AWARD WINNER

Composition Past Winners

21 International Piano Duo Competition Composition Division

Excellence Award&Encouragement Award from Ongakunotomosha (Certificate, Trophy, Special Prize of 300,000 yen)

21-18 Takanori Shibata (Tokyo)

「Beyond the Sunrise" ~for 4 hands or 2 pianos」

Encouragement Award&Special Audience Award (Certificate, Medal,Special Prize of 100,000 yen)

21-20 Natsuko Edano (Kanagawa Pref.)

「Hyakka Ryouran"~Saga of Sakura~」

Special Jury Award (Certificate, Medal)

21-13 Naoko Kachi (Aichi Pref.)

「"Blue Wave"~for Paino Duo (4 hands)」

Special Jury Award (Certificate, Medal)

21-05 Oliver KOLB (Germany)

「Caprice und Forlane」

Kawai Award (Certificate, Trophy, Special Prize)

21-08 Kaoru Mizuki (Tokyo)

「From Orpheus suite "Addictus"」

Steinway Award (Certificate, Trophy, Special Prize)

21-12 Mario Iwai (Tokyo)

「 "Panta rhei" for piano 4 hands」

Finalist 

21-22 Kazuki Tomita (Tokyo)

「A Pleasant Evening」

Finalist

21-21 Mio Nakamura (Chiba Pref.)

「Geppaku」

Finalist

21-17 Elena Samarina (Russia)

「Prelude and Fugue-Toccata」

Finalist

21-15 Keiko Egami (Osaka)

「Ellipse Ⅲ」

Finalist

21-14 Vadim Bibergan (Russia)

「 "NAUGHTY DITTY" (CHASTOOSHKA)" For Piano in 4 hands」

Finalist

21-11 Ayuri Hayama (Shimane Pref.)

「"Hommage for Xilef" for 4 hands A study of F.Mendelssohn」

Finalist

21-10 Toru Warabi (Saitama Pref.)

「"Toccata and Fuge for Piano Duo" op.638c」

Finalist

21-09 Koki Sato (Okayama Pref.)

「A religious painting of Storeroom God」

Finalist

21-07 Ikuma Matsushita (Hyogo Pref.)

「"La-La-La ⅴ" for Piano 4 hands」

Competition Overview

Preliminary Judges: Hiroshi Kubo, Shinichi Minemura, Sumiko Minemura
Final Judges: Atsushi Ochiai, Fumiko Kojiba, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hideki Kajimura, Kazuhiro Goto, Kumio Horiuchi, Shinichi Minemura, Sumiko Minemura
KAWAI Award: Hideki Kajimura
Steinway Award: Kazuhiro Goto
Ongaku no Tomosha Encouragement Award: Kumio Horiuchi
Performers: Yumi Yamashita & Tomoko Ota (21-22, 15, 13, 11, 09, 07)
Naoki Sekino & Akira Matsumoto (21-21, 17, 14, 12, 10, 08, 05)
Naomi Konno & Natsuko Edano (21-20)
Masako Maruyama & Shibata Chongqing (21-18)