AAF-Hamamatsu

Dates	10 - 24 November 2012
Appl. period	1 Febr. - 31 March 2012
Ages	up to 30 (* 1-1-1982)
# rounds	4

Country	Japan
Location	Hamamatsu

History	1st piano competition in 1991 8th competition in 2012
Freq.	every three years
AAF member	since 2001

Structure
Preselection	DVD
1st stage	solo --- 20 min.
2nd stage	solo --- 40 min.
3rd stage	solo + Chamber Music --- 70 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	Akiko Ebi (jpn) (Chm.) Dang Thai Son (vtn) Klaus Hellwig (frg) Dina Joffe (isr/frg) Daejin Kim (cor) Shigeo Neriki (jpn) Jean-Claude Pennetier (f) Andrej Pisarev (rus) Ewa Poblocka (pol) Jerome Rose (usa) Katsumi Ueda (jpn) Arie Vardi (isr)

Repertoire
Audition DVD	solo 1 - Sonata Beeth. (spec.) (at least 1st movem.) 1 - Etude Chopin (spec.) / Liszt
1st stage	solo --- 20 min. 1 - Bach PF 1 - Sonata Haydn/Moz/Beeth./Schub. (not entire) 1 - Mend./Chopin/Schum./Liszt/Brahms
2nd stage	solo --- 40 min. 1 or 2 - Etudes Chopin/Liszt/Deb./Scr./Rachm./BB/Straw./Lig. 1 or more - Mend./Ch./Schum/Liszt/Franck/Brahms 1 - Faure/Deb./.../Prok./Shost. 1 - Shin-ichiro Ikebe [7 min.] compulsory
3rd stage	Chamber music + solo --- 70 min. 1 - piano quartet Mozart (KV478 or KV493) solo free
Finals	one concerto 1 out of 24
NB	for further specifications consult the brochure, or visit www.hipic.jp or contact AAF

Address	Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Hamamatsu Cultural Foundation 111-1 Itaya-machi Naka-ku Hamamatsu-city Shizuoka 430-7790 Japan P.O. Box 105 Hamamatsu 430-7790 Japan
Tel.	(+81) 53 - 4511148
Fax	(+81) 53 - 4511123
E-mail	info@hipic.jp
Web site	www.hipic.jp

Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (AAF)