Composer of the Year
2024-2025
Historic OEK Composer of the Year
| 2023-2024Shoichi Yabuta | Accumulate for OrchestraFirst performed：7 September 2024 Performance：Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Ryusuke Numajiri |
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| 2022-2023Shin-ichiro Ikebe | Symphony No. 11First performed：15 September 2023 Performance：Shin-ichiro Ikebe 80th Birthday Concert Venue：Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall Conductor：Junichi Hirokami Notes：co-commissioned with the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation |
| 2021-2022Toshio Hosokawa | Ceremony for Flute and Orchestra (2022)First performed：1 October 2022 (Japanese Premiere) Performance：The 459th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Nodoka Okisawa Notes：co-commissioned with Tonhalle Orchester Zürich |
| 2020-2021Yoichi Sugiyama | Berceuse (Autoritratto II) for OrchestraFirst performed：17 March 2022 Performance：The 453rd Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Kentaro Kawase |
| 2019-2020Kenji Sakai | Jupiter HallucinationFirst performed：27 February 2021 Performance：The 438th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Kentaro Kawase |
| 2018-2019Miho Hazama | Dom Justo’s FaithFirst performed：25 January 2020 Performance：The 424th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Maxime Pascal |
| 2017-2018Shin-ichiro Ikebe | Beyond This Wind for OrchestraFirst performed：8 September 2018 Performance：Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hubert Soudant |
| 2016-2017Thierry Escaich | Organ Concerto No.3 "Quatre Visages du Temps"First performed：18 July 2017 Performance：The 392nd Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue Organ：Thierry Escaich Notes：co-commissioned with Auditorium-Orchestre national de Lyon and American Guild of Organists |
| 2015-2016Toshi Ichiyanagi | Symphony No.10 —Scenes of Various MemoriesFirst performed：2 June 2016 Performance：The 377th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Kentaro Kawase Award：Otaka Prize (2017) |
| 2014-2015Atsuhiko Gondai | Vice VersaFirst performed：18 July 2015 Performance：The 365th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue Award：Otaka Prize (2016) |
| 2012-2014Unsuk Chin | Graffiti for large ensembleFirst performed：6 September 2014 (Asian Premiere) Performance：Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Kazuki Yamada Notes：co-commissioned with Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Barbican and Musik Fabrik |
| 2011-2012Misato Mochizuki | 3 Mille mondesFirst performed：8 September 2011 Performance：The 306th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue |
| 2010-2011Takashi Kako | Vermilion ScapeFirst performed：3 September 2010 Performance：Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert in Toyama Venue：Toyama Kenmin Kaikan Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue |
| 2009-2010Roger Boutry | Concerto for Alto and Soprano SaxophonesFirst performed：6 September 2009 Performance：The 266th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue Saxophone：Nobuya Sugawa |
| 2008-2009Shigeaki Saegusa | Piano Concerto "Philosophy of Squids"First performed：10 September 2008 Performance：The 246th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall, Ishikawa Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue Piano：Kaori Kimura Narrator：Toshiya Yabuuchi |
| 2007-2008Toshi Ichiyanagi | Symphony No. 7 "Ishikawa Paraphrase" —In memory of Hiroyuki IwakiFirst performed：8 January 2008 Performance：The 234th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Michiyoshi Inoue |
| 2006-2007Tokuhide Niimi | Sinfonia Concertante "Elan Vital"First performed：7 September 2006 Performance：The 206th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Yuzo Toyama Award：Otaka Prize (2007) |
| 2005-2006Yoshio Mamiya | Tableaux pour Orchestre 2005First performed：24 November 2005 Performance：The 191st Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 2004-2005Atsuhiko Gondai | 84000×0=0 for Orchestra, Op.88First performed：19 March 2005 Performance：The 178th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 2004-2005Lera Auerbach | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 77First performed：21 September 2004 Performance：The 167th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Violin：Akiko Suwanai |
| 2003-2004Toshiro Saruya | AneamnesisFirst performed：19 September 2002 Performance：The 147th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 2002-2003Akira Miyoshi | Three ImagesFirst performed：8 September 2002 Performance：The 126th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Piano：Kaori Kimura Chorus：Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Chorus, OEK Angel Chorus |
| 2001-2002Teizo Matsumura | To the night of GethsemaneFirst performed：8 September 2002 Performance：The 126th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Ongakudo Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 2000-2001Tetsuji Emura | The Wedge for OrchestraFirst performed：4 September 2000 Performance：Subscription Concert in Niigata Venue：Niigata City Performing Arts Center Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 1999-2000Hikaru Hayashi | THRENUS for OrchestraFirst performed：1 October 1999 Performance：The 85th Subscription Concert Venue：Kanazawa Kanko Kaikan Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 1998-1999Keiko Fujiie | Guitar Concerto No. 2 "Koisucho"First performed：12 March 1999 Performance：The 80th Subscription Concert Venue：Ishikawa Kouseinenkin Kaikan Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Guitar：Kazuhito Yamashita Award：Otaka Prize (2000) |
| 1997-1998Shin-ichiro Ikebe | Les Bois Tristes for OrchestraFirst performed：3 September 1998 Performance：The 75th Subscription Concert Venue：Kanazawa Kanko Kaikan Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Award：Otaka Prize (1999) |
| 1996-1997.4Toshiro Mayuzumi | Passacaglia (unfinished)First performed：31 August 1997 Performance：The 67th Subscription Concert Venue：Kanazawa Kanko Kaikan Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 1995-1996.2Toru Takemitsu | (unfinished) |
| 1993-1995Joji Yuasa | Piano ConcertinoFirst performed：24 September 1994 Performance：The 4th Nagoya Subscription Concert Venue：Aichi Performing Arts Theatre Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Piano：Kaori Kimura |
| 1992-1993Akira Nishimura | Birds HeterophonyFirst performed：19 September 1993 Performance：The 2nd Nagoya Subscription Concert Venue：Aichi Performing Arts Theatre Concert Hall Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 1991-1992Yuzo Toyama | Symphonic IshikawaFirst performed：24 October 1992 Performance：The 7th National Cultural Festival Opening Ceremony Venue：Kanazawa Kanko Kaikan Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki |
| 1988-1991Maki Ishii | Fushi (Gestalt des Windes) 2First performed：3 October 1989 Performance：Europalia Arts Festival 1989 Venue：Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Nohkan：Michiko Akao |
| 1988-1991Toshi Ichiyanagi | Chamber Concerto "The Origin" with Solo KotoFirst performed：3 October 1989 Performance：Europalia Arts Festival 1989 Venue：Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Conductor：Hiroyuki Iwaki Koto：Chieko Fukunaga |