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Dates	8 - 23 November 2009
Appl. period	1 Febr. - 31 March 2009
Ages	up to 28 (* 1-1-1981)
# rounds	4

Country	Japan
Location	Hamamatsu

History	1st piano competition in 1991 7th competition in 2009
Freq.	every three years
AAF member	since 2001

Structure
Preselection	DVD
1st stage	solo --- 20 min.
2nd stage	solo --- 40 min.
3rd stage	solo --- 60 min.
Finals	one concerto

Appl. fee	10'000 Yen
Prizes
1st	3'000'000 Yen
2nd	1'800'000 Yen
3rd	1'200'000 Yen
4th	750'000 Yen
5th	600'000 Yen
6th	450'000 Yen

Jury	Hiroko Nakamura (jpn) (Chm.) Sergei Dorenski (rus) Pavel Gililov (frg) Daejin Kim (cor) Dominique Merlet (f) John O'Conor (irl) Piotr Paleczny (pol) Joaquín Soriano (esp) Warren Thomson (aus) Arie Vardi (isr) Akira Wakabayashi (jpn) Fanny Waterman (gb) Xu Zhong (chn)

Repertoire
Audition DVD	solo 1 - Sonata Haydn/Moz./Beeth. (at least 1st movem.) 1 - Etude Chopin/.../Bartok
1st stage	solo --- 20 min. 1 - Bach PF 1 - Sonata Haydn/Moz/Beeth. (not entire) 1 - Romantic
2nd stage	solo --- 40 min. 2 - Etudes Chopin/Liszt/Deb/Scr/Rachm/BB/Straw. 1 - Schub./.../Ravel 1 of 2 (Akira Nishimura/Atsuhiro Gondai) compulsory
3rd stage	solo --- 60 min. free
Finals	one concerto 1 out of 30
NB	for further specifications consult the brochure, or visit www.hipic.jp or contact AAF

Address	Hamamatsu International Piano Competition P.O. Box 105 Hamamatsu 430-7790 Japan
Tel.	(+81) 53 - 4511114
Fax	(+81) 53 - 4511123
E-mail	info@hipic.jp
Web site	www.hipic.jp