The 1st Purple Ribbon Composition Contest 《Purple Ribbon Composition Award》 Final Round

Program

• Intermezzo (Interlude)" for the day when there will be no more domestic violence

  Makoto Nomura

Psychological clinician Kazuyuki Kusayanagi (a juror for this composition award), in the development of his wide-ranging activities, came up with the need for music to pray for the eradication of domestic violence, and commissioned Makoto Nomura to compose a piece for his own piano performance in 2001, which was the composer's first performance, giving birth to this piece. The title of the piece means "a piece of music to be performed until the day DV is eliminated," with the paradoxical intention of wishing that the piece would not be performed as soon as possible. Since its premiere, Kusayanagi has performed it at symposiums in Japan, as well as at peace events in Korea and China, and it has been featured as a concert piece by pianists in the UK, Malaysia, and widely abroad.

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[Judges
■NOMURA Makoto
Director of Community Programs, Century Orchestra of Japan. Internationally acclaimed composer and pianist. He has been a guest professor at Indonesia's National University of the Arts and a lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He is the author of "Composing the Future of Music" (Shobunsha) and other books. In 2018, he participated in the Cornwall Residency of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra as an invited composer. He has appeared at MITO Settembre Musica 2019 (Italy), Solo International Performing Arts 2021 (Indonesia) and other festivals, and has been featured on BBC Radio 3 (UK), Polskie Radio (Poland) and others. His works have been performed in over 20 countries.

Tomomi Shimizu
Tomomi Shimizu is a pianist and composer. She graduated from Musashino Music College with a degree in piano. She has won many prizes, including the third prize in the Contemporary Music Competition "KYOGAKU VI". Several composers have written new works with Shimizu in mind, many of which have received their world premieres, and he also gives a recital tour every year. He has been commissioned to compose music for theater and dance, and also performs readings of "Himawari," a memoir by a domestic violence victim.

Kazuyuki Kusayanagi
Kazuyuki Kusayanagi has worked as a lecturer at Toho Gakuen School of Music and Waseda University, and is currently a part-time lecturer at Daito Bunka College. He is a certified counseling psychologist by the Counseling Association of Japan. Member of the Steering Committee of the Tokyo Branch of the Japan Counseling Association. Member of the Japan Music Therapy Society. Author of "Domestic Violence" (Iwanami Shoten), co-author of "Standard Introduction to Music Therapy, Vol. 2" (Shunju-sha), and many others. He received the Social Contribution Award from the Foundation for Social Contribution Support in 2007. Founder of this composition award.