31st Misato Town Iseki no Mori Piano Competition

About this event

This competition is held for youth with the aim of contributing to the improvement of musical culture and music education. Rather than evaluating the difficulty of the musical pieces, judges comprehensively evaluate participants' technique, musicality, expressiveness, analysis, and interpretation of the music. Divisions are established from preschoolers through high school students, with different participation fees set for each. The panel of judges includes Reiko Hiruta (Professor Emeritus at Saitama University, Pianist), Hiroyuki Numata (Teacher at the Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, Pianist), Miyuki Maeda (Lecturer at the Faculty of Music, Ferris University, Pianist), and Yuko Yugeta (Lecturer at Saitama Prefectural Omiya Koryo High School, Pianist). In the S Division, all participants are presented with an Effort Award. In Divisions A, B, C, D, and E, the Town Mayor's Award, Town Council Chairman's Award, Superintendent of Education Award, and Chief Judge Award are presented to those recognized as particularly outstanding, while the Fighting Spirit Award is presented to those who demonstrated great fighting spirit. The venue is the Hall of Misato-machi Iseki no Mori-kan.

Venue

Misato-machi Iseki no Mori-kan

574 Kibe, Misato, Kodama District, Saitama 367-0112