3rd: About the Application
【Application Period】
Application period October 1, 2014 Wednesday - October 31, 2014 Friday
(Entries must be arrived by October 31, 2014)
【Division and Instrumentation】
Division A: Orchestral composition
Orchestral composition You can use the following instruments.
The maximum number of persons that can be used are shown in the parenthesis, you can use a part or all of them.
- Violin（14）
- Viola （5）
- Cello（4）
- Contrabass（3）
- Flute（2, May double with Piccolo 2）
- Oboe（2, May double with English Horn 1）
- Clarinet（2, May double with Bass Clarinet 1）
- Bassoon（2, May double with Double Bassoon 1）
- Horn（4）
- Trumpet（2)
- Trombone（2）
- Percussion（2, Please consult us for using special instruments）
Division B: Keyboard instrument
Solo piece by piano, pipe organ, harpsichord or celesta. Pipe organ compositions must be able to be performed on the pipe organ at senzoku gakuen maeda hall. Harpsichord compositions must be able to be performed on the harpsichord owned by senzoku gakuen. The instrument must NOT be prepared in any way. The extended techniques are not allowed.
About musical instruments
(Division B)
【Application requirement】
- There are no restrictions on an applicant's age or nationality.
- Duration of music composition must be no more than 15 minutes long.
- A candidate may only submit one work to either division A or division B.
- The submitted composition may not have been previously performed or published.however, a student studying at a music educational institution may submit a composition which was performed or published at his/her educational institution.
- The first place award winners of division A in our past competitions are not allowed to apply to the same division A.
【Selection process】
Schedule
Preliminary Screening:The judge will screen the submitted scores
and select a certain number of works in the middle of November, 2014.
Final Selection（Performance competition）April 15, 2015 Wednesday
at Maeda Hall, Kawasaki, Japan
※ Special jury will be reviewed by the recording, etc. of finals selection.
Judges
Division A
- Takafumi Kojima(Jury President)
- Jonathan Dawe(Special Jury)
- Yasuhide Ito
- Akio Shimizu
- Junmei Suzuki
- Eisuke Tsuchida
Division B
- Takafumi Kojima(Jury President)
- Jonathan Dawe(Special Jury)
- Hitoshi Kobayashi
- Akio Shimizu
- Masaki Teruya
- Emiko Harimoto
Prize
Division A
- 1st place award：1,000,000 Yen
- 2nd place award：300,000 Yen
- 3rd place award：100,000 Yen
Division B
- 1st place award：400,000 Yen
- 2nd place award：200,000 Yen
- 3rd place award：100,000 Yen
The prize will be awarded as described aboveand winners also will be awarded certificates.
The Special Jury Award (100,000 Yen) may be awarded one person in each division.
Result announcement
Preliminary Screening
In the November 2014 mid-is scheduled to be announced on this site.
Final Selection
April 21, 2015 tuesday is scheduled to announce on this site.
【Application】
Please apply by entering the necessary information on the WEB form by october 31, 2014. Please send the musical score as a PDF data. If PDF conversion is difficult (as in the case of handwriting), you can submit sheet music, but it must be unbound.
Acceptance of submissions to this competition we have been terminated.
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