【DCEXPO2019】Awarding Ceremony for ASIAGRAPH2019 Tsumugi & Takumi Awards and Talk Session “Neo Cosmos emerging from the Convergence of Art and Science”

This year’s Tsumugi Award will be given to internationally renowned composer, arranger, and music producer Akira Senju who has won numerous awards including Japan Academy Prizes for Music. In 2019, one of his works “Utagoe no hibiki” in which he was involved as composer and pianist, was presented to Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan at Commemoration Ceremony of the Thirtieth Anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor's Accession to the Throne. Takumi Award will be given to Nobuko Nakano who is a neuroscientist, Doctor of Medical Science and cognitive scientist. She is actively engaging in research and publishing books on the subjects of brain and psychology. She published her new book “Onna ni umarete moyatteru !” in June 2019. Her books and talks are acclaimed for shedding light on possible phenomena in human society and people living there from a scientific point of view. Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Artist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo will serve as a moderator for this conference. He is now holding a solo exhibition “Life in Five Hundred Million Years’ Time Yoichiro Kawaguchi : BEYOND AI” at Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. Please enjoy the talks which nobody can expect which way they will go with the theme of “Neo Cosmos emerging from the Convergence of Art and Science”

Winner

Akira Senju

Composer

Nakano nobuko

Higashi Nippon International University

Yoichiro Kawaguchi

Artist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo