Toru Takemitsu Composition Award
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{{Short description|Music competition}}
The {{nihongo|Toru Takemitsu Composition Award|武満徹作曲賞|Takemitsu Tōru sakkyoku-shō}} is an international music competition for young composers organized in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web | title=Toru Takemitsu Composition Competition | url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/award/toru-takemitsu| publisher=Australian Music Centre| accessdate=15 August 2009}}
History
The Toru Takemitsu Composition Award was established in 1997.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
Each year, only one judge picks the winner of the award. For the first 3-year cycle, Takemitsu himself chose the judges: Henri Dutilleux (1997), György Ligeti (1998), and Luciano Berio (1999). Then, after Takemitsu's death, the three successors, Louis Andriessen (2000 recommended by Berio), Oliver Knussen (2001 recommended by Dutilleux) and Joji Yuasa (2002 recommended by Ligeti) were nominated by the initial judges.
For the third 3-year cycle (2003–2005), George Benjamin (2003), Magnus Lindberg (2004) and John Adams (2005 • cancelled) were nominated on the recommendation of the competition's advisors (Hiroyuki Iwaki, Oliver Knussen, Kent Nagano, Kazushi Ohno, Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Hiroshi Wakasugi) and preceding judges.
For the fourth 3-year cycle (2007–2009), the advisors and previous judges selected Akira Nishimura (2007), Steve Reich (2008) and Helmut Lachenmann (2009).
Tristan Murail (2010), Salvatore Sciarrino (2011) and Toshio Hosokawa (2012) were appointed as judges for the new 2010-2012 cycle.{{cite web|title=Toru Takemitsu Composition Award|url=http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/|publisher=Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation}}
The nominated pieces are performed at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/facilities/ch/index.php |title=Facilities/Concert Hall |publisher=Operacity.jp |date=10 September 1997 |accessdate=30 May 2010}}
As of 2011, fifty different composers had been nominated for this prize since its inception in 1997.
The total sum of the cash award is 3,000,000 Yen each year.{{cite web |date=2018 |title=How to entry |url=http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/entry/index.php |work=operacity.jp |location=Tokyo |publisher=Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation |access-date=30 April 2018}}
Results
The winners are:{{cite web|url=http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/judge/index.php |title=Toru Takemitsu Composition Award: Judges and Schedule |publisher=Operacity.jp |date=7 December 2009 |accessdate=30 May 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/result/index.php |title=Toru Takemitsu Composition Award: Results |publisher=Operacity.jp |date=2018 |accessdate=30 April 2018}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=40 style="background-color:navajowhite" |Year ! width=150 style="background-color:navajowhite" |Judge ! width=300 style="background-color:navajowhite" |1st prize ! width=300 style="background-color:navajowhite" |2nd prize ! width=300 style="background-color:navajowhite" |3rd prize ! width=300 style="background-color:navajowhite" |4th prize ! width=40 class=unsortable style="background-color:navajowhite" |Notes |
| 1997
| {{sortname|Henri|Dutilleux}} | not awarded |
| PAGAN II by Marc Kenneth Yeats | |
| 1998
| {{sortname|György|Ligeti}} | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | |
| 1999
| {{sortname|Luciano|Berio}} | "Uninterrupted Song" by Katsuji Maeda | "DINAMORPHIA" by Ken Itō | "Polychrome" by Toshiya Watanabe | |
| 2000
| {{sortname|Louis|Andriessen}} | "L'été – L'oubli rouge" by Jun Nagao | "AWAKENINGS" by Joe Cutler | "Pulsating" by Sho Ueda | |
| 2001
| {{sortname|Oliver|Knussen}} |
| "5 pieces for orchestra" by Luke Bedford | "Stein/Stern" by Ryuji Kubota | |
