Otaka price
The Otaka Prize ( Japanese 尾 高 賞 , Otaka-shō ) is an annual music prize for contemporary composition in Japan. The award is given to commemorate the achievements of the conductor and composer Hisatada Otaka since 1952, i. H. awarded since the year after Otaka's death. It was donated by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and is given to Japanese composers who live at home and abroad. The composers are honored for an outstanding work that premiered in the course of the year between the awards. The Otaka Prize has the longest tradition of music prizes in Japan. The award ceremony is currently taking place on the occasion of a performance of the Music Tomorrow series in Tokyo Opera City .
Award winners
1952-1959
- 1952 Toda Kunio and Shimizu Osamu
- 1953 Mitsukuri Shūkichi and Harada Minoru
- 1954 Miyoshi Akira
- 1955 Hayashi Hikaru
- 1956 Bekku Sadao
- 1957 Irino Yoshirō
- 1958 Mayuzumi Toshirō
- 1959 Irino Yoshirō
1960-1969
- 1960 Yashiro Akio
- 1961 not awarded
- 1962 Miyoshi Akira
- 1963 Toyama Yūzō and Moroi Makoto
- 1964 Miyoshi Akira
- 1965 Mamiya Michio
- 1966 Mayuzumi Toshirō
- 1967 Yashiro Akio
- 1968 Matsumura Teizō
- 1969 Hirayoshi Takekuni
1970-1979
- 1970 Mamiya Michio
- 1971 Bekku Sadao
- 1972 Yuasa Jōji
- 1973 Shibata Minao
- 1974 Miyoshi Akira
- 1975 Takemitsu Tōru
- 1976 Hirose Ryōhei and Ishii Maki
- 1977 Noda Teruyuki
- 1978 Matsumura Teizō
- 1979 Matsudaira Yoriaki
- 1980 Takemitsu Tōru
1980-1989
- 1981 Ichiyanagi Toshi and Otaka Atsutada
- 1982 not awarded
- 1983 Ichiyanagi Toshi
- 1984 Miyoshi Akira
- 1985 not awarded
- 1986 not awarded
- 1987 Nishimura Akira and Yuasa Jōji
- 1988 Hosokawa Toshio and Ichiyanagi Toshi
- 1989 Ichiyanagi Toshi
1990-1999
- In 1990 the award and event were canceled
- 1991 Kondō Jō and Ikebe Shin'ichirō
- 1992 Nishimura Akira
- 1993 Nishimura Akira
- 1994 Kitazume Michio
- 1995 Fujiie Keiko and Saruya Toshirō
- 1996 Nodaira Ichirō and Hayashi Hikaru
- 1997 Yuasa Jōji
- 1998 not awarded
- 1999 Miyoshi Akira and Ikebe Shin'ichirō
2000-2009
- 2000 Toyama Yūzō and Fujiie Keiko
- 2001 Kitazume Michio
- 2002 Hosokawa Toshio
- 2003 Yuasa Jōji
- 2004 not awarded
- 2005 Mochizuki Misato
- 2006 Saruya Toshirō
- 2007 Niimi Tokuhide
- 2008 Nishimura Akira
- 2009 Fujikura Dai and Harada Keiko
2010-2019
- 2010 not awarded
- 2011 Nishimura Akira
- 2012 Otaka Atsutada
- 2013 Nodaira Ichirō
- 2014 Saruya Toshirō and Hosokawa Toshio
- 2015 Dai Fujikura
- 2016 Atsuhiko Gondai
- 2017 Ikebeshi Ichirō
- 2018 Ichiyanagi Toshi
- 2019 Sakata Naoki
Web links
- List of award winners on the website of the NHK Symphony Orchestra (Japanese)
