IRINO PRIZE

The application form for the 48th Irino Prize 2024 (details) is now available from Submission Menu or [download_form].Online submission is also accessible from Submission Menu or [Online_Submission]. Submission deadline is August 31, 2024.

The application form for the 47th Irino Prize 2024 (details) is now available from Submission Menu or [download_form].Online submission system is accessible from Submission Menu or [Online_Submission]. Submission deadline is August 31, 2024.

We would like to announce the result of the 46th Irino Prize in 2023. The Selection Committee was held on 24 November, 2023 at the NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute, Tokyo. The result of the 46th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2023 Award: 200,000 JPY “Time saturates the cloudy night sky…” – 2022- (13 min)for String Quartet　🎵Composer : Yuheng Chen (1998, China, living in Vienna) 👤 more details Total of Entries: 52 compositions from 20 countries.Jury members: Takayuki RAI(Chair), Satoshi TANAKA, Mari TAKANO, Haruyuki  SUZUKI, Rica NARIMOTO, and Cort LIPPE (Special Jury for the 46th)

Some of prize winning compositions are available at Irino Prize Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IrinoPrize Our Facebook account is: https://www.facebook.com/IrinoPrize/

The IRINO PRIZE was founded in 1980 in honor of the late Yoshiro Irino, one of the most respected Japanese composers of his generation. The prize is administrated by The IRINO Prize Foundation which was established after his death, on June 23, 1980, by Mrs. Reiko Takahashi IRINO with the collaboration of renowned composers late Maki ISHII, Joji YUASA and Yori-Aki MATSUDAIRA. The IRINO PRIZE is awarded to young composers who explore new directions and demonstrate innovative creativity. The IRINO PRIZE consists of two categories; one for Chamber-Orchestral work (between 9 and 17 instruments) held in even years and the other for Chamber Music held (with or without electro-acoustic component, no more than 8 players) every year.Please see below for further details. IRINO PRIZE Award300,000 JPY for Chamber-Orchestral work.200,000 JPY for Chamber music work. Permanent Juries: Satoshi TANAKA, Takayuki RAI, Mari TAKANO, Haruyuki SUZUKI, Rica NARIMOTO Irino Prize steering committee :C.MATSUBARA, Y.OHISHI, T.KAKINUMA, S.CHOKI, S.TANAKA, T.RAI Competition in 2024: The 47th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber-Orchestral Work, 2024The 48th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2024Deadline: August 31, 2024Details and Application Form: available from Submission Menu Organizer and Contact:THE IRINO PRIZE FOUNDATION (Ms. Tomoe IRINO, President)c/o NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute5-22-2 Matsubara, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-0043 JapanTel: +81-3-3323-0646Fax: +81-3-3325-5468E-mail: Contact FormURL: https://www.irinoprize.jp

Orchestral Works [1981-2009] Masanori Fujita(1), Toshio Hosokawa(3), Mamoru Fujieda(5), Isao Matsushita(7), Satoshi Tanaka(9), Claudio Cojaniz(11), Casper Johannes Walter(13), Kumiko Omura(15), Ignacio Baca-Lobera(17), Ana Mihajlovic-Leyden(19), Gyu-Bong Yi(21), Siraseth Pantura-umporn(23), Diana Rotaru(25), Rica Narimoto(29) Chamber-Orchestral Works [2010- ] Yair Klartag(31), Nicolas Tzortzis(33), Ying Wang(35), Takahiro Kuroda(37), Marisol Jiménez(39), Marco Longo(41), Caterina Di Cecca(44) Chamber Music [1981- ] Takayuki Rai(2), Takashi Koto(3), Mari Takano(3), Mia Schmidt(8), Cort Lippe(8), Masahiro Miwa(10), Julian Jing-Jun Yu(10), James Harley(10), Mike Vaughan(10), Jia Daqun(12), Claude Lenners(14), Victor Kissin(16), Haruyuki Suzuki(16), Taizo Hida(18), Jun Yamaguchi(20), Emanuele Casale(22), Boris Filanovski(24), Peter Gahn(26), Javier Jimmy Lopez(26), Evis Sammoutis(28), Jasna Velickovic(28), Tomi Raisanen(28), Giovanni Enrico Lo Curto(30), Rafael Nassif(32), Alberto Rampani(32), Richard Perrin(34), Keitaro Takahashi(34), Naoki Sakata(36), Rafael Nassif(36), Tak Cheung Hui(38), Jouni Hirvelã(38), Jesse Broekman(40), Utku Asuroglu(40), Jaime Belmonte(42), Demian Rudel Rey(43), Zuosheng Jin(43), Yuji Yao(45), Tsu-Yao Yang(45), Yuheng Chen(46)