Prize/Award
Toru Takemitsu Composition Award
- Presented by: Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation
- Further information: http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/
- Awarded: Annually since 1997
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The Toru Takemitsu Composition Award is an annual international orchestral composition award following Takemitsu's principles "Prayer, Hope, Peace", continues since 1997 to encourage younger generation of composers who will shape the coming age by creating new musical works.
The nucleus of this award is in its uniqueness that each year only one judge is responsible for the outcome. For the first 3-year cycle, Mr Takemitsu himself chose the following three composers to head the competition : Henri Dutilleux (1997), György Ligeti (1998), and Luciano Berio (1999). Then, after Mr Takemitsu’s passing, 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.
Recipients of this award
Year | Placing | Awarded to | Awarded for |
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2004 | Winner | Paul Stanhope | Fantasia on a theme of Vaughan Williams |
2008 | 3rd Prize | Damian Barbeler | God in the machine |