Since it was inaugurated in 1969 with the aim of promoting Western-style music in Japan, the Suntory Music Award
(previously known as the Torii Music Award) has been presented every year to an individual or ensemble who made outstanding contributions to the development of musical culture in Japan during the previous year. Prize money: ¥7,000,000.
Suntory Music Award - Awardees -
- Times
- Year
- Prize Winning Performances
- 1st
- 1969
- Michio KOBAYASHIpiano, cembalo, conduct
- 2nd
- 1970
- Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMIcello
- 3rd
- 1971
- Reiji MITANIopera production
- 4th
- 1972
- Takashi OGAWAlibrarian, theory and critic
- 5th
- 1973
- Organ Committee of International Christian University
- 6th
- 1974
- Kazuyoshi AKIYAMAconduct
- 7th
- 1975
- Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHItenor
Ginji YAMANEcritic
- 8th
- 1976
- Yasushi AKUTAGAWA and The New Symphony Orchestra
- 9th
- 1977
- Toshiko TSUNEMORIsoprano
- 10th
- 1978
- Teizo MATSUMURAcomposition
1979 - 1988
- 11th
- 1979
- Sumire YOSHIHARAcomposition
- 12th
- 1980
- Kappa SENOHset and costume design
<special prize> Hideo EDOchairman of the first Japan Music Competition
- 13th
- 1981
- Minao SHIBATAcomposition
- 14th
- 1982
- Yuzo TOYAMAconduct
<special prize> Kiyoshi HARAconstruction of The Symphony Hall in Osaka
- 15th
- 1983
- Keisuke SUZUKIopera production
- 16th
- 1984
- Kiyomi TOYODAsoprano
- 17th
- 1985
- Telemann Institute Japan
- 18th
- 1986
- Mitsuko UCHIDApiano
Hiroshi WAKASUGIconduct
- 19th
- 1987
- Hiroyuki IWAKIconduct
- 20th
- 1988
- Yasuko HAYASHIsoprano
1989 - 1998
- 21st
- 1989
- Masahiro ARITAflauto traverso, conduct
- 22nd
- 1990
- Toru TAKEMITSUcomposition
- 23rd
- 1991
- Tadaaki OTAKAconduct
- 24th
- 1992
- Shigeo NERIKIpiano
- 25th
- 1993
- Midori GOTOviolin
<special prize> Wolfgang Sawallischconduct
- 26th
- 1994
- Takayoshi WANAMIviolin
- 27th
- 1995
- Nobuko IMAIviola
- 28th
- 1996
- Takahiro SONODAviolin
Joji YUASAcomposition
- 29th
- 1997
- The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
- 30th
- 1998
- Hikaru HAYASHIcomposition
1999 - 2008
- 31st
- 1999
- Akira MIYOSHIcomposition
- 32nd
- 2000
- Taijiro IIMORIconduct
- 33rd
- 2001
- Toshi ICHIYANAGIcomposition
- 34th
- 2002
- Seiji OZAWAconduct
Kaori KIMURApiano
- 35th
- 2003
- Ichiro NODAIRApiano, composition
- 36th
- 2004
- Akira NISHIMURAcomposition
- 37th
- 2005
- Hidemi SUZUKIcello, conduct
- 38th
- 2006
- Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
- 39th
- 2007
- Toshio HOSOKAWAcomposition
- 40th
- 2008
- Yumi KOYAMAmezzo soprano
2009 - 2018
- 41st
- 2009
- Kazushi ONOconduct
- 42nd
- 2010
- Yoshio WATANABEcembalo
- 43rd
- 2011
- --------------
- 44th
- 2012
- Mihoko FUJIMURAmezzo soprano
- 45th
- 2013
- Masaaki SUZUKI and Bach Collegium Japan
- 46th
- 2014
- Junichi HIROKAMI and Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
- 47th
- 2015
- Toppan Hall
- 48th
- 2016
- Yu Kosugepiano
- 49th
- 2017
- Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
- 50th
- 2018
- Ken Takasekiconduct
2019 -
- 51st
- 2019
- Hisako Kawamurapiano
- 52nd
- 2020
- Masahiro Miwacomposition
- 53rd
- 2021
- Yoshimichi HamadaDirection , Recorder , Cornett
- 54th
- 2022
- Michiyoshi Inoueconduct
Special Award in memory
- June
- 1979
- Mari IWAMOTO String Quartet
- August
- 1997
- Toshiro MAYUZUMIcomposition
Suntory Music Award - Commemorative concert details, commissioned works -
1974－1979
1974
- In Celebration of the 5thAnniversary of Torii Music Award Ⅰ
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Organ Committee of International Christian University
6 Aug. International Christian University Chapel
Lübeck : Prelude in E Major
Purcell : Trumpet Sonata No.1 in D Major
Tadashi YAMANOUCHI : 6 poèmes
J.S.Bach
: Prelude and Fugue in G Major BWV 541
: Motet No.3 BWV 229
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Tsuguo HIRONO ( org ) , Hosei SOKEN ( tp ) , Masataka KANAZAWA ( n ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
1974 more
- In Celebration of the 5thAnniversary of Torii Music Award Ⅱ
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Reiji MITANI
7 Aug. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ( Small Hall )
Pergolesi : Opera “ La Serva Padrona ”
Haubenstock-Ramati : “ Comédie ”
Hiroshi WAKASUGI ( cond ) , Reiji MITANI ( director ) , Yuji SAWADA ( lighting ) , Kiyoshi ODA , Sachie NAKAYAMA , Norihide OCHI , Hideo FUJIMOTO , Hisao KAWAKAMI , Hitoshi MAESAWA , Masako SUGIMURA , Yonako NAGANO , Mieko TAKIZAWA , Shigeo HARADA , Keiko ASADA , Jun KITAGAWA , Tomoyuki OKADA , Mitsuaki IMAMURA
- In Celebration of the 5thAnniversary of Torii Music Award Ⅲ
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Michio KOBAYASHI
8 Aug. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ( Small Hall )
J.S.Bach
: French Suite No.6 in E Major BWV 817
: Sonata for flute and cembalo in b minor BWV 1030
: Cantata BWV 45
: Cantata BWV 208
: Cantata BWV 205
: Sonata in d minor BWV 964
Yumi TOJIMA ( A ) , Yanagishi KAWASE ( T ) , Mitsuhiro AMADA ( vc ) , Chang-kook Kim ( fl ) , Michio KOBAYASHI ( cemb )
1975
- Torii Music Award Winner’s Concert Series in Osaka
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Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI
7 July , Osaka Mainichi Hall
Dukas : Fanfare from “ La Péri ”
Akio YASHIRO : Cello concerto
Henze : Ode to the west wind
Akira MIYOSHI : Cello concerto
Hiroshi WAKASUGI ( cond ) , Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc ) , Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
1975 more
- Torii Music Award Winner’s Concert Series in Tokyo Ⅰ
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Kazuyoshi AKIYAMA
25 July , Chuo Kaikan
Vivaldi : Summer from Four Seasons
Mozart : Serenade “ Eine kleine Nachtmusik ”
Kósçak YAMADA : “Kono Michi ( This Road ) ” , “Machibouke ( Wait and Lost ) ” , “Karatachi-no-Hana ( Trifoliate Orange's Flower ) ” etc.
Yoshinao NAKATA : “ Okaasan ”
Fauré : “ Quantique de Jean Racine ” , “ Pavane ” , “ Salve Regina ” , “ O Salutaris ”
Kazuyoshi AKIYAMA ( cond ) , Ensemble Ars Nova , Nissho Academy Chorus
- Torii Music Award Winner’s Concert Series in Tokyo Ⅱ
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Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI
26 July , Chuo Kaikan
J.S.Bach : Drei Sonaten BWV 1027 , BWV 1028 , BWV 1029
Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc ) , Yuji TAKAHASHI ( p )
- Torii Music Award Winner’s Concert Series in Tokyo Ⅲ
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Michio KOBAYASHI
27 July , Chuo Kaikan
J.S.Bach
: Präludium, Fuge und Allegro Es-Dur BWV 998
: Sonate in g-moll für Oboe und Cembalo BWV 1030b
: Cantata BWV 203
: Partita No.6 e-moll BWV 830
Shigeo HARADA ( Br ) , Fumiaki MIYAMOTO ( ob ) , Michio KOBAYASHI ( cemb )
1976
- The 7th Torii Music Award “ Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI and Ginji YAMANE ”
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6 Aug. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ( Small Hall )
Händel : “ Cara sposa ” , etc.
Rossini : “ Resta immobile ” from “ Guglielmo Tell ”
Donizetti : “ Vien Leonora ” from “ La Favorita ”
Denza : Occhi de Fata
R.Brogi : Visione Veneziana
Tosti : “ L'ultima canzone ” , “ Ideale ” , “ La Serenata ”
Verdi
: “ Di Provenza il mar il suol ” from “ La Traviata ”
: “ Una fatale del mio destino ” from “ La Forze del destino ”
: “ Per me giunto ” from “ Don Carlo ”
: “ Credo in un Dio crudel ” from “ Otello ”
: “ Cortigiani , vil razza damcte ” from “ Rigoletto ”
Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Youichi MIURA ( p )（p）
1976 more
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7 Aug. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ( Small Hall )
Lecture “ Beethoven Study ”
Beethoven
: String Quartet No.10 Op. 74 “ Harp ”
: String Quartet No.11 Op. 95 “ Serioso ”
: String Quartet No.16 Op.135
Ginji YAMANE ( n , lecture ) , Iwamoto Mari String Quartet
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9 Aug. Sapporo Shimin Kaikan
Lecture “ Beethoven Study ”
Beethoven
: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58
: No.6 “ March ” and No.7 “ Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick! ” from Opera “ Fidelio ” Op.72
: Symphony No.8 Op.93
Hiroshi WAKASUGI ( cond ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Yaeko YAMANE ( p ) , Ginji YAMANE ( n , lecture ) , Sappro Symphony Orchestra
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12 Aug. Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall
Lecture “ Beethoven Study ”
Beethoven : Symphony No.3 “ Eroica ” Op.55
Mozart : “ Overture ” and “ Non più andrai ” from “ The Marriage of Figaro ”
Verdi
: Di “ Provenza il mar, il suol ” from “ La Traviata ”
: Overture from “ I Vespri Siciliani ”
: “ Eri tu che machiavi ” from “ Un ballo in maschera ”
Giordano : “ Nemico della patria ” from “ Andrea Chenier ”
Bizet : Prelude and “ Chanson du Toreador ” from “ Carmen ”
Hiroshi WAKASUGI ( cond ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Ginji YAMANE ( n , lecture ) , Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
1977
- The 8th Torii Music Award “ Yasushi AKUTAGAWA and The New Symphony Orchestra ”
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4 Aug. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
8 Aug. Festival Hall ( Osaka )
Yasuzi KIYOSE : Japanese Festival Dances
Shukichi MITSUKURI : Symphonietta in D Major
Hisatada OTAKA : Japanese Suite
Fumio HAYASAKA : Ancient Dance
Akira IFUKUBE : Ballata Sinfonica
Yasushi AKUTAGAWA ( cond ) , The New Symphony Orchestra
1978
- The 9th Torii Music Award “ Toshiko TSUNEMORI ”
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2 Aug. Iino Hall / 9 Aug , Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall
Monteverdi
: “ Hor mentre i canti alterno ( la musica ) ” from “ L’Orfeo ”
: “ A Dio Roma ” and “ Lamento d'Arianna ” from “ L'incoronazione di Poppea ”
Pergolesi : La serva padrona
Kazuhiko KOMATSU ( cond ) , Reiji MITANI ( director ) , Masanori KURAMOTO ( decoration ) ,Jun MIYAZAKI ( lighting ) , Sonoko WATANABE ( costume ) , Masanori IJYUIN ( stage manager ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Michio KOBAYASHI ( p , cemb ) , Hirosi SATO ( n ) , Iwamoto Mari String Quartet
1978 more
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3 Aug. Iino Hall
Donizetti : La mère et l'enfant
Bellini : Bella Nice, che d'amore
Rossini : La pastorella dell' Alpi
Bellini
: “Ah! Non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore ” and
: “ Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero ” from “ La Sonnambula ”
Pergolesi : La serva padrona
Kazuhiko KOMATSU ( cond ) , Reiji MITANI ( director ) , Masanori KURAMOTO ( decoration ) , Jun MIYAZAKI ( lighting ) , Sonoko WATANABE ( costume ) , Masanori IJYUIN ( stage manager ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Michio KOBAYASHI ( cemb ) , Yoichi MIURA ( p ) , Hirosi SATO ( n ) , Iwamoto Mari String Quartet
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5 Aug. Iino Hall
Hikaru HAYASHI : Four Songs of Dusk
Menotti : from “ Canti della lontananza ”
<Gli amanti impossibili> < Mattinata di neve> < Il settimo bicchiere di vino> < Lo spettro> < Dorme Pegaso> < La Pergolesi : La serva padrona>
Kazuhiko KOMATSU ( cond ) , Reiji MITANI ( director ) , Masanori KURAMOTO ( decoration ) , Jun MIYAZAKI ( lighting ) , Sonoko WATANABE ( costume ) , Masanori IJYUIN ( stage manager ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Michio KOBAYASHI ( cemb ) , Yoichi MIURA ( p ) , Hirosi SATO ( n ) , Iwamoto Mari String Quartet
