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May 12th -18th,2023

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall

Festa 1st round |

May 13th

Toyama Prefecture Takaoka Culture Hall

May 14th

Mie Pref. Fine Arts Center

Prizewinners’ Concert | May 19th

[Osaka] Sumitomolife Izumi Hall

Prizewinners’ Concert | May 21st

[Tokyo] Suntory Hall Blue Rose (Small Hall)

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We are so proud to announce that Osaka International Chamber Music
Competition & Festa will finally be held after 6 years.

Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa has been held every three years since 1993 to honor superior performances of young musicians who devote themselves to chamber music and to promote chamber music in Japan.
This year marks its 30th year. Today, it is regarded as one of the world's seven major Chamber Music Competitions and has become a goal for young musicians aiming for the world.

This year’s Competition & Festa 2023 will be held by succeeding the concept of the 10th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa which was scheduled to be held in 2020.

Please look forward to experience the distinguished performances by enthusiastic ensembles.
All performances will be open to the public and streamed online. It will be an amazing chance to enjoy the world's finest ensembles all at once.
We hope you enjoy the chamber music today and support young musicians from around the world.

Rules and Regulations

Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2023

One of the Most Prestigious Chamber Music Competitions in the World with the Section I -String Quartet and the Section II -Piano Trio / Quartet Competing the Art of Chamber Music
The Osaka International Chamber Music Competition was first held in 1993 since then the triennial event ‘has become one the of the world’s leading String Quartet competitions alongside those held in Banff, London and Reggio Emilia’ (The Strad August issue 2011).
Celebrating the art of chamber music, the foundation has been encouraging emerging musicians from all over the world to exchange their performances, musical ideas, and repertoires, providing opportunities and career development.

Prizes

First Prize – ￥2,500,000
Second Prize – ￥1,200,000
Third Prize – ￥800,000

Special Awards

・MK Memorial Award　￥500,000
・Bordeaux String Quartet Festival Award
・String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam Award
・“Ambassador Ensemble of the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2023” Award

Participating Ensembles

Section I
Section II

Ast Quartet

Germany
HONO Quartet

Japan
Quartetto Indaco

Italy
Malion Quartet

Germany
MILA Quartet

China
Moser String Quartet

Switzerland
Rasa String Quartet

USA
Terra String Quartet

USA
Thaleia Quartet

Japan
Vivace Quartet

China

Albéniz Trio

Netherlands
Trio Chagall

Switzerland
Trio E.T.A.

Germany
Trio Gaia

USA
Trio Michelangeli

Germany
Trio Orelon

Germany
Trio Pantoum

France
Portus Trio

Japan
Soleri Trio

Germany
Capybara Piano Quartet

Germany
Werther Piano Quartet

Italy

repertoire(PDF)

Competition Jury

Chairman

Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI

Japan/Cello

Martin BEAVER

USA/Violin
Weigang LI

USA/Violin
Kazuki SAWA

Japan/Violin
Monika HENSCHEL

Germany/Viola
Mai MOTOBUCHI

USA-Japan/Viola
Alasdair TAIT

UK/Cello
Vincent COQ

France/Piano
Eckart HEILIGERS

Germany/Piano
Shigeo NERIKI

Japan/Piano

Osaka International Chamber Music Festa2023

No Restrictions to Ages and Repertoires, Judged by General Audiences, Unparalleled Musical Event in the World
The Osaka International Chamber Music Festa is the incomparable musical competition with no age and nationality requirements, no specific repertoire or style limitations, ranging from classical, jazz, film, and/or ethnical music. Ensembles consisting of two to six members can play any musical instrument of their choice. The first prize “Menuhin Gold Prize” was fist awarded in 1999 for an ensemble with the best performance in the Festa, being established to commemorate the achievements of the violinist, Yehudi Menuhin, who served as the Honorary Artistic Director from the first to the third Competition & Festa.

Prizes

Menuhin Gold Prize*: ￥1,500,000
Silver Prize: ￥800,000
Bronze Prize: ￥500,000
*To honor Lord Yehudi Menuhin, who served as Honorary Artistic Director from the first to the third.

Special Awards

・The Folkloric Music Special Award ￥200,000
・Online audience Award ￥100,000

Participating Ensembles

May 13th,TOYAMA
May 14th,MIE

Duo Morgan-Treub

Netherlands
KamBrass Quintet

Switzerland
Lucid Duo

Austria
Stas & Tatyana

USA
Taraf de Chișinău

Moldova
Tokyo Reed Quintet

Japan

A4 Brass Quartet

UK
Baikal VIA

Russia
Mr. Park & MCWeissert

Germany
Quatuor Aeolina

France
Quintette Le Bateau Ivre

France
TENGER AYALGUU

Mongolia

Festa Jury

Chairman

Shin-ichi GO

Japan/Trombone

Vice-chairman

Masataka KOUNO

Japan/Oboe

In addition to the chairman and the vice-chairman, the Festa 2023 will be judged by a large number of audience members who will be selected in public offering beforehand.

Event

Osaka International Chamber Music
Competition & Festa 2023 Community engagement
OSAKA CHAMBER MUSIC HORIZON 2023

1.Yomiuri TV 10plaza

15 May 12:00 start

Admission Free / Reservations not needed
Venue：Yomiuri TV 1F 10plaza（3 min. by walk from Smitomolife Izumi Hall）
Organizer：Japan Chamber Music Foundation / YTV
Info　 Japan Chamber Music Foundation　TEL: 06-6947-2184

2.Imafuku Ongakudo

15 , 16 and 17 May every 19:00 start

Ticket ￥500
Venue：Imafuku Ongakudo
Organizer ：Japan Chamber Music Foundation / Reise
Info　Imafuku Ongakudo TEL:06-6167-7242 E-mail: info@reisemusic.com

※Performing Ensembles will be selected just before the concert.
Please check our website and SNS.

Everyone, let's participate in the
Osaka International Chamber Music

Competition & Festa

Recruitment

FESTA - APPLY FOR AUDIENCE JURY

The selection of the Osaka International Chamber Music Festa will be processed by hundreds of volunteer music lovers because of its nature of the Festa that is no limitations on musical genre, instruments, and age. We want you as a general audience to join us in discovering promising ensembles from all over the world by appreciating the chamber music.

Date & Venue

1st round
May 13th 10:00-16:00　Toyama Prefecture Takaoka Culture Hall （Takaoka city, Toyama Prefecture）
May 14th 10:00-16:00　Mie Prefecture Fine Arts Center（Tsu city, Mie Prefecture）

Semifinal & final round
May 17th 10:00-17:30　Sumitomolife Izumi Hall（Osaka city, Osaka）

Online Audience Award: Semifinal
May 17th 10:00-13:00　Online

Qualifications

Any person over 18 years of age with no specific occupation and previous musical training required but with concert etiquette including courteous to others in the venue.

How to Apply

Fill in your name, address, TEL, E-mail address, age, and the date you want to be an audience jury on the application form, linked below, and send us by post, fax, or e-mail at the address shown at the bottom of this site. (Applications for more than one date will be acceptable.) The application form must reach us by Saturday, March 30th.

Contact about Audience jury of Festa

Japan Chamber Music Foundation
TEL: 06-6947-2184 FAX: 06-6947-2198
E-mail: PR@jcmf.or.jp

Schedule

May 12th -21th,2023

Section I
Section II
Festa
Prizewinners’ Concert

date

group

Participated Ensembles

Venue
12(Fri)

10:00-20:15

Category /

Section I : 1st round

Participated Ensembles /

10 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
13(Sat)

10:00-21:00

Category /

Section II : 1st round

Participated Ensembles /

11 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
13(Sat)

10:30-16:00

Category /

Festa 1st round (Toyama)

Participated Ensembles /

6 ensembles

Venue /

Toyama Prefectural Takaoka Cu
14(Sun)

10:30-20:15

Category /

Section I : 2nd round

Participated Ensembles /

8 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
14(Sun)

10:30-16:00

Category /

Festa 1st round (Mie)

Participated Ensembles /

6 ensembles

Venue /

Mie Prefecture Fine Arts Center
15(Mon)

10:30-19:15

Category /

Section II : 2nd round

Participated Ensembles /

7 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
16(Tue)

10:30-17:00

Category /

Section I : 3rd round

Participated Ensembles /

5 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
17(Wed)

10:00-17:30

Category /

Festa
Semi-final / Final

Participated Ensembles /

6 ensembles / 3 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
18(Thu)

