Toru Takemitsu Composition Award
Results
2024 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 102 (27 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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26 May 2024
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Jingyu Chen (Hong Kong SAR)
Nebula for symphony orchestra
750,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Jose Luis Valdivia Arias (Spain)
Al-Zahra - Three pieces for orchestra 750,000 yenGiovanni Liguori (Italy)
Hypnos - Reminiscenze oniriche per grande orchestra
750,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Alessandro Adamo (Italy)
Parenthesis
750,000 yen
2023 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 107 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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28 May 2023
Kosuke Tsunoda, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Michael Taplin (UK)
Selvedge for full orchestra
850,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Guillermo Cobo Garcia (Spain)
Yabal-al-Tay for symphonic orchestra 750,000 yenKoji Yamabe (Japan)
Underscore for orchestra
750,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Yuheng Chen (China)
tracé / trait für Orchester
650,000 yen
2022 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 79 (27 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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29 May 2022
Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Takuto Muromoto (Japan)
KEBESU - Circle of Flame for orchestra 1,400,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Andrea Mattevi (Italy)
Comune il principio e la fine del cerchio for symphonic orchestra
1,000,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Omar Hernández Lazo (Mexico)
Inflamado de una álgida lejanía 300,000 yenMehmet Ӧzkan (Turkey/Bulgaria)
Intermezzo for Orchestra "Anarchical Lament" 300,000 yen
2021 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 91 (32 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
- 30 May 2021
Kanako Abe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Kohsuke Negishi (Japan)
Moonlight Hidden in the Clouds 1,200,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Giorgio Francesco Dalla Villa (Italy)
BREAKING A MIRROR for orchestra 800,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Jakob Gruchmann (Austria)
TEHOM für großes Orchester 500,000 yenMinchang 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
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19 January 2021
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Xinyang Wang (China)
BORÉAS for orchestra 1,100,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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David Roche (UK)
SIX PRAYERS for orchestra 900,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Francisco Domínguez (Spain)
POÈMES DE MIDI 650,000 yen
- 4th Prize
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Carmen Ho (UK/Hong Kong)
Saṃsāra for large orchestra 350,000 yen
2019 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 83 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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9 June 2019
Kanako Abe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Shiqi Geng (China)
Resonanz vom Horizont For Orchestra 1,000,000 yenPablo Rubino Lindner (Argentina)
Entelequias for orchestra 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Siqi Liu (China)
Im Bauch des Fisches drei Tage und drei Nächte für Orchester
600,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Zhuosheng Jin (China)
At The End Of Snow Line For full orchestra 400,000 yen
2018 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 143 (40 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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27 May 2018
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Barnaby Martin (UK)
Quanta for Large orchestra 1,000,000 yen
- 1st Prize
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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
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Lukas Hövelmann-Köper (Germany)
Quantum Vacuum for orchestra 600,000 yenBo Li (China)
SLEEPING IN THE WIND for orchestra 600,000 yen
2017 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 115 (36 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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28 May 2017
Kah Chun Wong, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Naoki Sakata (Japan)
Paysages entrelacés pour orchestre 900,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Zihua Tan (Malaysia)
at the still point for orchestra 700,000 yenAnnachiara Gedda (Italy)
NOWHERE for orchestra 700,000 yenStefan 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
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29 May 2016
Kentaro Kawase, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Michael Seltenreich (Israel)
ARCHETYPE 800,000 yenHirofumi Mogi (Japan)
“Let’s speak in Wondrous Words!” for Orchestra 800,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Myunghoon Park (Korea)
triple sensibilities for orchestra 700,000 yenAlice Nakamura (Japan)
Nacres for Orchestra 700,000 yen
2015 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 151 (44 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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31 May 2015
Kazumasa Watanbe, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Sebastian Hilli (Finland)
Reachings for orchestra 750,000 yenYiğit Kolat (Turkey)
[difeʁãs] for orchestra 750,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Fabià Santcovsky (Spain)
cuadro de presencia for orchestra 750,000 yenThomas Wally (Austria)
loop-fantasy for orchestra 750,000 yen
2014 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 108 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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25 May 2014
Yoichi Sugiyama, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Kei Daigo (Japan)
THE NORTHERN CAMELLIA - GRADATION OF SOUNDING AMITY No.2 - 1,200,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Giovanni Dario Manzini (Italy)
Until the sea above us closed again 800,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Timo Ruttkamp (Germany)
BLACK BOXES für drei Orchestergruppen
600,000 yen
- 4th Prize
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Siraseth Pantura-umporn (Thailand)
AWAKENING / SERENITY 400,000 yen
2013 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 97 (28 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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26 May 2013
Toshiyuki Kudo, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Marcin Stańczyk (Poland)
SIGHS - hommage à Fryderyk Chopin 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Sumio Kobayashi (Japan)
The Lark in Snow 800,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Huan Liu (China)
Zwei Landschaftsbilder 600,000 yenNana Kamiyama (Japan)
“CLOSE” to you to “OPEN” 600,000 yen
2012 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 90 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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27 May 2012
Naohiro Totsuka, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Federico Gardella (Italy)
Mano d'erba, per orchestra 1,100,000 yenIoannis Angelakis (Greece)
une œuvre pour l'écho des rêves (II), pour orchestra 1,100,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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not awarded
- 3rd Prize
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Masato Kimura (Japan)
