IRINO PRIZE

The IRINO PRIZE Selection Committee met on 23 November, 2025 at the NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute, Tokyo. We would like to announce the result of the 49th Irino Prize for Chamber Music in 2025. We sincerely apologize for the delay in making this announcement.  The awardee of the 49th  IRINO PRIZEfor Chamber Music, 2025 Award: 200,000 JPY “Aforismi”    -2024-  (6 min)🎵for violin, cello and pianoComposer : Mariano Russo (1998, Italy)👤 more details Total of Entries: 66 compositions from 21 countries for the 49th CompetitionJury: Mari TAKANO(Chair), Satoshi TANAKA, Takayuki RAI, Haruyuki  SUZUKI, and Rica NARIMOTO

We are pleased to announce that the 4th Irino Prize Concert for Chamber Music Awarded Works will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall. The program will feature seven chamber works that received the Irino Prize between 2020 (42nd) and 2024 (48th), along with Klänge, composed in 1976 by Yoshiro Irino. The works will be performed by members of Ensemble Nomad and other distinguished musicians. In addition, five award-winning composers are expected to attend the concert from various countries. We hope you will join us for an evening of compelling new music, showcasing the creativity of young composers who are expanding the horizons of contemporary music around the world. -More Details- Tickets available from: Ticket Pia / Tokyo Opera City Ticket Center (03-5353-9999) Inquiries: Keynote (keynote_music@fol.hi-ho.ne.jp)

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 established in 1980 in honor of the late Yoshiro Irino, one of the most respected Japanese composers of his generation. The prize is administered by the IRINO Prize Foundation, which was founded after his death on June 23,1980, by Mrs.Reiko Takahashi IRINO in collaboration with renowned composers 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-numbered years, and another for Chamber Music (no more than 8 players, with or without electroacoustic component), held annually. Please see below for further details. IRINO PRIZE Award300,000 JPY for Chamber-Orchestral Work.200,000 JPY for Chamber Music work. (in the case of multiple awardees, 150,000 JPY each) 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 2026: The 50th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber-Orchestral Work, 2026The 51st IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2026Deadline: August 31, 2026Details: Entry Guidelines will be announced in March 2026 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) , Nuno Costa(47)Chamber Music [1981- ] Takayuki Rai(2), Takashi Koto(4), Mari Takano(4), 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), Rocío Cano Valiño(48), Mariano Russo(49)