Joseph Jordania was awarded Fumio koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology on 27 May, 2010

On 27 May, 2010 Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology was awarded to a Georgian Scholar Joseph Jordania - Head of the International Bureau of the International Research Center  for Traditional Polyphony, Professor of Melbourne University, for his contribution in the study of Polyphony.
Joseph Jordania delivered lectures at Tokyo Music Academy (May 28) and Sendai University  (May 29).
One of the Japanese Publishing houses offered the scholar to publish a 200-page-book on the origin of polyphony in Japanese.
Prof. Jordania paid a visit to the Aine people on the Isle of Hokkaido - the Ainu people, who have tradition of polyphonic singing.
To the Prize awarding ceremony Joseph Jordanie was accompanied by his spouse Nino Tsitsishvili, herself a renowned ethnomusicologist. The Japanese colleagues also became very interested in her scientific works.  
To learn more about Joseph Jordania’s visit in Japan please visit the link http://www.geidai.ac.jp/labs/koizumi/awarde/index.html#21st Annual (2009) Koizumi Fumio Prize