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Sendai International Music Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
The Sendai International Music Competition is held every three years and is organized by the Sendai committee, the City of Sendai and the Sendai Cultural Foundation. The 9th edition (2025) covered violin and piano in separate sections with preselection by documents and video, then preliminary, semifinal and final rounds with orchestra.
- Organiser
- Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai, Sendai Cultural Foundation (per official site)
- Instruments
- Violin, Piano
- Category
- Solo piano, Solo violin
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Pre-selection based on documents and video
- Preliminary round (violin: with Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, without conductor)
- Semifinal and final (violin and piano): with Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra
Repertoire
Not published on the official pages we could check.Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- 9th edition cash prizes (JPY): 1st 3,000,000; 2nd 2,000,000; 3rd 1,000,000; 4th 800,000; 5th 700,000; 6th 600,000. First prize also includes a diploma, gold medal, CD production and concerts with Japanese orchestras.
Past editions
- 2025 — Sendai (Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai, Sendai City Youth Cultural Center). Violin 24 May to 8 June 2025; Piano 14 to 29 June 2025. source
Piano: 1st Elizaveta Ukrainskaia (Russia); 2nd Aleksandr Kliuchko (Russia); 3rd Amano Kaoru (Japan). Violin: no 1st prize listed; highest-ranked prizewinner (2nd prize) Moon Boha (Korea); 3rd Zhang Aozhe (China).
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source