10:00-18:00

Category /

Section II Final round

Section I Final round

Participated Ensembles /

each 3 ensembles

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
19(Fri)

14:00

Category /

Prizewinners’ Concert (Osaka)

Participated Ensembles /

Competition & Festa 2nd & 3rd Prizewinners

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
19(Fri)

19:00

Category /

Prizewinners’ Concert (Osaka)

Participated Ensembles /

Competition & Festa 1st Prizewinners

Venue /

Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
21(Sun)

14:00

Category /

Prizewinners’ Concert (Tokyo)

Participated Ensembles /

Competition 1st Prizewinners

Venue /

Suntory Hall Blue Rose

Ticket

Admissions Ticket sales
Monday April 3rd

Competition & Festa (Sumitomolife Izumi hall, Osaka): Non reserved seat ￥1,000 /day ◎

Competition & Festa 7 days ticket（May 12th – 18th / Osaka）: ￥4,000 ★

Festa 1st round (May 13th – Toyama): Non reserved seat ￥500 ◇

Festa 1st round (Mat 14th - Mie): Non reserved seat ￥500 ◎

Prizewinners’ Concert in Osaka: All reserved seat ￥2,000　★☆
1 day ticket (including 2 concerts) ￥3,000　★

Prizewinners’ Concert in Tokyo: All reserved seat ￥2,000　○☆

Box offices

★ Sumitomolife Izumi hall Ticket Center: http://www.izumihall.jp/

06-6944-1188

（10:30-17:00）

◇ Toyama Prefectural Takaoka Cultural Hall: Arts Navi https://www.arts-navi.com/

0766-25-4141

(9:00-22:00)

○ Suntory Hall Ticket Center: 0570-55-0017

（10:00-18:00）

☆ Ticket Pia: https://t.pia.jp/

◎ Only same-day ticket

Pre-school children are not permitted to attend.

You may be asked to cooperate in preventing infectious diseases by wearing a face mask and taking your temperature.

Access

May 12th – 19th

Osaka
Sumitomolife Izumi Hall

https://www.izumihall.jp/
By Train or Subway
JR Loop Line: From Osakajo-Koen Station towards Kyobashi with JR rail on the right, 5 minutes’ walk
JR Tozai Line: From Kyobashi Station South Exit, cross the connecting pedestrian bridge and go straight to the south, 10 minutes’ walk
Keihan Line: From Kyobashi Station Katamachi Exit through OBP promenade, 15 minutes’ walk
Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line: From Osaka Business Park Station Exit No.1 toward east along the river, 10 minutes’ walk

May 13th

Toyama
Toyama Prefectural Takaoka Cultural Hall

https://www.bunka-toyama.jp/takabun/
13-1 Nakagawasonomachi, Takaoka city, Toyama Prefectur

May 14th

Mie
Mie Prefecture Fine Arts Center

https://www.center-mie.or.jp/english/
1234 Isshindenkozubeta, Tsu city, Mie Prefecture

May 21st

Tokyo
Suntory Hall

https://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/suntoryhall/
1-13-1 Akasaka, Minato city, Tokyo Prefecture

ORGANIZER

Japan Chamber Music Foundation
Co- organizer (1st round of Festa)

Toyama Cultural Foundation / Mie Prefectural Culture and Arts Promotion Foundation
Under the auspices of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Agency for Cultural Affairs / Osaka Prefectural and Municipal Governments / Osaka-shi / Kansai Economic Federation / Japan Federation of Musicians / Sumitomolife Izumi Hall / Osaka Business Park Council / The Yomiuri Shimbun
Supporter

Iwatani Corporation / Osaka Gas Co., ltd / Obayashi Corporation / Kajima Corporation / Kinden Corporation / Suntory Holdings Limited / Shimizu Corporation / Sumitomo Life Insurance Company / Sekisui Chemical Co., ltd / Senshukai Co., ltd / Daikin Industries, ltd / Taisei Corporation / Takenaka Corporation / Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation / House Foods Group Inc. / Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. / Fujitec Co., Ltd. / Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Special Support

MK Memorial
Collaborative partner

Quatuor à Bordeaux Strijkkwartet Biënnale Amsterdam Verband der Streichquartette und weiterer Kammermusik-Ensembles VdSQ e.V. & Förderverein Festival4 e.V.

Ast Quartet

Germany

Sungmoon KIM Violin
Minju PARK Violin
Jinju YANG Viola
Eunju CHEUNG Cello

Founded in September, 2021 by four of the most passionate young korean musicians, the Ast Quartet has already gained some attention in the classical music scene.The formation won the 2nd prize at the "Auryn Competition" at Hochschule für Musik Detmold in May 2022.The name of the quartet- Ast is borrowed from a German word meaning ‘Branch ‘. Based on our expertise in classical music, not only to few people but also we wholeheartedly hope our music could reach out to diverse spectrum of listeners like a tree with numerous branching arms.The formation is currently studying chamber music with Prof. Oliver Wille at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

▼ 1st Round
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 4 op. 18-4
▼ 2nd Round
G. Ligeti / String Quartet No. 1
C. Debussy / String Quartet op. 10
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 9 op. 59-3
▼ Final
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 15 op. 132
HONO Quartet

Japan

Honoka KISHIMOTO Violin
Shuga HAYASHI Violin
Kenshi NAGATA Viola
Yoshiyuki KANIE Cello

Formed in 2018 while all members in Tokyo University of Arts. Won 3rd prize and Haydn prize in Munetsugu String Quartet competition in 2018.Won 1st prize in Akiyoshidai Music competition. In 2021 participated in 19th Project Q and play Beethoven’s 16th quartet.From 2020 receive scholarship from Matsuo Science Foundation. Studied with Katsuya Matsubara and Toshihiko Ichitsubo at Tokyo University of Arts.The Quartet is currently studying with Nobuko Yamazaki.

▼ 1st Round
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 4 op. 18-4
▼ 2nd Round
B. Britten / String Quartet No. 2 op. 36
F. Mendelssohn / String Quartet No. 5 op. 44-3
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 11 op. 95
▼ Final Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 12 op. 127
Quartetto Indaco

Italy

Eleonora MATSUNO Violin
Ida DI VITA Violin
Jamiang SANTI Viola
Cosimo CAROVANI Cello

The Quartetto Indaco is today considered among the most interesting Italian string quartets of its generation. After graduating in Fiesole and in Hannover (Chamber Music Master with Prof. O. Wille), the Q. I. follows Masterclasses within the Accademia Chigiana (with Prof. G. Pichler). The quartet was awarded the Scotese Prize in 2017, was among the finalists of "Premio Paolo Borciani" 2017 and has won several international awards and scholarships (Manhattan International Competition – Golden Medal). "Compact ensemble, full of enamel and exuberance" the quartet recorded for Brillant Classics, Ema Vinci and Sconfinarte in Milan. Guest of prestigious music festivals and institutions in Italy, Q.I. also performs regularly in all Europe and abroad.

▼ 1st Round
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 4 op. 18-4
▼ 2nd Round
B. Bartók/ String Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91
J. Brahms / String Quartet No. 2 op. 51-2
▼ 3rd Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 10 op. 74
Misato Mochizuk / "Boids again"
▼ Final Round
F. Schubert / String Quartet No. 15 D887
Malion Quartet

Germany

Alexander JUSSOW Violin
Miki NAGAHARA Violin
Lilya TYMCHYSHYN Viola
Bettina KESSLER Cello

The Malion Quartet is one of the most versatile quartets of the up-and-coming generation. Their busy concert schedule includes Alte Oper Frankfurt, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Cité de la Musique, Paris. Along with winning 3rd prize at Irene Steels Wilsing Competition 2023, they were finalists of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb 2022 and were selected as "Quartet in Residence'' at Holzhausenschlösschen, Frankfurt for 2023. Special collaborations include Jörg Widmann, Martin Stadtfeld, Hariolf Schlichtig and Vogler Quartet. A passionate advocate of music education, they recently founded their own festival: Malion Music Festival. Their video “Beethoven - Große Fuge” was nominated for Opus Klassik 2022. The ensemble has worked intensively with Eberhard Feltz, Alban Berg Quartet,Cuarteto Casals, Tim Vogler and Oliver Wille.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 1 op. 18-1
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
H. Dutilleux / "Ainsi la nuit"
J. Brahms / String Quartet No. 2 op. 51-2
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 7 op. 59-1
▼ Final Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 14 op. 131
MILA Quartet

