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Announcement

213 applicants advancing to the Screening Auditions

2006/11/01

The Preliminary Selection for the Third Sendai International Music Competition was conducted by way of documents and CD or other recording medium. As a result, 213 applicants (100 for the Violin Section and 113 for the Piano Section) passed the Preliminary Selection.

The applicants who passed the Preliminay Selection will participate in the Screening Auditions, which will be held in six cities around the world (Vienna, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Sendai, New York) beginningNovember 30, 2006, to determine contestants for the competition.

> Overrall Schedule

Country/Region Violin Piano Total
Appli
-cation
Selected Appli
-cation
Selected Appli
-cation
Selected
Australia
1
1
0
0
1
1
Austria
0
0
1
1
1
1
Belarus
0
0
1
1
1
1
Bergium
1
0
0
0
1
0
Brazil
0
0
1
1
1
1
Bulgaria
1
1
1
0
2
1
Canada
1
0
2
1
3
1
China
9
9
21
13
30
22
Czech/Japan
1
1
0
0
1
1
Finland
0
0
1
1
1
1
France
0
0
7
6
7
6
France/Iran
0
0
1
1
1
1
Germany
3
3
2
1
5
4
Germany/Japan
1
1
0
0
1
1
Greece
1
1
1
0
2
1
Greece/U.K.
1
0
0
0
1
0
Hungary
1
1
5
4
6
5
Israel
3
3
1
0
4
3
Italy
0
0
5
4
5
4
Japan
57
44
70
36
127
80
Japan/U.S.A
1
0
1
0
2
0
Kazakhstan
0
0
1
0
1
0
Korea
11
10
10
5
21
15
Korea/Russia
1
0
0
0
1
0
Latvia
2
1
0
0
2
1
Lithuania
0
0
1
1
1
1
Peru
0
0
1
0
1
0
Poland
5
2
3
2
8
4
Portugal
1
1
0
0
1
1
Romania
1
1
2
1
3
2
Russia
8
8
21
15
29
23
Serbia
0
0
1
1
1
1
Singapore
0
0
1
0
1
0
Spain
2
2
1
0
3
2
Switzerland/U.S.A
0
0
1
1
1
1
Taiwan
5
1
8
4
13
5
U.S.A.
11
7
13
9
24
16
U.S.A./Israel
0
0
1
0
1
0
U.S.A./Taiwan
0
0
1
0
1
0
Ukraine
2
2
4
4
6
6
Total
131
100
191
113
322
213