Internatinal Piano Duo Association
Composition section and Performance Section
We hold composition section and performance section alternately.
We are preparing the 23rd composition competition.
NEW The 23rd InternationalPiano Duo
Competiton Composition category (2023)
Preliminary Round's Result
Participants who passed the preliminary round
23-01A WATAHIKI Kotaro
"Afternoon" for 1piano 4 hands
23-07B SO Shi 宋 詞
Retrospection
23-09A Daniel FORRÓ
Fugue “Stained Glass”
23-11A INAMURO Kurumi
Kuroneko no Odori
23-17A WAGATSUMA Suguru
Mayohiga -for 1 piano 4 hands-
23-23B OISHI Ayane
"Utage" for 2 pianos 4 hands
23-28A KATAYAMA Syu
"Dialogue" for 1 piano 4 hands
- Successful participants will be contacted by the secretariat at a later date with details of the final round.
- The final round (public judging by performance) will be held on Saturday 24 June 2023 at the KAWAI Omotesando 2F concert salon PAUSE.
*Performers will be provided by the association.
Internatinal Piano Duo Competiton
22nd Performance section 2019-21 in Tokyo Japan
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Grand Prize
SATO Yoshiaki (Kanagawa, Japan)
KANEMURA Nao (Saitama, Japan)
2nd Prize
INAJIMA Saori (Chiba, Japan) 2 pianos 4 hands
OISHI Masahiro (Tokyo, Japan) 2 pianos 4 hands
3rd Prize
ISHIBASHI Ai (Saitama, Japan)
UCHIDA Nonoka (Tokyo, Japan)
Encouragement Prize
YAMANAKA Atsushi (Tokyo, Japan)
TAKAHASHI Yusuke (Tokyo, Japan)
Special Jury Prize (For the best performance of required piece)
SATO Yoshiaki (Kanagawa, Japan)
KANEMURA Nao (Saitama, Japan)
BECHSTEIN Award
KISHIDA Mamoru (Tokyo, Japan)
MATSUKUMA Arisa (Tokyo, Japan)
STEINWAY Award
SATO Yoshiaki (Kanagawa, Japan)
KANEMURA Nao (Saitama, Japan)
KAWAI Award
INAJIMA Saori (Chiba, Japan) 1 piano 4 hands
OISHI Masahiro (Tokyo, Japan) 1 piano 4 hands
MUSICA NOVA Award
YAMANAKA Atsushi (Tokyo, Japan)
TAKAHASHI Yusuke (Tokyo, Japan)
Diproma
KUSUNOKI Erina (Tokyo, Japan)
MUROI Yuri (Tokyo, Japan)
YAMADA Masako (Kanagawa, Japan)
HARADA Chiaki (Kanagawa, Japan)
MORISHIGE Michika (Hyogo, Japan)
UNO Mio (Nara, Japan)
SAKURAI Yui (Osaka, Japan)
YANAGIHARA Ayaka (Gifu, Japan)
HASHIZUME Yoshie (Tokyo, Japan)
KADOTA Akiko (Tokyo, Japan)
FUJITA Shoko (Tokyo, Japan)
SAEKI Mayu (Tokyo, Japan)
YAMAUCHI Kyoko (Chiba, Japan)
WATANABE Mika (Chiba, Japan)
Elimination round: 5th March 2021 (not open)
Final round: 6th March 2021 (not open)
Judges: OSANO Kei, TERADA Etsuko, HARUHATA Serori,
URAKABE Shinji, SHIBATA Takanori,
SHIRAKAWA Hikari, TANIMOTO Yasuhiro,
SUZUKI Tatsuya, HORIUCHI Kumio
Place: BECHSTEIN Salon SHIODOME (Tokyo, JAPAN)
We hold the 22nd competition without audience.
If the competition ends, we're planning to exhibit a video of final selection.
We'll inform you of the information in our homepage.
March, 2021
International Piano Duo Association
The list of the prize winners of the past Piano Duo Competition
Information of the 21st Composition Competition
The final round finished 24, November 2018
We want duo works as a set of piece for the next performance competition.
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SUPERIOR PRIZE: 21-18 SHIBATA, Takanori (Tokyo, Japan)
"Beyond the Sunrise" 〜for 4 hands or 2 pianos
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: 21-20 EDANO, Natsuko (Kanagawa-ken, Japan)
"Hyakka Ryouran"〜Saga of Sakura〜
JURY SPECIAL AWARD: 21-13 KACHI, Naoko (Aichi-ken, Japan)
"Blue Wave"〜for Piano Duo (4 hands) click here
JURY SPECIAL AWARD: 21-05 Oliver KOLB (Mühltal, Germany)
"Caprice und Forlane" click here
SPECIAL AUDIENCE AWARD: 21-20 EDANO, Natsuko (Kanagawa-ken, Japan)
KAWAI AWARD: 21-08 MIZUKI, Kaoru (Tokyo, Japan)
From Orpheus suite "Addictus" click here
STEINWAY AWARD: 21-12 IWAI, Mario (Tokyo, Japan)
"Panta rhei" for piano 4 hands click here
ONGAKU-NO-TOMO AWARD: 21-18 SHIBATA, Takanori (Tokyo, Japan)
Diproma: 21-22 TOMITA, Kazuki (Tokyo, Japan)
"A Pleasant Evening" click here
21-21 NAKAMURA, Mio (Chiba-ken, Japan)
"Geppaku" click here
21-17 Elena SAMARINA (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
"Prelude and Fugue-Toccata" click here
21-15 EGAMI, Keiko (Osaka-fu, Japan)
"Ellipse Ⅲ" click here
21-14 Vadim BIBERGAN (Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA)
"NAUGHTY DITTY" (CHASTOOSHKA)" For Piano in 4 hands
click here
21-11 HAYAMA, Ayuri (Shimane-ken, Japan)
"Hommage for Xilef" for 4 hands -A study of F.Mendelssohn-
click here
21-10 WARABI, Tohru (Saitama-ken, Japan)
"Toccata and Fuge for Piano Duo" op.638c click here
21-09 SATOH, Kohki (Okayama-ken, Japan)
"A religious painting of Storeroom God" click here
21-07 MATSUSHITA, Ikuma (Hyogo-ken, Japan)
"La-La-La ⅴ" for Piano 4 hands click here
Judges: KUBO, Hiroshi/ MINEMURA, Shin-ichi/ MINEMURA, Sumiko (Elimination round)
OCHIAI, Atsushi/ KOUJIBA, Tomiko/ SUZUKI, Tatsuya/ KAJIMURA, Hideki/ GOTO, Kazuhiro/ HORIUCHI, Kumio/ MINEMURA, Shin-ichi/ MINEMURA, Sumiko (Final round)
KAJIMURA, Hideki (KAWAI AWARD)
GOTO, Kazuhiro (STEINWAY AWARD)
HORIUCHI, Kumio (ONGAKU-NO-TOMO AWARD)
Players: YAMASHITA, Yumi & OTA, Tomoko (21-22, 15, 13, 11, 09, 07)
SEKINO, Naoki & MATSUMOTO, Akira (21-21, 17, 14, 12, 10, 08, 05)
KONNO, Naomi & EDANO, Natsuko (21-20)
MARUYAMA, Kyoko & SHIBATA, Takanori (21-18)
1 piano 4 hands
No limit of age and nationalities
4~6 minutes
Superior Prize 300.000Yen, and 7 other award
All past winners can apply
Dead line: May 31, 2018
The list of the prize winners of the past International Competition Of Piano Duo Music Composition
International Piano Duo Association,Tokyo, Japan