| 2002
| {{sortname|Joji|Yuasa}} |
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| "Tzolkin" by [https://www.michaeljohnwiley.com Michael John Wiley] |
| 2003
| {{sortname|George|Benjamin|George Benjamin (composer)}} | "Allégories" by Joël Mérah | "Calling Timbuktu" by Dai Fujikura |
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| 2004
| {{sortname|Magnus|Lindberg}} | "Fantasia on a Theme by Vaughan Williams" by Paul Stanhope |
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| 2005
| {{sortname|John|Adams|John Adams (composer)}} | The competition was cancelled | | | |
| 2006
| | There was no competition | | | |
| 2007
| {{sortname|Akira|Nishimura}} | "Never Stand Behind Me" by Sho Ueda | "CUBE" by Andrea Portera |
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| 2008
| {{sortname|Steve|Reich}} | "What dou you think about the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?" by Yuichi Matsumoto | "La Noche de Takemitsu" by Tomás Barreiro |
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| 2009
| {{sortname|Helmut|Lachenmann}} | "Hexagonal Pulsar" by Kenji Sakai |
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| 2010
| {{sortname|Tristan|Murail}} | "...Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" by Roberto Toscano (Brazil) |
| "Deux Presages" by Chikako Yamanaka (Japan) | |
| 2011
| {{sortname|Salvatore|Sciarrino}} | "Flux et reflux" by Florent Motsch-Etienne (France) | "Subliminal" by Bernd Richard Deutsch (Austria) |
| {{cite news |date=18 February 2014 |title=Klingender Pointillismus |url=http://www.ln-online.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Kultur-im-Norden/Klingender-Pointillismus |work=Lübecker Nachrichten |language=de |access-date=30 April 2018}} |
| 2012
| {{sortname|Toshio|Hosokawa}} | "Mano d'erba, per orchestra" by Federico Gardella (Italy) | "Une Œuvre pour l'Echo des Rêves (II), pour orchestra" by Ioannis Angelakis (Greece) |
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| 2013
| {{sortname|Harrison|Birtwistle}} | "SIGHS – hommage à Fryderyk Chopin" by Marcin Stańczyk (Poland) | "The Lark in the Snow" by Sumio Kobayashi (Japan) |
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| 2014
| {{sortname|Peter|Eötvös}} | "THE NORTHERN CAMELLIA – GRADATION OF SOUNDING AMITY No. 2" by Kei Daigo (Japan) | "Until the Sea Above Us Is Closed Again" Giovanni Dario Manzini (Italy) |
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| 2015
| {{sortname|Kaija|Saariaho}} |
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| not awarded |
| 2016
| {{sortname|Toshi|Ichiyanagi}} |
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| not awarded | |
| 2017
| {{sortname|Heinz|Holliger}} | "Paysages entrelacés pour orchestre" by Naoki Sakata (Japan) |
| not awarded | |
| 2018
| {{sortname|Unsuk|Chin}} |
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| not awarded | {{cite news |last=Wirausky |first=Dirk |date=4 February 2018 |title=Asiatische Kunst als Quell der Inspiration |url=http://www.haz.de/Umland/Gehrden/Nachrichten/Der-Komponist-Lukas-Hoevelmann-Koeper-aus-Gehrden-feiert-weltweit-Erfolge |work=Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de |access-date=30 April 2018}} |
| 2019
| {{sortname|Philippe|Manoury}} |
| "Im Bauch des Fisches drei Tage und drei Nächte " by Siqi Liu (China) | "At The End Of Snow Line" by Zhuosheng Jin (China) | |
| 2020
| {{sortname|Thomas|Adès}} | "BORÉAS" by Xinyang Wang (China) | "SIX PRAYERS" by David Roche (UK) | "POÈMES DE MIDI" by Francisco Domínguez (Spain) | "Saṃsāra" by Carmen Ho (UK) |
| 2021
| {{sortname|Pascal|Dusapin}} | "Moonlight Hidden in the Clouds" by Kohsuke Negishi (Japan) | "BREAKING A MIRROR" by Giorgio Francesco Dalla Villa (Italy) |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/ Official website]
{{Toru Takemitsu}}
{{Classical music awards}}
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