List of Sendai International Music Competition winners
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The Sendai International Music Competition
is a tri-annual 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. 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.
The competition consists of five stages: preliminary rounds, screening auditions, an elimination round in which the contestants play a concerto with a string quartet or quintet, then the semi-final and the final, where all pieces are performed in the company of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. After the contestants have been placed through the different stages the judges must select six contestants for the final, where the positioning of the winners is later decided by the judges, from sixth to first in both categories.
The first competition was held in 2001. Most of the twelve winners were from Asia, with Chinese Mengla Huang topping the violin category and the Italian Giuseppe Andaloro taking first prize in the piano section. In the second tournament in 2004, the competition received a more worldwide range of winners; contestants coming from Asia, Europe and North America finished in the prize winning places. 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 2010 there have been four competitions with the next to be contested in 2013.
2007
Sendai International Music Competition
The Sendai International Music Competition is a 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...
is a tri-annual violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
music competition held in Sendai, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai and the Sendai Cultural Foundation. 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
Sean Kennard
- Early years :Sean Kennard was born in San Diego, California to an American father and Japanese mother. He grew up in Hawaii and his family moved to Philadelphia when he began studying at the Curtis Institute of Music, at age 13....
, who finished fifth in the 2004 competition's piano category.
The competition consists of five stages: preliminary rounds, screening auditions, an elimination round in which the contestants play a concerto with a string quartet or quintet, then the semi-final and the final, where all pieces are performed in the company of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. After the contestants have been placed through the different stages the judges must select six contestants for the final, where the positioning of the winners is later decided by the judges, from sixth to first in both categories.
The first competition was held in 2001. Most of the twelve winners were from Asia, with Chinese Mengla Huang topping the violin category and the Italian Giuseppe Andaloro taking first prize in the piano section. In the second tournament in 2004, the competition received a more worldwide range of winners; contestants coming from Asia, Europe and North America finished in the prize winning places. 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 2010 there have been four competitions with the next to be contested in 2013.
2001
| Category | Place | Winner | Country |
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| Violin | First | Mengla Huang |  Mainland China |
| Second | Svetlin Roussev |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
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| Third | Mi Sa Yang |  South Korea |
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| Fourth | Yukiko Ishibashi |  Japan |
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| Fifth | Rintaro Omiya | South Korea |
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| Sixth | Kei Shirai | Japan |
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| Piano | First | Giuseppe Andaloro Giuseppe Andaloro Giuseppe Andaloro is an Italian pianist.Winner of the Bolzano Ferruccio Busoni Competition in 2005, the London World Piano Competition in 2002, and before of the Sendai International Piano Competition , the "Cidade do Porto" International Piano Competition , the "Premio Venezia - Teatro La... |
 Italy |
| Second | Jin Sang Lee Jin Sang Lee Jinsang Lee is a South Korean classical pianist.Born in Seoul, Lee began his education at Korea National University of Arts, where he attended the classes of Professor Daejin Kim. He graduated in 2003... |
South Korea |
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| Third | Wang Yu Jia | Mainland China |
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| Fourth | Daria Rabotkina |  Russia |
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| Fifth | Roberto Plano | Italy |
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| Sixth | Amir Tebenikhin Amir Tebenikhin Amir Tebenikhin is a Kazakhstani pianist, b. 1977, who won the 1999 Vianna da Motta Competition - its last winner to date. He subsequently made his discographical debut for Naxos Records and performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Salle Pleyel and the Wigmore Hall.... |
 Kazakhstan |
2004
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
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| Violin | First | Saeka Matsuyama | Japan |
| Second | Maksim Brylinskiy |  Ukraine |
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| Third | Dan Zhu | Mainland China |
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| Fourth | Andreas Janke | Japan |
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| Fifth | Valya Dervenska | Kingdom of Bulgaria |
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| Sixth | Yuki Manuela Janke | Japan |
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| Piano | First | Xiaotang Tan | Mainland China |
| Second | Masataka Takada | Japan |
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| Third | Michael Namirovsky |  Israel |
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| Fourth | Elizaveta Dmitrieva | Russia |
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| Fifth | Sean Kennard Sean Kennard - Early years :Sean Kennard was born in San Diego, California to an American father and Japanese mother. He grew up in Hawaii and his family moved to Philadelphia when he began studying at the Curtis Institute of Music, at age 13.... |
 United States |
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| Sixth | Florence Boissolle |  Early Modern France |
2007III Sendai International Piano CompetitionThe III Sendai International Music Competition took place in Sendai from May 18-June 24, 2007.-Palmares:-Jury:** Tomotada Soh ** Kiyoshi Okayama ** Gérard Poulet ** Daniel Gaede** Yuzuko Horigome...
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
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| Violin | First | Alena Baeva | Russia |
| Second | Erin Keefe | United States |
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| Third | A-Rah Shin | South Korea |
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| Fourth | Andrey Baranov | Russia |
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| Fifth | Sayaka Chiba | Japan |
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| Sixth | Haurka Nagao | Japan |
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| Piano | First | Yuya Tsuda | Japan |
| Second | Yi-Chih Lu |  Republic of China |
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| Third | Oxana Shevchenko | Russia |
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| Fourth | Ilya Ovchinnikov | Russia |
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| Fifth | Ka-Ling Colleen Lee Colleen Lee Colleen Lee Ka-ling is a Hong Kong pianist who won the 6th place prize in the 15th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in 2005.-Biography:... |
Mainland China |
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| Sixth | Vyacheslav Gryaznov | Russia |
2010
| Category | Place | Prize winners | Country |
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| Violin | First | Clara Jumi Kang |  Germany/ South Korea |
| Second | Andrey Baranov | Russia |
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| Third | Nagao Haruka | Japan |
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| Fourth | Kim Bomsori | South Korea |
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| Fifth | Kim Dami | South Korea |
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| Sixth | Giora Schmidt Giora Schmidt -Biography:Giora Schmidt was born into a family of musicians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from Israel in 1978, and are formerly of the Philadelphia Opera Company Orchestra. His mother, Michal Schmidt is a cellist and pianist and is on the faculty of Bryn Mawr and Haverford... |
United States |
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| Piano | First | Vadym Kholodenko | Ukraine |
| Second | Maria Masycheva | Russia |
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| Third | Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya is a Russian pianist and a naturalised Spanish citizen, having settled in A Coruña in 1992. She was awarded the 2008 José Iturbi Competition's 3rd prize.-References:* Yale University* Toradze Piano Studio... |
 Spain |
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| Fourth | Sato Hiroo | Japan |
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| Fifth | Moon Zheeyoung | South Korea |
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| Sixth | Kwan Yi | United States |