Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
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The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition has been held every 3 years since 1991 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
, Japan.
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
, Japan.
Top prize winners
- 2009 — Cho Seong Jin, South Korea
- 2006 — Alexej Gorlatch
- 2003 — Rafal BlechaczRafal BlechaczRafał Blechacz is a Polish classical pianist.On October 21, 2005, he became the sole recipient of all five first prizes at the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, taking First Prize and the polonaise, mazurka, sonata, and concerto prizes...
and Alexander KobrinAlexander KobrinAlexander Kobrin is a Russian pianist.At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where his primary teacher was Tatiana Zelikman...
(tied) - 2000 — Alexander GavrylyukAlexander GavrylyukAlexander Gavrylyuk is a Ukrainian pianist, and a naturalised Australian citizen. He won the 1999 Vladimir Horowitz Competition, the 2000 Hamamatsu Competition and, most notably, the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein Competition...
- 1997 — Alessio BaxAlessio BaxAlessio Bax is an Italian classical pianist. Bax was born in 1977 in Bari, Italy, and graduated from the Bari conservatory at the age of 14. He studied at Southern Methodist University near Dallas, Texas, where he worked as faculty member of the university's Meadows School of the Arts following his...
- 1994 — Victor Liadov
- 1991 — Sergei BabayanSergei BabayanSergei Babayan is an Armenian-American concert pianist.-Biography:Babayan began his musical studies at age six with Luisa Markaryan. He studied under Lev Naumov and at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Mikhail Pletnev. In 1989 Babayan travelled to the United States...