China

Ke ZHU Violin
Huan CI Violin
Zhangjuan LIU Viola
Xinyang LYU Cello

Established in 2020, MILA Quartet was the first chamber group to be awarded Fellowship String Quartet at Tianjin Juilliard School. In 2021, MILA was awarded Gold with Honours for The Singapore International Solo & Ensemble Competition. Coached by Shanghai Quartet, MILA joined the 2nd Tianjin Chamber Music Festival, the inaugural Festive Connect, and The Juilliard String Quartet Seminar. MILA received interview from China Daily and was described “for many of its lovers that is just what gives chamber music its appeal.” Gábor Takács-Nagy commented MILA’s Bártok String Quartet No.4 “gifted and insightful”. MILA Quartet’s W.E. Hill & Sons instruments are generously provided by Ms. Li from Shenzhen.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 4 op. 18-4
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
B. Bartók / String Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91
M. Ravel / String Quartet
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 8 op. 59-2
▼ Final Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 15 op. 132
Moser String Quartet

Switzerland

Kanon MIYASHITA Violin
Patricia MURO FRANCIA Violin
Ariadna BATALLER CALATAYUD Viola
Lea GALASSO Cello

Moser String Quartet was born in 2020 and currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik Basel with Silvia Simionescu (Gringolts Quartet), Anton Kernjak, and Anna Gebert.The Quartet has been invited to MonteLeón International Chamber Music Festival (Spain), Festival Musikdorf Ernen, and Swiss Chamber Music Festival (Switzerland), Trame Sonore Festival, Roero Cultural Events (Italy). The Quartet has been awarded 1st Prize in Gran Premi Musical Lauredià Competition (Andorra) and 2nd Prize in Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition (Switzerland). They have participated in numerous masterclasses, such as Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and IMS Prussia Cove, receiving lessons from Casals Quartet, Heime Müller (Artemis Quartet), Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet), Cibrán Sierra (Quiroga Quartet), Tabea Zimmermann, Steven Isserlis, Eberhard Feltz, and Anthony Marwood.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 1 op. 18-1
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
Toru Takemitsu / "A Way a Lone"
J. Brahms / String Quartet No. 2 op. 51-2
▼ 3rd Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 11 op. 95
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
▼ Final
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 15 op. 132
Rasa String Quartet

USA

Kiyoshi HAYASHI Violin
Maura Shawn SCANLIN Violin
Emma KONDO POWELL Viola
Mina KIM Cello

Rasa String Quartet finds their niche exploring the musical space where classical and folk traditions intersect and influence one another. They are the 2022-23 ensemble in residence at Phillips Exeter Academy and winners of the AEMC competition (Italy,) the MTNA competition (ATL,) and the CMYS competition (OH.) They can be found collaborating with the preeminent folk musicians of today, performing their own programs in venues around the US, and participating in artistic and educational residencies at a variety of institutions. Inspired by the connection between music and storytelling at the heart of folk traditions, Rasa creates engaging and fresh programs that are approachable by a wide range of people, are inspired by a diversity of cultures, and highlight unknown composers.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 3 op. 18-3
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
M. Ravel / String Quartet
S. Prokofiev / String Quartet No. 2 op. 92
▼ 3rd Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 11 op. 95
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
▼ Final Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 16 op. 135
Terra String Quartet

USA

Harriet LANGLEY Violin
Amelia DIETRICH Violin
Ramón CARRERO MARTĺNEZ Viola
Audrey CHEN Cello

Grand Prize winners of the 2022 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, the Terra String Quartet, based in New York, is composed of graduates of Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory and Harvard University. Praised for "remarkable maturity and musicality" and "superb ensemble playing" (Hyde Park Herald), they hail from across the globe and commit to infusing the quartet with equal parts passion, spontaneity and humor.
TSQ has featured across the US and Canada, and appeared in concert with the Cremona Quartet. Semi-finalists at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, they are the first quartet chosen to participate in Four Seasons Festival’s Professional Fellowship Program at East Carolina University. Their mentors include Ara Gregorian, Mark Steinberg, Daniel Avshalomov and Catherine Cho.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 1 op. 18-1
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
F. Mendelssohn / String Quartet No. 4 op. 44-2
B. Britten / String Quartet No. 2 op. 36
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 9 op. 59-3
▼ Final Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 15 op. 132
Thaleia Quartet

Japan

Kako YAMADA Violin
Hiromi FUTAMURA Violin
Sakuya WATABE Viola
Miu ISHIZAKI Cello

Thaleia Quartet was formed by students of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2014. They are studying with Nobuko Yamazaki and Kazuhide Isomura.They got 3rd prize in Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition,1st prize in Munetsugu hall string quartet competition. They’ve had some masterclasses by Tokyo Quartet as the member of “5th Suntory Hall chamber music academy” in 2018-20. They’re awarded a scholarship from “Matsuo Foundation”.

▼ 1st Round
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 4 op. 18-4
▼ 2nd Round
G. Ligeti / String Quartet No. 1
C. Debussy / String Quartet op. 10
▼ 3rd Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 11 op. 95
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
▼ Final
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 14 op. 131
Vivace Quartet

China

Tianlong MAI Violin
Wei YU Violin
Jiasong BAI Viola
Ziru NIU Cello

Vivace Quartet is made up of four eclectic young musicians who graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, taught by the famous violinist, Professor Gefang Yang, who was the first violin of the Alexander String Quartet. They won the 2nd prize of the 3rd Ysaye International Music Competition in Belgium（the first place vacant). They were selected into Wigmore Hall String quarter competition and the 71st ARD International Music Competition. Vivace Quartet is active on the music stage and held concerts in many famous places, such as Forbidden City Concert Hall, National Library Art Center, Central Conservatory of Music, Poly Grand Theater, Daning Theater in Shanghai, Tianjin Concert Hall, Qingdao Grand Theater, Zibo Grand Theater, Changsha Concert Hall, Suzhou Culture and Art Center, etc.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 2 op. 18-2
A. Webern / 5 movements for string quartet op. 5
▼ 2nd Round
G. Ligeti / String Quartet No. 1
J. Brahms / String Quartet No. 2 op. 51-2
▼ 3rd Round
Misato Mochizuki / "Boids again"
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 7 op. 59-1
▼ 本選
L. v. Beethoven / String Quartet No. 12 op. 127
Albéniz Trio

Netherlands

Javier RAMEIX Piano
Luis María SUÁREZ Violin
Paula BRIZUELA Cello

Albéniz Trio was founded in 2019 at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, under the tutelage of Günter Pichler, Márta Gulyás and Heime Müller. They have obtained the “Jeunesses Musicales” Prize, the 1st prize in the “Antón García Abril” International Competition, the 1st Prize and the “Arthur Rubinstein” Special Prize in the “Kiejstut Bacewicz” International Competition and the “Ensemble Emergente” Prize of FestClásica in Spain. The trio has been part of the Rheingau Musik Festival, Hohenloher Kultursommer and Granada International Music Festival. In addition, they are part of the chamber music chair at the "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Munich, Germany, where they work with the pianist Dirk Mommertz and the Quatour Ébène.

▼ 1st Round
W. Rihm / "Fremde Szene III"
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Trio No. 3 op. 1-3
▼ 2nd Round
D. Shostakovich / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 67
M. Ravel / Piano Trio
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 2 D929
Trio Chagall

Switzerland

Lorenzo NGUYEN Piano
Edoardo GRIECO Violin
Francesco MASSIMINO Cello

Trio Chagall has recently gained the attention of the musical milieu as a winner of the Second overall Prize (First Prize not awarded) and 3 special prizes at the 20th edition of the Premio “Trio di Trieste”. In 2020 the Trio was awarded the “Giovanna Maniezzo” prize by the Jury of the Accademia Musicale di Siena and in 2022 the Trio was chosen as the “Ensemble of the year 2020/2021” by Dimore del Quartetto, one of the largest network of young international ensembles. Trio Chagall was founded in 2013 and is now continuing its studies with Rainer Schimdt and Anton Kernjak at the Hoschule fur Musik in Basel and is an Ensemble ECMA at the European Chamber Music Academy studying with Hatto Beyerle and Patrick Jüdt.

▼ 1st Round
F. J. Haydn / Piano Trio Hob. XV-27
W. Rihm / "Fremde Szene III"
▼ 2nd Round
M. Ravel / Piano Trio
D. Shostakovich / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 67
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 1 D898
Trio E.T.A.

