The 2nd World Marimba Competition Okaya Japan takes place August 23–30, 1999.
Prizes and entry
Prizes are ¥1,000,000 for first place, ¥700,000 for second, ¥500,000 for third, and ¥600,000 for the Keiko Abe Special Prize. The application deadline is January 10, 1999, and the registration fee is ¥20,000. Applicants must have been born on or after August 31, 1963; there is no lower age limit. Accepted candidates will receive financial assistance for international airfare. Candidates must not contact jury members before the competition.
Send applications to The 2nd World Marimba Competition Okaya, c/o Shuhei Nagata, 2-4-10 Daiei-cho, Okaya-shi, Nagano-ken 394-0025, Japan (telephone +81 266-24-2225; fax +81 266-24-2828).
Jury
Keiko Abe, Nobuyoshi Iinuma, Anders Loguin, Akira Miyoshi, Emmanuel Séjourné, Gordon Stout, Klaus Treßelt, and Michael Udow are named in the announcement.
How to obtain the application kit
International applicants can request the application kit by fax without a kit fee. Applicants in Japan can obtain it by mailing a ¥500 stamp and an addressed return envelope to the Okaya committee. The kit cost is separate from the ¥20,000 registration fee.
Repertoire requirements
The repertoire list gives the following round-by-round requirements. All performances must be from memory.
Round 1: Keiko Abe, Wind Sketch ; J. S. Bach, a two-part invention in F, B-flat or D minor ; and one of:
- Gordon Stout: Two Mexican Dances, movement I
- Akira Miyoshi: Suite “Conversation”, movement I
- Rich O’Meara: Restless
- Toshimitsu Tanaka: Two Movements , movement I
- Ross Edwards: Marimba Dances , movement I
- Keiko Abe: Dream of the Cherry Blossoms
- Toshiya Sukegawa: Five Pieces after Paul Klee, movement I
Round 2: An Akira Miyoshi set piece sent to candidates; one work from the first group below; and one from the second.
First group:
- Richard Rodney Bennett: After Syrinx II
- Andrew Thomas: Merlin , movement II
- Nebojša Jovan Živković: Ultimatum I
- Jacob Druckman: Reflections on the Nature of Water , any three movements
- Matthias Schmitt: Ghanaia
- Werner Heider: Laudate Lignum
- David Maslanka: Variations on Lost Love , movements I–II
Second group:
- Minoru Miki: Time
- Keiko Abe: Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs
- Katsuhiro Tsubonoh: Meniscus
- Yasuo Sueyoshi: Mirage
- Keiko Abe: Wind in the Bamboo Grove
- Tokuhide Niimi: For Marimba I
- Akira Miyoshi: Torse III
Final round: One concerto from Anders Koppel, Concerto for Marimba ; Keiko Abe, Prism Rhapsody ; Nebojša Jovan Živković, Concerto for Marimba No. 2 ; Minoru Miki, Concerto for Marimba ; or Peter Klatzow, Concerto for Marimba .