The 32nd Idemitsu Music Award Ceremony and Gala Concert were held.

Born on December 20, 2001 in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture.
In 2022, he won first prize at the Long-Thibaud International Competition, and also received the special awards of the Audience Award and the Critic's Award.
He has received numerous awards both at home and abroad, including first place at the Japan Music Competition and the Pitina Special Grand Prix.
He has performed with major orchestras in Japan, including the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. He entered Toho Gakuen School of Music as an early admission scholarship student and will graduate at the top of his class in March 2023. He has also appeared in many media programs, including "The World's Most Wanted Lesson," "Sunday First-time Learning," and "Untitled Concert Concert." In 2023, he received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Director-General's Award (International Arts Division) and the 32nd Idemitsu Music Award. He is currently enrolled in the Soloist Diploma Course at Karlsruhe University of Music and Toho Gakuen School of Music.

Born on December 26, 1993 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
In 2016, he won first place and six special prizes at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition. In 2021, he won fourth place at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. At just 19 years old, he was the youngest prize winner at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He is the first Japanese to win first place and the Audience Prize at the Kissingen International Piano Olympiad.
He has performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and others, and has performed in over 20 countries around the world, often appearing at international music festivals. He has released two CDs. Ongaku no Tomosha published a collection of Tomoki Sakata's piano arrangements, "Vocalise" and "A Dream After." He received the 2017 Yokohama Culture Award culture/art Encouragement Award, the 32nd Idemitsu Music Award, and the 2023 Kanagawa Culture Award Future Award.

Born October 24, 1988 in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture.
Became the first Japanese to win the vocal section of the 27th Brahms International Competition. Winner of the 87th Japan Music Competition. Since 2011, she has been studying in the master's program in the Department of Vocal Music at the Vienna State University of Music and Performing Arts, graduating unanimously at the top of her class. So far, she has played the title role in Verdi's La Traviata, Mozart's The False Gardener, as well as in plays such as Perera and Electric Dreams at the Vienna Musikverein, the Konzerthaus, the Grand Theater of Geneva, the Lucerne Theater, and the City Theater of Baden. He has appeared in numerous world premiere operas and concerts, attracting attention from all over the world. In Japan, she is an up-and-coming soprano who has sung the national anthem at the NHK New Year Opera Concert and the professional baseball all-star game. Recipient of the 2019 Goto Memorial Cultural Award Opera Newcomer Award and the 32nd Idemitsu Music Award.