Germany

Till HOFFMANN Piano
Elene MEIPARIANI Violin
Till SCHULER Cello

The Trio E.T.A. has chosen to associate itself with the writer, composer and critic E.T.A. Hoffmann. In 2021, the young ensemble was awarded the German Music Competition prize, the special prize of the Rotary Club Bonn as well as the prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany. Since then, the trio made its debut at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Beethoven House in Bonn and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, among others. The ensemble’s debut CD was released in February 2023 on the recording label GENUIN. The artistic activity of the ensemble has been documented by numerous radio and television productions. The Trio E.T.A. regularly receives artistic impulses from Dirk Mommertz, Eberhard Feltz and Priya Mitchell.

▼ 1st Round
W. Rihm / "Fremde Szene I"
F. J. Haydn / Piano Trio Hob. XV-27
▼ 2nd Round
F. Mendelssohn / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 66
D. Shostakovich / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 67
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 2 D929
Trio Gaia

USA

Andrew BARNWELL Piano
Grant HOUSTON Violin
Yi-Mei TEMPLEMAN Cello

Trio Gaia offers dynamic, personally relevant experiences inside and outside the concert hall and serves as New England Conservatory's graduate piano trio in residence. Recently, the trio won 1st prize at the WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition and top prizes in the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs and 2019 Plowman National Chamber Music Competitions. Dedicated to sharing classical music in the community, Trio Gaia has performed in recital halls, schools, and community centers across the US and has presented educational residencies for the Panama Jazz Festival and Virginia Arts Festival. The trio’s current mentors include Vivian Weilerstein, Yeesun Kim, and Kim Kashkashian. When not rehearsing, you can find Grant, Yi-Mei, and Andrew cooking together or writing original arrangements and compositions.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Trio No. 1 op. 1-1
E. Carter / "Epigrams"
▼ 2nd Round
M. Weinberg / Piano Trio op. 24
R. Schumann / Piano Trio No. 1 op. 63
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Trio No. 7 op. 97
Trio Michelangeli

Germany

Riccardo GAGLIARDI Piano
Paolo TAGLIAMENTO Violin
Alessandra DONINELLI Cello

The Trio Michelangeli was founded in Munich by the violinist Paolo Tagliamento, the cellist Alessandra Doninelli and the pianist Riccardo Gagliardi, united not only by friendship but for a deep love for the chamber music repertoire. The trio is named after the extraordinary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, in whom the three musicians find great inspiration: an eclectic and refined character, meditative and universal, capable of blending cantabile and rigour, strength and delicacy, who profoundly marked the musical taste of his era and future generations. Italian by birth but a citizen of the world, his life and artistic bond with Switzerland represents the union between the two countries, places of origin of the three musicians. The trio is currently studying under the guidance of Prof. Silke Avenhaus and Raphael Merlin (Ébène Quartet) at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Trio No. 3 op. 1-3
W. Rihm / "Fremde Szene III"
▼ 2nd Round
M. Weinberg / Piano Trio op. 24
J. Brahms / Piano Trio No. 1 op. 8
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 1 D898
Trio Orelon

Germany

Marco SANNA Piano
Judith STAPF Violin
Arnau ROVIRA BASCOMPTE Cello

Harmony, creativity and a thirst for discovery: this is what the Trio Orelon, founded in Cologne in 2018, stands for. Judith Stapf, Arnau Rovira and Marco Sanna came together at the conservatoires in Cologne and Berlin. Symphonic density, homogeneous sound, "chamber music intensity and emotionality" (FAZ) - these qualities were already attributed to the trio shortly after its founding. In July 2022 the Trio Orelon won the first prize and the special prize for “the best interpretation of the contemporary piece” at the competition “Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne” in Graz, Austria. The Trio Orelon is also a prizewinner of the Schumann Competition in Frankfurt, the Premio Trio di Trieste and the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2021.

▼ 1st Round
F. J. Haydn / Piano Trio Hob. XV-29
Toshio Hosokawa / "Trio" (2013, revised in 2017)
▼ 2nd Round
M. Weinberg / Piano Trio op. 24
F. Mendelssohn / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 66
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 2 D929
Trio Pantoum

France

Virgile ROCHE Piano
Hugo MEDER Violin
Bogeun PARK Cello

Founded in 2016 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, the Trio Pantoum has established itself as one of the most promising European chamber music ensembles of its generation. Already prizewinners of numerous international competitions (Trieste, Weimar, Lyon...) and acclaimed in major French and European venues. Hugo Meder, Bo-Geun Park and Virgile Roche have studied with the Trio Wanderer, Claire Désert, Hatto Beyerle, Patrick Jüdt, Johannes Meissl, Günter Pichler, Irvine Arditti, Antonio Meneses... Since 2021, the Trio Pantoum is an ECMA-Ensemble, and Resident at Proquartet. In 2022-2023, they will be Artists in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. In 2023, the trio will tour in France and Italy, and will also perform in countries such as Hungary, Japan and Australia for the first time.

▼ 1st Round
E. Carter / "Epigrams"
W. A. Mozart / Piano Trio K. 502
▼ 2nd Round
M. Weinberg / Piano Trio op. 24
M. Ravel / Piano Trio
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 2 D929
Portus Trio

Japan

Junnosuke KIKUNO Piano
Michiko YOSHIMURA Violin
Aika KIMURA Cello

Portus Trio was founded by students at Toho Gakuen School of Music in 2021. In 2022, Portus Trio was awarded a scholarship for masterclasses at the 43rd Kirishima International Music Festival. They received the Espoir Prize in the 23rd Osaka International Music Competition Ensemble Division. In May, 2022, they were honored to play at 105th Chamber Music Concert of Toho Gakuen. Portus Trio gave a museum concert as a part of Chamber Music Festival in Toyama 2022, where they performed with Prof. Kikuei Ikeda and Prof. Kazuhide Isomura, the former members of Tokyo String Quartet. They are also fellows of the 7th Chamber Music Academy of Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

▼ 1st Round
W. A. Mozart / Piano Trio K. 548
Toshio Hosokawa / "Trio" (2013, revised in 2017)
▼ 2nd Round
B. Martinů / Piano Trio No. 2 (1950)
J. Brahms / Piano Trio No. 1 op. 8
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Trio No. 7 op. 97
Soleri Trio

Germany

Asen TANCHEV Piano
Dainis MEDJANIKS Violin
Moritz WEIGERT Cello

Soleri Trio was founded in 2017 and since 2020 has been studying with Dirk Mommertz, Eberhard Feltz and Priya Mitchell at the HMTM Munich, and from 2022 also with the Artemis Quartet at the UdK Berlin. Prize winners of numerous international competitions – “Premio Città di Padova” (1st Prize), “Franz Schubert & Modern Music” Competition, Graz (3rd Prize), Ysaÿe Music Competition, Liège (3rd Prize, 1st Prize not awarded), The Parkhouse Award, Wigmore Hall, London (Highly Commended Prize), International Competition of the Società Umanitaria, Milan (2nd Prize). For the upcoming season there are numerous concert performances planned in Germany and abroad. They are always looking for new means of expression without neglecting the musical context for all their enthusiasm, passion and spontaneity.

▼ 1st Round
F. J. Haydn / Piano Trio Hob. XV-29
W. Rihm / "Fremde Szene I"
▼ 2nd Round
B. Martinů / Piano Trio No. 2 (1950)
J. Brahms / Piano Trio No. 2 op. 87
▼ Final Round
Toru Takemitsu / "Between Tides"
F. Schubert / Piano Trio No. 2 D929
Capybara Piano Quartet

Germany

Mario HÄRING Piano
Shuichi OKADA Violin
Takehiro KONOE Viola
Minji KIM Cello

The Capybara piano quartet was born from the meeting of four young soloists from all over Europe. Founded in 2021, Shuichi Okada (violin), Takehiro Konoe (viola) and Minji Kim (cello) met in the prestigious Ozawa academy where they had the chance to work with great teachers like Sadao Harada and Nobuko Imai. Having the same passion for chamber music, they decided to create the quartet with pianist, Mario Häring. As prizewinners of major international competitions (ARD, Geneva, Paulo, Leeds, Kreisler, Cassado) They are each regularly called upon to play on the greatest stages both in Europe and abroad as soloists and in chamber music.

