Outline | The GASPAR CASSADO International Violoncello Competition in HACHIOJI

Outline

First Stage

22 (Fri) - 24 (Sun) November, 2013

Second Stage

25 (Mon) - 27 (Wed) November 2013

Final Stage

30 (Sat) November, 2013
Final Stage Concerto will be performed with
Conductor : YAMASHITA Kazufumi
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmony Orchestra

Award(s) Ceremony / Prize winner’s Concert

1 (Sun) December, 2013

Venue

Hachioji City Hall (Icho Hall)

Main Hall
　First Stage
　Second Stage
　Award(s) Ceremony and 　Prize winner’s

Hachioji City Hall (Olympus Hall Hachioji)

　Final Stage

Organizers

The Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello
Competition Organizing Committee
- City of Hachioji
- Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation
- NPO Cello Concert Community

Co-organizer

Hachioji Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Tokyo Metropolitan Goverment
Embajada de España
Instituto Cervantes de Tokio

Honorary President

ISHIMORI Takayuki Mayor of Hachioji City

Executive Committee

MIYAKE Sozo (President)
President, Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation

ICHIKAWA Kazuhiro (Vice President)
Chairman, NPO Cello Concert Community

AOKI Noriyuki
Vice Chairman, Cyber Silk Road Hachioji

FUKAZAWA Yasuhiko
Chairman, Hachioji City Federation of Shopping Centers

ITO Junko
Chairperson of the board, Hachioji Bunka Renmei (Cultural Federation)

ITO Norihiko
General Manager, Resident Activities Promotion Division of Hachioji City

KOBAYASHI Koji
Advisor, Studio Santa Corp. and President

KOURA Harumi
Section Chief, College Community and Culture Section,
Resident Activities Promotion Division of Hachioji City

MOCHIZUKI Masahito
Secretary General, Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation

NAGASHIMA Tsuyoshi
General Manager, Value Creation Department, The Tama Shinkin Bank

OKAZOE Kensuke
Chairman, Hachioji International Association

OKUMA Makoto
Executive Director, Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation

SHIMIZU Nobuhiko
President, Nippon Energy Corporation

SHIONO Yoshimitsu
Secretary General, Hachioji City and Town Resident’s Association

UCHIDA Suminori
President, Hachioji Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Administration General Producer

TAKAMORI Miyako
Music Producer, President Centre de Recherche des Echanges
Musicaux Internationaux

Advisor

SUGIMOTO Atsuko
Chairperson of the first Cassado International Violoncello Competition

The Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition Organizing Committee will host the Competition, which will be held in Hachioji City, Tokyo, from 22 November to 1 December, 2013.

Organization

The Organizing Committee will assign an Administration
General Producer and a Secretariat, who will be responsible for the planning and running of the Competition.
A Committee of Experts and a Jury will be organized
each time the Competition is held.The Committee of
Experts will be comprised of prominent Japanese musicians. Likewise, the Jury will be comprised of musicians
in Japan and abroad. Names of juries in charge of
the screening will be kept confidential.