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==Competition==

The International Electone Festival (IEF)/International Electone Concours (IEC) is an Electone Organ competition organized by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] which has its beginnings in the 1960s. The first edition of the competition initiated in 1964 as a Japanese national contest to promote and market the Electone as a viable creative and professional musical outlet, and featured both the solo performer and the Electone instrument with no other accompaniment present - a format that lasts till this day. The first purposefully branded international edition complete with a broader roster of contestants representing countries such as USA, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, as well as European, Asian and South American countries,  is noted as being held in October of 1971. However, as earlier as 1969<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www-yamaha--mf-or-jp.translate.goog/history/e-history/ec-ef/6th_EC.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=第6回エレクトーンコンクールグランプリ大会 - ヤマハ音楽振興会|website=www-yamaha--mf-or-jp.translate.goog}}</ref> and 1970,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www-yamaha--mf-or-jp.translate.goog/history/e-history/ec-ef/7th_EC.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=The 7th Electone Competition Grand Prix}}</ref> a small number of international entrants were invited to compete at the 'Electone Concours Grand Prix' event against a predominantly Japanese contingent of competitors in Tokyo. The IEF finals from these early editions were then held in Japan every year until 1984 when it was held in Los Angeles to mirror the city's Olympic Games hosting duties. Afterwards, Yamaha began holding subsequent IEF finals in other cities around the world including Hamburg, Toronto, Paris, Hong Kong, Mexico and Singapore before returning to Japan.

Notable musicians who were invited to be part of the adjudication panel included [[Jerry Goldsmith]], [[Raymond Lefèvre]] and [[Keith Emerson]] of [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]].{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} Participants in the IEF finals had to be at least 16 years of age and competed for medal awards and cash prizes. On almost every occasion, there was one "Grand Prize" recipient who would receive a gold medal and cash prize which in its last years totalled $10,000US. Before 1982, a selection of participants were also presented with special Winner's prizes and the number of recipients of this award varied from year to year. After 1982, "Most Outstanding Performance" awards were presented to two (or in some instances three or four) participants who would receive a silver medal and cash prize, and "Outstanding Performance" awards were usually presented to three participants who would receive a bronze medal and cash prize. On rare occasions at IEF finals, a special President's award may also have been presented to one performer. Known as the "Kawakami Prize" it was named after renowned Yamaha Music Corporation President [[Genichi Kawakami]] and consisted of a special bronze medal and cash prize very similar to the "Outstanding Performance" award. By the mid to late 1990s Yamaha ceased to sponsor the event as the broader international competition it once was, keeping it a solely Japanese and Asian region contest by the turn of the new millennium. This change, which reflected the company's decision to decrease its global Electone market to these territories exclusively, continues to this day as the ''Yamaha Electone Concours'' .<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.electone.com/article/?f=view&i=24
|title = Resurrecting Electone Festival
|author = Ignacio
|publisher = Electone Zone
|date = January 2, 2004
|access-date = 2011-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.electone.com/faq/?c=4
|title = Electone FAQ - Contests & Festivals
|publisher = Electone Zone
|access-date =  2011-09-15}}</ref><br />

'''International Electone Festival Finals'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1"
! Anniversary !! Year !! City, Country !! Venue, Instrument model(s) !! Grand Prix award !! Most Outstanding Award !! Outstanding Award !! Special Jury or 'Kawakami' Prize !! Finalist (Country) - Selection 
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|  8th || 1971 || Nemu-no-sato, Japan || EX-42, E-3, E-3R, E-5, D-7, D-2B || *Tomoko Watanabe (Japan) - ''Hoedown,'' *Leslie Strand (U.S.A) - ''?'' || *Keiko Ohta (Japan) - ''?'' *Yaeko Sakamoto (Japan) - ''Tarkus,'' *Daniel Hetu (Canada) - ''Fidor Fador More,'' *Kurumi Shibihara (Japan) - ''Introduction,'' *Haruo Inoue (Venezuela) - ''?'' || N/A ||  *Hesiquio Ramos (Mexico) - ''West Side Story,'' || *Yoshitaka Yasumoto (Japan) - ''Love Duet'', *Noriyasu Inoue (Japan) - ''Black Magic Woman'', *Aiko Hirano (Japan) - ''Light My Fire'', *Kunio Ohta (Japan) - ''フォレスト・フラワー'', Setsuko Shimizu (Japan) - ''いそしぎ'', *Kaisaku Ashizawa (Japan) - ''大漁うたいこみの調'', *Yumiko Tashibana (Japan) - ''Love Story'', *Sumiko Ohashi (Japan) - ''Naomi's Dream'', *Noriko Honda (Japan) - ''You'd Be So Nice To Come To'', *Malcolm Ross (Australia) - ''Scarborough Fair'', *Tilly Lam (Hong Kong) - ''Spy Operation'', *Andiono Arie (Indonesia) - ''Ode To Billy Joe'', *Asbjorn Valaker (Norway) - ''Going Out Of My Head'', *Kazuko Kamasuto (Japan) - ''枯葉'', *Antonio Cuyugan (Philippines) - ''Cry Me A River'', *Helen Lowe (South Africa) - ''African Kuvella'', *Dorothy Wang (Singapore) - ''Graduation'', *Ming Cheng Huang (Taiwan) - ''My Funny Valentine'', *Raht Ketusingha (Thailand) - ''Promise Promise''
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|  9th || 1972 || Nemu-no-sato, Japan || EX-42, E-3, E-5 || *Claude Dupras (Canada) - ''Raindrops,'' *Rocco Ferrante Jr (U.S.) - ''Yesterday and Night,'' *Tomoyo Miyama (Japan) - ''Rhapsody'' || *Akira ("Masa") Matsuda (Japan) - ''The Closed World,'' *Mutsuko Okumura (Japan) - ''In Berlin,'' *唯井 明代 Shibahara (Japan) - ''C Sharp Minor Waltz,'' *Sebastian Cacabelos Soutullo (Venezuela) - ''Garcia Rhapsody,'' *Georges Fleury - (Switzerland) - ''Love You'' || N/A ||  *芝原 くるみ (Japan) - ''Theme from Ironside,'' || *Greg Moeser (Australia) - ''Jesus Christ Superstar,'' *Gordon Griffiths (United Kingdom) - ''Beatles Medley,'' *Henk Balijon (Netherlands) - ''Love You,'' *Billy Tsong (Hong Kong) - ''Wind Whisper,'' *Andy Alley Ono (Indonesia) - ''Beatles Medley,'' *Carmen Tamés Mejiá (Mexico) - ''Son de la Negra,'' *Francisco ("Toti") Fuentes (Philippines) - ''From Bach to Bacharach,'' *Ludolff Smuts Wium (South Africa) - ''Black Orpheus,'' *Teresa Filmer (Singapore) - ''Jesus Christ Superstar,'' *Inn Shien Huang (Taiwan) - ''Mr Lucky,'' *M.L.Pratintip Devakula (Thailand) - ''Trish Trash Polka,'' *Lyman E. Strong (U.S.) - ''Bacharach Medley,'' *Michael Schau (West Germany) - ''Love You,'' *照井 栞 (Japan) - ''Wife and Girlfriend,'' *Reiko Kashiwagi (Japan) - ''Pictures at an Exhibition,''.
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| 10th || 1973 || Nemu-no sato, Japan || EX-42, E-5 || *Bobby Lyle (U.S.) - ''Dance of Love and Peace,'' *Akira ("Masa") Matsuda (Japan) - ''Mysterious Dimension,'' *唯井 明代 Shibahara (Japan) - ''Eruption'' || *Yoshi Osamu Nakagawa (Japan) - ''Alice caught in the Looking Glass,'' *Maritess Salientes (Philippines) - ''Passacaglia in C Minor,'' *Raimund Pranschke (West Germany) - ''Borikuito,'' *Hendra Widjaja (Indonesia) - ''Days of Wine and Roses'' || N/A || *Martha Patricia Morales Barrera (Mexico) - ''Uapango'' || *Dirk Leonard (Australia) - ''George Gershwin Medley,'' *Julio Camargo Carone (Brazil) - ''Bebe,'' *Rodger Niznik (Canada) - ''Goldfinger,'' *Robert Jansen (Netherlands) - ''Burt Bacharach Medley,'' *Leandro Bautista (Hong Kong) - ''Lullaby of Birdland,'' *Hoon Kim Huat (Malaysia) - ''Wan Chu Chin,'' *Ove Hetland (Norway) - ''Dry Leaves,'' *Theuns Van Rensburg (South Africa) - ''Work Song,'' *Cheng Tau Sin (Singapore) - ''Valley of the Evening Twilight,'' *Jose Villacanas (Spain) - ''People,'' *Huang Ming Cheng (China) - ''Cabaret,'' *Raht Ketusingha (Thailand) - ''PROMISES! PROMISES! PROMISES!','' *James Friemark (U.S.) - ''Wizard of Oz,'' *Jose Garcia Guinot (Venezuela) - ''My System''.
