鼓童が第33回松尾芸能賞＜邦楽優秀賞＞を受賞 2012年2月22日 Kodo Receives 33rd Matsuo Performing Arts Award for "Japanese Music" Feb 22, 2012

このたび鼓童は、日本の文化・芸能の保存、向上に寄与した芸能関係者に贈られる「松尾芸能賞」（主催：財団法人松尾芸能振興財団）の邦楽優秀賞に選ばれました。これまでにも素晴らしい芸能者の方々が選ばれています。今年の受賞者は以下の通りで、授賞式は3月29日に東京都内で行われます。

【大賞】
三谷幸喜氏（脚本家）

【優秀賞】
白石加代子氏（俳優）、安奈淳氏（俳優）、千昌夫氏（歌手）、鼓童、国本武春氏（浪曲）

【新人賞】
中村勘九郎氏（歌舞伎）、清元栄吉氏（清元三味線）

■松尾芸能賞
日本の伝統ある劇場芸能を助成・振興し、日本独自の文化、芸能の保存及び向上に寄与することを目的に、財団法人松尾芸能振興財団が芸能関係者に与える昭和54年に創設された芸能賞。
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Kodo has been selected to receive the Matsuo Performing Arts Award for "Japanese Music" (presented by the Matsuo Entertainment Development Foundation), which is given to people in the performing arts world for their contribution to the preservation and elevation of Japanese culture and performing arts.
There is a long list of great performers who have been selected in the past. The awards ceremony will be held on March 29 in Tokyo and this year's recipients are as listed below.

*Grand Prix: Koki Mitani (scriptwriter)

*Award of Excellence: Kayoko Shiraishi (actor), Jun Anna (actor), Masao Sen (singer), Kodo (taiko performing arts), Takeharu Kunimoto (recitation of stories accompanied by shamisen)

*New Artist Award: Kankuro Nakamura (Kabuki), Eikichi Kiyomoto (Kiyomoto shamisen)

*Matsuo Performing Arts Award

This performing arts award was established in 1979 by the Matsuo Entertainment Development Foundation to bestow on people in the performing arts world. The objective of this award is to contribute to the support & promotion of Japanese traditional theater arts and the preservation & improvement of Japan-specific culture & performing arts.

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