"Arion Award" and "Minao Shibata Award"
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Details about the public appeal
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About the public appeal for the Minao Shibata Award 2007
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- Background
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Music criticism contributes widely and socially to the improvement of the quality of musical culture. Our goal is to raise music criticism in the future by recompensing competent writers with the Minao Shibata Award.
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- Jury Members
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Takuo Ikeda (Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Cultural Department)
Nobuhiro Itoh (Musicology / Music critic)
Bin Ebisawa (Musicology)
Akeo Okada (Western music history)
Masakazu Kitanaka (music critic)
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- Application requirements
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Nationality and age irrelevant
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- Important points for the participation
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1．See description 1 + 2 below. 3 works in Japanese have to be handed in.
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(1) Concert critic of 2 concerts
Please choose two concerts out of the seven concerts proposed below to compose a critic of 3 pages with 400 characters (1200 characters). Listen and write!
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A
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Opening Concert
Mozart “Great Mass”, Rachmaninov “Piano Sonata no.3”
July 5 at 7p.m., Tokyo Opera City Hall
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B
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Island of Fire and Ice: Iceland: Jóhann Jóhannsson's World
July 10, 11 at 7p.m., Miraikan Museum
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C
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Caribbean Island: Haitian Vodou Music & Dance
July 13 at 7p.m., 14 at 2p.m., Sogetsu Hall
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D
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Tokyo's Islands I: Local Religious Rituals and Folk Performances from Aogashima Island
July 15, 16 at 3p.m., Sogetsu Hall
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E
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Tanzanian Island: The Music of Zanzibar: Taarab
July 19 at 7.p.m., C.C. Lemon Hall
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F
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Arion Young Talen Series: Piano Double Recital
July 26 at 7p.m., Kioi Hall
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G
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Three Masters of Cuban Singing: Nueva Trova Night
July 30 at 7p.m., Hamarikyu Asahi Hall
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＊For the concerts A-G organized up to three discount tickets can be purchased (A concert: C-Seat, G concert: student tickets excluded).
Reservations via Arion Ticket Center: 03-5301-0950
＊Applications accepted from May 1 to November 30.
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(2) Critical comment on music
Theme: Music criticism - what for?
15 - 25 pages with 400 characters (6,000 - 10,000 characters)
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2．Necessary information
Name, address, telephone number, sex, birthday, short resume
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3．Deadline
30 November 2007, 6p.m.
Please send the work in by mail or e-mail (.doc or .txt documents)
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- Judging process
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From written documents (interview if necessary)
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- Award ceremony
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April 2008
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- Prize
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The first prize of the Minao Shibata Award is attributed to excellent music critics. The prize consists of a certificate of merit and 600,000 Yen. Exceptionally, the prize winner receives 1000,000 Yen, if this is linked to an over-sea study scholarship. Applicants receive three discount tickets for the concerts
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Minao Shibata (1916 - 1996): Composer, music critic, musicologist
While Minao Shibata enrolled in the science department and the literature graduate faculty of Tokyo University, he also studied the cello, piano, composition and direction techniques. Related to the founding of the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he educated numerous musicians and composers also at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Arts and Music and Japan Women's University.
Working for the NHK, Asahi Newspaper, and in Europe, he developed musical journalism based on profound objectivity. From 1970 on, he was devoted to folk music and Japanese traditional music. By attributing his name to the award, Minao Shibata's achievements as a person and a member of the jury are highly honored.
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- Contact
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Arion-Edo Foundation
"Minao Shibata Award"
OT Bldg. 2F, Tomigaya 1-46-9, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0063
e-mail: info@arion-edo.org
Tel: 03-5465-0755 Fax: 03-5465-0766
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