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1st day,
Semifinal (June 16)

Alexander OSMININ

2nd day,
Semifinal (June 17)

Oxana
SHEVCHENKO

3rd day,
Semifinal (June 18)

TSUDA
Yuya

The 3rd Sendai International Music Competition -Final Results of the Piano Section-

Yuya TSUDA

The Piano Section’s Final Round of the 3rd Sendai International Music Competition was held on June 22 and 23 at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Center in Sendai, Japan. Mr. Yuya TSUDA of Japan has received the first prize.
The results are as follows:

Schedule (Piano Section)

Elimination Round		June 10-12, 2007
Semifinal Round		June 16-18, 2007
Final Round		June 22-23, 2007

Yuya Tsuda plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in G major at the
Prizewinners' Gala Concert on June 24.

Final Results
Prizewinners

1st Prize	TSUDA Yuya	Japan	3,000,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,	Gold Medal

2nd Prize	LU Yi-Chih	Taiwan	2,000,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,	Silver Medal

3rd Prize	Oxana SHEVCHENKO	Russia	1,000,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,	Bronze Medal

4th Prize	Ilya OVCHINNIKOV	Russia	800,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,

5th Prize	LEE Ka-Ling Colleen	China	700,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,

6th Prize	Vyacheslav GRYAZNOV	Russia	600,000 Japanese Yen,
				Diploma,

Engagements for the First Prizewinner

(1)		A minimum of three concert appearances (including Prizewinners' Gala Concert) with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and other major Japanese orchestras in Japan by the end of December 2010.
(2)		Recitals in Sendai and other cities until the end of December 2010.
(3)		The production of a CD that includes one of their performances in the Competition.

The French Ambassador to Japan Prize	(*1)
TSUDA Yuya (JAPAN)

*1: Opportunity to perform at the residence of the French Ambassador to Japan

Audience Prize

(*2)

50,000 Japanese Yen, Diploma

*2: Awarded to performers most voted by the audiences each day of the semifinals.

Streaming Service
You can watch all contestants’ performances here:
http://www.3rdsimc.jp/index_e.html
(The period of the streaming services is from May 21 to September 30, 2007.)

Further information
Sendai International Music Competition
http://www.simc.jp(English & Japanese)

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