1979
- The 10th Suntory Music Award “ Teizo MATSUMURA ”
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31 July , Iino Hall
Teizo MATSUMURA
: Poem Ⅱ ( 1972 )
: Music for String Quartet and Piano-forte ( 1962 )
: Poem Ⅰ ( 1969 )
: Two Lullabies dedicated to Greece ( 1969 )
: Courtyard of Apsaras ( 1971 )
Hozan YAMAMOTO ( shaku ) , Keiko NOSAKA ( koto ) , Yuji TAKAHASHI ( p ) , New-Arts String Quartet , Chamber Music ’70 ( Ryu NOGUCHI , Saburo UEKI , Midori MATSUYA )
1979 more
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1 Aug. Nippon Seinen-kan Hall
Teizo MATSUMURA
: “ Achime ” for soprano , Percussions and 11 players ( 1957 )
: Two Poems by the Prince of Karu ( 1973 )
: Hymn to Aurora ( 1978 )
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) , Masami NAKAGAWA ( fl ) , Soichi WAKIOKA ( ob ) , Toshiaki MORITA ( cl ) , Shinkichi MAEDA ( fg ) , Hiroyuki MINAMI ( hrn ) , Isao FUKUI ( tp ) , Kiyoshi ITO ( tb ) , Reiko FUMENO ( p , org ) , Masaharu KANDA ( vc ) , Yoshio NAGASHIMA ( cb ) , Sumire YOSHIHARA , Junko ARASE , Atsushi SUGAWARA ( perc ) , Masakazu ISHIBASHI ( obd’a) , Michiko KAWAI ( hp ) , Yoko TANAKA ( p ) , Eiko SEYAMA ( S ) , Yoichi MIURA ( p ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
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2 Aug. Nippon Seinen-kan Hall
Teizo MATSUMURA
: Prelude for Orchestra ( 1968 )
: Piano Concerto No.2 ( 1978 )
: Symphony ( 1965 )
Tadashi MORI ( cond ) , Minoru NOJIMA ( p ) , New Japan Philharmonic
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8 Aug. Festival Hall ( Osaka )
13 Aug. Aichiken Kinro Kaikan ( Nagoya )
Teizo MATSUMURA
: Hymn to Aurora ( 1978 ) *
: Piano Concerto No.2 ( 1978 ) **
: Symphony ( 1965 ) **
(*) Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Masakazu ISHIBASHI ( obd’a) , Michiko KAWAI ( hp ) , Yoko TANAKA ( p ) , Reiko FUMENO ( org ) , Masaharu KANDA ( vc ) , Atsushi SUGAWARA ( perc ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus (**) Tadashi MORI ( cond ) , Minoru NOJIMA ( p ) , New Japan Philharmonic
1980－1989
1980
- The 11th Suntory Music Award “ Sumire YOSHIHARA ”
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Expressive World of Percussion
25 July , Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan Hall
11 Aug. Fukuoka Yubin-Chokin Hall
Joji YUASA : Maibataraki
Maki ISHII : Search in Grey
Jean Ballissat : Concertinu for Percussion and Orchestra
Toshi ICHIYANAGI : In the Reflection of Lighting Image world premiere
Kôtaro SATO ( cond ) , Sumire YOSHIHARA ( perc ) , Katsuya YOKOYAMA ( shaku ) , Hideo KANZE ( mai ) , Akimichi TAKEDA ( n ) , Mampei KOGA ( lighting ) , Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
1980 more
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1 Aug. Nippon Seinen-kan Hall
Jean Ballissat : Concertinu for Percussion and Orchestra
Toshi ICHIYANAGI : In the Reflection of Lighting Image
Toru TAKEMITSU : Cassiopeia
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Sumire YOSHIHARA ( perc ) , Akimichi TAKEDA ( n ) , New Japan Philharmonic
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4 Aug. Nippon Seinen-kan Hall
Masaru TANAKA : Song of Rin
Torbjorn Lundquist : Duell
Per Norgard : Waves
Toshio HOSOKAWA : “ Renkan ” I ~ for Flute , Clarinet and Percussion ~ Dedicated to Sumire YOSHIHARA ( 1980 )
Maki ISHII : Search in Grey
Sumire YOSHIHARA ( perc ) , Mie MIKI ( acc ) , Masami NAKAGAWA ( fl ) , Toshiaki MORITA ( cl ) , Akimichi TAKEDA ( n )
1981
- The 12th Suntory Music Award “ Kappa SENOH ”
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1~4 Sep. Mozart Salon ( Tokyo )
9 , 10 Sep. Mainichi Kokusai Salon ( Osaka )
Hitoshi TANAKA : Opera “ KO-GETSU-DEN ” Sakae NAKAMURA ( libretto )
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Masayoshi KURIYAMA ( director ) , Kappa SENOH ( stage artist ) , Kikuko OGATA ( costume designer ) , Jiro KATSUSHIBA ( lighting ) , Susumu TAWARA ( stage director ) , Shigetaka MATSUMOTO ( Assistant Director ) , Osamu TAKAISHI ( Assistant Condector ) , Naoko HAMADA / Tamae SAKANE ( S ) , Yoshiko SATO ( Ms ) , Takeshi SEGAWA / Yoshiaki TAKEZAWA ( Br ) , Noboru HISAOKA / Akira WATANABE ( Br ) , Yukihiko NISHIZAWA ( fl ) , Michiko UCHIDA ( vn ) , Toshiki FUJISAWA ( vc ) , Seiichiro SADANARI ( perc ) Akiko KUBO ( p )
1982
- The 13th Suntory Music Award “ Minao SHIBATA ”
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14 July , Mainichi Hall Osaka
Minao SHIBATA
: Furube yurayura ( 1979 )
: Hokuetsu-gifu ( 1975 )
: Nembutsu-odori ( 1976 )
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Makoto SATO ( director ) , Tetsuo KUWAYA ( lighting ) , Susumu TAHARA ( stage manager ) , Gozo YOSHIMASU ( n ) , Kodo UESUGI ( ishibue , rec ) , Hiroyuki KOINUMA ( fue ) , Yasunori YAMAGUCHI , Susumu SATO ( perc ) Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus , Kansai Univ. Glee Club , AMC Chorus , Osaka Sumiyoshi Boys & Girls Chorus
1982 more
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22 Sep. Shinjuku Bunka Center
Minao SHIBATA
: Oiwakebushiko / The study of Oiwake tunes ( 1973 )
: Hokuetsu-gifu ( 1975 )
: Nembutsu-odori ( 1976 )
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Makoto SATO ( director ) , Tetsuo KUWAYA ( lighting ) , Susumu TAHARA ( stage manager ) , Ichiro SEKI ( shaku ) , Hiroyuki KOINUMA ( fue ) , Susumu SATO , Yoji SADANARI ( perc ) Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus , Hosei Univ. Arion Chor , Ochanomizu Univ. Chorus , etc.
