Previous Competition

The 11th (2015) Karuizawa Ohga Hall (Nagano)

Prize Winners

Number of Applicants by Countries and Regions : 33
Number of Applicants : 197
First Stage Contestants : 37
Second Stage Participants : 18
Final Stage Participants : 5

First Prize [Ohga Award]	Kanami ARAKI (Japan)
Second Prize	Juri VALLENTIN (Germany)
Third Prize	Philibert PERRINE (France)
Honorable Mention	Risa SOEJIMA (Japan) Mikhail ZHURAVLEV (Russia)
Mayor of Karuizawa Award (Audience Award)	Kanami ARAKI (Japan)
Best Performance of Commissioned Work Award (Toshio Hosokawa Award)	Philibert PERRINE (France)
Encouragement Award	Risa SOEJIMA (Japan)

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Required Repertoire Archives

Preliminary Screening (recorded audition)

The following two pieces should be performed and recorded:

• G. Ph. Telemann: Fantasie Nr. 8e-moll für Oboe solo (orig. Flöte) TWV40: 9(no repeats)
• P. Hindemith: Sonate für Oboe und Klavier – 2. Satz: Sehr langsam – lebhaft – sehr langsam – wieder lebhaft

1st Round

The following two pieces should be performed (order optional):

• H. Dutilleux : Sonate pour hautbois et piano – I. Aria: Grave / II. Scherzo: Vif
• C. P. E. Bach : Sonate a-moll für Oboe solo (orig. Flöte) Wq.132(only the a-moll version is acceptable) (only the 1st repeat in the 2nd and 3rd movements)

2nd Round

A total of three pieces chosen from each of the following 3groups should be performed. The piece from 1) is obligatory and also one piece each should be chosen from groups 2) and 3) to constitute a recital that is approximately 45minutes in length (order optional):

1) T. Hosokawa : Spell Song for oboe
Commissioned by Sony Musc Foundation for “ THE 11th INTERNATIONAL OBOE COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2015in Karuizawa”

2) F. Couperin «Les Goûts-Réunis ou Nouveaux Concerts»
①Concert No. 7or ②Concert No.11(repeat optional) (with harpsichord)

• J. S. Bach : Sonate g-moll BWV1030b (with harpsichord) (both repeats in the 2nd movement; no repeats in the 3rd movement)
• J. S. Bach : Partita BWV1013(orig. Flöte) (either the a-moll or the g-moll version is acceptable; 1st repeats only in all movements)
• J. S. Bach : Suite IV C-dur BWV1010 (from 6Suites transcribed for English horn based on the Unaccompanied Cello Suites; the English horn part is to be played only on oboe. Do not transpose. No repeats)
• M. Marais «Les Folies d’Espagne», Select 16Couplets (with harpsichord)

3) B. Martinů*: Concerto pour hautbois avec petit orchestre, H. 353

• R. Strauss*: Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester D-dur AV414
• L. Berio: Sequenza VII per oboe solo
• A. Doráti: Duo Concertante
• H. Holliger: Sonate für Oboe solo (1999)
  *Should be performed by memory. Accompanied by piano.

Final Round

The following two pieces should be performed:

• N. Skalkottas: Concertino for Solo Oboe and Piano Accompaniment
• W. A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major, K.314(285d)
  *Should be performed by memory. Accompanied by orchestra