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Ichiro Nodaira<\/h2>\r\n

Ichiro Nodaira (b. 1953, Tokyo), composer concert pianist and conductor, graduated in composition from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1978, he went to Paris on a scholarship granted by the French government and continued his studies at Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Paris.<\/p>\r\n

Mr. Nodaira has performed as a piano soloist with many orchestras, and as chamber musician with many prominent soloists. In 1994 he organized Tokyo Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra specializing in contemporary music, and he had a position of its first musical director between 1994 and 1999. He performed the world premiere of P.Manoury, G.Benjamin, Y.Matsudaira\u2019s works, and the Japan premiere of G.Ligeti, T.Takemitsu\u2019s works.<\/p>\r\n

To date, Mr. Noda\u00efra has composed over eighty works for orchestra, opera, chamber ensemble, and solo instruments commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, IRCAM, the Deutche Simfonie Orchester Berlin, the National Theatre of Japan and other festivals, institutions. He composed \u00ab Fire strings, concerto for electric guitar and orchestra\u00bb premiered by Steve Vai in 2002, the first opera \u00abMadrugada\u00bb (with a libretto by Barry Gifford based on an idea by Toru Takemitsu), premiered under the baton of Kent Nagano in Germany in 2005, and recently, he composed\u300aIki-no-michi\u300bfor saxophone and computer at IRCAM, Paris\u2019s Pompidou Center in 2012.<\/p>\r\n

Mr. Nodaira has received many prizes: the 44th Otaka Award, the 46th Education Minister\u2019s Art Encourage Prize for Freshmen (1996), the 35th Suntory Musical Award(2004), 55th Art Encourage Prize offered by the Ministry of Education and Culture(2005), and the 61th Otaka Award(2013). He received the purple ribbon from the Japanese government in 2012. Ichiro Noda\u00efra received the Japan Art Academy Prize 2018, it is individuals outside of Academy members who have produced works of art deemed to be outstanding, and individuals who are recognized to have made distinguished contributions to the advancement of art. Sagawa Yoshio Music Award (2019) Awarded as musical adviser of Orchestra Nipponica. The 52nd Eneos Music Award (2022) Awarded as a Music Composer, Pianist, Conductor and Producer. Mr. Nodaira became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Mr. Nodaira retired as a professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (2009~2021),\u00a0 become a emeritus professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and\u00a0 a professor at Tokyo College of Music in April of the same year. He is also artistic director of the concert hall AOI of Shizuoka city. The chairman of the Gabriel Urbain Faur\u00e9’s Association. The chairman of the Beethovenkreis Japan. The head Piano July of Tokyo Music Competition, The international piano competition of Orleans chairman in April 2022. <\/span>The head Piano Jury of the 8th Sendai International Music Competition in 2022. 2021~2023 La Fondation Prince Pierre de MONACO pour la cr\u00e9ation contemporaine chairman.<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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