Shin Mizutani

Shin Mizutani
水谷 晨
Born (1991-12-03) December 3, 1991

Shin Mizutani (Japanese: 水谷 晨; born December 3, 1991) is a Japanese contemporary music composer.[1][2][3] He completed the Master's Program in Music at the Graduate School of Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music. He studied under Richard Barrett and others,[4] and pursued studies at the Codarts University for the Arts and the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.[5] In 2018, Mizutani was awarded a prize at the International Composition Competition "Città di Udine", with the result reported in the Italian newspaper Il Friuli.[6] In 2022, Mizutani presented a portrait concert commemorating the Great East Japan Earthquake. The event was reviewed by musicologist Minoru Nishihara in the Japanese music magazine Ongaku Gendai.[7]

Publications

His works are published by Donemus.[8]

Awards

  • 1st Prize, Solo and Ensemble Composition Category, 12th Concorso Internazionale di Composizione "Città di Udine" (Italy)[9]
  • 2nd Prize, 4th Sergey Slonimsky International Composition Competition (Russia)[10]
  • 2nd Prize, Category A, International Competition for Young Musicians, Città di Barletta (Italy)[11]
  • 1st Prize, Category B, International Competition for Young Musicians, Città di Barletta (Italy)
  • 3rd Prize, Category C, International Competition for Young Musicians, Città di Barletta (Italy)
  • Special Mention, Andrea Celarso Rome Prize (Italy)
  • Finalist, Luciano Berio International Composition Competition (Italy)[12]
  • Runner-up, Dimitri Mitropoulos International Composition Competition (Greece)[13]

References

  1. ↑ "id3679". www.consmi.it. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  2. ↑ "id3698". www.consmi.it. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  3. ↑ "id378115". cidim.it. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
  4. ↑ "Shin MIZUTANI". calls.ircam.fr. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Shin Mizutani". donemus.nl. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  6. ↑ Ioime, Andrea (13 October 2018). "Udine ancora capitale della nuova musica". Il Friuli (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  7. ↑ Nishihara, Minoru (May 2022). "東日本大震災追悼コンサート 水谷晨個展 (Portrait Concert Commemorating the Great East Japan Earthquake – Shin Mizutani Portrait)". Ongaku Gendai (in Japanese). Geijutsu Gendaisha.
  8. ↑ "Mizutani, Shin". webshop.donemus.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  9. ↑ "andato al compositore giapponese Shin Mizutani". www.ilfriuli.it. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  10. ↑ "The Fourth International Sergei Slonimsky Composition Competition Results". en.remusik.org. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  11. ↑ "risultati" (PDF). www.culturaemusica.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-10-31. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  12. ↑ "Shin Mizutani, Japan". santacecilia.it. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  13. ↑ "MIZUTANI Shin (Japan) – To Hen". www.mitropouloscompetition.gr. Retrieved 2025-10-31.