The 5th SIMC Piano Section
Schedule
| Preliminary Selection | January 3 – 7, 2013 |
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| Elimination Round | Sunday, June 16 – Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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| Semifinal Round | Saturday, June 22 – Monday, June 24, 2013 |
| Final Round | Friday, June 28 – Saturday, June 29, 2013 |
| Prizewinners’ Gala Concert | Sunday, June 30, 2013 |
Prizewinners & Prizes
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1st Prize JPY 3,000,000 ; Gold Medal ; Diploma |
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SUNWOO Yekwon (Korea)
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2nd Prize JPY 2,000,000 ; Silver Medal ; Diploma |
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Hans Hyung-Min SUH (Korea)
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3rd Prize JPY 1,000,000 ; Bronze Medal ; Diploma |
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Artem YASYNSKYY (Ukraine)
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4th Prize JPY 800,000 ; Diploma |
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Sun-A PARK (U.S.A.)
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5th Prize JPY 700,000 ; Diploma |
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KATADA Airi (Japan)
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6th Prize JPY 600,000 ; Diploma |
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HONG Jihwan (Korea)
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Special Jury Prize JPY500,000 ; Diploma |
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Awarded for his demonstration of an exceptional talent to below Contestant who was younger than 20 years of age,and who participated in the Semifainal Round but failed to qualify for the Final Round. WU Yuchong (China) |
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Audience Prize JPY50,000 ; Diploma |
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Awarded to contestants most voted by the audience each day of the Semifinal Round. June 22 HAMANO Yoshio (Japan) |
Jury
| Chairperson | NOJIMA Minoru | Japan |
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| Vice-Chairpersons | UEDA Katsumi | Japan |
| Bernd GOETZKE | Germany | |
| Members | Bruno CANINO | Italy |
| DANG Thai son | Vietnam | |
| Yoheved KAPLINSKY | U.S.A. | |
| Cécile OUSSET | France | |
| Ewa POBLOCKA | Poland | |
| Staffan SCHEJA | Sweden | |
| SHIN Soojung | Korea | |
| Elisso VIRSALADZE | Russia |
Repertoire
1. Preliminary Selection
The Applicant must record his or her performance of all pieces listed below (①②③④) on a DVD(DVD-Video format*).
①J.S. Bach : One piece (Prelude and Fugue) from the BookⅠor BookⅡof The Well-Tempered Clavier
②One piece from the piano sonatas by Haydn, or by Mozart, or Beethoven (all movements)
③Chopin : One piece from Etudes op.10 or Etudes op.25
④Solo piece(s) of the Applicant’s choice
2. Elimination Round
The Contestant shall perform a recital program which consists of any solo pieces selected freely by the Contestant, with a total performance duration that exceeds 30 minutes but does not exceed 35 minutes. However, the program must include one piece or more which last(s) 10 minutes or more in total from the works of the composers listed below.
J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms
3. Semifinal Round
The Contestant shall select one piece from the list below and perform all the movements.
| Mozart | Piano Concerto in D minor, K466 (Bärenreiter edition) |
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| Piano Concerto in C major, K467 (Bärenreiter edition) | |
| Piano Concerto in E flat major, K482 (Bärenreiter edition) | |
| Piano Concerto in C minor, K491 (Bärenreiter edition) | |
| Piano Concerto in C major, K503 (Bärenreiter edition) | |
| Piano Concerto in B flat major, K595 (Bärenreiter edition) | |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15 |
| Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19 |
4. 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 perform 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" |
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| Chopin | Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11 Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 |
| Mendelssohn | Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25 |
| 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 |
| Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16 |
| Saint-Saëns | Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22 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 |
| Ravel | Piano Concerto in G |
| Bartók | Piano Concerto No.3, Sz119 |
| Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16 Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26 |
Contestants
| No | Name | Country Region | Prize |
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| 1 | Maulen ALIMBAYEV | Kazakhstan | |
| 2 | CHEN Han | Taiwan | Semifinalist |
| 3 | Regina CHERNYCHKO | Ukraine | Semifinalist |
| 4 | CHO Sung-Soo | Korea | |
| 5 | CHOI Heewon | Korea | |
| 6 | Maxwell FOSTER | Australia | |
| 7 | GOTO Eri | Japan | |
| 8 | James GUAN | Australia | |
| 9 | HAMANO Yoshio | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 10 | HONG Jihwan | Korea | 6th Prize |
| 11 | Fantee JONES | U.S.A. | |
| 13 | KATADA Airi | Japan | 5th Prize |
| 14 | KIM Ji-Young | Korea | |
| 15 | KOJIMA Kenichiro | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 16 | LEE Junyeong | Korea | |
| 17 | LIN Kuanting | Taiwan | |
| 18 | LU Chenna | China | |
| 19 | MIZUTANI Momoko | Japan | |
| 20 | MOON Jinho | Korea | |
| 21 | NITAHARA Yu | Japan | |
| 22 | NOGAMI Mariko | Japan | |
| 23 | PARK Sangwoo | Korea | |
| 24 | Sun-A PARK | U.S.A. | 4th Prize |
| 25 | Lucas PORTER | Canada | |
| 26 | SAKATA Tomoki | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 28 | Christopher SCHMITT | U.S.A. | |
| 30 | SUGAWARA Nozomu | Japan | |
| 31 | Hans Hyung-Min SUH | Korea | 2nd Prize |
| 32 | SUNWOO Yekwon | Korea | 1st Prize |
| 33 | Alexey SYCHEV | Russia | |
| 34 | WEI Yun | China | |
| 35 | WON Jong-Ho | Korea | |
| 36 | WON Jaeyeon | Korea | |
| 37 | WU Yuchong | China | Semifinalist |
| 38 | Artem YASYNSKYY | Ukraine | 3rd Prize |
| 39 | ZHU Hao | China | |
| 40 | Nadezda ZINGER | Russia |