▼ 1st Round
A. Schnittke / Piano Quartet
W. A. Mozart / Piano Quartet No. 1 K. 478
▼ 2nd Round
S. Stucky / Piano Quartet (2005)
G. Fauré / Piano Quartet No. 2 op. 45
▼ Final Round
Toshio Hosokawa / "The Water of Lethe" (2015)
J. Brahms / Piano Quartet No. 3 op. 60
Werther Piano Quartet

Italy

Antonino FIUMARA Piano
Misia IANNONI SEBASTIANINI Violin
Martina SANTARONE Viola
Vladimir BOGDANOVIC Cello

Winner of XXXIX "Abbiati" Prize as the best young ensemble of the 2020 and Third Prize at the "Trio di Trieste" International Chamber Music Competition, the Werther Piano Quartet has an intense concert activity, playing since 2016 for the most prestigious national festivals. In 2022 the quartet obtained his diploma from Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia receiving a "special mention for the exceptional chamber music skills", a recognition never before awarded to an ensemble since 1939. The quartet is a former student of Trio di Parma and Pierpaolo Maurizzi and is pursuing further training with Rainer Schmidt and Patrick Jüdt. In 2021, the ensemble’s first CD "Fauré Piano Quartes op. 15 and 45” was released for the Dutch label Brilliant Classics.

▼ 1st Round
L. v. Beethoven / Piano Quartet op. 16
A. Schnittke / Piano Quartet
▼ 2nd Round
A. Copland / Piano Quartet
W. Walton / Piano Quartet
▼ Final Round
Toshio Hosokawa / "The Water of Lethe" (2015)
J. Brahms / Piano Quartet No. 3 op. 60
Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI（Chairman）

Japan／Cello

Director General , Suntory Foundation for the Arts

Born in Tokyo, Mr. Tsutsumi's early training with Hideo Saito led him to his debut at the young age of 12 with Tokyo Philharmonic, performing the Saint-Saens concerto. Appearances with Japan's leading orchestras followed, as did several major prizes, including the Japan's most prestigious; the Mainichi (Japan) Music Competition. Since 1961, he studied under János Starker and served as his assistant from 1963. He got 2nd prize at ARD competition at Munich and 1st prize at Casals at Budapest in 1963, that led him to the concert appearances all over the world.

He taught the University of Illinois before joining the faculty of Indiana University as Professor of Music in the fall of 1988. He has also been invited as a jury member of prestigious international music competitions such as the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann, ARD in Munich, M. Rostropovich in Paris, CBC/SRC in Ottawa, Osaka International.

In 2009, he was awarded Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon, the highest honor in Japan. He is also a member of the Japan Art Academy since December 2009.

He is also known as a recipient of the Suntory Award for his contribution to music in Japan and was presented National Academy of Arts Prize in music by the Emperor. In 1997, he was elected the first President of Japan Cello Society, and in 2000 elected Music Director of Kirishima International Music Festival and Director General of Suntory Foundation for ARTS.

He was also elected the President of Suntory Hall in September 2007 and he was the President of Toho Gakuen School of Music for nine years. Now he is also Specially appointed visiting professorship at Korea National University of the Arts School of Music (2017-).
Martin BEAVER

USA/Violin

Former Tokyo Quartet member

Canadian-born violinist Martin Beaver was First Violin of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet from June 2002 until its final concert in July 2013. As such, he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Sydney Opera House.

As a member of the Tokyo String Quartet, Mr. Beaver was privileged to perform on the 1727 Stradivarius violin from the “Paganini Quartet” set of instruments, on generous loan to the quartet from the Nippon Music Foundation. Recordings of the Tokyo String Quartet during his tenure notably include the complete Beethoven quartets on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Mr. Beaver’s concerto and recital appearances span four continents with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège and the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and under the batons of Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Raymond Leppard, Gilbert Varga and Yannick Nézet-Séguin among others. Chamber music performances include collaborations with such eminent artists as Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Sabine Meyer and Yefim Bronfman.

Mr. Beaver is a regular guest at prominent festivals in North America and abroad. Among these are: the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla SummerFest, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Edinburgh Festival (U.K.) and Pacific Music Festival (Japan).

A devoted educator, Mr. Beaver has conducted masterclasses throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. He has held teaching positions at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of British Columbia and the Peabody Conservatory. More recently, he served on the faculty of New York University and as Artist in Residence at the Yale School of Music. He joined the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles in August 2013 where he is currently Professor of Violin and Chamber Music.

Martin Beaver is a founding member of the Montrose Trio with pianist Jon Kimura Parker and cellist Clive Greensmith.
Weigang LI

USA/Violin

Shanghai Quartet

Born into a family of well-known musicians in Shanghai, Weigang Li began studying the violin with his parents Keqiang Li and Huier Chen when he was 5 and went on to attend the Shanghai Conservatory Middle School at age 14. Three years later, in 1981, he was selected to go to study for one year at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music through the first cultural exchange program between the sister cities of Shanghai and San Francisco. in 1985, upon graduating from the Shanghai Conservatory, Weigang Li left China to continue his studies at Northern Illinois University and later studied and taught at the Juilliard School. Besides his parents, other important teachers have included Shmuel Ashkenasi, Tan Shu-Chen, Robert Mann and Isadore Tinkleman, Mr. Li was featured in the 1980 Oscar winning documentary film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. He made his solo debut at 17 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as soloist with Shanghai Symphony, China Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony and Asian Youth Orchestra.

Weigang Li is a founding member and first violinist of the world-renowned Shanghai Quartet since 1983. Now in its 40th season, the Shanghai Quartet has performed nearly 3000 concerts in 35 countries and recorded over 30 CD albums, including a highly acclaimed 7-disc set of complete Beethoven string quartets on Camerata label.

In the fall of 2020, Weigang Li joined Tianjin Juilliard School as resident faculty of violin and chair of chamber music department. He also holds the title of guest concert-master of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra since 2009. Mr. Li has been an artist-in-residence at Montclair State University for 19 years and a violin professor at Bard College Conservatory of Music for 16 years.
Kazuki SAWA

Japan/Violin

Sawa Quartet

Sawa is one of the most important figures in today’s Japanese classical music scene. After receiving master’s degree from the Tokyo Geidai (Tokyo University of the Arts) with the Premier Prix "The Ataka Award", he continued his study in London with Gyorgy Pauk and Bela Katona. He then won several international prizes including the Munich (Violin-Piano Duo together with his pianist wife, Emiko Tadenuma), Long-Thibaud (Paris) and Wieniawski (Poland). He was also awarded the Ysaye Medal from the Ysaye Foundation of Belgium and a Gold Medal at the 1979 Bordeaux Festival.

In 1984, he began a busy professional career as a faculty of the Tokyo Geidai as well as a soloist/chamber music player. Sawa returned to London in 1989 on a research fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, where he worked with members of the late Amadeus Quartet, who inspired him to form the SAWA QUARTET. The quartet is now regarded as one of the best string quartets in Japan. Alongside with activities of Sawa Quartet, he also performed with internationally acclaimed artists such as members of late Amadeus Quartet, Henschel Quartet, Kuss Quartet and Gustav Mahler Quartet. He has been invited to various music festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in USA, the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland, Ryedale Music Festival, and the Lake District Summer Music in UK. He is also invited to be a member of jury of various international competitions such as the Tibor Varga (Sion), the Long-Thibaud, the London String Quartet and the RNCM Manchester.

While being acclaimed as an exceptional violinist, Sawa extended his career as a conductor since 1996. He made highly successful concert tours in the UK with the Hibiki Strings (2003,2004) and Tokyo Strings (2005). He also guest-conduced major Japanese orchestras, such as Tokyo Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony, Kyushu Symphony, and Kioi Hall Chamber.

Sawa fulfilled the term as the President of the Tokyo Geidai in 2022, and is now an honorary professor of both Geidai and Royal Academy of Music. He plays on a 1732 Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu violin known as the “Arkwright”.
Monika HENSCHEL

Germany/Viola

Henschel Quartet
Prizewinner of the 2nd Osaka International Chamber Music Competition Section I (1996)

In addition to her international radius as a violist, festival director and lecturer, Monika Henschel is involved in many ways in cultural policy and the transformation of the German cultural scene. As a member of the German Cultural Council Berlin and president of the world's first association of string quartets and other chamber music ensembles VdSQ, Monika Henschel is shaping future structures for teaching, event planning and promotion. The dedicated musician draws on her experience and networking as a soloist on the one hand and on the other hand on the know-how of the entrepreneurial and musical family from which she comes. Very successfully she uses methods and development paths from business and research, shows herself as founder of the VdSQ as well as of the Federal Association for Chamber Music Events Festival4, curates the German String Quartet Biennials (Pinakothek der Moderne Munich), initiates synergetic cooperations, e.g. with the Association of German Orchestra Musicians Unisono, with elite universities and cultural institutions.

