Asahi Composition Prize for Choirs
The Asahi Composition Award for Choirs ( Japanese 朝日 作曲 賞 Asahi Sakkyokushō , English Asahi Composition Award for Chorus ) is a Japanese music award that has been awarded annually since 1971 as part of a composition competition for choral music. He is under the patronage of the newspaper Asahi Shimbun and the " Alljapanische Chorvereinigung " ( Japan Choral Association ).
On the one hand, the aim is to promote new compositions for choral music . On the other hand, there has been a competition section since 1979 in which an examination piece is presented. From 1979 to 1998, a ten to twenty-minute piece of music for choirs had to be performed as an examination piece either with or without piano accompaniment. In addition to this award, there is also the " Asahi Composition Prize for Wind Orchestra " of the same name . The official name is thus "Asahi Composition Prize". To distinguish between the two prices, the choir category is explicitly stated in the title.
Award winners
| year | composition | composer |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 |
not awarded , the best but not excellent work was a suite for mixed choir based on a poem by the writer Satō Hachirō |
Setoguchi Shigetoshi |
| 1972 | Shiokaze no uta ( 潮 風 の う た ) | Hirano Jun'ichi |
| 1973 | Three sonnets for female choirs | Katō Manabu |
| 1974 | Hayachine no shiki ( 早 池 峰 の 四季 ) Suite for female choir | Hirano Jun'ichi |
| 1975 | Warabe uta ( わ ら べ う た ) for female choir and piano | Niimi Tokuhide |
| 1976 | Boku no nikki kara ( ぼ く の 日記 か ら ) | Takayama Atsushi |
| 1977 | Shōnen nidai ( 少年 二 題 ) Suite for female choir | Kōga Kazuhiro |
| 1978 | Fushigi na kuni no kotoba tachi ( 不 思議 な 国 の 言葉 た ち ) after Lewis Carroll | Fujisawa Michio |
| 1979 | Ai no hi ni ( 愛 の 日 に ) | Hirano Masahiro |
| 1980 | Ikora asami no suki na ko ( 憩 ら い - 薊 の 好 き な 子 に - ) | Ogata Toshiyuki |
| 1981 | Onnanoko no māchi ( 女 の 子 の マ ー チ ) | Mizuki Kaoru |
| 1982 | Kusa ni nete rokugatsu no aru nichiyōbi ( 草 に 寝 て… 六月 の 或 る 日 曜 日 に ) | Katō Manabu |
| 1983 | Kaze no utatta uta sono ichi ( 風 の う た っ た う た そ の 1 ) | Ishihara Shin |
| 1984 | Shakuri ( し ゃ っ く り ) | Mizuki Kaoru |
| 1985 | Asa ni ( 朝 に ) | Suzuki Akemi |
| 1986 | Kaze ( 風 ) | Satō Tomomotsu |
| 1987 | Uta hitotsu ( う た ひ と つ ) | Murakumo Ayako |
| 1988 | Haru ( は る ) | Ban Takekazu |
| 1989 | Haru ( 春 ) after the pillow book | Matsuzaki Taiji |
| 1990 |
Hachigatsu ( 八月 ) Itaria no onna ga oshiete kureta koto ( イ タ リ ア の 女 が 教 え て く れ た こ と ) |
Sugahara Mariko Kumagaya Ken'ichi |
| 1991 |
Ojiichan no uta ( お じ い ち ゃ ん の 詩 ) Wasuremono ( 忘 れ も の ) |
Kurusu Makoto Ishijima Hiroshi |
| 1992 |
Mokuba ( 木馬 ) Bappukudon ( ば っ ぷ く ど ん ) |
Yamagishi Tōro Oyama Junko |
| 1993 |
Hi ( 火 ) Hashiru kodomo ( 走 る 子 供 ) |
Yamaguchi Akihito Matsuzaki Taiji |
| 1994 |
Moshi shima dattanara ( も し 鳥 だ っ た な ら ) Chippoke na zō ga yatte kita ( ち っ ぽ け な 象 が や っ て き た ) |
Nobunaga Takatomi Nakajima Mutsuaki |
| 1995 |
Shunshū sanshu ( 春愁 三 首 ) Kaze ga fuki kaze ga fuki ( 風 が 吹 き 風 が 吹 き ) |
Nobunaga Takatomi Fujii Takashi |
| 1996 |
Komoriuta ( 子 守 唄 ) Yuamisuru hebi ( ゆ あ み す る 蛇 ) |
Kusano Jirō Suzuki Akemi |
| 1997 |
Yuki ( 雪 ) Kaze no machi ( 風 の ま ち ) |
Kodera Nanae Mashima Kei |
| 1998 |
Daruma-san ga koronda ( だ る ま さ ん が こ ろ ん だ ) Voice of the Air |
Hasebe Masahiko Uchino Hiroki |
| 1999 | Utaubeki uta ( う た う べ き 詩 ) for male choir and piano | Nobunaga Takatomi |
| 2000 | Futatabi watashi mo ( ふ た た び 私 も… ) Suite for mixed choir | Ban Takekazu |
| 2001 | Itsutsu no eizō ( 五 つ の 映像 ) for mixed choir | Sakata Masahiro |
| 2002 | not forgiven | |
| 2003 | Kaze no michiru hi ( 風 の 満 ち る 日 ) for mixed choir and piano | Ōhashi Michiko |
| 2004 | Kirin no sentaku ( キ リ ン の 洗濯 ) for mixed choir | Horiuchi Takaaki |
| 2005 | Kodomo no shōzō ( 子 ど も の 肖像 ) for mixed choir | Yamauchi Masahiro |
| 2006 | Itsutsu no bōin no bōken ( 五 つ の 母音 の 冒 険 ) for mixed choir | Hasebe Masahiko |
| 2007 | Chinkon no fu ( 鎮 魂 の 賦 ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Ueda Maki |
| 2008 | Hyakusai ni natte ( 百 歳 に な っ て ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Hirose Masakazu |
| 2009 | Aki no hitomi ( 秋 の 瞳 ) Suite for mixed choir | Fujiwara Hiroaki |
| 2010 | Yume no uchi soto ( 夢 の う ち そ と ) for female choir and piano | Tsuchida Toyotaka |
| 2011 | Sayonara Lawrence ( さ よ な ら 、 ロ レ ン ス ) for mixed choir and piano | Moriyama Toritaka |
| 2012 | Gensō shōkyokushū ( 幻想 小曲 集 ) based on a poem by Miyazawa Kenji | Asai Shōichi |
| 2013 | Aoi shōkei ( 青 い 小径 ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Morita Kaori |
| 2014 | Nemuri no mori no hanashi ( ね む り の も り の は な し ) Suite for mixed choir | Yamashita Yuka |
| 2015 | Inchō ( 印象 ) for mixed choir and piano | Ichihara Toshiyaki |
| 2016 | Jikai ( 自戒 ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Mokawa Norikazuo |
| 2017 | Kusa no ue ( 草 の 上 ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Shuto Kentaro |
| 2018 | Ishi no ue ( 甃 の う へ ) Suite for mixed choir and piano | Kawaura Yoshihiro |
Web links
- Exhibition "ASAHI Composition Prize" Winners 1990-2005 - Website of the Japan Choral Association with the winners and translations of the title in English and French
