■DATES, VENUES AND ORCHESTRAS

1. First Preliminary Round
Dates：September 27（ Monday） and 28（ Tuesday）, 2021
Venue：The Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall（ Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo）
Orchestra：The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Assigned Piece
･ Ludwig van Beethoven：Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 Breitkopf & Härtel edition （revised edition by Clive Brown）


2. Second Preliminary Round
Dates：September 29（ Wednesday） and 30（ Thursday）, 2021
Venue：The Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall（ Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
Orchestra：The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Assigned Pieces
･ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky：Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Breitkopf & Härtel edition
･ Akira Miyoshi：Three Symphonic Movements（Trois Mouvements Symphoniques） ONGAKU-NO-TOMO edition
･ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni K. 527, Act 2, No. 21b, Accompanied Recitative and Aria In quali eccessi, o Numi and Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata ※Any edition
･ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky： The Variations on a Rococo Theme for violoncello with orchestra accompaniment in A major, Op. 33 Wilhelm Fitzenhagen edition


3. Final Round
Date：October 3, 2021（ Sunday）
Venue：The Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall（ Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo）
Orchestra：The New Japan Philharmonic
Assigned Pieces
･Gioachino Antonio Rossini: The Thieving Magpie (La gazza ladra), the overture Breitkopf & Härtel edition
Piece of Choice
The Executive Committee will decide on the piece to be conducted by a contestant from among the three pieces of choice submitted by the contestant at the time of application, and notify their decision after the second preliminary round to contestants who qualify for the final round.

 

■ORGANIZING BODY

The Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting, which has been renamed in 1988 from Min-On Competition that started in 1967, has been organized and promoted by Min-On Concert Association (hereinafter referred to as Min-On). The year 2018 marks the 18th Conducting Competition.

Organized by Min-On Concert Association
Supported by The Foreign Ministry of Japan, The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK
Cooperated by Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

Official Sponsor

 

■ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

The organization structure comprises of an Organizing Committee, an Executive Committee, a Panel of Judges, and the Competition Office. The Panel of Judges is proposed by the Executive Committee and formed with the approval of Min-On. The Competition Office has been set up within the Min-On Culture Center in Tokyo.

＜ORGANIZING COMMITTEE＞

・Chairperson
Kazuto ITO (Japan)
President, Min-On Concert Association

・Members
Seiji OZAWA (Japan)
Director, Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival；General Director, Mito Chamber Orchestra；Honorary Conductor Laureate, New Japan Philharmonic

Yuzo TOYAMA (Japan)
Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra；Honorary Conductor, Osaka Symphony Orchestra

(In alphabetical order, without honorifics)

＜EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE＞

・Chairperson

Hideo MURATA(Japan)

Executive Director, Min-On Concert Association

 

・Members

Junichi HIROKAMI(Japan)
Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra；Friendship Guest Conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra; Professor for Conducting, Tokyo College of Music；Visiting Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts

 

Hiroshi KUWABARA(Japan)
Vice President and Secretary General, Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras

 

Toshio MIYAZAWA (Japan)
Executive Director, Mt. Fuji Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Tadaaki OTAKA(Japan)
Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra；Music Director, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra；Conductor Laureate, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

 

Takeshi TADA(Japan)
Assistant Divisional Director, Public Services Division, Min-On Concert Association

 

Ken TAKASEKI (Japan)
Principal Conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra；Resident Conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra；Principal Conductor, Mt. Fuji Philharmonic Orchestra；Professor for Conducting, Tokyo University of the Arts

 

(In alphabetical order, without honorifics)

 

＜PANEL OF JUDGES＞

・Chairperson

Tadaaki OTAKA(Japan)
Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra；Music Director, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra；Conductor Laureate, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

 

・Members

Sian EDWARDS(UK)
Head of Conducting, Royal Academy of Music

 

Dan ETTINGER(Israel)
Music Director & Chief Conductor, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra；Music Director, Israeli Opera；Music Director, Israel Symphony Orchestra；Conductor Laureate, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Junichi HIROKAMI(Japan)
Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra；Friendship Guest Conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra; Professor for Conducting, Tokyo College of Music；Visiting Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts

 

Michiyoshi INOUE(Japan)
former Music Director of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

 

Okko KAMU(Finland)
former Principal Conductor, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

 

Rainer KÜCHL (Austria)
former Principal Concertmaster, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Jun MÄRKL (Germany)
scheduled to join the Residentie Orkest The Hague as Principal Guest
Conductor starting the 2021 season

 

Ken TAKASEKI(Japan)
Principal Conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra；Resident Conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra；Music Advisor, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra；Professor for Conducting, Tokyo University of the Arts

 

(In alphabetical order, without honorifics)