She studied with Felix Andrievsky and the members of the Amadeus Quartet in London, and made her debut as a soloist with orchestra at the Yehudi Menuhin Festival in Gstaad at the age of 14. As a founding member of the multi-award-winning Henschel Quartet and the ensemble Henschel&FRIENDS, she is at home on the international concert podiums, including Japan's Suntory Hall, London's Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York. Master classes take her to music faculties such as the University of California Los Angeles, Royal Northern College Manchester, and Geidai University of the Arts in Tokyo. She is an ambassador for SOS-Kinderdorf e.V., Pirastro and Henle Artist. In 2019, she was awarded the Bavarian Constitutional Prize.
Mai MOTOBUCHI

USA-Japan/Viola

Former Borromeo String Quartet member

Mai Motobuchi has earned distinction as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Since joining the Borromeo String Quartet in 2000, Ms. Motobuchi has performed in the world’s most renowned concert halls, and she has collaborated with esteemed musicians including Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, Bernard Greenhouse, Kim Kashkashian, Ralph Kirshbaum, Larry Lesser, Midori, David Shifrin, Richard Stoltzman, Dawn Upshaw, and the Brentano, Colorado, Ying and Ysaye String Quartets. As a soloist, she has performed with such renowned performers as Yo-Yo Ma and Seiji Ozawa.

Since retiring from performing in July 2022, Ms. Motobuchi is in demand as a teacher in two countries, serving on the Viola and Chamber Music faculty at both the New England Conservatory of Music and at the Tenrikyo Institute of Music in her native Japan. She has given Master Classes in conservatories and festivals around the world and served as a member of the jury at the Primrose International Viola Competition in 2021, and will be a member of the jury at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2023.
As a member of the Borromeo String Quartet, Ms. Motobuchi has been awarded the 2007 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award (2001), and has served as Quartet-in-Residence at New England Conservatory of Music, Taos School of Music, and Heifetz International Music Institute.
Ms. Motobuchi first gained recognition in Japan as First Prize winner in the 1989 MBS Youth Music Competition, and in the 1990 and 1991 Ensemble Competition. Upon coming to the United States, she won First Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Junior Division and the Henri Kohn Memorial Award from the Tanglewood Music Center.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Mai Motobuchi started playing violin at age five. Her teachers have included Joseph Fuchs, Robert Dan, Raphael Hillyer, Martha Strongin Katz, Paul Katz, and Yoko Washio Iwatani.

Ms. Motobuchi is also a renowned essayist in Japan, and her first book was published and released in July 2022 under Doyusha Publications.
Alasdair TAIT

UK/Cello

Former Belcea Quartet member
Prizewinner of the 3rd Osaka International Chamber Music Competition Section I (1999)

Scottish cellist Alasdair Tait studied at the RNCM with Emma Ferrand and Ralph Kirshbaum and in Basel with Thomas Demenga. As cellist of the Belcea Quartet until 2006 he performed internationally and was ‘Resident Quartet’ at London’s Wigmore Hall. Recordings for EMI of Schubert, Brahms, Britten, Mozart, Fauré and Barber (collaborating with Ian Bostridge, Thomas Ades and Thomas Kakushka) were awarded both Gramophone Awards and Diapason d’Or. The quartet were twice recipients of the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award and were the first BBC New Generation Artists.

Alongside his now full-time role as Chief Executive of Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT), he was Head of Chamber Music at Guildhall and RNCM, professor at Reina Sofia in Madrid and regularly teaches on the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and at Aldeburgh Music. He has given masterclasses at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Glenn Gould School in Canada, New England Conservatory and Stanford University in USA. He is frequently invited as jury member on international competitions such as Banff, Osaka, Melbourne, Wigmore and Vienna/Haydn Competitions.

Alasdair has also collaborated with artists including Piotr Andrezewski, Christian Zacharias, Kathryn Stott, Imogen Cooper, Aleksander Madzar, Robert Levin, Isabelle van Keulen, Valentin Erben, Borodin Quartet, Heinz Holliger, Michael Collins, Simon Keenlyside, Dame Anne Murray and Christine Schäfer.

He is currently a council member for Snape Maltings (Aldeburgh) and the Countess of Munster Trust. In 2013 he was made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for his contribution to excellence in Teaching and Learning and was awarded the ABO (Association of British Orchestras) 2016 Artist Manager of the Year.

Alasdair also works as a psychodynamic psychotherapist in private practice in London.
Vincent COQ

France/Piano

Trio Wanderer

Vincent Coq started studying the piano at age 7. Admitted to Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, he won a piano First Prize in 1985, then pursued graduate studies under the guidance of Dominique Merlet.
After winning a First Prize in chamber music in 1984 in Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux's class, he joined Jean-Claude Pennetier's class to perfect his chamber music skills.
Vincent Coq then joined master classes taught by Nikita Malagoff, György Sandor and Leon Fleisher.

In 1989, he worked under the direction of György Sebök at the Bloomington School of Music.
Vincent Coq founded the Trio Wanderer in 1987 with two other students of the Paris' Conservatoire.They studied under the direction of Mehahem Pressler and Amadeus Quartet's members. In 1988, they won the ARD Competition in Munich and, in 1990, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in the USA.
With Trio Wanderer he has performed on the most prestigious music stages with his ensemble at Berlin, Paris, Wien, London, Milan, Barcelona, Washington, Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro, Tokyo, Zürich and Amsterdam.
He has on many occasions collaborated with artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Christopher Hogwood, James Loughran, Marco Guidarini, François-Xavier Roth, accompanied, in triple or double concertos, by orchestras as Toulouse, Nice, Montpellier, Liège, Santiago de Chile, La Coruna, Teneriffe, by Les Siècles Orchestra, Radio-France’s Orchestre National and Orchestre Philharmonique, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Berlin’s Radio Symphonic Orchestra…

Since 2010, Vincent Coq is professor of chamber music at the Lausanne's Haute Ecole de Musique. In 2014, Vincent Coq has started with his Trio Wanderer's colleagues, a piano trio class at the Paris' CRR, and since 2018 he is professor at the IESM in Aix-en-Provence. He has given master-class through Europe, in Japan, Taiwan, South America, Canada, and he has been invited as a jury member at international competitions as Lyon, Graz, Vercelli, Munich ARD.

Vincent Coq is bestowed the Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.
Eckart HEILIGERS

Germany/Piano

Trio Jean Paul
Prizewinner of the 1st Osaka International Chamber Music Competition Section II (1993)

Born in Kleve. Studies with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover, and Leon Fleisher in Baltimore, USA.
Scholarship holder of the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes” (Academic Foundation of the German People), the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and of the German Music Competition. France Graage Performance Scholarship.

Multiple laureate at international competitions, for example in Vercelli, Athens, Salt Lake City and Oslo. Worldwide concert performances as soloist, chamber musician and lied accompanist.

He holds a professorship in piano and chamber music at the Musikhochschule Zurich. Masterclasses at home and abroad. Judge at international music competitions.
Shigeo NERIKI

Japan/Piano

Distinguished professor of Toho Gakuen School of Music

Pianist Shigeo Neriki has dazzled audiences and critics on four continents, as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician. He arrived in United States to study with Professor Gyorgy Sebok at Indiana University in 1971.
From first prize-winning performances at the Biennial Piano Competition at Tucson in 1976, and the Three Rivers Piano Competition in Pittsburgh in 1979, Mr. Neriki's career has blossomed to include performances as a soloist with Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and National Symphony in Washington, D.C. In outside of the United States, he was a soloist with Orchesta Sinfonica Nacional in Mexico City, Radio Orchestra de France, NHK Symphony and all of the leading orchestras in his native Japan.
As an active chamber musician, Mr. Neriki has appeared in concerts and festivals throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
Mr. Neriki also dedicates himself to teach young talents from all over the world. He currently holds a title of the distinguished professor of the Toho Gakuen University of Music, and he is former Professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (1981-2015).
Since 1976, Mr. Neriki has shared a close musical association with the world-renowned cellist Janos Starker. They have collaborated extensively in concerts around the world. The duo has recorded for Dennon, Delos, Star, and RCA Victor Red Seal.
Mr. Neriki has recorded three solo CDs, one for Harmony CD Classic and two for Meister Music. His recording of Schumann Piano Pieces (Meister Music, 1997) has won a Japanese Government Prize for his excellent performance.
Duo Morgan-Treub

Netherlands

Seán MORGAN-ROONEY Piano
Bas TREUB Violin

Duo Morgan-Treub is a collaboration between Dutch violinist Bas Treub and Irish pianist Seán Morgan-Rooney. The Amsterdam-based duo sets out to explore the parameters of the violin and piano repertoire. The stylistic range of the ensemble is evidenced in their diverse and creatively curated programs, which integrate the traditional classical repertoire with jazz, musical and folk styles. The duo performs regularly throughout the Netherlands and abroad. Both members are passionate chamber musicians, working in a diverse range of ensembles. Their musical activities have brought them to the likes of the BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Wigmore Hall and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Outside of the duo, Bas is concertmaster of the Phion Orchestra, while Seán pursues a varied solo career.