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24 Sep. Shinjyuku Bunka Center
Minao SHIBATA
: Furube yurayura ( 1979 )
: Uchuu ni tsuite / Cosmology ( 1979 )
Nobuaki TANAKA ( cond ) , Makoto SATO ( director ) , Tetsuo KUWAYA ( lighting ) , Susumu TAHARA ( stage manager ) , Miho SHIMAO , Gozo YOSHIMASU ( n ) , Kodo UESUGI ( ishibue , rec ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus , Seijo Univ. Chorus , etc.
1983
- The 14th Suntory Music Award “ Yuzo TOYAMA ”
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11 Aug. The Symphony Hall
Hiroshi OOGURI : Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes
Koichi KISHI : Violin Concerto
Osamu SHIMIZU : Chieko-sho ( Text: Kotaro TAKAMURA )
Yuzo TOYAMA : Symphony “ Home Coming ” ( No.1 ) ( 1965 )
Yuzo TOYAMA ( cond ), Hisako TSUJI ( vn ), Makoto HAYASHI ( T ) , Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
1983 more
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2 Sep. Kan-i Hoken Hall
Yasushi AKUTAGAWA : “ Triptyque ” for string orchestra
Minao SHIBATA : Sinfonia
Teizo MATSUMURA : Piano Concerto No. 2
Yuzo TOYAMA
: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra ( 1967 )
: Rhapsody for orchestra ( 1960 )
Yuzo TOYAMA( cond ), Minoru NOJIMA( p ),Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI( vc )
New Japan Philharmonic
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14 Nov. Aichi Bunka Koudou
Yuzo TOYAMA
: Sonata for flute solo ( 1983 ) world premiere
: Trio Sonata for tuba, batteries and piano ( 1979 )
: Fantasia for strings ( 1982 )
: Concerto for Oboe No.1 ( 1974 )
: Concerto for Oboe and string orchestra ( 1966 )
: Concerto for Bassoon ( 1982 )
: Concerto for Horn ( 1975 )
Yuzo TOYAMA ( cond , p ) , Shiro MURATA ( fl ) , Kenji MOROOKA ( ob ) , Junichiro MIYAMOTO ( cl ) , Shosuke NAKANISHI ( fg ) , Kaoru CHIBA ( hr ) , Ikumitsu TADO ( tb ) , Juro YAMAGUCHI ( perc ) , Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
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15 Nov. Aichi Bunka Koudou
Yuzo TOYAMA
: Symphonic Poem “ Matsura ” ( 1982 )
: Ballet suite “ Ashura ” ( 1978 )
: Concerto for Violin No.1 ( 1963 )
: Symphonie “ Heimkehr ” ( 1965 )
Yuzo TOYAMA ( cond ) , Teiko MAEHASHI ( vn ) , Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
1984
- The 15th Suntory Music Award “ Keisuke SUZUKI ”
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1 , 2 Sep. Nissay Theatre
Mozart : Opera “ Cosi fan tutte ”
Lorenzo Da Ponte ( libretto )
Taijiro IIMORI ( cond ) , Keisuke SUZUKI ( director ) , Shigeki WAKABAYASHI ( stage artist ) , Sumio YOSHII ( lighting ) , Sonoko WATANABE ( costume designer ) , Tetsuya OGURI ( stage director ) , Nobutaka MASUI ( chorus master ) , Yukie OKURA , Kyoko AKIBA , Kazuo KOBAYASHI , Kiyomi TOYODA , Seiichiro SATO
1985
- The 16th Suntory Music Award “ Kiyomi TOYODA ”
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3 Aug. Nippon Seinen-kan Hall
J.S.Bach
: Cantata “ Jauchzet gott in allen landen ” BWV 51
R.Strauss
: Waltz from “ Der Rosenkavalier ”
: Four last songs
Akira MIYOSHI : Duel: trios mouvements pour soprano et orchestre
Berg : 3 Bruchstücke aus “ Wozzeck ”
Michiyoshi INOUE ( cond ) , Kiyomi TOYODA ( S ) , New Japan Philharmonic
1985 more
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8 Aug. The Symphony Hall
Offenbach : from “ Les Contes d'Hoffmann ”
R.Strauss
: Waltz from “ Der Rosenkavalier ”
: Four last songs
Michiyoshi INOUE ( cond ) , Kiyomi TOYODA ( S ) , Michiko ARA ( A ) , Makoto HAYASHI ( T ) , Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
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20 Sep. Iino Hall
Yoshinao NAKADA : Six songs for children
Ikuma DAN : Five Fragments
Akira MIYOSHI : En blanc
Hikaru HAYASHI : Child and lines
Kurodo MORI : Songs of nonsense
Michio MAMIYA : From Japanese folk song collection
Kiyomi TOYODA ( S ) , Katsumi UEDA ( p ) , Ryu NOGUCHI ( fl )
1986
- The 17th Suntory Music Award “ Telemann Institute Japan ”
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9 Oct. The Symphony Hall
23 Oct. Suntory Hall
Telemann : Ouvertüre C-dur Wasser musik “ Hambürger Ebb’ und Flut ”
Corrette : Psalm “ LAUDATE DOMINUM ”
J.S.Bach
: Suite Nr.2 h-moll BWV 1067
: Magnificat BWV 243
Takeharu NOBUHARA ( cond ) , Takashi Kitayama ( fl ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI / Yumiko WATANABE ( S ) , Shizuko UETSUJI ( A ) , Yoshifumi HATA ( T ) , Nobuyoshi YAGI ( Bs ) , Telemann Kammerorchester Japan , Telemann Kammerchor Japan
1986 more
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19 Oct. Shukugawa Catholic church ( Osaka )
22 Oct. Reinanzaka Church ( Tokyo )
Telemann : Oratorium “ Der Tag des Gerichts ” Japan premiere
Takeharu NOBUHARA ( cond ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) , Shizuko UETSUJI ( A ) ,Yoshifumi HATA ( T ) , Nobuyoshi YAGI ( Bs ) , Telemann Kammerorchester Japan , Telemann Kammerchor Japan
1987
- Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅰ
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Yasushi AKUTAGAWA and The New Symphony Orchestra
1 Feb. Suntory Hall
Kishio HIRAO : Cantilene Antique
Fumio HAYASAKA : Dances of Saho & Uho
Roh OGURA : Dance Suite for Orchestra
Akira IFUKUBE : Sinfonia Tapkaara
Yasushi AKUTAGAWA ( cond ) , The New Symphony Orchestra
1987 more
- Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅱ
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Michio KOBAYASHI Harpsichord Recital
2 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
J.S.Bach
: Toccata BWV.916
: Sinfonia ( Inventione a 3 ) BWV 787 – 801
: 4 Canon ( Die Kunst der Fuge ) BWV 1080
: Partita No.5 BWV 829
Michio KOBAYASHI ( cemb )
- Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅲ
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Sumire YOSHIHARA Percussion Recital
3 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Norio FUKUSHI : Gray of Gray
Jo KONDO : A Volcano Mouth world premiere
Yuji TAKAHASHI : A Volcano Mouth world premiere
Kroudo MOHRI : Tenebroso giorno
Xenakis : Dmaathen
Sumire YOSHIHARA , Yasunori YAMAGUCHI ( perc ) , Hiroshi SHIBAYAMA ( ob )
- Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅳ
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Yuzo TOYAMA and Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
4 Feb. Suntory Hall
Schubert : Sinfonie No.8 “ Die Unvollendete ”
Rodrigo : Concierto de Aranjuez
Rachmaninov : Sinfonic Dance
Yuzo TOYAMA ( cond ) , Kiyoshi SHOMURA ( g ) , Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
- Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅴ
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Italian Opera Aria Excerpts by Kiyomi TOYODA, Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI , Toshiko TSUNEMORI
5 Feb. Suntory Hall
Verdi
: from “ La Traviata ”
● Ah , forsé e lui che l’anima ● Sempre libera degg’io ● Alfredo? ● Preludio ● Parigi , o cara , noi lasceremo
: from “ Simon Boccanegra ”
● Dinne , perchè in quest’eremo ● Figlia! a tal nome io palgito
Donizetti
: from “ Lucia di Lammermoor ”
● Il pallor funesto , orrendo ● Soffriva nel pianto ● Il dolce suono ● Ardon gl’incensi ● Ah! Spargi d’amaro pianto
Kotaro SATO ( cond ) , Yoshinobu KURIBAYASHI ( Br ) , Toshiko TSUNEMORI ( S ) ,Kiyomi TOYODA ( S ) , Akeshi WAKAMOTO ( T ) , Yukie Okura ( S ) ,Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra
- The 18th Suntory Music Award “ Hiroshi WAKASUGI ”
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9 Aug. Suntory Hal
11 Aug. The Symphony Hal
Webern : “ Im Sommerwind ” Idyll für großes Orchester
Mahler : Symphonie Nr.7 e-moll “ Lied der Nacht ”
Hiroshi WAKASUGI ( cond ) , Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
1988
- The 18th Suntory Music Award “ Mitsuko UCHIDA ”
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2 Feb. The Symphony Hall
4 Feb. Suntory Hall
Chopin
: Sonata No.2 in b-flat minor op.35
: 2 Nocturnes op.62
Schubert
: 6 German Dances D.820
Webern
: Variations op.27
Mozart
: Adagio in b minor K.540
: Sonata No.17 in D Major K.576
Mitsuko UCHIDA ( p )
1988 more
- The 19th Suntory Music Award “ Hiroyuki IWAKI ”
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5 Aug. The Symphony Hall
6 Aug. Suntory Hall
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Requiem for strings
: A Way a Lone Ⅱ
: I hear the water dreaming for Flute and Orchestra
Brahms
: Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.73
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Hiroshi KOIZUMI ( fl ) , Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
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15 Nov. Hokkaido Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Requiem for strings
: A Way a Lone Ⅱ
: I hear the water dreaming for Flute and Orchestra
Mahler
: Symphony No.1 in D Major “ Titan ”
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Hiroshi KOIZUMI ( fl ) , Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
1990－1999
1990
- The 20th Suntory Music Award “ Yasuko HAYASHI ”
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20 Feb. Suntory Hall
23 Feb. The Symphony Hall
Rossini
: “ Guglielmo Tell ” Ouverture
: “ Guglielmo Tell ” Selva opaca
Donizetti
: “ Lucrezia Borgia ” Come e bello!
Bellini
: “ Norma ” Ouverture
: “ Norma ” Casta Diva
Verdi
: “ Luisa Miller ” Ouverture
: “ Don Carlo ” Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo
: “ Ernani ” Ernani, involami
: “ I vespri siciliani ” Ouverture
Donizetti
: “ Anna Bolena ” Piangetta voi?
Anton Guadagno ( cond ) , Yasuko HAYASHI ( S ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra ( 20 Feb ) / Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra ( 23 Feb )
1990 more
- The 21st Suntory Music Award “ Masahiro ARITA ”
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3 Sep. Suntory Hall
19 Oct. Fukuoka Bank Hall
Mozart
: Flute quartet No.3 in C Major K.285b
: Flute quartet No.4 in A Major K.298
: Flute quartet No.2 in G Major K.285a
: Flute quartet No.1 in D Major K.285
Masahiro ARITA ( fl ) , Boccherini Quartet Tokyo
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13 Sep. Suntory Hall
C.Ph.E.Bach : Symphonie in D Major Wq.183-1
Boccherini : Sinfonie in A Major G.518 ( Op.37-4 )
Mozart : Symphony No.40 in g minor K.550
Masahiro ARITA ( cond ) , Bach Mozart orchestra Tokyo
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19 Nov. Izumi Hall
Blavet : Flute Concerto in a minor
Benda : Flute Concerto in e minor
Stamitz : Flute Concerto in G Major
Mozart : Flute Concerto No.2 in D Major K.314 ( 285d )
Masahiro ARITA ( fl , cond ) , Bach Mozart ensemble Tokyo
1991
- The 22nd Suntory Music Award “ Toru TAKEMITSU ”
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1 Aug. Izumi Hall
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Night Signal ( 1987 )
: Nostalghia ~ In Memory of Andrei Tarkovskij ( 1987 )
: I Hear the Water Dreaming ( 1987 )
: Green ( 1967 )
: November Steps ( 1976 )
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Jun TSUJII ( vn ) , Hiroyuki KOIZUMI ( fl ) , Kinshi TSURUTA ( biwa ) , Katsuya YOKOYAMA ( shaku ) , Kyoto City Philharmonic Orchestra
1991 more
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7 Aug. Suntory Hall
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Night Signal ( 1987 )
: Dorian Horizon ( 1966 )
: Visions ( 1990 )
: A String Around Autumn ( 1989 )
: My Way of Life ~ In Memory of Michael Vyner ( 1990 ) Japan premiere
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Nobuko IMAI ( va ) , François Le Roux ( Br ) , Kenji OTANI ( chorus master ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus , New Japan Philharmonic
1992
- The 23rd Suntory Music Award “ Tadaaki OTAKA ”
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18 Aug. 1992 , Suntory Hall
26 Feb. 1993 , Festival Hall ( Osaka )
Toru TAKEMITSU : Orion and Pleiades ~Violoncello and Orchestra~
Elgar : Symphony No.1 A flat Major Op.55
Tadaaki OTAKA ( cond ) , Nobuko YAMAZAKI ( vc ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra ( 18 Aug , 1992 ) Tadaaki OTAKA ( cond ) , Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc ) , Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra ( 26 Feb , 1993 )
1993
- The 24th Suntory Music Award “ Shigeo NERIKI ”
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14 July , Izumi Hall
15 July , Suntory Hall
19 Oct. Sendai City Youth Cultural Center
Chopin : Ballade No.1 g minor Op.23
Liszt : Vallée d’ Obermann
Stravinsky : 3 mouvements of Pétrouchka
Schumann : Carnaval Op.9
Shigeo NERIKI ( p )
1994
- Chamber Music Concert
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8 Feb. 1994 , Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Toru TAKEMITSU : Quatrain Ⅱ ( 1975 )
Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps ( 1941 )
Shigeo NERIKI ( p ) , Hamao FUJIWARA ( vn ) , Charles Neidich ( cl ) , Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc )
1995
- The 25th Suntory Music Award “ Midori GOTO ”
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2 June , Suntory Hall
J.S.Bach : Violin Sonata No.2 in A Major BWV 1015
Schubert : Fantasy in C Major Op.159 D.934
Brahms : Violin Sonata No.2 in A Major Op.100
Tchaikovsky : Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op.42
Szymanowski : Nottorno e Taratella Op.28
Midori GOTO ( vn ) , Robert McDonald ( p )
1996
- The 26th Suntory Music Award “ Takayoshi WANAMI ”
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13 Mar. The Symphony Hall
21 Mar. Suntory Hall
Beethoven : Romance No.2 F Major Op.50
Hindemith : Violin Concerto
Brahms : Violin Concerto D Major Op.77
Uriel Segal ( cond ) , Takayoshi WANAMI (vn ) , Century Orchestra Osaka ( 13 Mar ) / Yukinori TEZUKA ( cond ) , Takayoshi WANAMI ( vn ) , Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra ( 21 Mar )
1997
- The 27th Suntory Music Award “ Nobuko IMAI ”
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26 Mar. Izumi Hall
J.S.Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No.6 BWV 1051
Toru TAKEMITSU : A Bird came down the Walk
Hindemith : Sonata for Viola Solo Op.25-1
Brahms : Viola Sonata Op.120-1
Nobuko IMAI , Mazumi TANAMURA ( va ) , Kaeko MUKOYAMA , Karan NAGASE , Jing ZHAO ( vc ) , Yoshiyuki ITODA ( cb ) , Ichiro NODAIRA ( p, cemb )
1997 more
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1 Apr. Suntory Hall
J.S.Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No.6 BWV 1051
Toru TAKEMITSU : A Bird came down the Walk
Hindemith : Sonata for Viola Solo Op.25-1
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante E flat Major K.364
Bartok : Viola Concerto
Koichiro HARADA ( cond ) , Yasushi TOYOSHIMA ( vn ) , Nobuko IMAI , Yoshiko KAWAMOTO , Nobuo OKADA , Mazumi TANAMURA , Yukiko OGURA , Yoko KANAMARU , Takashi KIKUCHI , Natsuko SAKAMOTO , Tomomi SHINOZAKI , Naoko TAKEO , Kenta MATSUMI , Syota YANASE ( va ) , Ryoichi FUJIMORI , Ryosuke HORI, Kaeko MUKOYAMA , Karan NAGASE , Jing ZHAO ( vc ) , Yoshiyuki ITODA ( cb ) , Ichiro NODAIRA ( p, cemb ) , Fresh Ensemble Shirakawa
1998
- The 28th Suntory Music Award “ Takahiro SONODA and Joji YUASA ”
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16 Feb. The Symphony Hall
Joji YUASA
: Symphonic Suite “ The Narrow Road into the Deep North : Basho ” ( 1995 )
: Violin Concerto in memory of Toru TAKEMITSU ( 1996 )
Brahms
: Piano Concerto No.1 in d minor Op.15
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Takahiro SONODA ( p ) , Yuzuko HORIGOME ( vn ) , Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
1998 more
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11 Mar. Suntory Hall
Joji YUASA
: Symphonic Suite “ The Narrow Road into the Deep North : Basho ” ( 1995 )
: Violin Concerto in memory of Toru TAKEMITSU ( 1996 )
Brahms
: Piano Concerto No.2 B-flat Major Op.83
Hiroyuki IWAKI ( cond ) , Takahiro SONODA ( p ) , Yuzuko HORIGOME ( vn ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
- The 29th Suntory Music Award “ The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra ”
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5 Aug. Suntory Hall
12 Aug. The Symphony Hall
Toru TAKEMITSU : Requiem for Strings
Akira NISHIMURA : Canticle of Light
Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique
Naoto OTOMO / Norichika IIMORI ( cond ) , The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
1999
- The 30th Suntory Music Award “ Hikaru HAYASHI ”
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4 Nov. Suntory Hall
8 Nov. The Symphony Hall
Hikaru HAYASHI
: Opera “ The Forest is Alive ” scene12 ~ scene 16 ( 1977 )
: Opera “ Gauche the Cellist ” scene3 , scene 6 ( 1986 )
: The Iwate Railroad in January ( 1985 )
: Mimuranu anguwata ( 1979-80 )
: Tuk-kui-gwa (1978-79 )
: Opera “ I Am a Cat ” scene1 ~ scene3 ( 1998 )
: Opera “ Metamorphosis – The Sadness of Salesman “K” ” scene 13 ~ scene17 ( 1996 )
Rikuya TERASHIMA , Izumi SHIMUARA ( p ) , Shiho TEJIMA , Momoko YAMADA ( vn ) , Keiichi Hashizume ( cl ) , Seiichiro TAKAHASHI ( fg ) , Opera Theater Konnyakuza
2000－2009
2000
- The 31st Suntory Music Award “ Akira MIYOSHI ”
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5 Sep. Suntory Hall
Akira MIYOSHI : Dispersion de l’Été ( 1995 )
: Étoile à Échos ( 1996 ) commissioned by Suntory Hall
: Fruits de Brume ( 1997 )
: Chanson terminale ・ Effeuillage des Vagues ( 1998 )
Kazuyoshi AKIYAMA ( cond ) , Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc ) , Tokyo Symphony Orchestra ( 5 Sep , 2000 ) / Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra ( 19 Feb , 2001 )
2001
- The 31st Suntory Music Award “ Akira MIYOSHI ”
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19 Feb. 2001 , The Symphony Hall
Akira MIYOSHI : Dispersion de l’Été ( 1995 )
: Étoile à Échos ( 1996 ) commissioned by Suntory Hall
: Fruits de Brume ( 1997 )
: Chanson terminale ・ Effeuillage des Vagues ( 1998 )
Kazuyoshi AKIYAMA ( cond ) , Tsuyoshi TSUTSUMI ( vc ) , Tokyo Symphony Orchestra ( 5 Sep , 2000 ) / Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra ( 19 Feb , 2001 )
2002
- The 32nd Suntory Music Award “ Taijiro IIMORI ”
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9 Jan. The Symphony Hall
Brahms
: Symphony No.1 in c minor Op.68
: Symphony No.4 in e minor Op.98
Taijiro IIMORI ( cond ) , Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
2002 more
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26 Mar. Suntory Hall
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Ceremonial ~An Autumn Ode~ for Orchestra with Sho
Beethoven
: Symphony No.5 “ Schicksal ” Op.67 ( upon New Bärenreiter Edition )
Wagner
: from Der Ring des Niebelungen
● Einzug der Götter in Wahlhall from Das Rheingold
● Walkürenritt from Die Walküre
● Feuerzauber from Die Walküre
● Waldweben from Siegfried
● Siegfried’s Tod und Trauermarsch from Götterdämmerung
● Brünnhilde’s immolation from Götterdämmerung
Taijiro IIMORI ( cond ) , Mayumi MIYATA ( sho ) , Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
- The 33rd Suntory Music Award “ Toshi ICHIYANAGI ”
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30 Oct. Izumi Hall
Toshi ICHIYANAGI
: Hakko ~ for Sho and Koto ( 2001 )
: In a Living Memory for Flute solo ( 2000 )
: Piano Quintet “ Bridging ” ( 2001 )
: Spiritual Sight Ⅱ ( 2001 )
: Between Space and Time for Chamber Orchestra ( 2002 )
Yasuaki ITAKURA ( cond ) , Keita KOSAKA ( p ) , Ensemble Origin , Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka
2003
- The 33rd Suntory Music Award “ Toshi ICHIYANAGI ”
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9 Feb. 2003 , Suntory Hall
Toshi ICHIYANAGI
: Symphony No.5 “ Time perspective ” on the theme of Opera “ MOMO ” ( 1997 )
: Piano Concerto No.3 “ Cross Water Road ” ( 1991 )
: “ Bridging ” for Orchestra ( 2001 )
: Symphony No.6 “ A Hundred Years From Now ” ( 2001 )
Tadaaki OTAKA ( cond ) , Kaori KIMURA ( p ) , Mari MIDORIKAWA ( S ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
2004
- The 34th Suntory Music Award “ Kaori KIMURA ”
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29 Jan. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Debussy
: ‘ Pour les Arpèges composés ’, ‘ Pour les degrés chromatiques'’ , ‘ Pour les agréments ’ , Etudes
Boulez
: Notations
Toru TAKEMITSU
: Rain Tree Sketch
: Les yeux clos Ⅱ
Messiaen
: ‘ Le loriot ’ , ‘ L’alouette lulu ’ , ‘ Le courlis cendre ’ , Catalogue d’oiseaux
: ‘ Le cossyphe d’heuglin ’ , ‘ Le moqueur polyglotte ’ , Des canyons aux étoiles
Kaori KIMURA ( p )
2004 more
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8 Jan. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Debussy
: Première rhapsodie pour clarinette et piano
Tokuhide NIIMI
: Lux Originis
Messiaen
: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Ⅰ. Liturgie de cristal
Ⅱ. Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps
Ⅲ. Abîme des oiseaux
Ⅳ. Intermède
Ⅴ. Louange à l'éternité de Jésus
Ⅵ. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Ⅶ. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps
Ⅷ. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus
Kaori KIMURA ( p ) , Yoshiaki SUZUKI ( cl ), Rieko SUZUKI ( vn ) , Ken’ichiro YASUDA ( vc )
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17 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Debussy
: En blanc et noir
Ichiro NODAIRA
: Deux esquisses , pour deux pianos
Ⅰ. Château d’un desordr
Ⅱ. Le bâtiment emporté par le flux
Messiaen
: Visions de l’amen
Ⅰ. Amen de la création
Ⅱ. Amen des étoiles , de la planète à l'anneau
Ⅲ. Amen de l'agonie de Jésus
Ⅳ. Amen du désir
Ⅴ. Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Ⅵ. Amen du jugement
Ⅶ. Amen de la consummation
Kaori KIMURA / Ichiro NODAIRA ( p )
- The 34th Suntory Music Award “ Seiji OZAWA ”
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12 Dec. Suntory Hall
Haydn : Symphony No.98 in B-flat Major Hob. I -98
Shostakovich : Symphony No.10 in e minor op.93
Seiji OZAWA ( cond ) , New Japan Philharmonic
2005
- The 35th Suntory Music Award “ Ichiro NODAIRA ”
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2 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Ichiro NODAIRA
: LE TOURBILLON DU LABYRINTHE pour flûte et piano ( 1988 )
: DEUX IMAGES pour violoncelle et piano ( 1997 / 2003 )
: EN PLEIN AIR pour alto solo ( 2003 )
: QUATUOR EN HIVER pour piano , violon , alto et violoncelle ( 2003 - 04 )
Ichiro NODAIRA / Ami FUJIWARA ( p ) , Yasushi TOYOSHIMA ( vn ) , Yoshiko KAWAMOTO ( va ) , Kaeko MUKOYAMA ( vc ) , Dogen KINOWAKI ( fl )
2005 more
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12 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Beethoven : 33 Veränderungen über einen Walzer von A.Diabelli op.120
Ichiro NODAIRA : LA MEMOIRE DE BEETHOVEN pour piano et ordinateur ( 2003 )
Ichiro NODAIRA ( p )
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23 Feb. Suntory Hall ( Small Hall )
Ichiro NODAIRA : LE TEMPS TISSÉ pour cuivres et percussions ( 1989 – 90 ) Japan premiere
Ligeti : Konzert für Klavier und Orchester
Ichiro NODAIRA : L’Art de la Fugue de J.S.Bach pour groupes d’instruments divers ( 2002 / 04 ) Japan premiere
Ken TAKASEKI ( cond ) , Ichiro NODAIRA ( p ) , Japan Chamber Orchestra
- The 36th Suntory Music Award “ Akira NISHIMURA ”
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10 Sep. Suntory Hall
Akira NISHIMURA
: Gagaku “ Dream Being of Light ” ( 2004 )
: Chamber symphony No.3 “ Metamorphosis ” ( 2005 )
: Piano concerto “ A Shaman ” ( 2004 )
Tetsuji HONNA ( cond ) , Aki TAKAHASHI ( p ) , Reigakusha ( gagaku ensemble ) , Reiyukai ( mai ) , Tokyo Sinfonietta
2007
- The 37th Suntory Music Award “ Hidemi SUZUKI ”
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31 Jan. Suntory Hall
J.S.Bach : Suite for solo cello No.1 in G Major BWV 1007
Schubert : Sonata for arpeggione and piano in a minor D.821
Haydn : Symphony No.60 in C Major Hob. I - 60 “ Il distratto ”
Hidemi SUZUKI ( cond , vc ) , Chie HIRAI ( p ) , Orchestra Libera Classica
2008
- The 38th Suntory Music Award “ Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus ”
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22 Apr. Suntory Hall
R.Murray Schafer : VOX NATURAE Theater piece
Akira NISHIMURA : SENTEI GOJYUSUI for Mixed Chorus and 20-string Koto solo
Ichiro NODAIRA : Transcriptions pour choeur mixte et piano
Minao SHIBATA : Oiwakebushi - Ko Theater piece
Nobuaki TANAKA / Chifuru MATSUBARA ( cond ) , Kaori NAKAJIMA ( p ) , Nanae YOSHIMURA ( 20-strings koto ) , Ichiro SEKI ( shaku ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
2009
- The 39th Suntory Music Award “ Toshio HOSOKAWA ”
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21 , 23 , 26 Aug. Suntory Hall
Toshio HOSOKAWA : Opera “ Hanjo ” ( 2003 – 04 ) Japan premiere
Music and Libretto by Toshio HOSOKAWA
Based on HANJO , a Nô Play by Yukio MISHIMA , translated by Donald Keene
Johannes Debus ( cond ) , Luca Veggetti ( director , stage design , costume ) , Moe Yoshida ( original artwork ) , Taro TSUJII ( lighting ) , Toshihiro ISEI ( stage manager ) Shigefumi TADA ( subtitles ) , Miwako HANDA ( S ) , Fredrika Brillembourg ( Ms ) , Teruhiko KOMORI ( Br ) , Tokyo Sinfonietta
2010－2019
2010
- The 40th Suntory Music Award “ Yumi KOYAMA ”
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5 Apr. Suntory Hall
Wagner
: from “ Die Walküre ”
R.Strauss
: “ Capriccio ” , Einleitung , Intermezzo
Zemlinsky
: Sechs Gesänge , nach Texten von Maurice Maeterlinck , op.13
(1). Die drei Schwestern
(2). Die Mädchen mit den verbundenen Augen
(3). Lied der Jungfrau
(4). Als ihr Geliebter schied
(5). Und kehrt er einst heim
(6). Sie kam zum Schloß gegangen
Wagner : from Bühnenweihfestspiel “ Parsifal ”
Taijiro IIMORI ( cond ) , Yumi KOYAMA ( Ms ) , Katsumi NARITA ( T ) , Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
2011
- The 41st Suntory Music Award “ Kazushi ONO ”
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29 Aug. Suntory Hall
Mahler
: Symphony No.2 in c minor “ Auferstehung ”
Ⅰ. Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck
Ⅱ. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich.
