Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

Results

2024 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
102 (27 Nationalities)
Final Concert
26 May 2024
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Jingyu Chen (Hong Kong SAR)
Nebulafor symphony orchestra
750,000 yen

2nd Prize

Jose Luis Valdivia Arias (Spain)
Al-Zahra - Three pieces for orchestra
750,000 yen

Giovanni Liguori (Italy)
Hypnos - Reminiscenze oniricheper grande orchestra
750,000 yen

3rd Prize

Alessandro Adamo (Italy)
Parenthesis
750,000 yen

2023 Detail

Judge
© Jörgen Axelvall
The number of submitted works
107 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
28 May 2023
Kosuke Tsunoda, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Michael Taplin (UK)
Selvedgefor full orchestra
850,000 yen

2nd Prize

Guillermo Cobo Garcia (Spain)
Yabal-al-Tay for symphonic orchestra
750,000 yen

Koji Yamabe (Japan)
Underscorefor orchestra
750,000 yen

3rd Prize

Yuheng Chen (China)
tracé / traitfür Orchester
650,000 yen

2022 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
79 (27 Nationalities)
Final Concert
29 May 2022
Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Takuto Muromoto (Japan)
KEBESU - Circle of Flame for orchestra
1,400,000 yen

2nd Prize

Andrea Mattevi (Italy)
Comune il principio e la fine del cerchiofor symphonic orchestra
1,000,000 yen

3rd Prize

Omar Hernández Lazo (Mexico)
Inflamado de una álgida lejanía
300,000 yen

Mehmet Ӧzkan (Turkey/Bulgaria)
Intermezzo for Orchestra "Anarchical Lament"
300,000 yen

2021 Detail

Judge
© Philippe Gontier
/ Editions Salaber
The number of submitted works
91 (32 Nationalities)
Final Concert
30 May 2021
Kanako Abe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Kohsuke Negishi (Japan)
Moonlight Hidden in the Clouds
1,200,000 yen

2nd Prize

Giorgio Francesco Dalla Villa (Italy)
BREAKING A MIRROR for orchestra
800,000 yen

3rd Prize

Jakob Gruchmann (Austria)
TEHOM für großes Orchester
500,000 yen

Minchang Kang (Korea)
The echo of shadows, hallucination...for grand orchestra
500,000 yen

2020 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
93 (32 Nationalities)
Final Concert
19 January 2021
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Xinyang Wang (China)
BORÉAS for orchestra
1,100,000 yen

2nd Prize

David Roche (UK)
SIX PRAYERS for orchestra
900,000 yen

3rd Prize

Francisco Domínguez (Spain)
POÈMES DE MIDI
650,000 yen

4th Prize

Carmen Ho (UK/Hong Kong)
Saṃsāra for large orchestra
350,000 yen

2019 Detail

Judge
Photo: Tomoko Hidaki
The number of submitted works
83 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
9 June 2019
Kanako Abe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Shiqi Geng (China)
Resonanz vom Horizont For Orchestra
1,000,000 yen

Pablo Rubino Lindner (Argentina)
Entelequias for orchestra
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Siqi Liu (China)
Im Bauch des Fisches drei Tage und drei Nächtefür Orchester
600,000 yen

3rd Prize

Zhuosheng Jin (China)
At The End Of Snow Line For full orchestra
400,000 yen

2018 Detail

Judge
© Eric Richmond /
Arena PAL
The number of submitted works
143 (40 Nationalities)
Final Concert
27 May 2018
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Barnaby Martin (UK)
Quanta for Large orchestra
1,000,000 yen

1st Prize

Paulo Brito (Brazil/USA)
STARING WEI JIE TO DEATH
- Symphonic Evocation based on an Episode from Chinese Antiquity for orchestra
800,000 yen

2nd Prize

Lukas Hövelmann-Köper (Germany)
Quantum Vacuum for orchestra
600,000 yen

Bo Li (China)
SLEEPING IN THE WIND for orchestra
600,000 yen

2017 Detail

Judge
© Priska Ketterer
The number of submitted works
115 (36 Nationalities)
Final Concert
28 May 2017
Kah Chun Wong, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Naoki Sakata (Japan)
Paysages entrelacés pour orchestre
900,000 yen

2nd Prize

Zihua Tan (Malaysia)
at the still point for orchestra
700,000 yen

Annachiara Gedda (Italy)
NOWHERE for orchestra
700,000 yen

Stefan Beyer (Germany)
Ich habe nie Menschenfleisch gegessen for orchestra
700,000 yen

2016 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
97 (33 Nationalities)
Final Concert
29 May 2016
Kentaro Kawase, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Michael Seltenreich (Israel)
ARCHETYPE
800,000 yen

