The 11th.Tokyo International Piano Competition Tokyo-Qualifying

I went to the hall in Tokyo to judge at Tokyo district qualifying in the 11th.Tokyo International Piano Competition.
I listened to sections of high school to university.
Students selected quite big pieces, and played skillfully.
According to recent situation, piano students tend to select quite difficult pieces, and level up gradually. This means piano population has been increasing and competitiveness.

Today's judgement was not so strictive, everyone passed and go to semi-final.
Semi-final will be quite hard to pass.
They seem to concentrate on semi-final.

Good luck everybody.

The 47th.All Japan Junior Classic Music Competition Semi-final in Chiba

I listened to the 47th.All Japan Jumior Classic Music Competition Semi-final in Chiba.
The place is located near to Tokyo Disney Land in Urayasu.Surrounding of the hall seemed to be bustle mood with many young age.
Hall is quite new and stylish,also acoustic is good quality.

I judged the sections of from elemental junior haight school to high school.Each sections was quite high level.We were always obliged to judge difficulty.
Everyone who passed semi- final,had wonderful piano skill,so I wish that they will play piano at final stage with their all the best.

Awa-Orodi2024 阿波おどり2024

While I returned to Tokushima pref.,I went to Awa-Odori in Tokushima city.
Awa-Odori is one of the three major summer festivals in Japan. I show some photos that I took.
Awa-Odori is also one of the world's leading Bon dance festivals with 400 years of history. My hometown, Tokushima Prefecture is the land of origin of the Awa Odori dance.
It was very spectacle that many dancers united an undisturbed dance with wearing Japanese traditional Kimono that is maybe since Edo-period.
I really enjoyed.

Next year, I will visit Awa-odori again, and see So-odori that is final stage in day. So-Odori consists of all dancers. It would be extremely wonderful spectacle.

The 47th.All Japan Junior Classic Music Competition Semi-final in Tokyo

I went to the hall in Tokyo to judge at the 47th.All Japan Junior Classic Music Competition Semi-final in Tokyo district. I listened to Junior high school section.
Students wear formal dress, it seemed to be more mature than real age.
They played quite difficult piano pieces, I think they have practiced earnestly to attend the competition. They wanted to pass the semi-final and go to final stage.
But It was impossible, some students couldn't go to final stage.
It was very difficult decision to judge, because everyone played very well. The competition was quite high level.

I regretted that some students couldn't pass, but the result was not so important.The result leads to next success.
I wish everyone, who attended the competition, to like piano more and go forward to each goal.