The application form for the 46th Irino Prize 2023 is now available from Submission Menu or [download_form].
Online submission is also accessible from Submission Menu or [Online Submission].
Prof. Cort Lippe, the 8th Irino Prize winner, has been invited to serve on the 46th special jury.
Submission deadline is August 31, 2023.
We would like to announce the results of the 44th and the 45th Irino Prize in 2022. The Selection Committee was held on 13 November, 2022 at the NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute, Tokyo.
| The result of the 44th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber-Orchestral Work, 2022 | Award: 300,000 JPY |
| “LA VERITÀ RICURVA” -2017- (11 min) for 11 instruments Composer : Caterina Di Cecca (1984, Italy) |  |
| The result of the 45th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2022 | Award: 200,000 JPY (shared) |
| “Invisible” – 2021- (10 min) for vl, cl and piano Composer : Yuji Yao (1994, China) |  |
| “Bleu II” -2020- (9 min) for String Quartet Composer : Tsu-Yao Yang (1991, Taiwan) |  |
Total of Entries: 17 compositions from 8 countries for the 44th, and 31 compositions from 7 countries for the 45th.
Jury: Takayuki RAI(Chair), Satoshi TANAKA, Mari TAKANO, Masahiro MIWA, Haruyuki SUZUKI, Rica NARIMOTO, and Yasuaki ITAKURA (special jury for the 44th)
The 41st Irino Prize awarded composition, “LIGHT-LAPSE II” by Marco Longo(1979, Italy) will be performed on Dec 22, 2022 in Tokyo. The composer will be introduced in the Irino Prize award ceremony prior to the concert.
| The 52nd Tokyo Sinfonietta Subscription Concert Conductor/Art Director: Yasuaki Itakura Date: at 19:00 on December 22, 2022 Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Small Hall), Ueno, Tokyo https://www.t-bunka.jp/en/stage/16521 |  Marco Longo |
Irino Prize 3rd Chamber Music Concert was held on November 12, 2021, at Fuchu Forest Art Theatre in Tokyo
Prize-winning compositions in chamber music(2017 and 2019) by Tak Cheung Hui, Jesse Broekman, Jouni Hirvelä and Utku Asuroglu will be premiered in Japan, along with works by Masatoshi Fujita and Yoshiro Irino.
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 Award
300,000 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 2023:
The 46th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2023
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Details and Application Form: is now available, see above.
Organizer and Contact:
THE IRINO PRIZE FOUNDATION (Ms. Tomoe IRINO, President)
c/o NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute
5-22-2 Matsubara, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-0043 Japan
Tel: +81-3-3323-0646
Fax: +81-3-3325-5468
E-mail: Contact Form
URL: https://www.irinoprize.jp
