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HISTORY

  • The 3rd HIPIC

  • The 3rd HIPIC
Dates Tue,Nov.11 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997

First Stage ： Tue,Nov.11 - Sat,Nov.15, 1997
Second Stage ： Sun,Nov.16 - Tue,Nov.18, 1997
Third Stage ： Wed,Nov.19 - Thu,Nov.20, 1997
Final Stage ： Sun,Nov.23 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997
 Tue,Nov.11 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997

First Stage
Tue,Nov.11 - Sat,Nov.15, 1997
Second Stage
Sun,Nov.16 - Tue,Nov.18, 1997
Third Stage
Wed,Nov.19 - Thu,Nov.20, 1997
Final Stage
Sun,Nov.23 - Mon,Nov.24, 1997
Venue ACT CITY Hamamatsu
Orchestra New Japan Philharmonic
Jury NAKAMURA Hiroko (Chairperson)
  • Halina CZERNY-STEFANSKA
  • Dean ELDER
  • Vera GORNOSTAEVA
  • HAYASHI Hidemitsu
  • Karl-Heinz KÄMMERLING
  • KOBAYASHI Kenichiro
  • LI Ming Qiang
  • Bryce MORRISON
  • Daniel POLLACK
  • Nicole HENRIOT-SCHWEITZER
  • TAZAKI Etsuko
  • Fanny WATERMAN DBE
Eligibility The competition is open to pianists born between 1969 and 1981.
Comissioned Composer HIRAYOSHI Takekuni 「Elegy for Piano」
Number of applicants 329 (51 countries and 2 regions)
Number of competitors 92 (36 countries and 2 regions)
The 3rd HIPIC

Prizewinners

  • Alessio BAX
  • 1st Prize
    Alessio BAX
    Italy
  • Oliver KERN
  • 2nd Prize
    Oliver KERN
    Germany
  • Sergei TARASOV
  • 3rd Prize / Best Performer of the Japanese Work
    Sergei TARASOV
    Russia
  • Rem URASIN
  • 4th Prize
    Rem URASIN
    Russia
  • OSAKI Yuma
  • 5th Prize
    OSAKI Yuma
    Japan
  • Frederick KEMPF
  • 6th Prize
    Frederick KEMPF
    UK
  • Olaf John RANERI
  • Diploma of Outstanding Merit
    Olaf John RANERI
    Italy
  • Andrew ARMSTRONG
  • Diploma of Outstanding Merit
    Andrew ARMSTRONG
    USA