The 4th SIMC (2010)

Outline

Violin Section	Saturday, May 22 – Sunday, June 6, 2010
Piano Section	Sunday, June 13 – Sunday, June 27, 2010
Venue	Sendai City Youth Cultural Center (3-27-5, Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Pref., Japan)
Eligibility	Born on or after January 1, 1982 (Open to all nationalities)
Application Deadline	Postmarked on or before Thursday, October 1, 2009
Entry fee	JPY10,000
Competition Structure	The Competition consists of Elimination, Semifinal and Final Rounds. 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, Prof. Graduate School of Shobi University
Jury Chairpersons	SOH Tomotada(Violin Section)／ NOJIMA Minoru(Piano Section)
Orchestra	Violin Section Elimination Round The Chamber Orchestra consisting of some members from Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and some members from Yamagata Symphony Orchestra(with conductor) Conductor:OOI Takeshi, KUDO Toshiyuki, FUNABASHI Yousuke , YAMADA Kazuki Semifinal Round and Final Round Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor：Violin Section　Pascal VERROT(Chief Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra) Piano Section　YAMASHITA Kazufumi(Resident Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra)