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Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Annual competition in Tokyo promoting chamber music, with a piano solo section and a chamber music section (live or YouTube video). Open without age limit to string, wind and piano players; ensembles from duo to octet.
- Organiser
- Arts Spread General Incorporated Association
- Instruments
- Piano, Chamber music (strings, winds, piano; duo to octet)
- Category
- Solo piano, Piano chamber music, Duos
- Age limits
- No age limit
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application; chamber fee JPY 28,000; piano JPY 10,000 (preliminary) + 18,000 (final).
Rounds & time limits
- Piano: video preliminary, then live final
- Chamber: live final or YouTube video section
Repertoire
Piano: complete Mozart sonata from a list of 18. Chamber: one or two pieces of 10–20 minutes, including a Mozart work unless the ensemble has no major original Mozart repertoire.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Uwe Hirth-Schmidt (cello)
- Davide Alogna (violin)
- Kazuko Ninomiya (clarinet)
- Mie Kobayashi (violin)
- On Mitani (piano) (tentative, 2026)
Prizes
- Grand Prize: JPY 100,000 (one group)
- Winners receive the right to perform in concert series and festivals in Japan and abroad (not guaranteed)
Past editions
- 2026 — Yamaha Ginza Concert Salon, Tokyo, 23–25 March 2026 source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source