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Kobe International Flute Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
A quadrennial international flute competition in Kobe with a video preliminary, three stages (first round, second round, final) and a gala recital; open to all nationalities. Prizes are in Japanese yen.
- Organiser
- Kobe International Flute Competition Organizing Committee; City of Kobe; Kobe Municipal Culture Promotion Foundation; Japan Federation of Music Performers; Japan Flute Association
- Instruments
- Flute
- Category
- Solo flute
- Age limits
- Open to all nationalities; born between 1992 and 2009 (15 to 32 years old as of 31 December 2024, for the 11th edition).
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
deadline: 31 October 2024 (11th edition application period 1 Sep-31 Oct 2024)
fee: JPY 20,000 (tax included), paid through the MUVAC system, non-refundable
howToApply: Register on MUVAC (linked from official site), upload basic profile, photo, proof of age, unedited preliminary video with third-party certificate, and final unaccompanied score (PDF); then pay fee.
Rounds & time limits
- Preliminary: video screening (up to 40 candidates advance)
- First round: 29 Aug, 30 Aug, 1 Sep, 2 Sep 2025
- Second round: 4 Sep 2025
- Final and awards: 6 Sep 2025
- Recital: 7 Sep 2025
Repertoire
Repertoire assigned on a separate official repertoire page. Final requires an unaccompanied work with score submitted as PDF.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- 11th edition: Hideaki Sakai (chair); Silvia Careddu; Michael Faust; Renate Greiss-Armin; Timothy Hutchins; Hiroaki Kanda; Andrea Reinhardt-Liebknecht; Andrea Oliva; Mi-Hyang Park. Source: https://kobe-flute.jp/overview/10129/
Prizes
- 11th edition: 1st JPY 2,000,000; 2nd JPY 1,000,000; 3rd JPY 500,000; 4th-6th JPY 200,000 each; plus certificates. Japanese withholding tax (normally 20.42%) deducted where applicable.
Past editions
- 2025 — Kobe Bunka Hall (Medium Hall), Kobe, Japan source
1st prize (tie): Riccardo Cellacchi; Fabian Johannes Egger
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source