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1987 – 2005
・The competition ”Early Music Competition” began in the year 1987 to bring up young Japanese musicians in this field.
・From the 2nd competition, the Early Music Committee arranges concert by the Prize winners.
・From the 3rd competition, it also arranges exhibition of instruments.
From this competition it ties up with the “Tochigi-Kuranomachi-Music-Festival” to let the prize winner take recital in the city Tochigi.
・From the 10th competition, it is international and the committee invites at least one jury from abroad every year. It has already invited Anna Carol Dudley, Francoise Lengelle, Monique Zanetti, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Judith Nelson, Barbara Schlick, Jan Willem Jansen, Richard Wistreich, Bob van Asperen, Kees Boeke, Jill Feldman, Jose Luis Gonzales Uriol, Agnes Mellon, Ketil Haugsand, Gerd Tuerk, Naoki Kitaya, Zeger Vandersteene, Glen Wilson, Robert Hill, Roberta Invernizzi, Rufus Muller, Aline Zylberajch, Martin Gester, Ulrike Hofbauer, Anne Marie Dragosits, Claire Lefiliâtre etc.

・The 20th Competition has taken place on the 22, 23 April 2006.
Category: Melody Instruments, Lute and Baroque singing
Candidates: 25 Singers (20 Soprano, 2 Mezzo Soprano, 1 Counter Tenor, 1 Tenor, 1 Baritone), 19 Wood Wind Instruments Players (12 Recorder, 4 Oboe, 3 Flute), 15 String Instruments Players (6 Violin, 5 Viola da Gamba, 2 Lute, 1 Cello, 1 Hackbrett)

  1. Prize: Koike, Madoka (Baroque Violin)
  2. Prize: Yamamoto, Tohru (Baroque cello),
  3. Prize: Yamaguchi, Yukie (Baroque Violin),
    Juries Special Prize : Yeom Euncho (Recorder)

・From the 21st competition (formal name of the Competition is “Early Music Competition, YAMANASHI)“　has taken place on the 21,22 April 2007.

Category Solo: Keyboard Instrument (mainly cembalo)

  1. Prize: Ohmura, Chiaki and Hayashi, Noriko

Category Ensemble (Renaissance, Baroque music): None

・The 22nd Competition has taken place on the 26,27 April 2008
Category: Melody Instruments, Lute and Singing
47 candidates (13 Soprano, 2 Mezzosoprano, 2 Countertenor, 1 Baritone, 9 Recorder players, 5 Flute players, 3 Oboe players, 1 cornett player,
6 Violine players, 3 Gamba players, 2 Lute players)

  1. Prize: Hiromi, Shiho (Baroque Violin) and Kimura, Rie (Baroque Violin)
  2. Prize: Murata, Akiko (Mezzo Soprano)

・The 23rd Competition has taken place on the 2, 3 May 2009
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke 　OKADA, Ryuhnosuke　　Ketil Haugsand　　
NISHIYAMA, Marie　　NONOSHITA, Yukari
From this competition it ties up with the instrumental museum in Hamamatsu City
to let the prize winner hold recital in the museum.

Category Solo: Keyboard Instrument (Cembalo) (32 candidates)

  1. Prize: Aida, Takahiro and Murakami, Akemi

Category: Ensemble (Baroque Vocal Music with more than 3 players) (2 groups)

  1. Prize: Bachsolisten Seoul

・24th Early Music Competition is consisted of Competition, Exhibition and
Demonstration of instruments, books, CDs etc. Masterclass by juries, Concert by
prize winners, Concerts by juries etc. It has taken place on the 1, 2 May 2010.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske Dimtry Badiarov OHTAKE, Naoyuki SATOH, Toyohiko Barbara Schlick
55 Applicants (16 Singers – 13 Soprano, 2 Countertenor, 1 Bariton), 25 Wind Instruments Players (11 Recorder, 8 Oboe, 4 Flute, 1 Zink, 1 Trumpet), 14 String Instruments Players (8 Violin, 4 Gamba, 2 Lute)

