• The 11th Suntory Music Award “ Sumire YOSHIHARA ”

• 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

• 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

• 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 )

• The 12th Suntory Music Award “ Kappa SENOH ”

• 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 )

• The 13th Suntory Music Award “ Minao SHIBATA ”

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• The 14th Suntory Music Award “ Yuzo TOYAMA ”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The 15th Suntory Music Award “ Keisuke SUZUKI ”

• 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

• The 16th Suntory Music Award “ Kiyomi TOYODA ”

• 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

• 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

• 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 )

• The 17th Suntory Music Award “ Telemann Institute Japan ”

• 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

• 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

• Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅰ

• 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

• Suntory Music Award Winner’s Concert Series Ⅱ

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 ”

• 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

• The 18th Suntory Music Award “ Mitsuko UCHIDA ”

• 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 )

• The 19th Suntory Music Award “ Hiroyuki IWAKI ”

• 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

• 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

• The 20th Suntory Music Award “ Yasuko HAYASHI ”

• 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 )

• The 21st Suntory Music Award “ Masahiro ARITA ”

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The 22nd Suntory Music Award “ Toru TAKEMITSU ”

• 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

• 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

• The 23rd Suntory Music Award “ Tadaaki OTAKA ”

• 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 )

• The 24th Suntory Music Award “ Shigeo NERIKI ”

• 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 )

• Chamber Music Concert

• 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 )

• The 25th Suntory Music Award “ Midori GOTO ”

• 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 )

• The 26th Suntory Music Award “ Takayoshi WANAMI ”

• 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 )

• The 27th Suntory Music Award “ Nobuko IMAI ”

• 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 )

• 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

• The 28th Suntory Music Award “ Takahiro SONODA and Joji YUASA ”

• 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

• 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 ”

• 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

• The 30th Suntory Music Award “ Hikaru HAYASHI ”

• 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

• The 31st Suntory Music Award “ Akira MIYOSHI ”

• 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 )

• The 31st Suntory Music Award “ Akira MIYOSHI ”

• 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 )

• The 32nd Suntory Music Award “ Taijiro IIMORI ”

• 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

• 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 ”

• 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

• The 33rd Suntory Music Award “ Toshi ICHIYANAGI ”

• 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

• The 34th Suntory Music Award “ Kaori KIMURA ”

• 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 )

• 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 )

• 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 ”

• 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

• The 35th Suntory Music Award “ Ichiro NODAIRA ”

• 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 )

• 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 )

• 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 ”

• 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

• The 37th Suntory Music Award “ Hidemi SUZUKI ”

• 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

• The 38th Suntory Music Award “ Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus ”

• 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

• The 39th Suntory Music Award “ Toshio HOSOKAWA ”

• 21 , 23 , 26 Aug. Suntory Hall (Blue Rose,Small 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 ) , Miwako HANDA ( S ) , Fredrika Brillembourg ( Ms ) , Teruhiko KOMORI ( Br ) , Tokyo Sinfonietta

• The 40th Suntory Music Award “ Yumi KOYAMA ”

• 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

• The 41st Suntory Music Award “ Kazushi ONO ”

• 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

• The 42nd Suntory Music Award “ Yoshio WATANABE ”

• 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

• The 44th Suntory Music Award “ Mihoko FUJIMURA ”

• 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

• The 45th Suntory Music Award “ Masaaki SUZUKI and Bach Collegium Japan ”

• 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 )

• The 46th Suntory Music Award “ Junichi HIROKAMI and Kyoto Symphony Orchestra ”

• 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

• 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

• 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 )
  

• 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
  

• 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

• The 51st Suntory Music Award "Hisako Kawamura"

• 9 Mar　 Suntory Hall(Blue Rose,Small Hall)
  
  Chamber Music
  Akio Yashiro: Piano Sonata
  Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio
  Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
  
  Hisako Kawamura（ｐ) , Doric String Quartet

• 13 Mar　 Suntory Hall
  
  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) , Kazuki Yamada( cond ) , Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra