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Since 1966, the Tokyo International Music Competition has been organized
and promoted by Min-On Concert Association (hereinafter referred to as
Min-On).
The year 2009 marks the 15th Conducting Competition.
The organization consists of an Executive Committee, an Organizing Committee,
a Panel of Judges, and a Competition Office. The Competition Office has
been set up within the Min-On Culture Center in Tokyo.
| Chairperson: | Hiroyasu KOBAYASHI(Japan) | President, Min-On Concert Association |
| Members: | Seiji OZAWA(Japan) | Music Director, Vienna State Opera Honorary Conductor Laureate, New Japan Philharmonic Director, Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto |
| Yuzo TOYAMA(Japan) | Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra | |
| Hiroshi WAKASUGI(Japan) | Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra Honorary Professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts Professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music Member, The Japan Art Academy |
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| Chairperson: | Takakazu WATANABE (Japan) | Executive Director, Min-On Concert Association |
| Members: | Tsuneyoshi KUCHINAKA(Japan) | Division Advisor, Min-On Concert Association |
| Kazuo MAE(Japan) | Former Director, Sapporo Concert Hall | |
| Tadaaki OTAKA(Japan) | Conductor Laureate, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director, The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Honorary Conductor Laureate, Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo Honorary Guest Conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Yukinori TEZUKA(Japan) | Former Permanent Conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Yuzo TOYAMA(Japan) | Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra | |
| Toshiaki UMEDA(Japan) | Former Permanent Conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra | |
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| Chairperson: | Yuzo TOYAMA (Japan) | Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Judges: | Peter Gülke (Germany) | Conductors’ Forum of the German Music Council,(1996-2007 Chairperson of the main Committee) Member, Academies in Darmstadt, Munich and Dresden |
| Junichi Hirokami (Japan) | Music Director, Columbus Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra Professor for Conducting, Tokyo College of Music |
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| Rainer Küchl (Austria) | Principal Concertmaster, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Professor, University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna | |
| Tadaaki OTAKA (Japan) | Conductor Laureate, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director, The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Honorary Conductor Laureate, Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo Honorary Guest Conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Jorma PANULA (Finland) | Former Professor for Conducting, The Sibelius Academy | |
| Carlo Rizzi (Italy) | Music Director, Welsh National Opera Principal Guest Conductor, Teatro Comunale de Bologne |
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| Claude SAMUEL (France) | Music Critic President of ACDA (Association pour la Creation et la Diffusion Artistique), Organizer of International Music Competitions of the City of Paris |
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| Hubert Soudant (Netherlands) | Music Director, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra | |
| Ken Takaseki (Japan) | Honorary Conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra Permanent Conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra |
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| (in alphabetical order) |
