About Us

Ise-Shima Art Company Co., Ltd. is a registered Japanese company based in Tokyo.

Founded in 2017, we organize and support international artistic activities in the fields of music, composition, digital art, visual art, lyrics, and cross-disciplinary creative practices.

Our mission is to create opportunities for composers, musicians, artists, lyricists, and creators to present their works beyond national and cultural borders.

Through international competitions, online calls, interviews, educational activities, and digital platforms, we aim to connect creators and audiences from different countries and artistic backgrounds.

International Activities

Ise-Shima Art Company has received applications from many countries and regions, including Asia, Europe, the Americas, Oceania, and other parts of the world.

In recent years, our international competitions have received more than 500 applications per year in total. These applications have come from composers, musicians, artists, lyricists, and creators from around the world.

We provide online international platforms that allow applicants to submit their works from anywhere in the world. Our activities are not limited to Japan; we aim to create open opportunities for creators with diverse cultural, artistic, and educational backgrounds.

Our projects involve musicians, composers, artists, researchers, educators, and cultural professionals with international backgrounds. We value diversity in artistic expression and aim to provide opportunities where works from different countries and styles can be seriously considered.

Our Competitions

Ise-Shima Art Company organizes international competitions in music, composition, popular music composition, lyrics, digital art, visual art, and related creative fields.

Our current and past competitions include international composition competitions, popular music composition competitions, lyric competitions, and other artistic competitions.

For each competition, we publish the regulations before application. The deadline, application fee, prizes, submission method, judging process, and result announcement schedule are clearly stated on the official website.

Past competition results are also published publicly on our official website.

Payment of an application fee does not guarantee selection, prize, publication, or promotion. All submitted works are reviewed according to the published regulations of each competition.

Fair Judging Policy

Ise-Shima Art Company places strong importance on fair judging.

Our competitions are not intended to reward personal connections, recommendations, academic affiliation, nationality, age, popularity, or prior relationship with our members. We aim to evaluate the submitted works themselves.

In our judging process, the central focus is the quality of the work: its originality, creativity, artistic identity, expressive power, and overall completion.

We believe that a competition should be a place where works are judged as fairly as possible, not a place where personal relationships or external status determine the result.

For this reason, our competitions are conducted according to published regulations, and we continue to improve our process so that applicants can submit their works with confidence.

Artistic Direction and Jury

The main jury member for our composition-related competitions is Sumio Kobayashi.

Sumio Kobayashi is a Japanese composer, artist, linguist, and Associate Professor at Nihon University College of Art, Department of Music. His work crosses multiple fields, including contemporary classical music, digital art, visual art, and linguistic research.

As a composer, he has received recognition in Japan and internationally. His achievements include second place at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award, a special prize at the Isang Yun International Composition Prize, first prize at the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 International Composers’ Competition, and first prize at the Busan MARU International Composition Competition.

He has also been associated with international contemporary music festivals and artistic platforms, including Takefu International Music Festival, Icon Arts Contemporary Music Festival, and Tongyeong International Music Festival.

His interdisciplinary background supports Ise-Shima Art Company’s artistic direction. In judging composition-related competitions, we value not only technical skill, but also originality, creativity, artistic vision, and the individuality of each work.

Trust and Transparency

Ise-Shima Art Company Co., Ltd. is a registered Japanese company based in Tokyo.

Our competition regulations, application fees, deadlines, prizes, submission requirements, judging process, and result announcement schedules are published before application.

Past competition results are published on our official website.

Applicants can contact us through our official email address.

Payment of the application fee does not guarantee selection, prize, publication, or promotion. All submitted works are reviewed according to the published regulations of each competition.

We aim to provide clear and transparent information so that applicants from around the world can understand how our competitions are organized and submit their works with confidence.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to provide international opportunities for composers, musicians, artists, lyricists, and creators who wish to present their works beyond their own country.

We especially hope to support emerging creators, young artists, and independent creators who are seeking new places to share their work internationally.

Ise-Shima Art Company will continue to develop platforms that connect music, art, words, digital expression, and international cultural exchange.

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e-mail: info at iseshimaart.com 

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tel: (050) 5809-5243 (Japan)

address: Miyamasu-zaka 2Cho-me, 19-15 Miyamasu-zaka Build. 609

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email: info at iseshimaart.com

Event Director: Hajime Kimura