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| 11th || 1974 || Nemu-no Sato, Japan || EX-42, E-5 || *Socorro De Castro (U.S.) - ''Theme from The Mod Squad,'' *Reiko Kashiwagi (Japan) - ''Prelude'' || *Kenriyou Yoshimoto (Japan) - ''Freedom Jazz Dance,'' *Hiromi Sato (Japan) - ''Invitation to the 21st Century,'' *Yayoi Yoshida (Japan) - ''Apple Pie,'' *Claude Lander (Switzerland) - ''Cathedral,'' *Alvin Kwok (Hong Kong) - ''Abrupt End'' || N/A || *James Levesque (U.S.) - ''George Gershwin Medley,'' || *Russell Finch (Australia) - ''One Note Samba,'' *Jacqueline Reggio (Brazil) - ''Mojave,'' *Fabio Valente (Brazil) - ''A Espera,'' *Relly Coloma (Canada) - ''I Got Rhythm,'' *Hugo Alvarado (Mexico) - ''La Malaguena,'' *Carolyn Kleiner (Philippines) - ''Taghoy ng Lupa,'' *Dorothy Shaw (Singapore) - ''Dawn,''.
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| 12th || 1975 || Nemu-no Sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Yayoi Hirabe (Japan) - ''Rhapsody on GX'' || *Manuel Panta (Philippines) - ''Bach/Tchaikovsky Medley,'' *Summer Kei Horiba (Japan) - ''Sinfonia,'' *Width 滋美 (Japan) - ''Police Woman,'' *Tamam Hoesein (Indonesia) - ''Es Lilin,'' *Tito Enriquez (Mexico) - ''Fantasia Latin America'' || N/A || N/A || *Julie-Ann Hanlon (Australia) - ''Wind Blues "Pictures at an Exhibition"'' *Günter Schwarz (Austria) - ''September,'' *Nilson Zago (Brazil) - ''Bruno de Jekibau Baranso,'' *Antonio Macedo (Brazil) - ''Samba Samba Samba,'' *Darcy Naife (Canada) - ''Eleanor Rigby,'' *Louis Tortora (France) - ''Soleado,'' *Gilbert Lo (Hong Kong) - ''Motion Pictures,'' *Larry Keenan (U.S.) - ''Space,'' *John Modrowsky (U.S.) - ''Beatles Medley''.
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| 13th || 1976 || Nemu-no Sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Yumiko Tanaka (Japan) - ''Divertimento'' || *Ito 由実子 (Japan) - ''Autumn in Sofia,'' *Sensho Hayashi (Japan) - ''Waves Of Light,'' *Raht Ketusingha (Australia) - ''Australia,'' *David Smith (United Kingdom) - ''1812 Overture,'' *Gilbert Lo (Hong Kong) - ''Fantasy on GX,'' *Bupha Dhamabuttr (Thailand) - ''Ashanji'' || N/A || *Hiromi Sato (Japan) - ''Meditation on 25 O'Clock'' || *Guy Tassé (Canada) - ''All You,'' *Ruud Jansen (Netherlands) - ''Love Confessions,'' *Luis Carlos González (Mexico) - ''Latin Dawn,'' *Omar Guzmán (Mexico) - ''Tarkus,'' *Miriam Uyboco (Philippines) - ''Music Moments,'' *Frank Loch (U.S.) - ''Chopin Impressions,'' *Paul Doerrfeld (U.S.) - ''An American in Paris,'' *Luis Jose Arias (Venezuela) - ''Concerto for Voice''.
