.I Tchaikovsky Conservatory) December 8, 2006　Shanghai (Shanghai Conservatory of Music) December 18 – 19, 2006　Sendai (Sendai City Youth Cultural Center) January 8, 2007　New York (The Juilliard School)

Elimination Round	Sunday, June 10 – Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Semifinal Round	Saturday, June 16 – Monday, June 18, 2007
Final Round	Friday, June 22 – Saturday, June 23, 2007
Prizewinners’ Gala Concert	Sunday, June 24, 2007

1st Prize JPY 3,000,000 ; Gold Medal ; Diploma
	TSUDA Yuya (Japan) Semifinal Round Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Final Round Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
2nd Prize JPY 2,000,000 ; Silver Medal ; Diploma
	LU Yi-Chih (Taiwan) Semifinal Round Bartók / Piano Concerto No.3, Sz119 Final Round Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
3rd Prize JPY 1,000,000 ; Bronze Medal ; Diploma
	Oxana SHEVCHENKO (Russia) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16 Final Round Brahms / Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
4th Prize JPY 800,000 ; Diploma
	Ilya OVCHINNIKOV (Russia) 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
5th Prize JPY 700,000 ; Diploma
	LEE Ka-Ling Colleen (China) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26 Final Round Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
6th Prize JPY 600,000 ; Diploma
	Vyacheslav GRYAZNOV (Russia) Semifinal Round Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Final Round Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58

The French Ambassador to Japan Prize
Opportunity to perform at the residences of the French Ambassador to Japan TSUDA Yuya (Japan)
Audience Prize JPY50,000 ; Diploma
Awarded to performers most voted by the audience each day of the semifinal round. June 16  Alexander OSMININ (Russia) June 17 Oxana SHEVCHENKO (Russia) June 18 TSUDA Yuya (Japan)

Chairperson	NOJIMA Minoru	Japan
Vice-Chairpersons	UEDA Katsumi	Japan
	Peter RÖSEL	Germany
Members	Willem BRONS	Netherlands
	KIM Daejin	Korea
	KOYAMA Michie	Japan
	Dominique MERLET	France
	Cécile OUSSET	France
	Elisso VIRSALADZE	Russia
	Oxana YABLONSKAYA	U.S.A.
	ZHOU Guangren	China

1. Preliminary Selection

The applicant must record at least 15 minutes of his or her performance of solo piece(s) of his or her choice on a CD/MD/DAT/cassette tape.

2. Screening Auditions

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

3. Elimination Round

The contestant shall perform both (1) and (2) below. The total performance duration shall not exceed 20 minutes.

(1)

Mozart	Piano Concerto in E flat major, K449, 2nd and 3rd movements

(2)The contestant shall select two pieces from the list below, and perform them.

Chopin	Etudes op.10 (except No.3 and No.6) Etudes op.25 (except No.5, No.7, No.10 and No.11)

4. Semifinal Round

The contestant shall select one piece from the list below 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 pieces from the list below. After the Semifinal Round, the Chairperson of the Managing Committee will select one of those two pieces, and the contestant will play all the movements of this piece.

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
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	Angelo ARCIGLIONE	Italy
2	Esther BIRRINGER	Germany	Semifinalist
3	BORBÉLY László	Hungary
4	CHEN Moye	China
5	DÁNYI Árpád	Hungary
6	Tanya GABRIELIAN	U.S.A.
7	GONG Jing	China
8	Vyacheslav GRYAZNOV	Russia	6th Prize
9	Cyril GUILLOTIN	France
10	Christopher GUZMAN	U.S.A.
11	HAO Duanduan	China
12	HSU Brian	Taiwan	Semifinalist
13	INUGAI Shinnosuke	Japan
14	IRIE Kazuo	Japan
15	KAMINO Chie	Japan
16	KANEKO Jun	Japan
17	Alexander KARPEYEV	Russia
19	LEE Ka-Ling Colleen	China	5th Prize
20	LU Yi-Chih	Taiwan	2nd Prize
21	MAEDA Takuro	Japan
22	MINE Maiko	Japan
23	Olga MONAKH	Ukraine
24	MURATA Koki	Japan
25	NAGASE Yoshihiro	Japan	Semifinalist
26	Sandra NAM	U.S.A.
27	Alexander OSMININ	Russia	Semifinalist
28	Ilya OVCHINNIKOV	Russia	4th Prize
30	SANO Takaya	Japan
31	Nina SARAPYAN	Armenia/Russia
33	Anna SHAKINA	Russia
34	Oxana SHEVCHENKO	Russia	3rd Prize
35	SHI Jia	China
36	SHIMANUKI Megumi	Japan	Semifinalist
37	SUNAMURA Yuki	Japan
38	Shorena TSINTSABADZE	Georgia/Russia
39	TSUDA Yuya	Japan	1st Prize
40	Hsiang TU	U.S.A.