Ⅲ. In ruhig fließender Bewegung.
Ⅳ. “ Urlicht ”. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht.
Ⅴ. Finale. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend.
Kazushi ONO ( cond ), Hisami NAMIKAWA ( S ) , Akemi SAKAMOTO ( A ) , Kunitachi College of Music , Tokyo Opera Singers ( chor ) , Nobuaki TANAKA , Hiroshi NAGAI , Shigeki MIYAMATSU ( chorus master ) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
2012
- The 42nd Suntory Music Award “ Yoshio WATANABE ”
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17 July , Suntory Hall
Monteverdi
: Vespro della Beata Vergine
1. Versicle & Response
2. Palm 109 Dixit Dominus
3. Motet Nigra sum
4. Psalm 112 Laudate pueri
5. Motet Pulchra es
6. Psalm 121 Laetatus sum
7. Motet Duo Seraphim
8. Psalm 126 Nisi Dominus
9. Motet Audi coelum
10. Psalm 147 Lauda Ierusalem
11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria
12. Hymn Ave maris stella
13. Magnificat
Yoshio WATANABE ( cond & cemb ), Céline Scheen , Midori SUZUKI ( S ) , Makoto SAKURADA ( T ) , Sergio Foresti ( B ) , Monteverdi Ensemble ( chor ) , The Baroque Band Orchestra
2015
- The 44th Suntory Music Award “ Mihoko FUJIMURA ”
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16 Feb . Suntory Hall
J.S.Bach : Vergnügte Ruh , beliebte Seelenlust , BWV 170 , Erste Arie
Schubert : Erlkönig , D 328
Beethoven : Ouvertüre , “ Die Weihe des Hauses ” , op.124
Wagner : Wesendonck-Lieder
Der Engel / Stehe still ! / Im Treibhaus / Schmerzen / Träume
Tchaikovsky : “ Oui , Dieu le veut ! ... Adieu , forêts ” , La pucelle d’Orléans
Saint-Saëns : “ Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix ” , Samson et Dalila
Wagner : Ouvertüre , “ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ”
Wagner : “ Die Walküre ” , Zweiter Aufzug : Erste Szene ( Fricka )
Mihoko FUJIMURA ( Ms ) , Christoph Ulrich Meier ( cond ) , New Japan Philharmonic
2015 more
- The 45th Suntory Music Award “ Masaaki SUZUKI and Bach Collegium Japan ”
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28 July , Suntory Hall
J.S.Bach
: Messe in h-moll , BWV 232
Ⅰ Missa ( Kyrie , Gloria )
Ⅱ Symbolum Nicenum ( Credo )
Ⅲ Sanctus
Ⅳ Osanna , Benedictus , Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem
Masaaki SUZUKI ( cond ) , Hannah Morrison , Rachel Nicholls ( S ) , Robin Blaze ( Ct ) Makoto Sakurada ( T ) , Dominik Wörner ( Bs ) , Bach Collegium Japan ( chor , orch )
2017
- The 46th Suntory Music Award “ Junichi HIROKAMI and Kyoto Symphony Orchestra ”
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18 Sep , Suntory Hall
Toru Takemitsu : From me flows what you call Time ~ for five percussionists and orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff : Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Junichi HIROKAMI ( cond ) , Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
2018
- The 47th Suntory Music Award “ Toppan Hall ”
- 26 Apr, Toppan Hall
Schnittke: Concerto for Three
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
Shostakovich: Concerto for Violoncello and orchestra No.1 in E flat major Op.107
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Michiyoshi Inoue( cond ) , Kazuhito Yamane( vn ), Nils Mönkemeyer,( va ) ,
Pieter Wispelwey( vc) , Toppanhall Chamber Orchestra
2019
- The 48th Suntory Music Award “ Yu Kosuge ”
- 2 Aug, Suntory Hall
Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, K. 379 (373a)
Dai Fujikura: “WHIM” (World Premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (Revised Version
Yu Kosuge ( p ) ,Daishin Kashimoto( Vn ),Claudio Bohórquez( Vc )
2020－
2020
- The 49th Suntory Music Award “ Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra ”
- 6 Oct, Suntory Hall
Messiaen: “Des canyons aux étoiles...”
Masato Suzuki ( cond ),Piano: Momo Kodama ( p ),Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
2021
- The 50th Suntory Music Award "Ken Takaseki"
- 12 Aug, Suntory Hall
Nono: “ 2°) No hay caminos, hay que caminar...Andrej Tarkowskij” for Seven Instrumental Groups
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, “Lied der Nacht”
Ken Takaseki (cond), Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
2022
- The 51st Suntory Music Award "Hisako Kawamura"
- 9 Mar Blue Rose (Small Hall)
13 Mar Suntory Hall
Chamber Music
Akio Yashiro: Piano Sonata
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Concerto
Amy Beach: “Bal Masque,” Op. 22
Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Hisako Kawamura（ｐ) , Doric String Quartet
Kazuki Yamada( cond ) , Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