▼ 1st Round
E. Dohnányi / Andante Rubato alla Zingaresca - from Ruralia Hungarica
B. Bartók / “Fast Dance” - no. 6 from Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 92
Tōru Takemitsu / Distance de Fée
K. Szymanowski / “Dryades et Pan” from Mythes op. 30
▼ Semifinal Round
G. Kurtág / Aus der Ferne
A. Pärt / Fratres
J. Adams / “40% Swing” from Road Movies
L. Bernstein (arr. E. Stern) / “Glitter and be Gay” from Candide
KamBrass Quintet

Switzerland

Guillem CARDONA ZAERA Trumpet
Joan PÀMIES MAGRANÉ Trumpet
Maria SERVERA MONSERRAT French Horn
Xavier GIL BATET Trombone
Oriol REVERTER CURTO Tuba

(2017-Barcelona), one of the most promising groups on the current music scene. Curiosity, passion shared by the five friends to create KamBrass. The interest for unpublished works, original music, idiomatic arrangements establish versatility as a hallmark, with musicality as the backbone.
Prizes: 1st Prize-Philip Jones Brass Prize (Lucerne), 2nd Prize-Antón García Abril Competition (Baza), 2nd Prize-Cambra Romànica (Andorra), nominated for Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes, American Brass Quintet Prize-Fischoff Competition (USA), 2nd Prize-Orpheus Swiss Chamber Music Competition.
Festival performances: Barcelona Obertura, Palma Clàssica, Swiss Chamber Music Festival, Davos Festival, Luzerner Orchesterhaus… Next concerts: Hohenlohe, Barcelona, Mallorca…
Specialised in Chamber Music-Master at Hochschule Musik-Lucerne with Isabel Charisius, Antonio Lagares, Daniel Dodds, Immanuel Richter, Olivier Darbellay, Martin Schippers, Thomas Rüedi, Lukas Christinat.

▼ 1st Round
W. Lutoslawski / Mini Overture
V. Ewald / Quintet N.1
▼ Semifinal Round
J. S. Bach / Prelude and Fugue in E minor
J. Bach / Rounds and Dances (III. Carioca, IV. Idyl, V. Galop)
M. Hunziker / Windspiel
Lucid Duo

Austria

Irena MANOLOVA Marimba
Tomasz GOLIŃSKI Marimba

Lucid Duo is the 1st prize winner of the Universal Marimba Competition 2011 in Belgium. Their success allows them to perform actively in Europe, Japan, Mexico and to hold masterclasses at universities as the Toho Gakuen School of Music Tokyo; Osaka College of Music; Kunitachi College of Music Tokyo, University of Sciences and Arts Chiapas, Mexico. They were invited as guest jury members at the Japan Percussion Association’s Competition 2019 in Saitama. Irena and Tomasz won the Start-Stipendium in 2016, awarded by the Federal Chancellery of Austria, given to outstanding artists, which led to completing their marimba specialization with Keiko Abe at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. The Vienna-based duo is Yamaha Artist and Innovative Percussion USA endorser.

▼ 1st Round
J.S. Bach / Goldberg Variations BMW 988, Variation No. 14
M. Ravel (Arr. Safri Duo) / Alborada del gracioso
Keiko Abe / Reflections on Japanese Children's Songs II
T. Goliński / Purity II
▼ Semifinal Round
S. Rachmaninoff (Arr. Lucid Duo) / Prelude in G minor, op. 23, No. 5
T. Goliński / The Mirror II
L. v. Beethoven (Arr. Lucid Duo) / Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight”, op. 27, No. 2 III Movement / Presto Agitato
F. Chopin / Grande valse brillante in E-flat major, op. 18
K. Kyurkchiysky (Arr. A. Serafimova) / Gornodikansko Horo Bulgarian folk dance
Stas & Tatyana

USA

Stas VENGLEVSKI Bayan
Tatsiana KRASNABAYEVA Dulcimer

Stas Venglevski (US) and Tatsiana Krasnabayeva (Belarus) are Bayan and Cimbalon dulcimer duo, playing together from 2017. The duo started a 12-city Midwest tour in United State in 2017. Since then their performances have taken them to multiple U.S. cities including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Art in Washington, DC, to France, Switzerland, and Russia. Their repertoire is varied and includes classical, contemporary, original compositions, folk etc., and the production of two CD’s, “9 Days” and “Dance Me . . . “

▼ 1st Round
S. Lalor / East-West
G. Ermochenkov / Crying Quail
V. Radu / Spring Choir
E. Glebov / Adagio
M. Falla / Dance Espagnole
▼ Semifinal Round
J. Williams / Davil’s Dance
V. Dlugarai / Lute Tablature (Karalevsky Polonaise, Dance,Vilanela)
V. Gavrilin / Tarantella
S. Venglevski / Stasera
Variations on Traditional Theme / Ukranian Folk Song
Taraf de Chișinău

Moldova

Marin BUNEA Violin
Sergiu DIACONU Cobza
Ion CROITOR Double Bass
Mihail SOROCAN Accordion

Taraf de Chișinău is an ensemble of traditional Moldovan music based in Chișinău (Republic of Moldova). The ensemble was founded in 2022, as a project aiming to promote traditional and lautari repertoire consisting of melodies, songs and dance tunes from different regions of Moldova and Romania.
The members of Taraf de Chișinău performed as soloists and as a part of different ensembles in concert venues in Europe, Asia, the USA and Canada, such as: Konzerthaus Vienna, the American Folk Festival Maine (USA), at the WOMEX showcase in Copenhagen (Denmark), at the The Førde Traditional and World Music Festival (Norway), Errichetta Festival in Rome (Italy), at the KlezKanada Festival and The Montreal Jewish Music Festival in Canada, and many other venues.

▼ 1st Round
Traditional Moldovan (arr. Taraf de Chișinău) / Suite Nr. 1 Doina, Pe deal pe la Cornatel (On the hill of Cornatel), Vals lautaresc (Lautari Waltz)
Traditional Moldovan (arr. Taraf de Chișinău) / Suite Nr. 2 Rustem, Hora (solo cobza), Sirba lui Ilie Udila (Sirba by Ilie Udila)
▼ Semifinal Round
Traditional Moldovan (arr. Taraf de Chișinău) / Suite Nr. 3 Mierlita cand e bolnava (When the blackbird is sick), Calusarii (Calusarii ritual)
Traditional Moldovan (arr. Taraf de Chișinău) / Suite Nr. 4 Geamparalele dobrogene (Geamparale from Dobrogea), Brau oltenesc (Brau from Oltenia)
Tokyo Reed Quintet

Japan

Yuki TSUNEMATSU Oboe / English Horn
Kazuya MURASE Clarinet
Kazuki OKUDA Bass Clarinet
Satoshi OHNISHI Soprano Saxophone
Tomofumi ISHIDA Bassoon

Tokyo Reed Quintet is Japan's first Reed Quintet consisting of ensemble of five reed instrumentalists. Officially registered with the World Reed Quintet Network. Tokyo Reed Quintet pursues new sounds by arranging its unique repertoire (early music, renaissance, baroque, impressionism, and pops). In 2020, they held a recital in Paris and received favorable reviews. It has also performed with the French Garde Republicaine Brass Band and the Air Force Band of Paris. In 2021, they won the second prize at the Medici International Music Competition (Category Chamber Music).

▼ 1st Round
J. S. Bach / Toccata BWV565
J. S. Bach / Goldberg variation
P. Sarasate / Zigeunerweisen op. 20
▼ Semifinal
J. P. Rameau / Suite la Triomphante
A. Piazzolla / Café 1930 from ‘’Histoire du Tango’
I. Albeniz / Aragon from Suite Espagnole
A4 Brass Quartet

UK

Jamie SMITH Cornet / Flugel Horn
Jonathan BATES Tenor Horn
Michael CAVANAGH Baritone Horn
Christopher ROBERTSON Euphonium

A4 Brass Quartet comprises of principal players from the UK’s top brass bands, including Black Dyke, Grimethorpe, Brighouse & Rastrick and Foden’s. With “technical virtuosity in abundance” (Brass Band World), these four astonishing musicians come together to perform both lyrical and high-octane works, forming a distinctive and new take on chamber music.
The Quartet has performed throughout the UK appearing at major venues and festivals including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room, Northern Aldborough and Wimbledon International Festivals. Overseas engagements include a residency at the Lieksa Brass Week (Finland), a concert in the Ceresio Estate Festival (Switzerland), two appearances at the Trakai Fanfare Week (Lithuania) and a concert at the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki).