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| 14th || 1977 || Nemu-no sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Oshima Michiru (Japan) - ''Gloria'' || *Width 滋美 (Japan) - ''Dancing "18",'' *南部 昌江 (Japan) - ''Sunrise,'' *Danny Baker (U.S.) - ''Christine's Samba,'' *Rodger William Niznik (Canada) - ''Manipulation,'' *Louie J. Ocampo (Philippines) - ''Moods of Tina'' || N/A || *Jenny Tjahjono (Indonesia) - ''Sunset'' || *Bryan William Roberts (Australia) - ''Impressions of the Ionosphere,'' *Cèlio Balona Passos (Brazil) - ''Kantika,'' *Raul Castaño Escobar (Columbia) - ''Latin Landscapes,'' *José Alberto González (Costa Rica) - ''Diary of a Computer,'' *Louis Tortora (France) - ''Revolution,'' *Skip Van Rooy (Netherlands) - ''Nature'' *Leong Wai Meng (Singapore) - ''August 2nd,'' *Kumiko Kodera (Japan) - ''Tip-Top-Fly''.
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| 15th || 1978 || Nemu-no sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Skip Van Rooy (Netherlands) - ''Relationships'' || *Rosy Chua (Malaysia) - ''Elite'', *Michael Gundlach (West Germany) - ''Final Four Times'', *Masashi Huzita (Japan) - ''Symphonic Rhapsody'', *Yumiko Santon (Japan) - ''Airship Marshmallows'', *Ito Yumiko (Japan) - ''Steps of September'' || N/A || *Jeannette G.R.Casuga (Philippines) - ''Neptune's Chamber'' || *Fernando Cruz (Mexico) - ''Toreador Banquet,'' *Fu-Mei Ma (China) - ''The Sea of Happiness,'' *Raimund Pranschke (West Germany) - ''Love Dance,'' *Isaac S. Rosenthal (U.S.) - ''Portrait of America,'' *Cheryl M.Smith (Australia) - ''Voyage to Peace,'' *Julia H.P.Wee (Singapore) - ''Piper Dreams,'' *Yasuo Miyauti (Japan) - ''Hamlet Overture,'' *大野 三知代 (Japan) - ''Let's Dance a Waltz''.
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| 16th || 1979 || Nemu-no-sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Nozomi Moroi (Japan) - ''Windward Passage'' || *Hiroko Kawata (Japan) - ''Musica?'', *Sensho Hayashi (Japan) - ''Eternal Sea'', *Michael Behymer (U.S.) - ''Two Variations of One Theme'', *Eileen Ng Ai Ling (Singapore) - ''Reflections of You'', Yumi Nakata (Japan) - ''Bright Future'' || N/A || N/A || *Phillip K. Keveren (U.S.) - ''Portrait,'' *Paul August Li (Indonesia) - ''The Grey Shadow,'' *Tzer-Shiun Lin (China) - ''Mental Anguish,'' *Mark D.Matthews (Australia) - ''Corroboree on a Summer Day,'' *Maria Corazon Perez (Philippines) - ''Lost In A Dream''.
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| 17th || 1980 || Nemu-no-sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Yasuyuki Kasori (Japan) - ''Grand Sinfonia No.2'' || *Hiroko Kawata (Japan) - ''Cosmic Rhapsody'', *Akira Kobayashi (Japan) - ''Fiesta: One Two'', *Yoshiko Doi (Japan) - ''Summer Dreaming '80'', *Michael Gundlach (West Germany) - ''Workshop'' || N/A || N/A || *Juan Carlos de Martini (Argentina) - ''El Maltrecho,'' *Lynda Hulford (Australia) - ''Tracy,'' *Mervin Mauthe (Canada) - ''Oceanic Suite,'' *Yongyos Saengphaibul (Thailand) - ''New Breath of the New City,'' *Roberto Fuentes (Uruguay) - ''Imagenes de Montevideo,'' *Phillip Keveren (U.S.) - ''Cascade Suite,'' *Eleonora Paolino (Venezuela) - ''En Busca de una Esperanza,'' . 
