The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition has been held every 3 years since 1991 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, and is open to pianists up to 30 years old.
History The Piano Competition was inaugurated in 1991 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Hamamatsu City on July 1, 1911. The Competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1998.
Top prize winners The 1st prize winners are:
1991 – Sergei Babayan 1994 – Victor Liadov 1997 – Alessio Bax 2000 – Alexander Gavrylyuk 2003 – Rafal Blechacz, Poland and Alexander Kobrin, Russia (tied) 2006 – Alexej Gorlatch, Ukraine 2009 – Seong-Jin Cho, South Korea 2012 – Ilya Rashkovsky, Russia 2015 – Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia 2018 – Can Çakmur, Turkey 2024 – Manami Suzuki, Japan
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