▼ 1st Round
J. Bates / Toccata 2
T. Doss / Moskito
K. Sato (Arr. J. Bates) / Tsuna'ngari
M. Ellerby / Electra Dances
J. Texidor (Arr. C. Robertson) / Amparito Roca
▼ Semifinal Round
J. Bates / Toccata
L. Bernstein (Arr. D. Thomas) / Overture to ‘Candide’
K. Sato (Arr. J. Bates) / Mae-e
C. Harrison / Kinesis
J. Bates / Mists of the Mountains No. 1 “Gagaku”, No. 2 “Trans-Siberian Express”, No. 4 “A Tale of Two Peaks”
Baikal VIA

Russia

Alena GARCHUKOVA Domra
Vasilii SHEKIN Domra
Igor SUDAKOV Balalaika Contrabass

The ensemble "Baikal VIA" was created on November 23, 1994 in the city of Irkutsk from graduates of the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts. The band received its name from Lake Baikal, near which the members of the ensemble live, and abbreviations of the first letters of the names of the performers. All participants are laureates of international competitions, and currently work as soloists in the Philharmonic in the Irkutsk Russian Orchestra.

▼ 1st Round
F. Couperin / Little Windmills
V. Shekin / Anastasia
A. Piottukh / Pedlars
A. Piazzolla / Libertango
▼ Semifinal Round
J. P. Rameau / Bird Calling
V. Shekin / Mountain King
M. Ippolitov-Ivanov / In the village
V. Ivko - B. Mikheev / Kolo
Mr. Park & MCWeissert

Germany

Tomoki PARK Piano
Michael COHEN-WEISSERT Piano

Pianists Michael Cohen-Weissert and Tomoki Park first met as students at the University of the Arts, Berlin, where they started collaborating in a flexible ensemble format, expanding from piano four-hand repertoires to various ensemble formations, switching roles as pianists, composers, arrangers, and conductors. They together received their lessons with Peter Serkin at the Bard College Conservatory. As piano duo, they have given recitals in Berlin and New York, and they were invited as co-guest lecturers at Bard College, Berlin. In 2018, they founded the Charles Rosen Ensemble, a platform to encourage the commissioning and playing of new music alongside classical ensemble music. Among these projects include a festival in dedication to the memory of Peter Serkin, “Intermittences of the Heart”.

▼ 1st Round
Beatles〈MCWeissert(Improvisation)〉 / Here there and Everywhere
I. Stravinsky / Extracts from Concerto for Two Pianos
Beatles〈Mr. Park / (Improvisation)〉/ Because
▼ Semifinal Round
G. Frescobaldi〈Mr. Park(Improvisation)〉/ Cento partite sopra passacaglia
Arr. For two pianos"
J.S. Bach(Improvisation) / Concerto in C major for two keyboards BWV 1061
Quatuor Aeolina

France

Thibaut TROSSET Accordion
Yohann JUHEL Accordion
Théo OULD Accordion
Anthony MILLET Accordion

Winners of the First Prize at the Leopold Bellan International competition and Ysaye International Music Competition, Quatuor Aeolina is an ensemble composed by four talented accordionists, all trained at the Paris Conservatoire in Max Bonnay prestigious class.
Since 2017, this unique quartet explores contemporary music (Matalon, Drouet, Busseuil, etc.), symphonic repertoire masterpieces (arrangements of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Mahler’s 4th symphony), and Russian and French traditional music.
Quatuor Aeolina’s recording of Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz) has been released in September 2022.

▼ 1st Round
A. Piazzolla / Ballet Tango
G. Viseur (and various composers) - (arr. T. Trosset) / French Valses Medley
V. Zolotariov / Rondo Capriccioso
▼ Semifinal
C. Debussy (arr. T. Trosset) / Nocturnes: Nuages
C. Debussy (arr. T. Trosset) / Nocturnes: Fêtes
J. P. Drouet / Où danse le vent
H. Berlioz (arr. T. Trosset) / Symphonie Fantastique: Un Bal
Quintette Le Bateau Ivre

France

Samuel CASALE Flute
Séréna MANGANAS Violin
Valentin CHIAPELLO Viola
Kevin BOURDAT Cello
Jean-Baptiste HAYE Harp

Le Bateau Ivre exists since 2015 and got already noticed for its high quality in 2016 at the Leopold Bellan International Competition in Paris where they were awarded the 1st prize. The quintet gains further international recognition with two 3rd prizes in Japan (2017) and in Italy (2018). The ensemble obtained a master’s degree in chamber music at the Paris National Conservatory of Music with Michel Moraguès and joined in 2019 the ECMA program. Le Bateau Ivre is now regularily performing in European festivals. In 2020, they collaborated with the orchestra of Besançon (FR) and created a Concerto for quintet and orchestra. They released their first album Marionnettes in October 2022 with the record label Initiale.

▼ 1st Round
J. Cras / Quintette - 1st mvt
J. Cras / Quintette - 2nd mvt
J. Cras / Quintette - 3rd mvt
J. Cras / Quintette - 4th mvt
▼ Semifinal Round
J. Jongen / Concert à cinq – 1st mvt
A. Jolivet / Le Chant de Linos
TENGER AYALGUU

Mongolia

Badarch BAT-ORSHIKH Yochin
Tsevegsuren TSERENBALJIR Limbe
Jurmeddorj NORDOG Ever Buree
Temuujin PUREVKHUU Morin Khuur
Munkh-Erdene ERDENEBAT Ikh Khuur

Tenger Ayalguu, the ethnic music quintet band of Mongolia, is established in 1997 with component of students and graduates from Mongolian National University of Art and Culture, to preserve and spread Mongolian traditional folk art that have been recorded in ancient scripts.
Since founding, the band has performed in many countries, such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Hungary, Finlandia, Italy, France and the United States of America, and has awarded from International Music Festival and Completions.
Also, the band has released several albums and music-videos and published books of musical arrangement.
Most of the members are University professors, so they not only perform concerts, but also engage research works.

▼ 1st Round
E. Choidog / Tsoglog Ayalguu
TENGER AYALGUU / Nuutsiin Ekhlel
W. A. Mozart / Turkish March (Rondo)
Kh. Altangerel / Nutgiin Zugt
J. Mend-Amar / Tsokhiurin Ai
▼ Semifinal
Ts. Natsagdorj / Goviin Ugluu・Temeechdiin Uraldaan
Kh. Altangerel / Bor Boriin Byalzuuhai
Di Capua / O Sole Mio
J. Bizet-Borne / Carmen Fantasy
Shin-ichi GO（Chairman）

Japan/Trombone

Professor emeritus, Kyoto City University of Art
Masataka KOUNO(Vice-chairman)

Japan/Oboe

Representative, Kansai Chamber Music Association
MK Memorial Award

This award will be sent to the ensembles which get the first prize of Section Ⅰ and Ⅱ.
Bordeaux String Quartet Festival Award

This award will be sent to a string quartet selected from the ensembles in the Section I.
The award-winning string quartet will be invited to the Vibre! Bordeaux International String Quartet Festival in 2024 to join the masterclass and concert.
String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam Award

The first-prize winner of the Section Ⅰ will perform in a concert of “String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam” in 2024. ”String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam” will be held from January 27th through February 3rd, 2024.
“Ambassador Ensemble of the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2023” Award

This award will be sent to an ensemble selected from all the ensembles in the Competition.
The award-winning ensemble will perform in a concert as an ambassador of the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in the chamber music festival “Verband der Streichquartette und weiterer Kammermusik-Ensembles VdSQ e.V. & Förderverein Festival4 e.V.” to be held in Germany in 2024.
The Folkloric Music Special Award

200,000 yen in award money will be sent to an ensemble from Semifinal Round which has presented the best performance of traditional/ethnic music.
Online audience Award

100,000 yen in award money will be sent to an ensemble with the highest number of online votes at the Sumi-final Round.
The online audiences with right to vote will be commissioned by the organizer.

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