HISTORY

Dates	Sun,Nov.22 - Tue,Dec.17, 2015 First Stage ： Sun,Nov.22 - Thu,Nov.26, 2015 Second Stage ： Fri,Nov.27 - Sun,Nov.29, 2015 Third Stage ： Tue,Dec.1 - Wed,Dec.2, 2015 Final Stage ： Sat,Dec.5 - Sun,Dec.6, 2015 Prizewinners' Concert in Hamamatsu ： Mon,Dec.7, 2015 Prizewinners' Concert in Tokyo ： Thu,Dec.8, 2015	Sun,Nov.22 - Tue,Dec.17, 2015 First Stage Sun,Nov.22 - Thu,Nov.26, 2015 Second Stage Fri,Nov.27 - Sun,Nov.29, 2015 Third Stage Tue,Dec.1 - Wed,Dec.2, 2015 Final Stage Sat,Dec.5 - Sun,Dec.6, 2015 Prizewinners' Concert in Hamamatsu Mon,Dec.7, 2015 Prizewinners' Concert in Tokyo Thu,Dec.8, 2015
Venue	ACT CITY Hamamatsu
Orchestra	Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Jury	EBI Akiko (Chairperson) Andrzej JASINSKI Pavel NERSESSIAN Martha ARGERICH HAN Tong-Il Anne QUEFFÉLEC Sergei BABAYAN Matthias KIRSCHNEREIT UEDA Katsumi Jay GOTTLIEB LI Jian
Eligibility	The Competition is open to pianists born on or after January 1, 1985.
Comissioned Composer	MIWA Masahiro 「"Rainbow Machine" The Genesis of Chant」 YAMANE Akiko 「Illuminated Baby」
Number of applicants	449 (42 countries and 1 region)
Number of competitors	72 (19 countries and 1 region)