Category: Melody Instrument, Lute, Baroque Vocal

  1. Prize: Myriam Rignol (Gamba)
  2. Prize: Encho Yeom (Recorder)
    Juries Special Prize: Haruna Iwai (Traverso)

・From the 25th Competition. It is developed to the Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including International Early Music Competition, YAMANASHI and consists of Competition, Exhibition and Demonstration of instruments, books, CDs etc. Masterclass or Speech by juries, many Concerts by juries, prize winners etc. (2011)
The 25th Competition is postponed one year till 28th to 30th, 2012 because of Earthquake and Tsunami Damage on the 11th March, 2011
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke HIRAI, Mamiko MAKINO, Masato OHTAKE, Naoyuki
Gerd Tuerk

Category: Solo Vocal (22 Singers, namely 17 Soprano, 1 Tenor, 2 Countertenor, 2 Bariton)
1.and 2. Prize: No one
3.Prize: KURAMOTO, Shinji (Bariton)
Juries’ Special Prize: NAKAJIMA, Toshiharu (Countertenor)

Category: Cembalo (36 candidates)
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke KITAYA, Naoki OHTAKE, Naoyuki OHTSUKA, Naoya
SONE, Mayako

1.and 2. Prize: No one
3.Prize: Luca Oberti
Juries’ Special Prize: YAMAGATA, Mari

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 26th Competition has taken place on the 27,28, 29 April, 2013
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke UENO, Machiko OHTAKE, Naoyuki TODA, Kaori
Zeger Vandersteene

Category: Solo Vocal (23 Singers:19 Soprano, 2 Countertenor, 1 Tenor,
1 Bariton)

  1. Prize: no one
  2. Prize: Okamura, Ciyuki (soprano)
  3. Prize: Watanabe, Yukiko (soprano)
    Juries Prize: Jacqueline Shoda-Iwasaki (soprano)

Category: Baroque Melodic Instrument
(24 players: 8 Recorders, 4 Flutes, 3 Oboes, 1 Cornett, 1 Fagotto, 5 Violins, 2 Gambas)
1, 2. Prize: no one

  1. Prize: Yoshizawa, Yasuka (Flute)
    Juries Prize: Eitani, Yoko (Fagotto) and PARK, Young-Mi (Oboe)

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 27th International Competition is taken place on the 2, 3, 4 May, 2014
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke OGURA, Kikuko OHTAKE, Naoyuki
TAKAHASHI, Miki Glen Wilson

Category: Keyboard Instruments (Harpsichord, and (or) Fortepiano)
26 Applicants (24 with harpsichord repertoires, 2 with Fortepiano repertoires)

  1. Prize: Nakagawa, Gaku (harpsichord repertoires)
  2. Prize: Kawagichi, Naruhiko (fortepiano repertoires)
  3. Prize: no one
    Juries Special Prize: Ishikawa, Yukari and Suto, Machiko (both harpsichord repertoires)

Category: Ensemble
Only one candidate (2 recorders)
Prize: none

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 28th International Competition has taken place from 1st to 3rd, May 2015
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuhsuke OHTAKE, Naoyuki Emmanuel Girard
DOHSAKA, Kiyotaka Jill Feldman Kees Boeke

Category: Solo Vocal (13 applicants)

  1. Prize: Satoh, Yukie (soprano)
  2. Prize: Ogata, Maki(soprano)

Category: Baroque Era Melodic Instrument (20 applicants)

  1. Prize: Saitoh, Yuhki(recorder)
  2. Prize: Miyazaki, Momoko(violin) and Nozaki, Maya (flute)

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 29th International Competition is taken place from 29th April to 1st May 2016
Jury: ARIMURA, Yuske Martin Gester OHTAKE, Naoyuki
YAMANA, Toshiyuki Aline Zylberajch

Category: Keyboard (27 candidates)

  1. Prize: Anastasia Antonova (cembalo)
  2. Prize: Artem Belogurov (fortepiano)

Category: Ensemble (9 Ensembles)

  1. Prize: Duo HPD (19th Guitar Duo)
    Juries Special Prize: Camerata D’Amico (Fl,V,Va,Vc)

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 30th International Competition has taken place from 28th to 30th April, 2017. The committee has celebrated the 30th Anniversary with Oboe band “Nashi”(12 members)
From the 30th Competition, it ties up with Nishikata Music festival, Tochigi Prefecture, to hold the Prize winner concert.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki Taka KITAZATO
Rufus Muller YAMAMOTO, Tohru

