The 3rd SIMC Violin Section

Preliminary Selection	September 23 – 24,2006

Screening Auditions

November 30, 2006　Vienna (Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien) December 2, 2006　Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris) December 4, 2006　Moscow (Moscow P.I Tchaikovsky Conservatory) December 7, 2006　Shanghai (Shanghai Conservatory of Music) December 16 – 17, 2006　Sendai (Sendai City Youth Cultural Center) January 9, 2007　New York (The Juilliard School)

Elimination Round	Sunday, May 20 – Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Semifinal Round	Saturday, May 26 – Monday, May 28, 2007
Final Round	Friday, June 1 – Saturday, June 2, 2007
Prizewinners’ Gala Concert	Sunday, June 3, 2007

1st Prize JPY 3,000,000 ; Gold Medal ; Diploma
	Alena BAEVA (Russia) Semifinal Round Bartók / Violin Concerto No.2, Sz112 Final Round Tchaikovsky / Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
2nd Prize JPY 2,000,000 ; Silver Medal ; Diploma
	Erin KEEFE (U.S.A.) Semifinal Round Bartók / Violin Concerto No.2, Sz112 Final Round Saint-Saëns / Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
3rd Prize JPY 1,000,000 ; Bronze Medal ; Diploma
	SHIN A-Rah (Korea) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63 Final Round Tchaikovsky / Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
4th Prize JPY 800,000 ; Diploma
	Andrey BARANOV (Russia) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63 Final Round Tchaikovsky / Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
5th Prize JPY 700,000 ; Diploma
	CHIBA Sayaka (Japan) Semifinal Round Prokofiev / Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63 Final Round Dvořák / Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
6th Prize JPY 600,000 ; Diploma
	NAGAO Haruka (Japan) Semifinal Round Bartók / Violin Concerto No.2, Sz112 Final Round Mendelssohn / Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Audience Prize JPY50,000 ; Diploma
Awarded to performers most voted by the audiences each day of the semifinal round. May 26 NAGAO Haruka (Japan) May 27 Alena BAEVA (Russia) May 28 Erin KEEFE (U.S.A.)

Chairperson	SOH Tomotada	Japan
Vice-Chairpersons	OKAYAMA Kiyoshi	Japan
	Gérard POULET	France
Members	Daniel GAEDE	Germany
	HORIGOME Yuzuko	Japan
	Lewis KAPLAN	U.S.A.
	KIM Namyun	Korea
	Konstanty KULKA	Poland
	Victor PIKAYZEN	Russia
	Arve TELLEFSEN	Norway
	YU Lina	China

1. Preliminary Selection

The applicant must record his or her performance of both (1) and (2) on a CD/MD/DAT/cassette tape.

(1)

J.S. Bach	Partita No.3 in E major for violin solo, BWV1006: Preludio (Prelude)

(2) Select one piece from the list below.

Wieniawski	Polonaise Brillante No.1 in D major, op.4 Polonaise Brillante No.2 in A major, op.21
Tchaikovsky	Valse-Scherzo, op.34
Ysaÿe	Caprice after a study in form of a waltz (op.52-6) by Saint-Saëns
Sarasate	Carmen Fantasy, op.25
Waxman	Carmen Fantasy
Saint-Saëns	Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op.28
Paganini	Violin Concerto No.2 in Bminor, op.7, 3rd movement “La Campanella”

2. Screening Auditions

The participant shall select one piece from the list below and perform all the movements (including the cadenza) with piano accompaniment.

Mozart	Violin Concerto in G major, K216 (Bärenreiter edition) Violin Concerto in D major, K218 (Bärenreiter edition) Violin Concerto in A major, K219 (Bärenreiter edition)

3. Elimination Round

The contestant shall perform the piece specified below.

Schubert	Rondo in A major, D438 (for violin and strings)

4. Semifinal Round

The contestant shall select one piece from the list below and perform all the movements.

Bartók	Violin Concerto No.2, Sz112
Prokofiev	Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
Berg	Violin Concerto
Stravinsky	Violin Concerto in D

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.

Paganini	Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6
	Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor, op.7
Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Wieniawski	Violin Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Schumann	Violin Concerto in D minor
Vieuxtemps	Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, op.37
Lalo	"Symphonie Espagnole" in D minor, op.21
Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Saint-Saëns	Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Dvořák	Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Sibelius	Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Glazunov	Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82

No	Name	Country Region	Prize
1	ARAI Momoko	Japan
2	Alena BAEVA	Russia	1st Prize
3	Andrey BARANOV	Russia	4th Prize
4	Lea BIRRINGER	Germany
6	CHIBA Sakura	Japan
7	CHIBA Sayaka	Japan	5th Prize
8	Hannah CHOI	U.S.A.	Semifinalist
9	Aleksandra FEDOTOVA	Russia
10	HAYASHI Yusuke	Japan
11	HONDA Samika	Japan
12	IIJIMA Tadasuke	Japan
13	ISHIBASHI Hayato	Japan
14	Jason ISSOKSON	U.S.A.
15	IWAKI Fuyu	Japan
17	KAWAMATA Aska	Japan	Semifinalist
18	Erin KEEFE	U.S.A.	2nd Prize
19	KIYONAGA Aya	Japan	Semifinalist
20	Maxim KOSINOV	Russia
21	Yevgeniy KOSTRYTSKYY	Ukraine
22	Dmitry LUKIN	Russia
23	Maria MACHOWSKA	Poland
24	Svetlana MAKAROVA	Russia
25	Sergey MALOV	Russia
26	Tomer MARCUS	Israel
27	Pedro MEIRELES	Portugal
28	MORIYA Tsuyoshi	Japan
29	NAGAO Haruka	Japan	6th Prize
30	SHIN A-Rah	Korea	3rd Prize
31	Kinneret SIERADZKI	Israel
32	Vladimir SOLUIANOV	Russia
33	SUH Minjeong	Korea	Semifinalist
34	TAKIMURA Eri	Japan
35	Eugen TICHINDELEANU	Romania
36	Gerardo UBAGHS	Spain
37	WANG Zhijiong	China	Semifinalist
38	XU Yang	China
39	YAMADA Asami	Japan
41	YAO Shanshan	China	Semifinalist
42	YODA Masanobu	Japan
43	YOSHIKAWA Kosuke	Japan