Hirofumi Mogi (Japan)
“Let’s speak in Wondrous Words!” for Orchestra
800,000 yen

2nd Prize

Myunghoon Park (Korea)
triple sensibilities for orchestra
700,000 yen

Alice Nakamura (Japan)
Nacres for Orchestra
700,000 yen

2015 Detail

Judge
© Priska Ketterer
The number of submitted works
151 (44 Nationalities)
Final Concert
31 May 2015
Kazumasa Watanbe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Sebastian Hilli (Finland)
Reachings for orchestra
750,000 yen

Yiğit Kolat (Turkey)
[difeʁãs] for orchestra
750,000 yen

2nd Prize

Fabià Santcovsky (Spain)
cuadro de presencia for orchestra
750,000 yen

Thomas Wally (Austria)
loop-fantasy for orchestra
750,000 yen

2014 Detail

Judge
© Wilfried Hoesl
The number of submitted works
108 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
25 May 2014
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Kei Daigo (Japan)
THE NORTHERN CAMELLIA - GRADATION OF SOUNDING AMITY No.2 -
1,200,000 yen

2nd Prize

Giovanni Dario Manzini (Italy)
Until the sea above us closed again
800,000 yen

3rd Prize

Timo Ruttkamp (Germany)
BLACK BOXES für drei Orchestergruppen
600,000 yen

4th Prize

Siraseth Pantura-umporn (Thailand)
AWAKENING / SERENITY
400,000 yen

2013 Detail

Judge
© Hanya Chlala /
Arena PAL
The number of submitted works
97 (28 Nationalities)
Final Concert
26 May 2013
Toshiyuki Kudo, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Marcin Stańczyk (Poland)
SIGHS - hommage à Fryderyk Chopin
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Sumio Kobayashi (Japan)
The Lark in Snow
800,000 yen

3rd Prize

Huan Liu (China)
Zwei Landschaftsbilder
600,000 yen

Nana Kamiyama (Japan)
“CLOSE” to you to “OPEN”
600,000 yen

2012 Detail

Judge
© Kaz Ishikawa
The number of submitted works
90 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
27 May 2012
Naohiro Totsuka, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Federico Gardella (Italy)
Mano d'erba, per orchestra
1,100,000 yen

Ioannis Angelakis (Greece)
une œuvre pour l'écho des rêves (II), pour orchestra
1,100,000 yen

2nd Prize

not awarded

3rd Prize

Masato Kimura (Japan)
I do hope to sleep in the silent universe
400,000 yen

Shiori Usui (Japan)
WARAI
400,000 yen

2011 Detail

Judge
© Mauro Fermariello
The number of submitted works
120 (39 Nationalities)
Final Concert
20 January 2012
Kazuki Yamada, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Florent Motsch-Etienne (France)
Flux et reflux
1,200,000 yen

2nd Prize

Bernd Richard Deutsch (Austria)
subliminal
800,000 yen

3rd Prize

Jan Erik Mikalsen (Norway)
Parts Ⅱ
600,000 yen

4th Prize

Heera Kim (Korea)
NAMOK
400,000 yen

2010 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
86 (30 Nationalities)
Final Concert
30 May 2010
Takeshi Ooi, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Roberto Toscano (Brazil)
... FIGURES AT THE BASE OF A CRUCIFIXION
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Andrej Slezák (Slovakia/Hungary)
Aquarius
750,000 yen

Ken Namba (Japan)
Infinito nero e lontano la luce
750,000 yen

3rd Prize

Chikako Yamanaka (Japan)
Deux Présages
500,000 yen

2009 Detail

Judge
© Markus Kirchgessner
The number of submitted works
103 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
31 May 2009
Tetsuji Honna, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Kenji Sakai (Japan)
Hexagonal pulsar
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Raffaele Grimaldi (Italy)
Creatura temporale
600,000 yen

Kazutomo Yamamoto (Japan)
ZAI For Orchestra
600,000 yen

3rd Prize

Lucas Fagin (Argentina)
Crónica Fisiológica Universal
400,000 yen

Masato Kimura (Japan)
A whirl of endless repetition - To the chaotic ocean
400,000 yen

2008 Detail

Judge
© Wonge Bergmann
The number of submitted works
76 (27 Nationalities)
Final Concert
25 May 2008
Ken’ichi Nakagawa, conductor / Ensemble Nomad
Winners
1st Prize

Yuichi Matsumoto (Japan)
What do you think about the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Thomás Barreiro (Mexico)
La Noche de takemitsu
800,000 yen

