Sendai International Music Competition

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Sendai International Music Competition
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Sendai International Music Competition logo
Awarded forExceptional piano and violin performance
Country Japan
Presented bySendai International Music Competition
First award2001
Final award2022
Website https://simc.jp/en/ (in English)

The Sendai International Music Competition is a triennial violin and piano music competition held in Sendai, Japan, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai and the Sendai Cultural Foundation. [1] In the competition there is no overall winner, rather there are six winners each from the violin and piano categories, with the first-placed winners receiving the highest prize. Although the competition is international, most award-winners have been from either Europe or Asia. The first award-winner from outside those continents was American Sean Kennard, who finished fifth in the 2004 competition's piano category.

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History

The Sendai International Music Competition is held every three years. [2] at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Centre in Japan. [3] It has the stated purpose of "contributing to the development of world musical culture and the promotion of international cultural exchange through the discovery of young talented musicians". [4] It was established in 2001 to commemorate Sendai City's 400th anniversary, [5] and has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) since 2005. [6] Five competitions have been held, the most recent being in 2013, [7] with the next scheduled to take place on 21 May to 26 June 2016. [6]

Format

The competition consists of four stages: a pre-selection round, followed by a preliminary round, and then the semi-final and the final rounds in which all pieces are performed with an orchestra. [4] The competition is split into two categories: violin and piano. [8] The number of contestants who progress from the preliminary round to the semi-finals cannot exceed 12 and the contestants passing through to the final cannot exceed six. [4] In the preliminary, semi-final, and final stages of the competition the performances are chosen from a predetermined repertoire; the contestants must choose a different piece for each round. [9] The judging panel decides the placing of the prizewinners from first through sixth. [4] The prize money is as follows: [4]

PlaceCash prizeAdditional prizes
First ¥3,000,000 (~25,000 USD)Diploma and Gold Medal
Second ¥2,000,000 (~17,000 USD)Diploma and Silver Medal
Third ¥1,000,000 (~8,500 USD)Diploma and Bronze Medal
Fourth ¥800,000 (~6,750 USD)Diploma
Fifth ¥700,000 (~6,000 USD)Diploma
Sixth ¥600,000 (~5,000 USD)Diploma

Winners

The first competition was held in 2001. Chinese Mengla Huang and Bulgarian Svetlin Roussev topped the violin category and the Italian Giuseppe Andaloro took first prize in the piano section. In the second tournament in 2004, Japanese Saeka Matsuyama won the violin part in the final and Xiaotang Tan from China came in first place in the piano category. In the 2007 finals, which contained five Russian contestants, the violin section was topped by Russian Alena Baeva while in the piano category the Japanese Yuya Tsuda came first. The 2010 violin competition was won by the German/South Korean Clara-Jumi Kang, while Vadym Kholodenko of Ukraine won the piano competition. As of 2013 there have been five competitions. [10]

2001

CategoryPlaceWinnerCountry
ViolinFirstMengla HuangFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
First Svetlin Roussev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
ThirdMi Sa YangFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
FourthYukiko IshibashiFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FifthRintaro OmiyaFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthKei ShiraiFlag of Japan.svg Japan
PianoFirst Giuseppe Andaloro Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Second Jin Sang Lee Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Third Wang Yuja Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
FourthDaria RabotkinaFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Fifth Roberto Plano Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sixth Amir Tebenikhin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

2004

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
ViolinFirstSaeka MatsuyamaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SecondMaksim BrylinskiyFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
ThirdDan ZhuFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
FourthAndreas JankeFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FifthValya DervenskaFlag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
SixthYuki Manuela JankeFlag of Japan.svg Japan
PianoFirstXiaotang TanFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
SecondMasataka TakadaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
ThirdMichael NamirovskyFlag of Israel.svg Israel
FourthElizaveta DmitrievaFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Fifth Sean Kennard Flag of the United States.svg USA
SixthFlorence BoissolleFlag of France.svg France

