一柳　慧

Ichiyanagi, Toshi

1933 - 2022 　アメリカ

After that, Ichiyanagi developed his works based on the concept “music as a spatial art”. Some of these works are Piano Concerto No.1 “Reminiscence of Spaces” which was first awarded the Otaka Prize in 1981, Piano Concerto No. 2 “Portrait of Winter” which was also awarded the Otaka Prize in 1987, a series of “cloud Atlas” for pianos which were written over 15 years since 1984, operas, symphonies, chamber music, Japanese music, and so on. He received a lot of Prizes such as the Otaka Prize, the French Medal for Culture, the Mainichi Arts Award, the Kyoto Music Award, the Suntory Music Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, the Gold Rays with Rosette, and the Persons in Cultural Merit etc. Currently, he serves as Adviser of the Japan Music Competition, Councilor of Suntory Foundation for Arts, General Artistic Director of the Kanagawa Arts Foundation, etc. In addition, he has been actively involved in the spread of contemporary music, such as the founding of the “Ichiyanagi Toshi Contemporary Award”.