3rd Prize

Damian Barbeler (Australia)
God in the Machine
600,000 yen

Toru Nakatani (Japan)
16_1/32_1
600,000 yen

2007 Detail

Judge
© Michiharu Okubo
The number of submitted works
156 (42 Nationalities)
Final Concert
27 May 2007
Chikara Iwamura, conductor / Tokyo philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Sho Ueda (Japan)
Never Stand Behind Me
1,200,000 yen

2nd Prize

Andrea Portera (Italy)
CUBE
750,000 yen

3rd Prize

Man Fang (China)
AQUA - In memoriam Toru Takemitsu
350,000 yen

YiMing Wu (China)
Reminiscence of a dream
350,000 yen

Jona Valfridsson (Sweden)
In Killing Fields Sweet Butterfly Ascend
350,000 yen

2006

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2005

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2004 Detail

Judge
© Masayuki Nakajima
The number of submitted works
129 (40 Nationalities)
Final Concert
30 May 2004
Norichika Iimori, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Paul Stanhope (Australia)
Fantasia on a Theme by Vaughan Williams
1,200,000 yen

2nd Prize

Narong Prangcharoen (Thailand)
Phenomenon for Orchestra …… the mysterious and unexplained
600,000 yen

Sho Ueda (Japan)
Focal Distance II
600,000 yen

3rd Prize

Soonjung Suh (Korea)
YU-HYUN for Orchestra
300,000 yen

Marius Baranauskas (Lithuania)
TALKING for Symphony Orchestra
300,000 yen

2003 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
100 (32 Nationalities)
Final Concert
25 May 2003
Tatsuya Shimono, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Joël Mérah (France)
Allégories
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Dai Fujikura (Japan)
calling Timbuktu
700,000 yen

3rd Prize

hillip Neil Martin (UK)
Nights Bright Days
500,000 yen

Vittorio Zago (Italy)
Da/Fort
500,000 yen

4th Prize

Ippo Tsuboi (Japan)
THE STAR THROWER
300,000 yen

2002 Detail

Judge
© Akira Muto
The number of submitted works
122 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
26 May 2002
Ken Takaseki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Japan)
Canticum Tremulum II
900,000 yen

Tazul Izan Tajuddin (Malaysia)
TENUNAN II
900,000 yen

2nd Prize

Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece)
FEEDBACK
500,000 yen

Theodor Pauss (Germany)
Scene for Orchestra
500,000 yen

3rd Prize

Michael John Wiley (USA / Mexico)
Tzolkin in C Major
200,000 yen

2001 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
87 (26 Nationalities)
Final Concert
27 May 2001
Susanna Mälkki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Arlene Elizabeth Sierra (USA)
AQUILO for orchestra
1,000,000 yen

René Mense (Germany)
Gebilde-Gegenbild
1,000,000 yen

2nd Prize

Luke Bedford (UK)
5 pieces for orchestra
700,000 yen

3rd Prize

Ryuji Kubota (Japan)
Stein / Stern for orchestra
300,000 yen

Honorable Mention

Masamichi Kinoshita (Japan)
Sarah-Yukel III

2000 Detail

Judge
© Yasunori Matsudaira
The number of submitted works
108 (27 Nationalities)
Final Concert
28 May 2000
Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony
Winners
1st Prize

Jun Nagao (Japan)
L'été-L'oubli rouge
1,500,000 yen

2nd Prize

Joe Cutler (UK)
AWAKENINGS
1,000,000 yen

3rd Prize

Sho Ueda (Japan)
Pulsating
500,000 yen

1999 Detail

Judge
© Michiharu Okubo
The number of submitted works
93 (31 Nationalities)
Final Concert
9 May 1999
Kazumasa Watanabe, conductor / Tokyo Symphony orchestra
Winners
1st Prize

Katsuji Maeda (Japan)
Uninterrupted Song for orchestra
1,500,000 yen

2nd Prize

Ken Ito (Japan)
DINAMORPHIA
1,000,000 yen

3rd Prize

Toshiya Watanabe (Japan)
Polychromy
500,000 yen

1998 Detail

Judge
The number of submitted works
45 (18 Nationalities)
Result
Mr. Ligeti decided that none of the submitted works can be recommended for the final selection.

1997 Detail

Judge
© Hideo Hattor
The number of submitted works
73 (19 Nationalities)
Final Concert
8 November 1997
Naohiro Totsuka, conductor / Tokyo City Philharmonic
Winners
1st Prize

not awarded

2nd Prize

Massimo Botter (Italy)
Zéula
1,200,000 yen

Hideki Kozakura (Japan)
Mabuni-no-Oka
1,200,000 yen

3rd Prize

Marc Kenneth Yeats (UK)
PAGAN II
600,000 yen

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