The 5th Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition will be held from August 23rd to 26th in Tokyo. 9 candidates will take lessons by three international juries each and play 30 minutes recital at the final concert. International juries this year are Prof. Alexander Braginsky, Prof.William Grant Naboré and Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron. 9 candidates are already chosen among 32 applicants through document screening last March. Lessons and concert will be held at Ueno Gakuen University. 

Programs for the final concert are as follows;

-Saya Ota
　Haydn: Sonate für Klavier Nr.60 C-Dur Hob.XVI:50, 1st mov.
  Rachmaninov: Etudes-tableaux Op.39-1
　Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme by Corelli Op.42

-Misora Ozaki
  Saint-Saens=Liszt: Totentanz S.555
  Rachmaninov: 10 Preludes Op.23-6
  Szymanowski: Wariacje Op.3

-Ryo Kojima
  Prokofiev: Sonata for piano No.6 Op.82

-Aimi Kobayashi
  Prokofiev: Sonata for piano No.3 Op.28
  Beethoven: Sonate für Klavier Nr.23 f-Moll "Appassionata" Op.57

-Motohiro Sato
  Chopin:Barcarolle Fis-Dur Op.60
  Schubert: Fantaisie 'Wandererfantasie' D 760

-Mayaka Nakagawa
  Chopin: Ballade f-Moll Op.52
  Scriabin :Sonata for Piano No. 4 Op.30, Etude Op.2-1
  Prokofiev: Toccata Op.11

-Wataru Hisasue
  Debussy: Preludes 2 "Ondine" "Hommage a S.Pickwick, Esq.P.P.M.P.C."　
  Liszt : Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke(Erster Mephisto-Walzer) S.514
  Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano No.2 Op.36 (1931) 2, 3rd mov.

-Akari Mizumoto
  Beethoven: Sonate für Klavier Nr.27 e-Moll Op.90
  Debussy: 12 Etudes  "Pour les arpeges composes"
  Saint Saens=Liszt: Totentanz S.555

-Mayuko Motoyama
  Haydn: Sonate für Klavier Nr.56 D-Dur Hob.XVI:42
  Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini S.141 no.2 "Octave"
  Kapustin: Eight Concert Etudes Op.40 no.8 Finale
  Schumann=Liszt:Widmung S.566
  Wagner=Liszt:  Isoldes Liebestod S.447
  Shchedrin: A la Albe'ni
  Bartok: Mikrokozmosz　no.146 "Ostinato"

This audition is established in 2002 to discover young outstanding talents under 17, according to the last wishes of the founder of PTNA. 'The Yasuko Fukuda Prize' is the scholarship of 1 million yen, which is advised to use for studying abroad. The past winners are Shohei Sekimoto (4th prize at 2005 Chopin International Competition in Warsaw), Rina Sudo (5th at 2006 Dublin International Competition), Matthew Law and Tomoki Sakata (invited by Kremlin Music Festival). Other high prize winners, including Hibiki Tamura(1st at 2007 Long-Thibaud International Competition), are also studying abroad, invited by music festivals, participating international competitions, taking follow-up lessons by renowned overseas professors.->details  *photo: Yasuko Fukuda Audition in 2009