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The Keizo Saji Prize was established in 2001 to commemorate the contributions of the late Keizo Saji,
former Chairman of Suntory Limited. and former Chairman of the Suntory Music Foundation.
The Keizo Saji Prize was set up as a new award, bearing Mr. Saji’s name, to carry on his deep love and understanding of music,
as well as his pioneer spirit and his willingness to step up to new challenges,
and incorporated the desire for further promotion of public performances of music in Japan during the new century.
This prize is awarded to applicants selected from among those who gave predominantly music-based performances
held in Japan during the year,
with winners chosen based on a willingness to challenge and on superior performances that engender a strong reaction.
Prize money: ¥2,000,000.

Keizo Saji Prize - Prize Winning Performances -

  • Times
  • Year
  • Prize Winning Performances
  • 1st
  • 2001
  • Ayako Shinozaki Harp Recital
    Oct.19, 2001 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan small hall Just Composed 2001 in Yokohama
    Aug.31, 2001 Yokohama Minatomirai Hall
  • 2nd
  • 2002
  • Ensemble Nomad Subscription Concert 2002 #1
    Sep.17, 2002 Tokyo Opera City recital hall
  • 3rd
  • 2003
  • Exhibition of Contemporary Music 2003 " Chamber Orchestra Zone Ⅲ"
    Mar.17, 2003 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan small hall
  • 4th
  • 2004
  • Mii no Bansho
    Oct.24, 2004 Ishihara Hall
  • 5th
  • 2005
  • next mushroom promotion vol.8 ToshioHosokawa: Fifty Years of The Landscape
    Oct.15, 2005 Muramatsu Recital Hall Shin-Osaka
  • 6th
  • 2006
  • Takefu International Music Festival 2006
    Sep.2~10, 2006 Echizen City Cultural Center etc.
  • 7th
  • 2007
  • The Current of Contemporary French Music ~ Asako Inoue × Yoshiki Fujii DUO
    Nov.17, 2007 Amagasaki Youth Creative Theater of Hyogo Prefecture Piccolo Theater
  • 8th
  • 2008
  • labo opera Vol.2 Il Finto Arlecchino / Il Campanello
    Mar.27,28, 2008 Taito-City Lifelong Learning Center Millennium Hall
  • 9th
  • 2009
  • Chronoi Protoi Vol.5 String Quartet Concert
    Dec.9, 2009 Tokyo Opera City recital hall
  • 10th
  • 2010
  • Satoko Inoue Piano Recital #19 Morton Feldman – Works for Piano
    Feb.28, 2010 Tokyo Opera City recital halll Tokyo Sinfonietta the 28th Subscription Concert Focus on Joji Yuasa
    Sep.17, 2011 Kyoto Prefectural Citizen's hall "Alti" / Sep.19, 2011 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan small hall
  • 11th
  • 2011
  • Chieko HAYASHI Mezzosoprano Recital Georges APERGHIS & Vinko GLOBOKAR
    July 27, 2011 Monnaka Tenjo Hall - Momo KODAMA Piano Fantasy vol.1
    Sep.17, 2011 Kyoto Prefectural Citizen's hall "Alti" / Sep.19, 2011 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan small hall
  • 12th
  • 2012
  • Kuniko plays reich
    Mar.18, 2012 Kyoto Art Center Auditorium Sep.5 2012 Thanks to John Cage
    Sep.5, 2012 Suntory Hall Blue Rose
  • 13th
  • 2013
  • Tokyo Gen'on Project #01 - Composer's Selection 1: Sugiyama Yoichi
    Sep.13, 2013 Suginami Koukaidou Small Hall Nouvelles Orientales de Marguerite Yourcenar
    Oct.26, 2013 Tsuda Hall
  • 14th
  • 2014
  • Tosiya Suzuki Recorder Recital Toshio Hosokawa Portrait
    Feb.11, 2014 Yodobashi Church Obara Memorial Chapel Nymphé Art Series #10 Eastern and Western Strings by 25-string Koto and Guitar
    July.20, 2014 Munetsugu Hall
  • 15th
  • 2015
  • Tom Johnson’s The Four Note Opera
    Mar.25, 2015 Suginami Koukaidou Small Hall Mar.28, 2015 Aichi Prefectural Art Theater The Mini Theater DUO UTAHOGI Recital 2015 – Around the Four Seasons –
    Dec.17, 2015 Tokyo Opera City Oumigakudou Dec.23, 2015 Aoyama Music Memorial Hall Barocksaal
  • 16th
  • 2016
  • Reigakusha Gagaku Concert – Takemitsu Toru “In an Autumn Garden” –
    Nov.30, 2016 Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
  • 17th
  • 2017
  • Masahiro Miwa ＋ Shinjiro Maeda, The Monologue Opera “The New Era”
    Dec.8, 9, 2017 Aichi Prefectural Art Theater The Mini Theater Dec.16, 2017 The Phoenix Hall
  • 18th
  • 2018
  • ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS BY SUNAO ISAJI VOL.3 – NAMBAN THEATRE –
    Dec.2, 2018 KYUDO KAIKAN
  • 19th
  • 2019
  • THE 鍵 KEY
    May.19, 2019 Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier
  • 20th
  • 2020
  • Persepolis―Tape Music in Akiyoshidai
    Sep.5,2020 Hall and Courtyard, Akiyoshidai International Art Village
     MUSICA CRAS GIFU 2020 Masahiro Miwa Festival －Purified Night－
    Sep.19, 2020 Live streaming from Salamanca Hall
  • 21st
  • 2021
  • Orchestra Nipponica 38th Concert
    Jul. 18, 2021 Kioi Hall Opera《Romeo will juliet》World Premiere
    Nov.5,6,7 2021 THEATRE E9 KYOTO
  • 22nd
  • 2022
  • Kitamura Tomoki Piano Recital- Piano works in 20th century, John Cage / Japanese composers
    Oct. 8, 2022 Entrance Lobby, Shiga Museum of Art / Oct. 9, 2022 Ensemble Hall, BIWAKO HALL
  • 23rd
  • 2023
  • Sound Performance Platform Special Performance Taro Yasuno’s Zombie Music “Mausoleum IV -The Breaking Down-”
    Oct.14,15 2023 Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Mini Theater
  • 24th
  • 2024
  • Masashi Yamamoto Contrabass Solo－The Unplugged Theatre
    January 26,27 2024 Atelier Dai Q Geijutsu Yumiko Tanaka Recital 2024－The Sonic World of Gidayu Shamisen
    December 7 2024 ‘Haretara Sorani Mame Maite’