Schedule
- Round 1
- 25–27 Aug 2014
- Round 2 / Semi-final
- 28–29 Aug 2014
- Jury Concert
- 30 Aug 2014
- Final
- 31 Aug 2014
- Laureates' Concert
- 3 Sep 2014, Suntory Hall Blue Rose
Venues
- Competition rounds / Final
- Yokosuka Art Hall
- Laureates' Concert
- Suntory Hall Blue Rose, Tokyo
Orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Neidich
Prizes
- 1st Prize — ¥800,000
- 2nd Prize — ¥400,000
- 3rd Prize — ¥200,000
- Koichi Hamanaka Prize
- Yokosuka Award (Audience Prize)
Compulsory Repertoire
Preselection (CD-R)
- Jean Françaix: Clarinet Concerto — 1st movement (with piano)
Round 1
- X. Lefèvre: Sonata No.12 in E-flat major, 1st movement (I.M.D.)
- Choose one: Boulez Domaines / Denisov Sonata / Donatoni Clair / Carter Gra / Martino Set / Widmann Fantasy
Semi-final
Perform (1)–(3) within 30 minutes. Order free.
- C. Debussy: Première Rhapsodie (from memory)
- Choose one: Françaix Tema con variazioni (excerpts) / Stravinsky Three Pieces (complete)
- Free solo recital (published original works; see old guidelines for conditions)
Final
- W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (from memory)
- Junnosuke Yamamoto: Netori Nishō for clarinet solo (commissioned work)
Jury
Honorary President of the Jury
Koichi Hamanaka
Former Principal Clarinet, NHK Symphony Orchestra
President of the Jury
Michel Arrignon
Former Professor, Paris Conservatoire / Honorary Professor, Reina Sofía
Ayako Oshima
The Juilliard School
Seiki Shinohe
Visiting Professor, Tokyo College of Music / Former Principal, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony
Tadayoshi Takeda
Professor, Kunitachi College of Music
Philippe Berrod
Principal Clarinet, Orchestre de Paris / Professor, Paris Conservatoire
Jerry Chae
Yeungnam University (Korea)
Wei-Leng (William) Chen
Principal Clarinet, Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Cuper
Principal Clarinet, Orchestra of the Paris Opera
Claude Faucomprez
Principal Clarinet, Lille National Orchestra / Professor, Roubaix Conservatory
Yuan Yuan
Central Conservatory of Music (China)
Laureates
- 1st Prize
Pierre Génisson
FranceYokosuka Award - 2nd Prize
Kaori Tanaka
Japan - 3rd Prize
Mikhail Mering
Russia - Laureate
Franck Russo
FranceKoichi Hamanaka Prize - Laureate
Madoka Tsuruyama
Japan