Category: Solo Vocal (19 candidates)

  1. and 2. Prize: no one
  2. Prize: Ohno, Akinobu and Nakayama, Miki

Category: Melodic Instrument (32 candidates)

  1. Prize: Hur, Youngjin (recorder)
  2. Prize: Ikeda, Rieko (violin)
  3. Prize: no one

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 31st International Competition is taken place from 28th to 30th April, 2018.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki IMAI, Naoko
OHTSUKA, Naoya OGAWA, Kae Robert Hill

Category: Keyboard (27 candidates)

  1. Prize: Komoto, Shotaro and Karakawa, Taichi

Category: Ensemble (1 group)
Juries Special Prize: Group LMC

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 32nd International
Competition has taken place from 26th to 28th April, 2019.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki Roberta Invernizzi
OZAKI, Atsuko SUMIYA, Tomoki NONOSHITA, Yukari

Category: Solo Vocal (12 candidates)
no prizewinner

Category: Melodic Instrument (29 candidates)
　1. Prize: no one
　2. Prize: Deguchi, Minori (Violin)
　3. Prize: Jiyeon Bang and Inoue, Rei (Recorder)
Juries Special Prize: Maruyama, Sho (Violin) and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde (Vc)

・Early Music Festival, YAMANASHI, including 33rd International Competition is postponed and it will be taken place from 30. April to 2nd May, 2021, →　33rd International Competition is　stopped by the time , when we can take place in peace !!　→　33rd International Competition has taken place from 29.April to 1st May, 2022 in Fuchu and Tachikawa, Tokyo.
juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA, Yasuharu UEO, Naoki
HIROSAWA, Asami MURAKAMI, Akemi

Category: Keyboard (25 candidates. 17 Cembalists, 8 Fortepianists)

  1. Prize: Kato, Miki (Fortepiano)
  2. Prize: Nakamura, Yu (Cembalo)
  3. Prize: Nakayama, Yuhna (Cembalo ) Category: Ensemble
    none

・34 Early Music Competition, YAMANASHI has taken place in Kofu, Yamanashi from 28th to 30th, 2023. It takes cooperation with tactus, Bologna to let young competent musician make CD. The committee has intention to recommend tactus all prizewinners in this year. The first CD is released in September, 2025. It includes Sonatas by Carlo Tessarini Op. 14 and others, played by Eriko Oi.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki KAKETA, Takashi
SUGA, Kiyomi Urlike Hofbauer

Category: Solo Vocal (17 candidates)

  1. Prize: none
  2. Prize: Sakurai, Aiko(soprano)
  3. Prize: Nishi, Yumani(soprano)

Category: Melodic Instrument (21 candidates)

  1. Prize: none
  2. Prize: Ohi, Emiko (flute)
  3. Prize: Maruyama, Sho (violin) and Nakayama, Jin (cello)

・35th Early Music Competition, Yamanashi has taken place in Kofu, Yamanashi from 27th to 29th, April, 2024.
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki TERAMURA, Tomoko
Anne Marie Dragosits HIRAI, Chie

Category: Keyboard (cembalo 23, Fortepiano 7)

  1. Prize: none
  2. Prize: Rodrigo Belio (Cembalo)
  3. Prize: Yamane, Yuki (Fortepiano)
    Juries special prize: Morita, Nagi (Fortepiano)

Category: Ensemble (5 groups)
No prizewinner

・36th Early Music Competition, Yamanashi has taken place in Kofu, Yamanashi from 25th to27th, April, 2025
Juries: ARIMURA, Yuske OHTAKE, Naoyuki MAEDA, Liliko 　Claire Lefiliâtre
SHIMANE, Tomofumi

Category: Solo Vocal (10 Sop, 3 Mezzo Sop and Alt, 2 Countertenor, 1 Tenor, 2 Bass)

  1. Prize: Kobayashi, Megumi (Sop)
  2. Prize: Koike, Yuske(Bariton)

Cagtegory: Melodic Instrument (9 Violin, 4 Recorder, 4 Flute, 2 Gamba, 1 Cello, 1 Oboe)

  1. Prize: Seshimo, Riko (Violin)
    Juries Special Prize: Nohashi, Miyuh (Violin) and Hikita, Kai (Violin)