I do hope to sleep in the silent universe 400,000 yenShiori Usui (Japan)
WARAI 400,000 yen
2011 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 120 (39 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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20 January 2012
Kazuki Yamada, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Florent Motsch-Etienne (France)
Flux et reflux 1,200,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Bernd Richard Deutsch (Austria)
subliminal 800,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Jan Erik Mikalsen (Norway)
Parts Ⅱ 600,000 yen
- 4th Prize
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Heera Kim (Korea)
NAMOK 400,000 yen
2010 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 86 (30 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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30 May 2010
Takeshi Ooi, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Roberto Toscano (Brazil)
... FIGURES AT THE BASE OF A CRUCIFIXION 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Andrej Slezák (Slovakia/Hungary)
Aquarius 750,000 yenKen Namba (Japan)
Infinito nero e lontano la luce 750,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Chikako Yamanaka (Japan)
Deux Présages 500,000 yen
2009 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 103 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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31 May 2009
Tetsuji Honna, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Kenji Sakai (Japan)
Hexagonal pulsar 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Raffaele Grimaldi (Italy)
Creatura temporale 600,000 yenKazutomo Yamamoto (Japan)
ZAI For Orchestra 600,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Lucas Fagin (Argentina)
Crónica Fisiológica Universal 400,000 yenMasato Kimura (Japan)
A whirl of endless repetition - To the chaotic ocean 400,000 yen
2008 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 76 (27 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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25 May 2008
Ken’ichi Nakagawa, conductor / Ensemble Nomad - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Yuichi Matsumoto (Japan)
What do you think about the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Thomás Barreiro (Mexico)
La Noche de takemitsu 800,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Damian Barbeler (Australia)
God in the Machine 600,000 yenToru Nakatani (Japan)
16_1/32_1 600,000 yen
2007 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 156 (42 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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27 May 2007
Chikara Iwamura, conductor / Tokyo philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Sho Ueda (Japan)
Never Stand Behind Me 1,200,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Andrea Portera (Italy)
CUBE 750,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Man Fang (China)
AQUA - In memoriam Toru Takemitsu 350,000 yenYiMing Wu (China)
Reminiscence of a dream 350,000 yenJona Valfridsson (Sweden)
In Killing Fields Sweet Butterfly Ascend 350,000 yen
2006
suspended
2005
- Judge
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John Adams (USA) suspended
2004 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 129 (40 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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30 May 2004
Norichika Iimori, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Paul Stanhope (Australia)
Fantasia on a Theme by Vaughan Williams 1,200,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Narong Prangcharoen (Thailand)
Phenomenon for Orchestra …… the mysterious and unexplained 600,000 yenSho Ueda (Japan)
Focal Distance II 600,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Soonjung Suh (Korea)
YU-HYUN for Orchestra 300,000 yenMarius Baranauskas (Lithuania)
TALKING for Symphony Orchestra 300,000 yen
2003 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 100 (32 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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25 May 2003
Tatsuya Shimono, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Joël Mérah (France)
Allégories 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Dai Fujikura (Japan)
calling Timbuktu 700,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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hillip Neil Martin (UK)
Nights Bright Days 500,000 yenVittorio Zago (Italy)
Da/Fort 500,000 yen
- 4th Prize
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Ippo Tsuboi (Japan)
THE STAR THROWER 300,000 yen
2002 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 122 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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26 May 2002
Ken Takaseki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Japan)
Canticum Tremulum II 900,000 yenTazul Izan Tajuddin (Malaysia)
TENUNAN II 900,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece)
FEEDBACK 500,000 yenTheodor Pauss (Germany)
Scene for Orchestra 500,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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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
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27 May 2001
Susanna Mälkki, conductor / Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Arlene Elizabeth Sierra (USA)
AQUILO for orchestra 1,000,000 yenRené Mense (Germany)
Gebilde-Gegenbild 1,000,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Luke Bedford (UK)
5 pieces for orchestra 700,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Ryuji Kubota (Japan)
Stein / Stern for orchestra 300,000 yen
- Honorable Mention
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Masamichi Kinoshita (Japan)
Sarah-Yukel III
2000 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 108 (27 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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28 May 2000
Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Jun Nagao (Japan)
L'été-L'oubli rouge 1,500,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Joe Cutler (UK)
AWAKENINGS 1,000,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Sho Ueda (Japan)
Pulsating 500,000 yen
1999 Detail
- Judge
- The number of submitted works
- 93 (31 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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9 May 1999
Kazumasa Watanabe, conductor / Tokyo Symphony orchestra - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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Katsuji Maeda (Japan)
Uninterrupted Song for orchestra 1,500,000 yen
- 2nd Prize
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Ken Ito (Japan)
DINAMORPHIA 1,000,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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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
- The number of submitted works
- 73 (19 Nationalities)
- Final Concert
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8 November 1997
Naohiro Totsuka, conductor / Tokyo City Philharmonic - Winners
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- 1st Prize
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not awarded
- 2nd Prize
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Massimo Botter (Italy)
Zéula 1,200,000 yenHideki Kozakura (Japan)
Mabuni-no-Oka 1,200,000 yen
- 3rd Prize
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Marc Kenneth Yeats (UK)
PAGAN II 600,000 yen
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