PTNA Piano Affiliated Competition Network Welcomes 6 New Competitions

2017/07/10 | コメント(0)  | トラックバック(0)  | 
ptna_20170622top.jpgPTNA Piano Affiliated Competition Network, which began 8 years ago, welcomes 6 new competitions this year. The affiliated competitions are not only for piano, but also for strings, brass, woodwinds, voice, chamber music, etc.

Hasegawa Mitsuko, a PTNA member, appreciates this network service as it offers variety of choices and opportunities for students, and thus the daily lessons become more motivating. One of the advantages is that there are several competitions which require only one piece, whereas PTNA Piano Competition asks participants to prepare 4 pieces from baroque to modern. For instance, students easily take a challenge to the Burgmüller competition with a piece they are practicing. According to her, the Bach Competition can be used for students who have to study Baroque in depth, since the competition brings an incentive to do detailed analysis. Some people use competitions in preparation for another competition. One of her students once took part in the Neyagawa Arukas Piano Competition (Osaka), in order to prepare for the duo division of the PTNA Piano Competition. Participants could play on two Steinway pianos, and that was a great experience for students, says Hasegawa.
Here is the list of 6 newly added competitions.

(1) The Competition for young musicians by Ichikawa Municipal Cultural Foundation
- Division : piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, Japanese traditional instruments
- Age: music college/ music school students, graduates, or equivalents, who had reached 18 years old
- Jury : Yuko Kosaka (Chopin researcher) , etc.
- Prizes: prize winners will perform at the winners' concert, and at several chamber music concerts in Ichikawa city

(2) The Yashio Audition for young musicians
- Purpose: Discover young artists in classic music field and support them in order to cultivate arts and culture of Yashio city
- Division: for Soloist, for chamber musicians
- Age : Artists from 15 up to 35 years old
- Prizes: Prize winners will be supported their musical activities in Yashio

(3) The Tokai Music Festival
- Division : Piano (competition section, free section), strings, brass, woodwinds, voice
- Age: No age limit (except piano)
- Participants will receive jury's comments
 
(4) The Bastien Piano Competition
- Division : Piano
- Age : 6 categories from pre-school kids to junior high school students.
- Repertoires : All the repertoires are from the Bastien' method
- Area : 9 preliminary rounds in Chubu area, and the final round will be in Nagoya

(5) The Roland Piano Music Festival
- Division : Popular music
- Age: for elementary school students, junior high school students, adults (no age limit)
- Finalists will be performed with the special orchestra

(6) The Crystal Piano Competition
- Division: popular music (arranged style, popular style)
- Age : from elementary school students to adult
- All the participants will receive jury's comments, performance recordings, stage photos
- Reception will be arranged after the competition
- Produced by Tomoko Sadohara (the representative of the PTNA Tokyo Popular Station)

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