The 1st Takamatsu International Piano Competition is an artistic event which will provide a forum to bring together top musicians from all over the world. It is also an international event which aims to build a new culture of music onto Kagawa’s traditional culture, and it is a musical competition, taking place at Sunport Takamatsu, overlooking the beautiful Inland Sea, which will encourage young people to stretch themselves and to seize their dreams and goals.

Name

The 1st Takamatsu International Piano Competition (T.I.P.C.)

Organised by

The Takamatsu International Piano Competition Organisation Committee

In cooperation with

Takamatsu City Culture and Art Foundation

Sponsored by

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Agency for Cultural Affairs
Kagawa Prefectural Government
Takamatsu City
Kagawa Prefectural Government, Board of Education
Takamatsu City, Board of Education

Dates

Preliminaries (Rounds 1～3)　　18th March (Sat) ～ 24th March (Fri) 2006

Final　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　26th March (Sun) 2006

Competition Venue

Sunport Hall Takamatsu
2-1,Sunport, Takamatsu ,Kagawa,〒760-0019 Japan
Tel: +81-87-825-5010

Application Period

1st May (Sun) ～ 21st November (Mon) 2005

Eligibility

Born on or after 1st Jan 1966
Applicants may hold any nationality

Instrument

Piano

Prizes

Supplementary prizes for higher prize recipients
●Opportunities to play in Japan

【Tokyo】

【Shizuoka】

●Opportunities to play with well-known European orchestras

【Italy】

【Germany】

【Others】

●Opportunities to give solo recitals at well-known European venues

【Milan (Italy)】

Format of the judging

The competition will be divided into the initial selection round, the preliminaries (rounds 1～3), and the final.
The initial selections will be judged using a recording.
The preliminary rounds and the final will be open to the public.

The Judging

●The judging of all rounds will be carried out by a panel of 11 or 13 judges, in accordance with the rules which are outlined separately.
●The results of all evaluations will be announced publicly.
●Judges who have taught any of the contestant during the past 2 years will be excluded from the judging.
●The judges will have no contact with the contestants between the first and the final rounds. This will not apply to any contestants who have been eliminated from the competition at an earlier stage.
●The judges’ decision is final, there will be no appeals, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results.

Chairman of the panel of judges

Shuku Iwasaki　(Japan)

Jury

Daniele Agiman　(Italy)
Dina Yoffe　(Israel/Germany)
Franz Albanese　(Italy)
Ikuyo Kamiya　(Japan)
Ivan Drenikov　(Bulgaria)
Liv Glaser　(Norway)
Piotr Paleczny　(Poland)
Shinichiro Ikebe　(Japan)
Susumu Aoyagi　(Japan)
Urara Sasaki　(Japan)

Adjudicators

Hazime Yamamoto
Hikari Kozuki
Junichi Ito
Masahiro Shinba

Orchestra

The TIPC Orchestra (The Takamatsu International Piano Competition Orchestra)
Conducted by : Shunsaku Tsutsumi

Instruments

The organisers will provide Steinway, Yamaha and Bösendorfer pianos for the preliminary rounds and the final.