IRINO PRIZE

Online submission for the 49th IRINO PRIZE 2025 is now open. The regulations for the 49th IRINO PRIZE are available on the [49_Regulations] and can be downloaded from [download_regulations]. You can access the online submission site for the 49th IRINO PRIZE at [Online_Submission]. A list of the required information for online submission is available at [required_information] and can also be downloaded from [download_guidance]. The submission deadline is 23:59 Japan Time (GMT+9) on August 31, 2025.

The IRINO PRIZE Selection Committee met on 10 November, 2024 at the NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute, Tokyo. We would like to announce the results of the 47th and the 48th Irino Prize in 2024.  The awardee of the 47th  IRINO PRIZEfor Chamber-Orchestral Work, 2024 Award: 300,000 JPY “Sequentia”    -2023-  (7 min)🎵for 9 instrumentsComposer : Nuno Costa (1986, Portugal)👤 more details The awardee of the 48th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2024 Award: 200,000 JPY “Khaínô” – 2024- (14 min) 🎵for flute, saxophone, accordion/bandoneon, percussion and electronicsComposer : Rocío CANO VALIÑO (1991, Argentina)👤 more details Total of Entries: 22 compositions from 11 countries for the 47th, and 85 compositions from 20 countries for the 48th.Jury: Mari TAKANO(Chair), Satoshi TANAKA, Takayuki RAI, Haruyuki  SUZUKI, Rica NARIMOTO, and Yasuaki ITAKURA (special jury for the 47th)

On June 21, 2024, in Tokyo, Prof. Joji Yuasa, a former member of the Irino Prize honorary jury, passed away. He was 94 years old and had been a member of the Irino Prize jury for nearly four decades.

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 2025: The 49th IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2025Deadline: August 31, 2025Details: Entry Guidelines 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(3), Mari Takano(3), 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)