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Suntory Hall Summer Festival 2025

The 35th Competition of Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award for Music Composition

Date/Time
Saturday, August 30 2025 | 15:00 (Doors open 14:20)
Venue
Main Hall

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Programme
Yasushi Akutagawa: “Musica per Orchestra Sinfonica” (1950)

Wataru Mukai (2023 awardee) : “QUEEN” for Euphonium, Electric Guitar, Female Voice Ensemble and Large Orchestra (with Organ) (2025)
[World Premiere, Commissioned by Suntory Foundation for the Arts]
 Euphonium: Ayaka Sato Electric Guitar: Koki Fujimoto
 Female Voice Ensemble: Risa Matsushima / Haruka Okazaki / Chihiro Asano / Coco Mayumi Callas / Emi Shoji

〇 Nominated Works for the 35th Competition of Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award for Music Composition
- Takuma Saito: “Antigone et Créon” for Soprano, Ensemble and Electronics (2024)
 Soprano: Noriko Yakushiji Electronics: Shintaro Imai
- Satori Hironiwa: “The silent girl(s)” for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (2024)
 Piano: Yui Amano Assistant: Iroha Suzuki
- Junichi Matsumoto: “The Society of Space-Embroidery” for Orchestra (2024)

Conductor: Yoichi Sugiyama
New Japan Philharmonic

〇 Open Screening (MC: Seiji Choki)
 Jury: Sunao Isaji / Noriko Koide / Akio Yasuraoka
Tickets
Advance Ticket
Reserved Seating ¥3,000 Under 25 ¥1,500
* Advance tickets will be available until 12 noon on the day of the performance at the Suntory Hall Ticket Center (WEB).

Door Ticket
Reserved Seating ¥3,500 / Under 25 ¥2,000

Booking opens: Friday, May 10, 2025 10:00
* Pre-sale for Suntory Hall Members Club: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 10:00 - Thursday, May 9
 Please join the Suntory Hall Members Club via our website: http://suntoryhall.pia.jp
 (only in Japanese/membership eligible for residents in Japan)
 Pre-sale is not operated at Box Office.
 
Presented by Suntory Hall
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council
Supported by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc. / Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers / Japan Society for Contemporary Music
Coordinated by Tokyo Concerts, Inc.
Contact

Suntory Hall

0570-55-0017 [from Japan]

Suntory Hall

81-(0)3-3584-4402 [from abroad]

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