Aoniyoshi Music Competition Nara Ensemble Lecture for Pianists

Students Wanted ★
Target] Elementary school students, junior high school students, high school students, university students, general students, and professionals.
◎Children and instructors are welcome
◎No previous experience in competitions is required
◎Participants must be accompanied by their own teacher.

Duo (Sonata or accompaniment for voice, strings, or wind instruments other than brass or saxophone)
Piano Trio, Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet (excerpts of any movement are acceptable)

Fee: 11,000 yen per 30-minute session x number of desired sessions

Application deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2026 (must arrive by this date)

Auditing Students Wanted
Audience】One-day ticket (all seats unreserved)
General: 2,000 yen (tax included) Elementary and junior high school students: 1,000 yen (tax included)
Free to come and go between pieces
Free admission for students throughout the day

For details, please see the website.

Kenji Watanabe
Born in 1954. After graduating from Kikuri High School of Music in Nagoya, he completed his studies at Tokyo University of the Arts and its graduate school. He won the first prize at the 43rd Japan Music Competition and studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Hungary from 1978 to 1983. While there, he won prizes at the Munich International Competition, the 1st Japan International Music Competition, and the Liszt Bartók International Competition. He has made it his life's work to deepen the spiritual understanding of Liszt's works and to promote them. Since 2005, he has been publishing a series of Liszt piano works (original editions, revised by Yukio Nomoto). Since 2005, she has published a series of Liszt piano works (original editions, revised by Yukio Nomoto, fingering and performance advice by Kenji Watanabe, published by Zen-On Score Publishing Co. The series is currently being published by Zen-On Score Publishing Co. He received the Liszt Memorial Medal in 1986 and the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary in 2018 for his efforts to introduce Hungarian music culture and cultural exchange between Japan and Hungary. 1992 "Sky Day" Art Prize (Japan Aviation Association). President of the Japan Piano Education Federation, President of the Japan Solfege Research Council, President of the Kawai Foundation for Sound Technology and Music Promotion, Technical Advisor of Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Jury Member of the Liszt-Bartok International Piano Competition in 2006, President of the Jury of the Bartok International Music Competition in 2019. 2005 - 2016, Tokyo He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Tokyo University of the Arts from 2005 to 2016 and as Vice President from 2005 to 2013. He is a part-time lecturer at Hokkaido University and professor emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts.