HISTORY

Dates	Sun,Nov.8 - Mon,Nov.23, 2009 First Stage ： Sun,Nov.8 - Thu,Nov.12, 2009 Second Stage ： Fri,Nov.13 - Sun,Nov.15, 2009 Third Stage ： Tue,Nov.17 - Wed,Nov.18, 2009 Final Stage ： Sat,Nov.21 - Sun,Nov.22, 2009 Prizewinners' Concert ： Mon,Nov.23, 2009	Sun,Nov.8 - Mon,Nov.23, 2009 First Stage Sun,Nov.8 - Thu,Nov.12, 2009 Second Stage Fri,Nov.13 - Sun,Nov.15, 2009 Third Stage Tue,Nov.17 - Wed,Nov.18, 2009 Final Stage Sat,Nov.21 - Sun,Nov.22, 2009 Prizewinners' Concert Mon,Nov.23, 2009
Venue	ACT CITY Hamamatsu
Orchestra	Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Jury	NAKAMURA Hiroko (Chairperson) Arie VARDI Fanny WATERMAN DBE KIM Daejin XU Zhong John O'CONOR Dominique MERLET Sergey DORENSKY Sergio PERTICAROLI Piotr PALECZNY Joaquin SORIANO WAKABAYASHI Akira Warren THOMSON OAM
Eligibility	The Competition is open to pianists born on or after January 1, 1981.
Comissioned Composer	NISHIMURA Akira 「Daydream for Piano」 GONDAI Atsuhiko 「Transient Bell for Piano」
Number of applicants	229 (26 countries and 1 region)
Number of competitors	85 (22 countries and 1 region)