Schedule
- Round 1 (video)
- 1 Feb – 1 Mar 2023 (video submission)
- Round 2 (video)
- Deadline 1 May 2023
- Round 3
- 30–31 Aug 2023, Yokosuka Art Theater (Bayside Pocket)
- Semi-final
- 1 Sep 2023, Yokosuka Art Theater (Bayside Pocket)
- Final
- 3 Sep 2023, Yokosuka Art Theater (Yokosuka Theatre)
- Jury Concert
- 2 Sep 2023
- Laureates' Concert
- 5 Sep 2023, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Venues
- Rounds / Final / Jury Concert
- Yokosuka Art Theater
- Laureates' Concert
- Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Orchestra
Special Orchestra of the Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition
Conductor: Toshiaki Umeda
Prizes
- 1st Prize — ¥800,000
- 2nd Prize — ¥400,000
- 3rd Prize — ¥200,000
- Koichi Hamanaka Prize (best Debussy Première Rhapsodie in the semi-final)
Compulsory Repertoire
Round 1 (video)
Applicants prepare their own accompaniment.
- Raymond Gallois-Montbrun: 6 Pièces Musicales d’étude — Nos. 1, 4, 5
Round 2 (video)
Applicants prepare their own accompaniment.
- Johann Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto in B-flat major
Round 3
- François Devienne: Première Sonate in C major, or Deuxième Sonate in E-flat major (Editions Musicales Transatlantiques)
- Jean Françaix: Tema con Variazioni
Semi-final
- Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
- Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant
- Choose one: Pascal Dusapin — If (1984); B. Mantovani — “Bug”; Patrick Burgan — Bavardage
Final
- W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (all movements, from memory)
- Commissioned work by Ichiro Nodaira
Jury
President of the Jury
Nicolas Baldeyrou
Principal Clarinet, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Professor, Conservatoire National de Musique de Lyon
Johannes Gmeinder
Professor, Mendelssohn University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Antonio Saiote
Former Principal Clarinet, Porto Academic Orchestra
Alexandre Chabod
Principal Clarinet, Orchestra of the Paris Opera
Kenji Matsumoto
Principal Clarinet, NHK Symphony Orchestra
Yusuke Noda
Professor, Tokyo College of Music
Video / Preselection Jury
- Hirotaka Ito
- Daisuke Katsuyama
- Yoshinobu Kamei
- Seiki Shinohe
- Tadayoshi Takeda
- Kaori Tanaka
- Anna Hashimoto
- Alessandro Beverari
Observers
- Kazuko Ninomiya
- Tomohiko Owada
Laureates
- 1st Prize
Angel Martin Mora
- 2nd Prize
Sang-jin Park
Koichi Hamanaka Prize - 3rd Prize
Martim Barbosa
- Laureate
Yan Mařatka
- Laureate
Yebin Seo