Japanese Compositions for 2010 PTNA Piano Competition is on the process of selection.

  32 pieces were nominated after the document screening, among 213 applications. At the 2nd stage of sound test, those 32 pieces are examined by demonstration performances by several pianists. As a result, 13 pieces are selected to be the finalists that await for the final decision made at the committee for competition required pieces (chair: Mitsuyo Esaki). The official announcement will be on March 1st, 2010.

  PTNA was founded in 1966, initially aiming at discovery and distribution of Japanese music. It has been adopted in PTNA Piano Competitions since 1977 as required repertoire so that every contestant has opportunity to learn the music of our country.  Particularly a part of the repertoire in the highest grade had been commissioned to living composers.  In 1990, an open contest started (New Composition Selection Committee chaired by Prof. Hideo Arashino, composer), in which targeted level extended to the youngest grade (under 6) and duo.  The number of applications have increased ten times since then, and 213 new pieces were applied in 2009, the best record so far.  -->see video of past Japanese compositions

The adjudicators and pianists attended the sound test (2nd screening, April 8th) were as follows;

Adjudicators : Hideo Arashino (chair of New Composition Selection Committee), Mitsuyo Esaki, Reiko Ebisuta, Tomoko Kitamura, Mitsuzo Kusakabe, Fumiko Kojiba, Noriko Nannin

Pianists: Asuka Iino, Fuyuka Kusa, Koh Koshimura, Eiko Sudo, Sanae Takagi, Kyoko Nakagawa, Ai Hamamoto, Yu Yamazaki

Composers of 13 pieces proceeding to final: Chihiro Todoroki (3 pieces), Yuriko Noda, Miho Abe, Toyono Suzuki, Miki Suzuki, Michiko Fukushima(2 pieces), Yoshihiko Sato, Eriko Akimoto, Natsumi Watanabe, Maki Nakajima