Toru Takemitsu Composition Award [Results]

2020

Judge

Thomas Adès (United Kingdom)

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

Judge

Philippe Manoury (France)

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
1st Prize	Pablo Rubino Lindner (Argentina) Entelequias for orchestra 1,000,000 yen
2nd Prize	Siqi Liu (China) Im Bauch des Fisches drei Tage und drei Nächte für Orchester 600,000 yen
3rd Prize	Zhuosheng Jin (China) At The End Of Snow Line For full orchestra 400,000 yen

2018

Judge

Unsuk Chin (Korea)

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
2nd Prize	Bo Li (China) SLEEPING IN THE WIND for orchestra 600,000 yen

2017

Judge

Heinz Holliger (Switzerland)

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

Judge

Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japan)

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
1st Prize	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
2nd Prize	Alice Nakamura (Japan) Nacres for Orchestra 700,000 yen

2015

Judge

Kaija Saariaho (Finland)

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
1st Prize	Yiğit Kolat (Turkey) [difeʁãs] for orchestra 750,000 yen
2nd Prize	Fabià Santcovsky (Spain) cuadro de presencia for orchestra 750,000 yen
2nd Prize	Thomas Wally (Austria) loop-fantasy for orchestra 750,000 yen

2014

Judge

Peter Eötvös (Hungary)

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

Judge

Sir Harrison Birtwistle (United Kingdom)

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
3rd Prize	Nana Kamiyama (Japan) "CLOSE" to you to "OPEN" 600,000 yen

2012

Judge

Toshio Hosokawa (Japan)

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
1st Prize	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
3rd Prize	Shiori Usui (Japan) WARAI 400,000 yen

2011

Judge

Salvatore Sciarrino (Italy)

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

Judge

Tristan Murail (France)

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
2nd Prize	Ken Namba (Japan) Infinito nero e lontano la luce750,000 yen
3rd Prize	Chikako Yamanaka (Japan) Deux Présages 500,000 yen

2009

Judge

Helmut Lachenmann (Germany)

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
2nd Prize	Kazutomo Yamamoto (Japan) ZAI For Orchestra600,000 yen
3rd Prize	Lucas Fagin (Argentina) Crónica Fisiológica Universal 400,000 yen
3rd Prize	Masato Kimura (Japan) A whirl of endless repetition - To the chaotic ocean 400,000 yen

2008

Judge

Steve Reich (USA)

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
3rd Prize	Toru Nakatani (Japan) 16_1/32_1 600,000 yen

2007

Judge

Akira Nishimura (Japan)

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

2005

Judge	John Adams (USA) suspended

Judge

John Adams (USA)

suspended

2004

Judge

Magnus Lindberg (Finland)

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 600,000 yen
2nd Prize	Sho Ueda (Japan) Focal Distance II 600,000 yen
3rd Prize	Soonjung Suh (Korea) YU-HYUN for Orchestra 300,000 yen
3rd Prize	Marius Baranauskas (Lithuania) TALKING for Symphony Orchestra 300,000 yen

2003

Judge

George Benjamin (United Kingdom)

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
3rd Prize	Vittorio Zago (Italy) Da/Fort 500,000 yen
4th Prize	Ippo Tsuboi (Japan) THE STAR THROWER 300,000 yen

2002

Judge

Joji Yuasa (Japan)

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
1st Prize	Tazul Izan Tajuddin (Malaysia) TENUNAN II 900,000 yen
2nd Prize	Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece) FEEDBACK 500,000 yen
2nd Prize	Theodor Pauss (Germany) Scene for Orchestra 500,000 yen
3rd Prize	Michael John Wiley (USA / Mexico) Tzolkin in C Major 200,000 yen

2001

Judge

Oliver Knussen (United Kingdom)

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
1st Prize	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

Judge

Louis Andriessen (Nederland)

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

Judge

Luciano Berio(Italy)

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

Judge	György Ligeti (Hungary - Austria)
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

Judge

Henri Dutilleux (France)

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
2nd Prize	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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