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The Fumio Koizumi Prize ( ja, 小泉文夫音楽賞) is an international
award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awa ...
for achievements in
ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...
, presented annually in Tokyo,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The prize is awarded by the Fumio Koizumi (小泉文夫) Trust each April 4, the date of Fumio's birthday. The recipient receives an award certificate in addition to prize money. The winners must be present at the ceremony, deliver a prize lecture, and deliver another lecture at another Japanese university of his/her choice.


Entry and prize consideration

Nominations for the Fumio Koizumi Prize can be made only by the members of the Fumio Koizumi Prize
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. The prize Committee consists of seven members, outstanding
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese scholars in
musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
and
ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...
. Committee designates independent
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s to evaluate each entry and discusses all the entries at the meeting, held in Tokyo in December. The winner can be a single scholar, of a group of scholars. The prize awarding ceremony is held in Tokyo, in April–May.


History

The Fumio Koizumi Trust was established by Koizumi Mieko, widow of Professor Koizumi Fumio (1927–83), on October 11, 1989, to commemorate her husband's lifelong devotion to
ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...
and to honour individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to this field. The first Fumio Koizumi Prize was awarded in 1989 to a British ethnomusicologist
John Blacking John Anthony Randoll Blacking (22 October 1928 – 24 January 1990) was a British ethnomusicologist and social anthropologist. Early life and education John Blacking was born in Guildford, Surrey, and was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School ...
, and to Ethnomusicology Research Group of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Up to now, 27 individuals and 2 groups have been awarded this prize. List of the winners of the prize together with the reasons for the award can be seen at the Fumio Koizumi Prize in Ethnomusicology Website From 2009 year onwards presented prize lecture texts are also placed on the prize website.


List of Recipients of the Fumio Koizumi Prize

1989 *
John Blacking John Anthony Randoll Blacking (22 October 1928 – 24 January 1990) was a British ethnomusicologist and social anthropologist. Early life and education John Blacking was born in Guildford, Surrey, and was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School ...
(Professor emeritus, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom) * Ethnomusicology Research Group of
Tokyo University of the Arts or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...
1990 * Suenobu Togi (東儀季信) (Lecturer, Department of Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles, performer of gagaku, Japanese court music) * Collection for Organology,
Kunitachi College of Music The is a private university, private music conservatory in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, Kunitachi now offers study programs in performance, music education, composition, comput ...
, Tokyo 1991 * José Maceda (Professor emeritus, University of the Philippines) * Kiyoshi Inobe (井野辺潔) (Professor, Osaka College of Music) 1992 * William P. Malm (Professor, University of Michigan) * (Associate Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts) 1993 *
Bruno Nettl Bruno Nettl (14 March 1930 – 15 January 2020) was an ethnomusicologist who was central in defining ethnomusicology as a discipline. His research focused on folk and traditional music, specifically Native American music the music of Iran and ...
(Professor emeritus, University of Illinois) 1994 * Trần Văn Khê (Professor emeritus, Université de Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV; director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) 1995 * Huang Xiangpeng (黄翔鹏) (Professor, Former director, the Music Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Arts) 1996 * (Professor, Director, Hokkaido Ainu Culture Research Center) 1997 *
Jean-Jacques Nattiez Jean-Jacques Nattiez (; born December 30, 1945 in Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal. He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiolo ...
(Professor, Université de Montréal) 1998 * Yoshihiko Tokomaru (徳丸吉彦) (Professor, Ochanomizu University) * (Professor, Osaka University) 1999 * Tomoaki Fujii (藤井知昭) (Professor, Associate director, The Chubu Institute for Advanced Studies, Chubu University) 2000 * Michio Mamiya (Professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, composer) 2001 * (Professor, Hiroshima City University) 2002 * Tukitani Tuneko (月溪恒子) (Professor, Osaka University of Arts) 2003 *
Steven Feld Steven Feld (born August 20, 1949) is an American ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, and linguist, who worked for many years with the Kaluli ( Bosavi) people of Papua New Guinea. He earned a MacArthur Fellowship in 1991. Early life Feld was bor ...
(Professor, University of New Mexico) 2004 * Yamada Yôichi (山田陽一) (Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts) 2005 * I Made Bandem (Professor, Director, Indonesian Institute of the Arts – Yogyakarta) 2006 * Krister Malm (Professor, Gothenburg University) 2007 * (Professor, Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts) * Gerald Groemer (Professor, University of Yamanashi) 2008 *
Simha Arom Simha Arom (born 1930) is a French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as a world expert on the music of central Africa, especially that of the Central African Republic. His books include '' African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Struc ...
(Directeur de recherche émérite au Centre national de recherches scientifiques) * Satoaki Gamô (蒲生郷昭) (Emeritus researcher, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,Tokyo) 2009 * Barbara Barnard Smith (Professor emerita, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) *
Joseph Jordania Joseph Jordania ( Georgian იოსებ ჟორდანია, born February 12, 1954 and also known under the misspelling of Joseph Zhordania) is an Australian– Georgian ethnomusicologist and evolutionary musicologist and professor. He ...
(Honorary fellow, University of Melbourne, Professor, Head of the Foreign Department of the International Research Centre for Traditional Polyphony at Tbilisi State Conservatory) 2010 * Shen Qia (沈洽) (Professor, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing) * Charles Keil (Professor Emeritus, Department of American Studies, University at Buffalo, State University of New York) 2011 * Izaly Zemtsovsky (Former Visiting Professor, Music & Slavic Depts., Stanford University) * Lee Bo-Hyung (李輔亨/이보형) (President, The Society for Korean Discology) 2012 * Murray Schafer (Professor, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto - The Glenn Gould School, composer) 2013 * Robert Garfias (Professor, University of California, Irvine) * (Tokyo) 2014 * * Chen Yingshi (陈应时) (Professor of Musicology, Shanghai Conservatory of Music) 2015 * Margaret Kartomi (Professor, Monash University) * Otanazar Matyakubov (Professor, the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, Tashkent) 2016 * Alison Tokita (Director, Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts) *
Patricia Shehan Campbell Patricia Shehan Campbell is an American musicologist. Life and career She is the Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music at the University of Washington, where she teaches courses at the interface of music education and ethnomusicology. Prior to ...
(Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music, University of Washington, music education-ethnomusicology) 2017 * Philip V. Bohlman (Professor, University of Chicago) * Haruko Komoda (薦田 治子) (Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae) 2018 * David W. Hughes (Research Associate, Department of Music and Japan Research Centre, SOAS, University of London)


References


External links


Fumio Koizumi Prize in Ethnomusicology Official website
{{Ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology Japanese music awards