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| 18th || 1981 || Nemu-no-sato, Japan || GX-1 || *Reiko Matsumoto (Japan) - ''Daiwa Maharoba'', *Natsue Enda (Japan) - ''Fantasia Alpha'' || *Tatsuko Torii (Japan) - ''Pure'', *Noriaki Rin (Japan) - ''Autumn Door'' || N/A || *Eduardo Tadeu Montoro (Brazil) - ''Soldier Boy'' || Luis Fernando Luna Guarneros (Mexico) - ''Maniixni,'' *Yung Man Leng (Singapore) - ''Horizon,'' *Staffan Hedman (Sweden) - ''Aiolos,'' *Dan Rodowicz (U.S.) - ''Comme Le Jour''
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| 19th || 1982 || Tokyo, Japan || GX-1/EX-1/D-85 || Yasuo Miyauchi (Japan) - ''荒城の月変奏曲'' || *Kiyoko Koyama (Japan) - ''The Sphinx,'' *Yukie Tsunokuma (Japan) - ''Quincy Quincy,'' || *Piergiorgio Marotti (Italy) - ''Model F,'' *Tomoko Yoshida (Japan) - ''Appassionata,'' *Tohru Yoshizawa (Japan) - ''African Symphony,'' *Walter Stowasser (West Germany) - ''The Barber of Seville'' || N/A || *Deanna MacDonald (Canada) - ''Armageddon,'' *Ian Sell (Australia) - ''Transition,'' *Miho Kodama (Japan) - ''Dark Eyes,'' *Enrique Ordoñez Martinez (Mexico) - ''Barada Mehikana,'' *Alberto Vicente Santos (Philippines) - ''Ulilang Bituin,'' *Stanley Koyama (U.S.) - ''Cheek to Cheek/I've Got Rhythm,'' *Sandra Aparecida Ribeiro (Brazil) - ''Sintonia,'' *Soh Wee Tee (Singapore) - ''Forgotten Empire''
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| 20th || 1983 || Tokyo, Japan || Kan'i Hoken Hall/FX-1 || Keiko Tanimura (Japan) - ''Come Glorious Light Again'' (K.Tanimura) || *John Teare Corlett (Australia) - ''Switched on Sonatas,'' *Lupita Romero Ponce (Mexico) - ''Flight of the Bumblebee,'' *Mizuno Yoshiko (Japan) - ''Phoenix,'' *Katsuse Truth (Japan) - ''Creation,'' || *Lennart Palm (Sweden) - ''Endless Pain,'', *Yuki Huzihara (Japan) - ''Pioneer Pulse,'' *Ishizaki Miyuki (Japan) - ''Hymn Republic,'' *Hiroko Muta (Japan) - ''Departure,'' || N/A || *Lennie Campbell (Canada) - ''Eurasia,'' *Carlton Liu (Hong Kong) - ''Variations in C Major,'' *Didier Montellier (France) - ''Hallelujah,'' *Hidebrand Brasil Bordi (Brazil) - ''Railroad,'' *Norman Adviento Agatep (Philippines) - ''Likha,'' *Marcel Josef Himbert (West Germany) - ''Sinfonia,'' *Edward M. Goldfarb (U.S.) - ''Excerpts from the Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano,''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/history/e-history/ec-ef/IEF83.html|title=インターナショナルエレクトーンフェスティバル '83 - ヤマハ音楽振興会|website=www.yamaha-mf.or.jp}}</ref>{{Vague|non-English source|date=September 2011}}
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| 21st || 1984 || Los Angeles, U.S. || /FX-1 || Tatsuko Torii (Japan) - ''The Skyscraper'' (T.Torii) || *Thomas Folenta (U.S.) - ''Tomarbar,'' *Toshinori Suzuki (Japan) - ''Eternal Sea'' || *Luis Estrella (Spain) - ''Rhapsody In Blue,'' *Ya-Hui Wang (Singapore) - ''Toccata,'' *Hanson Tan (Philippines) - ''Bursting Out'' || N/A || *Joan Misako Nakanmoto (Canada) - ''Tarkus'', *Greg Norrod (U.S.) - ''Journey To Perfection'', - Gasto Alberto Marsanich (Italy) - ''Toccata'', *Mark Wyer (Australia) - ''War Of The Worlds'', *Hector Manuel Islas Licona (Mexico) - ''Luzarkana'', * Ronald H.Van Barele (Netherlands) - ''Musica Esperanto'', *Erik Holsten (Norway) - ''Progressive Tension''.
