Practice sessions
The organisers will provide the following practice opportunities to all contestants during the competition free of charge.
- 4hr/day, from 14th Mar.(Sun), a practice room equipped with a piano
- Each contestant will have one practice session with the orchestra before Round 3 and before Final Round. In principle, the rehearsal before Round 3 will be for a maximum of 40 minutes, and the rehearsal before Final Round would be for a maximum of 1 1/2hr (including meetings with the conductor).
Transportation
Regarding travel expenses to and from Takamatsu for contestants coming from overseas: See below for details of the travel grants which the organisers will provide for successful contestants.
- Contestants from the following Asian countries will be eligible for travel grants to the value of ￥50,000.
Bangladesh / Bhutan / Brunei / Cambodia / China / East Timor / India / Indonesia / Korea / Laos / Malaysia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nepal / North Korea / Pakistan / Singapore / Sri Lanka / Taiwan / Thailand / The Maldives / The Philippines / Vietnam - Contestants applying from any foreign countries other than those listed above will be eligible for travel grants to the value of ￥100,000.
All grants will be paid in Japanese yen.
The organisers also agree to provide free transportation to and from the venue and the accommodation (where contestants are staying in accommodation specified by the organisers) free of charge.
Any other expenses incurred will be borne by the contestants themselves.
Financial assistance for other expenses
The accommodation costs for all contestants will be borne by the organisers from 3 days prior to the start of the competition (14th Mar.(Sun) 2010) until the end of the period indicated below. Accommodation will be limited to the accommodation chosen by the organisers and the organisers will pay the expenses for this accommodation only.
All other expenses incurred during the stay (food, drink, communications, etc) will be at the personal expense of the contestant.
- Round 1 contestants: The morning of the day after the judging of the first round
- Round 2 contestants: The morning of the day after the judging of the second round
- Round 3 contestants: The morning of the day after the judging of the third round
- Finalists : The morning of the second day after the final round.
* Any expense other than those mentioned above will be borne solely by contestants themselves.