池辺晋一郎（総合プロデューサー）Shinichiro Ikebe

作曲家。日本音楽コンクール、尾高賞などの受賞の他、映画、テレビ等の附帯音楽分野での受賞も多数。04年紫綬褒章受章。18年文化功労者として顕彰される。主要作品は交響曲No.1～10、オペラ「死神」「高野聖」他。演劇音楽は約500本を担当した。現在、東京音楽大学名誉教授、東京オペラシティ・ミュージックディレクター、横浜みなとみらいホール館長等を務める。96年より13年間、ＮＨＫ教育テレビ「Ｎ響アワー」の司会を担当した。2018年10月より「ばらのまち福山国際音楽祭」総合プロデューサー。

Shinichiro Ikebe is a composer who, in addition to his Music Competition of Japan award, Otaka Prize, and many other awards, has received numerous accolades for his incidental music pieces for various movies and television programs. In 2004, he was awarded a Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese government, and in 2018 he was chosen as a Person of Cultural Merit. His main works include Symphonies no. 1-10 and the operas “Shinigami” and “Koya Hijiri,” and he has worked on over 500 pieces of music for the stage. Currently, he serves many roles including as emeritus professor at the Tokyo College of Music, music director at the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation, and director at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall. From 1996, he also hosted the NHK Educational TV program “NHK Philharmonic Hour” for thirteen years.

(C)東京オペラシティ文化財団　撮影：武藤章