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| 22nd || 1985 || Hamburg, West Germany (Congress Centre Hamburg)|| /FX-1 || Toshio Mori (Japan) - ''流火(Ryuuka)'' || *Sueko Tsunoda (Japan) - ''Bright Times,'' *Ya-Hui Wang (Singapore) - ''Eternal Sea'' || *Jan Veenje (Netherlands) - ''Symphony Historique,'' *Mei-Li Pai (Taiwan) - ''Tropical Isle Emerald,'' *Gregory Brian Mackintosh (U.S.) - ''Baroque, Be-Bop, Ballad, Brass'' || N/A || *Andrew Leonard Campbell (Canada) - ''Scenescape,'' *Stela Jizar Orfano Caldeira (Brazil) - ''Baiao Brásil,'' *Stefan Flemmerer (West Germany) - ''Ever Changing Moods,'' *Bruno Yamasaki Matsumoto (Mexico) - ''La Fuerza de los Imperios,'' *Ferruccio Premici (Italy) - ''Il Vole del Calabrene,'' *Nicklas Sivelöw (Sweden) - ''Finding the Way,'' *Deone Lee Wilson (Australia) - ''Creation, the Sixth Day,''
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| 23rd || 1986 || Toronto, Canada || /FX-1 || Chihiro Yamashita (Japan) - ''華麗なるファンタジー(A Fantasia)'' || *Louis Tortora (France) - ''Variations from Suspiria,'' *Norikazu Kawano (Japan) - ''時経(Picturesque Time)'' || *Mary Ueda Ritsuko (Canada) - ''Petrouchka,'' *Stephen Kurniawan Tamadji (Indonesia) - ''Sunset In Bali,'' *Stefan Flemmerer (West Germany) - ''Barock'' || N/A || *John Gregory Matas Aquias (Philippines) - ''Likha'', *John Donald Bates (U.K) - ''Touch'', *Paul Joseph Doerrfeld (U.S.) - ''Chorale and Fantasy on "Simple Gifts'', *George Charles Heldt (Canada) - ''Riches to Rage'', *Shane Michael Parker (Australia) - ''Scheherazade (The Festival at Baghdad),'' *Nicklas Lars Sivelöw (Sweden) - ''Into a New World'', *Jorge Raul Suarez (Argentina) - ''Juana Azurduy'', *Ricardo Uma (Costa Rica) - ''Carmina Burana''. 
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| 24th || 1987 || Tokyo, Japan || Kan'i Hoken Hall/FX-1 || Yukio Nakamura (Japan) - ''Somewhere In The Night'' (Y.Nakamura)|| *Risa Funaki (Japan) - ''Rise Of Spring'', *Arturo Sánchez Guzzi (Mexico) - ''Grados Indigenas'' || *Jason Nyberg (U.S.) - ''Strike It Up'', *Warwick Dunham (Australia) - ''Excerpts from Bernstein's 'Mass''', *Racquel Ayeras Rañola (Philippines) - ''Silver Screen''. || *Risa Funaki (Japan) - ''Rise of Spring'' || *Kaon Koo (Canada) - ''Rain Walk'', *Terence Swee-Seng Teo (Singapore) - ''Olympia'', *Roberto Cedeño Laya (Venezuela) - ''Sonata Venezolana'', *Lena Sannerstig (Sweden) - ''Die Fledermaus Overture'', *Martin Harris (United Kingdom) - ''Contrasts'', *Rainer Georg Dittrich (West Germany) - ''The Eternal Stream,'' *Gabriel Huynh (France) - ''Si, C'etait Demain,''. 
