The 1st SIMC Piano Section
Schedule
| Preliminary Selection | October 25, 2000 |
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| Screening Auditions |
January 6 – 7,2001 Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris) |
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| Elimination Round | Saturday, May 26 – Tuesday, May 29, 2001 |
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| Semifinal Round | Saturday, June 2 – Monday, June 4, 2001 |
| Final Round | Friday, June 8 – Saturday, June 9, 2001 |
| Prizewinners’ Gala Concert | Thursday, July 5 – Friday, July 6, 2001 |
Prizewinners & Prizes
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1st Prize JPY 3,000,000 ; Gold Medal ; Diploma |
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Giuseppe ANDALORO (Italy)
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2nd Prize JPY 2,000,000 ; Silver Medal ; Diploma |
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LEE Jinsang (Korea)
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3rd Prize JPY 1000,000 ; Bronze Medal ; Diploma |
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WANG Yuja (China)
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4th Prize JPY 800,000 ; Diploma |
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Daria RABOTKINA (Russia)
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5th Prize JPY 650,000 ; Diploma |
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Roberto PLANO (Italy)
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5th Prize JPY 650,000 ; Diploma |
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Amir TEBENIKHIN (Kazakhstan)
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Special Jury Prize JPY500,000 |
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Awarded to an especially superior finalist of less than 20 years in age. WANG Yuja (China) |
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Alliance Francaise de Sendai Prize |
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Awarded to the 1st prize winner of the piano section. Giuseppe ANDALORO (Italy) |
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The Aliance Francaise de Sendai • Cogema Japan Prize JPY250,000 |
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Awarded to a contestant who performed a piece by a French composer exceptionally well. Giuseppe ANDALORO (Italy) |
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Audience Prize JPY50,000 ; Diploma |
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Awarded to performers most voted by the audience each day of the semifinal round. June 2 Amir TEBENIKHIN (Kazakhstan) |
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Jury
| Chairperson | NOJIMA Minoru | Japan |
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| Vice-Chairpersons | Martin CANIN | U.S.A. |
| Mikhail VOSKRESENSKY | Russia | |
| Members | Willem BRONS | Netherlands |
| Klaus HELLWIG | Germany | |
| KOYAMA Michie | Japan | |
| NERIKI Shigeo | Japan | |
| Ferenc RADOS | Hungary | |
| Claude Samuel | France | |
| SHIN Soo-Jung | Korea | |
| YANG Jun | China |
Repertoire
1. Preliminary Selection
Applicants should make at least a 15-minute recording of solo pieces of their choice on cassette tape, MD (mini disc) or DAT (digital audio tape).
2. Screening Auditions
Participants in the screening auditions should perform the 1st movement of a concerto of their choice with piano accompaniment. The performance duration should be approximately 15 minutes, including cadenza.
They may perform the piece selected for the semifinal and final rounds, but they may not select the piece to be performed in the eliminatory round.
3. Elimination Round
Both items (1) and (2) must be performed.
(1)
| Mozart | Piano Concerto in A major, K.414 1st movement (with cadenza) (Bärenreiter edition) |
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(2) shall be at least one piece from both A and B, to be performed within a total time frame of 15 to 20 minutes.
A
| Chopin | 12 Etudes op.10 (except No. 3 and No. 6) 12 Etudes op.25 (except No. 7) |
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B
| Liszt | “Etudes d’ execution transcendante”S139 (except No. 3 and No. 11) “Grosse Etuden von Paganini” S141 |
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| 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) |
4. Semifinal Round
One piece shall be selected from those listed below and played with the accompaniment of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra.
| Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op.16 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op.26 |
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| Ravel | Piano Concerto in G |
| Bartók | Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz.119 |
| Barber | Piano Concerto op.38 |
5. Final Round
Contestants should select two pieces from those listed below. After the semifinal has ended, the Chairman of the Managing Committee will designate one piece from the selected two pieces, and the contestant will play the piece with the accompaniment of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra.
| 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. 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 |
| R. Strauss | “Burleske” in D minor, AV. 85 |
| Scriabin | Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20 |
| 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 |
Contestants
| No | Name | Country Region | Prize |
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| 1 | Giuseppe ANDALORO | Italy | 1st Prize |
| 2 | AOKI Miki | Japan | |
| 3 | ARIMA Midori | Japan | |
| 4 | CHAN Wen-Yin | Taiwan | |
| 5 | Bobby CHEN | Malaysia | |
| 6 | CHEN I-chen | Taiwan | |
| 7 | Iulia Maria DOBRESCU | Romania | |
| 8 | Jean Michel DUBÉ | France | Semifinalist |
| 9 | Razvan-Costin FILIPOIU | Romania | |
| 10 | Anna GETMANOVA | Belarus | |
| 13 | Hsing-Ay HSU | U.S.A. | |
| 14 | IMAI Ayako | Japan | |
| 15 | IMAMURA Aki | Japan | |
| 16 | KANEHIRA Taisuke | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 17 | Dimitris KARYDIS | Greece | |
| 18 | KIM Yoon-Jee | Korea | |
| 19 | LEE Jin Sang | Korea | 2nd Prize |
| 20 | LU Yi-Chih | Taiwan | Semifinalist |
| 21 | Alicia MARTINEZ | Venezuela | |
| 22 | MATSUMOTO Sayaka | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 23 | Mikko MERJANEN | Finland | Semifinalist |
| 24 | NAKAGAWA Yoshihiko | Japan | |
| 25 | NARUSHIMA Shiho | Japan | |
| 26 | Alexei PETROV | Russia | |
| 27 | Roberto PLANO | Italy | 5th Prize |
| 28 | Daria RABOTKINA | Russia | 4th Prize |
| 29 | SAKAI Masayo | Japan | |
| 30 | SHIN Jung-Woon | Korea | |
| 31 | SUGIURA Nariaki | Japan | |
| 32 | SUN Mei-Ting | China | Semifinalist |
| 33 | Emmanuelle SWIERCZ | France | |
| 34 | Amir TEBENIKHIN | Kazakhstan | 5th Prize |
| 35 | TSUCHIDA Sadakatsu | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 37 | WANG Yu Jia | China | 3rd Prize |
| 38 | WEN Yi Hong | China | |
| 39 | XU Chen Xin | China | |
| 40 | YAJIMA Aiko | Japan | Semifinalist |
| 41 | Aleksander YAKOVLEV | Russia | Semifinalist |
| 42 | ZHAO Dizhou | China |