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The 3rd Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 1997

Dates

Tue,Nov.11 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997

First Stage ：
Tue,Nov.11 - Sat,Nov.15, 1997
Second Stage ：
Sun,Nov.16 - Tue,Nov.18, 1997
Third Stage ：
Wed,Nov.19 - Thu,Nov.20, 1997
Final Stage ：
Sun,Nov.23 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997

Venue: ACT CITY Hamamatsu

Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic

Jury

1. NAKAMURA Hiroko (Chairperson)
2. Halina CZERNY-STEFANSKA
3. Dean ELDER
4. Vera GORNOSTAEVA
5. HAYASHI Hidemitsu
1. Karl-Heinz KÄMMERLING
2. KOBAYASHI Kenichiro ※For Final Stage
3. LI Ming Qiang
4. Bryce MORRISON
1. Daniel POLLACK
2. Nicole HENRIOT-SCHWEITZER
3. TAZAKI Etsuko
4. Fanny WATERMAN DBE

Eligibility: The competition is open to pianists born between 1969 and 1981.

Comissioned Composer: HIRAYOSHI Takekuni 「Elegy for Piano」

Number of applicants: 329 (51 countries and 2 regions)

Number of competitors: 92 (36 countries and 2 regions)

Prizewinners

1st Prize Alessio BAX Italy

2nd Prize Oliver KERN Germany
3rd Prize /
Best Performer of the Japanese Work Sergei TARASOV Russia
4th Prize Rem URASIN Russia
5th Prize OSAKI Yuma Japan
6th Prize Frederick KEMPF UK
Diploma of Outstanding Merit Olaf John LANERI Italy
Diploma of Outstanding Merit Andrew ARMSTRONG USA