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The 6th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2006

Dates

Sun,Nov.12 - Mon,Nov.27, 2006

First Stage ：
Sun,Nov.12 - Thu,Nov.16, 2006
Second Stage ：
Fri,Nov.17 - Sun,Nov.19, 2006
Third Stage ：
Tue,Nov.21 - Wed,Nov.22, 2006
Final Stage ：
Sat,Nov.25 - Sun,Nov.26, 2006
Prizewinners' Concert ：
Mon,Nov.27, 2006

Venue: ACT CITY Hamamatsu

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Jury

1. NAKAMURA Hiroko (Chairperson)
2. Dimitri BASHKIROV
3. Michel BEROFF
4. ICHIYANAGI Toshi
5. Karl-Heinz KÄMMERLING
1. Robert LEVIN
2. John O’CONOR
3. Sergio PERTICAROLI
4. John ROOS
1. SHIN Soo-Jung
2. Arie VARDI
3. Fanny WATERMAN DBE
4. ZHOU Guangren

Eligibility: The Competition is open to pianists born on or after January 1, 1978.

Comissioned Composer: KITAZUME Michio 「"Distances Ⅱ" for Piano」
TOKUYAMA Minako 「Musica Nara for Piano」

Number of applicants: 268 (39 countries and 1 region)

Number of competitors: 73 (21 countries and 1 region)

Prizewinners

1st Prize / Best Performer of the Japanese Work Alexej GORLATCH Ukraine

2nd Prize Sergey KUZNETSOV Russia
3rd Prize KIM Tae-Hyung Korea
3rd Prize KITAMURA Tomoki Japan
5th Prize WANG Chun China
6th Prize Nikolay SARATOVSKIY Russia
Mozart Prize LIM Hyo-Sun Korea
Diploma of Outstanding Merit Claire HUANGCI USA
Diploma of Outstanding Merit Dinara KLINTON Ukraine