2007

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
ViolinFirst Alena Baeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia
SecondErin KeefeFlag of the United States.svg USA
ThirdA-Rah ShinFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
FourthAndrey BaranovFlag of Russia.svg Russia
FifthSayaka ChibaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthHaurka NagaoFlag of Japan.svg Japan
PianoFirstYuya TsudaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SecondYi-Chih LuFlag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
Third Oxana Shevchenko Flag of Russia.svg Russia
FourthIlya OvchinnikovFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Fifth Ka-Ling Colleen Lee Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Sixth Vyacheslav Gryaznov Flag of Russia.svg Russia

2010

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
ViolinFirst Clara-Jumi Kang Flag of Germany.svg Germany/Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SecondAndrey BaranovFlag of Russia.svg Russia
ThirdNagao HarukaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
Fourth Kim Bomsori Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
FifthKim DamiFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Sixth Giora Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg USA
PianoFirst Vadym Kholodenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
SecondMaria MasychevaFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Third Marianna Prjevalskaya Flag of Spain.svg Spain
FourthSato HirooFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FifthMoon ZheeyoungFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthKwan YiFlag of the United States.svg USA

2013

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
ViolinFirst Richard Lin Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
SecondNarita TatsukiFlag of Japan.svg Japan
ThirdTomii ChieriFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FourthAnna SavkinaFlag of Russia.svg Russia
Fifth Bomsori Kim Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Sixth Suliman Tekalli Flag of the United States.svg USA
PianoFirst Sunwoo Yekwon Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SecondSuh Hyung-MinFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Third Artem Yasynskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
FourthSun-A ParkFlag of the United States.svg USA
FifthKatada AiriFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthHong JihwanFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea

2016

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
ViolinFirstJang YoojinFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SecondStephen KimFlag of the United States.svg USA
ThirdAoki NaokaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FourthAnna SavkinaFlag of Russia.svg Russia
FifthMeruert KarmenovaFlag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
SixthOkamoto SeijiFlag of Japan.svg Japan
PianoFirstKim Hyun JungFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SecondEvan WongFlag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan
ThirdKitabata YoshitoFlag of Japan.svg Japan
Fourth Bruce Xiaoyu Liu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
FifthShin ChangyongFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthSakamoto AyaFlag of Japan.svg Japan

2019

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
Violin
FirstNo Award
Second Shannon Lee Flag of the United States.svg USA
ThirdTomotaki MayuFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FourthKitada ChihiroFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FifthElias David MoncadoFlag of Germany.svg Germany
SixthArai RioFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthKo DonghwiFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
PianoFirstChoi HyounglokFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SecondBaron FenwickFlag of the United States.svg USA
ThirdDaria ParkhomenkoFlag of Russia.svg Russia
FourthSato MotohiroFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FifthHirama KyoshiroFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthKim JunhyungFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea

2022

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
Violin
FirstNakano LinaFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SecondDennis GasanovFlag of Russia.svg Russia
SecondMa TianyouFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
ThirdNo Award
FourthHong SeonglanFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
FifthKitsuwa MiyuFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthNakamura YukinoFlag of Japan.svg Japan
PianoFirstJiaqing LuoFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
SecondJonas AumillerFlag of Germany.svg Germany
ThirdOta ShionFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FourthJeonghwan KimFlag of Germany.svg Germany
FifthKim Song HueonFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthGeorge HarlionoFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

2025

CategoryPlacePrize winnersCountry
Violin
FirstNo Award
SecondBoha MoonFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
ThirdAozhe ZhangFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
FourthJinzhu LiFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
FifthSeohyeon ParkFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthHaram KimFlag of South Korea.svg South Korea
SixthHairui LeiFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
PianoFirstElizaveta UkrainskaiaFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
SecondAleksandr KliuchkoFlag of Russia.svg Russia
ThirdAmano KaoruFlag of Japan.svg Japan
FourthJulian GastFlag of Germany.svg Germany
FifthShimata RiitoFlag of Japan.svg Japan
SixthJan NikovichFlag of Croatia.svg Croatia

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