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| 25th || 1988 || Paris, France || /HX-1 || Jason Geh (Malaysia) - ''Hallucination'' (J.Geh)
 || *Tatsuki Watanabe Atsushi (Japan) - ''And The Sun Shines!'', *Mia Soetanto (Indonesia) - ''Evening In Bali'' || *Valérie Boggio (France) - ''La Confession d'Uranus'', *Paul Wei Chung Liang (Singapore) - ''Festive Overture (Shostakovich)'', *Adelmo Listorti (West Germany) - ''City Movements'' || N/A || *Hector Islas (Mexico) - ''Centuria'', *Linda Eckert (U.S.) - ''Jupiter from The Planets'', *Jason Klein (Canada) - ''Conversations,'' *Marcelo Maranghello (Argentina) - ''Mosaico Latino,'' *Lena Sannerstig (Sweden) - ''Overture from "Pastoral Suite" Op.19'', *Rodney Pooley (U.K) - ''American Patrol'', *Fabrizio Brezzo (Italy) - ''La Forza del Destino - Overture'', *Anthony Kenney (Australia) - ''A Fairytale Relived'', *Mayumi Takane (Japan) - ''Au Coin De Montmatre''.     
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| 26th || 1989 || Hong Kong || Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre/HX-1 || Saori Iwauchi (Japan) - ''Symphonic Rhapsody No.2'' (S.Iwauchi)  || *Ng Chai Li (Malaysia) - ''GEM'', *Enrique Arturo Escalante Lujan (Mexico) - ''Raices'' || *Hitoshi Kotani (Japan) - ''Hibari-Twilight Scenery'', *Stéphane Criado (France) - ''Comme Dans Un Songe'', *Ferdinand Marsa (Indonesia) - ''Panji Semirang'' || N/A || Sandy DiGirolamo (U.S.) - ''On The Waterfront,'' *Ruth Bernardine Varney (Australia) - ''Xenophobia,'' *Robert Messier (Canada) - ''Powerful People,'' *Jaana Marja Peltonen (Finland) - ''From Dream To Reality,'' *Alex Wong Wai Chung (Hong Kong) - ''Silhouette,'' *Smith Bandithaya (Thailand) - ''Living Float,'' *Stephen John Selwood (United Kingdom) - ''A Woodpecker's Anecdote''*José L. Souto Colina (Venezuela) - "Fantasia Criolla".
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| 27th || 1990 || Mexico City, Mexico || The City Theater/HX-1 || Chinami Taki (Japan) - ''Humpty Dumpty'' (C.Taki) || *Bruno Yamasaki Matsumoto (Mexico) - ''El Niño Colibrí,'' *Joachim Wolf (Germany) - ''El Avispa'' || *Goh Chee Seng (Malaysia) - ''Midnight Dream'', *Hiromi Suzuki (Japan) - ''Rhapsody Espagnole'', *Teh- Chiang Yuang (Taiwan) ''Time Passing''. || N/A || *Philip George Newns (Canada) - ''Rhapsody in Blue,'' *Tony Matthew Austin (Australia) - ''Squib Cakes,'' *Omar Arroyo Garcia (Costa Rica) - ''Danza del Sable,'' *Debra Fleming (U.S.) - ''West Side Story,'' *Sirpa Ojala (Finland) - ''Take Five,'' *Syilvia Dewi Estiningrum (Indonesia) - ''Sunset In Bali,'' *Gaston Marsonich (Italy) - ''Toccata,'' *Miriam Teresa González Hernández (Mexico) - ''Herencia IndeÏgena,'' *Kerry Jayne Stanton (United Kingdom) - ''Fantasy,''.
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| 28th || 1991 || Tokyo, Japan || Kan'i Hoken Hall/HX-1 || Chinami Kawasaki (Japan) - ''A Scene - Time For Sowing'' (C.Kawasaki)|| *Yuki Toda (Japan) - ''Rhapsody'', *Carsten Jarocki (Germany) - ''Fairytale'' || *Stephen Tromans (U.K) - ''Great Expectations'', *Raussel Renata Cedeño Laya (Venezuela) - ''Orinoquia'', *Danny Lim Teong Chin (Malaysia) - ''Kingdom Of Black Panther'' || *Tanya Hulbert (Australia) - ''Tianenmen, June 4th, 1989'' || *Roberto Mistichelli (Italy) - ''War from Rocky IV'', *Arnaud Fabien Fourniguet (France) ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'', *Albert Lawrence Villaruz (Canada) - ''War from Rocky IV'', *Clarice Marie Weathers (U.S.) - ''Ballet Mechanique'', *Rene Monterosa Sanchez (Mexico) - ''Final Night'', *Chun Chun Yang (Taiwan) - ''Moments Musicaux'', *Ching I Lu (Taiwan) - ''Fantastic Festival''. 
