Internatinal Piano Duo Association Official Site
Information of the International Piano Duo Association
■The objectives of the International Piano Duo Competition
The aim of this contest is to raise the artistic standards of piano duo playing and increase the popularity of this medium by introducing more people to the charms of piano duo performance.
International competitions for piano duo compositions and piano duo performance are held on alternate years.
In this way we hope to enhance and develop the field of piano duo music by promoting promising composers and performers.
Renewal January. 29, 2012
the Schedule of the composition competition is opened.
Click the left side title, " Competition"or others.
You can click the left side title "mail" if you need.
A title " ~Membership~ tags on the left side, we are preparing.
christmas concert
We held christmas concert by members in Japan,
2011. 21.December at KAWAI Omotesando "Pause" in Tokyo.
★Program
1) A medley of Christmas songs/ arr. by Nｉｓｈｉｄｅ, Mari
M. Moszkowski/ New spanish dance op.65〜No.1, No.3 “Habanera”.
・・・・・ Nishide, Mari & Kaneko, Shouko
2) P. Tchaikovsky/ The nutcracker suit〜“March”,”Dance of the candy fairly”,“Waltz of the flowers”
・・・・・Kainuma, Yuhmi & Sekine, Ikuko
3） F. Schubert/ “Two marches characteristic” C dur, D.886, op.121 posthumous work
・・・・・Komiyama, Yuri & Komiyama, Sachiko
4) W. A. Mozart/ Sonata for two pianos K. 448〜 1st mov., 2nd mov.
・・・・・Negishi, Toshihiro & Fujino, Rieko
5) F. Schubert / Duo （Lebenssturme） D.947/op.144
・・・・・・Kataoka, Yukie & Ishizaki, Tomomi
〜 Interval〜
6) I. Stravinsky/ Petrouchka〜“Russian dance”, W. Lutoslawski/ Variations on a theme by Paganini
・・・・Onodera, Shuku & Taira, Kyoko
7)F. Poulenc/ “L’embarquement pour Cythere”
G. Gewshwin/ “I got rhythm”variations ・・・Duo Uchida (Kumi & Mami)
8) D. Shostakovich/ Concertino for two pianos op.94
・・・・・Taguchi, Saori &Ikeura, Motoko
9) M. Ravel/ “Daphnis et Chloe” Fragments Symphoniques Deuxieme serie
・・・・・Tashiro, Yoshihiro & Maruyama, Kyoko
