Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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Edition 75 (2025) award
Junichi Hirokami
ひろかみ じゅんいち
Hirokami Jun'ichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-05-05 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Columbus, Ohio, USA → Kyoto, Japan → Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan → Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
- Occupations
- Conductor, Educator, Music Director
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra (Assistant Conductor), Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (Principal Conductor), Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Conductor / Advisor), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Guest Conductor), Limburg Symphony Orchestra (Principal Conductor), Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Music Director), Kyoto Symphony Orchestra (Principal Conductor / Artistic Advisor), Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Artistic Leader), Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (Music Director)
- Influenced By
- Yasuhiko Shiozawa, Atsutada Otaka, Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo College of Music | — | Conducting / Composition / Piano (studies) | — | 1979-1983 | Japan |
| Shonan Gakuen High School (Music Course) | — | Music course | — | 1974-1977 | Japan |
Tokyo College of Music
Conducting / Composition / Piano (studies)
Period:
1979-1983
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
Japan
Studied conducting with Yasuhiko Shiozawa; composition and piano with Atsutada Otaka.
Shonan Gakuen High School (Music Course)
Music course
Period:
1974-1977
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1st Kirill Kondrashin International Conducting Competition — Winner | — | — | Kirill Kondrashin International Conducting Competition | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Japan Conductors Association Encouragement Prize | — | — | Japan Conductors Association | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Watanabe Akio Music Foundation — Music Prize | — | — | Watanabe Akio Music Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Suntory Music Award (46th, 2014) | Recognition together with Kyoto Symphony Orchestra | — | Suntory Music Award | 受賞（楽団と共に） |
| 2016 | Arima Prize (36th) | For contributions through collaborations with the NHK Symphony Orchestra | — | NHK Symphony Orchestra (Arima Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Arts Encouragement Prize / Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award | Reconstruction support activities through music in the Noto Peninsula earthquake-affected areas | — | Arts Encouragement/Agency for Cultural Affairs | 受賞 |
1st Kirill Kondrashin International Conducting Competition — Winner
1984
Organization:
Kirill Kondrashin International Conducting Competition
Result:
受賞
Japan Conductors Association Encouragement Prize
1982
Organization:
Japan Conductors Association
Result:
受賞
Watanabe Akio Music Foundation — Music Prize
1994
Organization:
Watanabe Akio Music Foundation
Result:
受賞
Suntory Music Award (46th, 2014)
2015
Work:
Recognition together with Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
Organization:
Suntory Music Award
Result:
受賞（楽団と共に）
Arima Prize (36th)
2016
Work:
For contributions through collaborations with the NHK Symphony Orchestra
Organization:
NHK Symphony Orchestra (Arima Prize)
Result:
受賞
Arts Encouragement Prize / Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2025
Work:
Reconstruction support activities through music in the Noto Peninsula earthquake-affected areas
Organization:
Arts Encouragement/Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Liszt: Piano Concertos (with Barry Douglas and the London Symphony Orchestra)
1989 ClassicalA recording with the London Symphony Orchestra featuring Liszt's piano concertos, with Barry Douglas as soloist.
Romantic repertoirePiano concertos
Legacy
An internationally active conductor who has guest-conducted major orchestras worldwide and contributed to the rise of the Kyoto Symphony during his tenure. He has served as an educator at Tokyo College of Music and Kyoto City University of Arts and is recognized for community and reconstruction support activities.
Academic Societies
- Tokyo College of Music (faculty)
- Kyoto City University of Arts (visiting professor)
Archives
- National Diet Library authority data
- BnF data
In Popular Culture
- TV appearances (SWITCH Interview, Tokyu Sylvester Concert, etc.)
Trivia
- As a junior high school student he was a fan who followed idols such as Momoe Yamaguchi, Masako Mori and Junko Sakurada.
- Made his Vienna debut conducting the Vienna Symphony at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1991.
- Served as Music Director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra from 2006 until leaving the post in 2008.