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Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International violin competition at Munetsugu Hall in Nagoya, open to violinists of any nationality aged 28 or under; prizewinners receive cash prizes and free loans of fine Italian violins (incl. a 1697 Stradivari). Previous prizewinners may re-apply.
- Organiser
- Munetsugu Hall (hosted), sponsored by Yellow Angel NPO
- Instruments
- Violin
- Category
- Solo violin
- Age limits
- 28 or under as of 1 January of the competition year (10th edition: as of 1 January 2026); any nationality
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online form with photo and unlisted YouTube links; preliminary fee JPY 13,200, semi-final fee JPY 24,200 (2026 edition).
Rounds & time limits
- Preliminary Stage 1: video, domestic jury (about 40 advance)
- Preliminary Stage 2: remote judging by overseas jury (16 advance)
- Semi-final at Munetsugu Hall (5 advance)
- Final: concerto with the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire
10th edition (2026): video - one Bach solo sonata (No. 1-3) and one Ysaÿe sonata (No. 3, 4 or 6); semi-final - first movement of Mozart concerto No. 3, 4 or 5, a listed violin-piano sonata, virtuoso piece(s) of 8-12 min; final - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky or Brahms concerto with orchestra.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Pierre Amoyal (Chair)
- Kazuki Sawa (Vice Chair)
- Koichiro Harada
- Salt Chaoyang Lin
- Kimiko Nakazawa
- Machie Oguri
- Sungsic Yang
Prizes
- 1st: JPY 2,000,000 + loan of Stradivarius 'Rainville' (1697)
- 2nd: JPY 1,000,000 + loan of M. A. Bergonzi 'Ex Mintz' (1764)
- 3rd: JPY 500,000 + loan of Nicolò Gagliano (1765)
- 4th and 5th: JPY 300,000 each
- Audience Prize: JPY 50,000
- Orchestra Prize
Past editions
- 2026 — Munetsugu Hall, Nagoya (24-28 March 2026) source
1st: Jenny Hyeonjeong Lee; 2nd: Jooha Choi; 3rd: Haewon Lim; 4th: Meng Zou; 5th: Zhiyuan Qian; Audience Prize: Jooha Choi - 2023 — Munetsugu Hall, Nagoya (final 25 March 2023) source
1st: Miyu Kitsuwa; 2nd: Youjin Lee and Georgii Moroz; 4th: Yukari Ohno; 5th: Jiyoon Lee
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source