The 2nd International Oboe Competition of Tokyo was held November 22 through 27, 1988. The event was sponsored by the Sony Music Foundation and supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the All Japan Band Association, with the cooperation of Casals Hall, Japan Air Lines, Japan Double-Reed, Inc., and the Sony Corporation.
The steering committee included Chairman Sachiyo Watabe, and the following oboists-Yoko Kojima, Takehiko Nitori, Seizo Maruyama, and Seizo Suzuki.
The jury consisted of Seizo Suzuki (chairman), Yoko Kojima, Takehito Nitori, Seizo Maruyama, Hansjorg Schellenberger (solo oboist, the Berlin Philharmonic), and Ray Still (principal oboist, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
Ninety-one oboists participated in the preliminary screening by tape recording (79 from Japan; four from the USA; four from France; one each from West Germany, Brazil, the People's Republic of China and Canada) and fifty-two of these players passed this screening. Fifteen players passed the first preliminary stage; six players passed the second preliminary stage. The results of the final stage follow:
Date: November 27, 1988
Venue: Casals Hall
| The First Place | No one qualified | |
| The Second Place | Alex Klein (Brazil) Jacques Tys (France) |
Prize of 700,000 yen Prize of 700,000 yen |
| The Third Place | Peter W. Cooper (U.S.A.) | Prize of 400,000 yen |
| The Fourth Place | Antje von Moock (West Germany) | Prize of 100,000 yen |
| Study Abroad Award | Masahiko Inoue (Japan) | Scholarship of 500,000 yen |
| The JAL Award | Mika Takai (Japan) | Japan - Europe round-trip air ticket |
In this competition, since no one qualified for the first place, and the points of the second and the third place winners surpassed the expected level and the points of the fourth place winner were also quite high, the committee has set up the fourth place as an exception.
Although the original prizes were stated as 1,000,000 yen for the first prize, 600,000 yen for the second prize and 300,000 yen for the third prize, the committee decided to divide the original sum of the prizes, 1,900,000 yen, as listed above.
Preliminary Screening (by tape recording)
All of the following pieces must be on the recording to be submitted.
1. A. Vivaldi 3rd and 4th movements of Sonata No. 6 in g-minor front "Il pastor fido"
2. R. Schumann Romance No. I from "3 Romances" Op. 94
3. B. Britten No. I "Pan" from "6 Metamorphoses after Ovid" Op. 49
1st Preliminary Stage
The following three pieces are to be performed.
1. C. Saint-Saens 2nd and 3rd movements of Sonata Op. 166
*2. J. Haydn Ist movement of Concerto in C-Major
3. B. Britten No. 4 "Bacchus" and No. 5 "Narcissus" from Metamorphoses after Ovid" Op. 49
2nd Preliminary Stage
Required Test Pieces
*1. W. A. Mozart Oboe Concerto in C-Major KV. 314
2. The contestant is to choose I piece from the following:
a) J. S. Bach Sonata in g-minor BWV. 1020
b) G. F. Handel Sonata in c-minor (New Nova Edition)
c) A. Vivaldi Sonata in c-minor
d) G. Ph. Telemann Trio Sonata in E-flat Major (Sikorski Edition)
3. The contestant is to choose I piece from the following:
a) H. Dutilleux Sonate
b) F. Poulenc Sonate
c) D. Milhaud Sonatine
d) A. Ponchielli Capriccio
e) J. W. Kalliwoda Morceau de Salon
4. The contestant is to choose I piece from the following:
a) L. Berio Sequenza VII
b) Isang Yun Piri
c) K. Stockhausen In Freundschaft
d).A. Castiglioni Alef
e) M. Shinohara Reflexion
Final Stage
The following two pieces are to be performed.
*a) R. Strauss Oboe-Concerto
b) J. S. Bach Sonata in g-minor BWV. 1030b
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1. Of the above pieces, concerti (marked with *) are to be played from memory.
2. With the exception of unaccompanied pieces, all pieces are to be accompanied by piano. However, pieces 2 a) - d) in the 2nd Preliminary Stage and piece b) in the Final Stage may be accompanied by cembalo.
[Type of cembalo provided = Atelier von Nagel (William Dowd-Paris) French Double Manual Harpsichord, After "N. et Francois Blanchet 1730"]
(Tuned to A = 442)
3. Please write out the titles of the three test pieces chosen by the contestant to be performed at the 2nd Preliminary Stage in the blank space provided in the Application Form.