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| 29th || 1992 || Kyoto, Japan || Kyoto Kaikan Hall/ELX-1, EL-90, HX-1 || Kaon Koo (Canada) - ''Alice In Shanghai'' (E.Corpus) || *Kaoru Ono (Japan) - ''Sensitivity'', *Emi Saiki (Netherlands) - ''Voyage to the Far East,'' || *Ohta Mayumi (Japan) - ''Symphonic Dances'', *Ken Lee Ming Yi (Malaysia) - ''Joy Of Spring'', *Ruben Martorell Y Bayon (Spain) - ''William Tell Overture''. || N/A || *Chiemi Colleen Middleton (U.S.) - ''Sleeping Beauty Waltz,'' *Darren Grech (Australia) - ''Arion,'' *Anabel Rosales Casco (Mexico) - ''Dreams,'' *Jose Luis Souto (Venezuela) - ''Taurepana,'' *Thio Kah Shiu Ernest Zhang (Singapore) - ''Promised Land,'' *Gianluca Bertolo (Italy) - ''Mirror,'' *Robin Yann (France) - ''Anastasia'', *Dominicus Levi Gunardi (Indonesia) - ''スミランの旗''.
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| 30th || 1993 || Singapore || World Trade Centre, Harbour Pavilion/ELX-1, EL-90 || Daiju Kurasawa (Japan) - ''Well You Needn't'' (T.Monk) || *Hitoshi Utsumi Hazime (Japan) - ''Piano Concerto in F'', *Eric Leong (Singapore) - ''Feline(Alley Cats)'', *Elver Sohrab C. Perez (Philippines) - ''Talinhaga'' || *Tricia Ann S. Villareal (Philippines) - ''Seascapes'', *Yani Danuwidjaya (Indonesia) - ''Seven-Eighth''
 || N/A || *Leigh Robert Harrold (Australia) - ''Little Man Tate,'' *Jeff James Blake (Canada) - ''Back To The Future,'' *Brent William Mills (U.S.) - ''Festive Overture,'' *Carlos Alberto Gonzáles (Argentina) - ''Alma De Milonga,'' *Celso Gusben Marfil Simon (Mexico) - ''En La Ciudad De Los Dioses,'' *Anna Gerasi (Greece) - ''Auforderung Zum Tanz,'' *Andrea Gorini (Italy) - ''Impressions in the Park,'' *David Claire (France) - ''Dead Zone,'' *Paul Dingle (United Kingdom) - ''Joyrider,''.
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| 31st || 1994 || Tokyo, Japan || Kan'i Hoken Hall/ELX-1 || *Jun'ichi Matsumoto (Japan), *Thomas Karcher (Germany), || *Carlton Liu (U.S.) || N/A || *Stephane Eliot (France) || Edward Chan (Hong Kong), Alfred Chan (United Kingdom), Brent William Mills (USA), Tomomi Takahashi (Australia), Pauline Ng (Canada), Wataru Fujimura (Japan), Clement Shaw (Malaysia), Bayornpat Jyntaprasert (Thailand).
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| 32nd || 1996 || Tokyo, Japan || Kan'i Hoken Hall/ELX-1 || *Yoshihiro Andoh (Japan) || *Zhu Lei (China) || *Linda Harjono (Indonesia) || *Joachim Wolf (Germany) || Roberto Marasciuolo (Italy), Tomoko Minemura (Japan), Sheila Vandikas (Canada), Yuen Siu Mun (Malaysia), Shinobu Karaki (Japan), Brent William Mills (USA), Rene Monte Rosa Sanchez (Mexico), Martial Illien (France).
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