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Tokyo International Competition for Conducting
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
A triennial international conducting competition organized by Min-On, whose lineage goes back to the Min-On Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting first chaired by Hideo Saito. Selection is by documents and video, followed by live rounds with a finale on stage in Tokyo.
- Organiser
- Min-On Music Association (Min-On Concert Association)
- Instruments
- Conducting
- Category
- Orchestral conducting
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
2024 applications accepted 5 February to 9 May 2024 (Japan time).
Rounds & time limits
- Document and video screening
- First and second preliminary rounds
- Final round with orchestra
Repertoire
Not published on the official pages we could check.Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- 1st: certificate, medal, JPY 2,000,000
- 2nd: certificate, medal, JPY 1,000,000
- 3rd: certificate, medal, JPY 500,000
- Hideo Saito Award: JPY 500,000 (discretionary)
- Encouragement Award: JPY 150,000 per honorable-mention finalist
Past editions
- 2024 — Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall (finale 13 October 2024) source
1st: Kornilios Viktor Michailidis (Greece); 2nd: Riley Holden Court-Wood (UK); 3rd: Ayano Yoshizaki (Japan); Honorable Mention: Hiroki Okazaki (Japan); Hideo Saito Award: Ayano Yoshizaki; Audience Award: Riley Holden Court-Wood; Orchestra Award: Kornilios Viktor Michailidis
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source