1953.9.8-2023.9.7
c1991 by Zen-On Music Co., Ltd.
c1991 by Zen-On Music Co., Ltd.
Manuscript pages from“HETEROPHONY OF TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA”
〈2台のピアノと管弦楽のヘテロフォニー〉手稿譜より
Akira Nishimura’s “Heterophony of Two Pianos and Orchestra” proved not only the best piece on the program but a knockout by any standards I know. Aki Takahashi and Frederic Rzewski(the latter a fine composer himself) were the two pianists and they hammered, rattled, splashed and gonged their way through the difficult score with extraordinary virtuosity. The opening movement is essentially a study in repeated fifths, augmented by unusual orchestration and flashy ornamentation from the two pianos. The second movement is marked by a fluttering, ethereal sonic delicacy – New Age with brains – and the “Heterophony” concludes with a wild, whiz-bang kaleidoscopic jangle that brought down the house. Here, finally, was music both visceral and specific, sounding all the better after so much vagueness. I hope Foss,Rzewski and Takahashi record it. Time PAGE
(February 26,1990)New York Newsday
1990年2月26日付、ニューヨーク〈Newsday〉紙に掲載された〈2台のピアノと管弦楽のヘテロフォニー〉米国初演に対するティム・ペイジの評論:
大阪市に生まれた。東京芸術大学卒業。同大学院終了。
西洋の現代作曲技法を学ぶ一方で、在学中よりアジアの伝統音楽、宗教、美学、宇宙観等に強い関心を抱き、そこから導いたヘテロフォニーなどのコンセプトにより、多数の作品を発表。
日本音楽コンクール作曲部門第1位(1974)、エリザベート国際音楽コンクール作曲部門大賞(1977・ブリュッセル)、ルイジ・ダルッラピッコラ作曲賞(1977・ミラノ)、尾高賞(1988・1992・1993・2008・2011.2021)、中島健蔵音楽賞(1990)、京都音楽賞[実践部門賞](1991)、日本現代芸術振興賞(1994)、エクソンモービル音楽賞(2001)、第3回別宮賞(2002)、第36回(2004年度)サントリー音楽賞、第47回毎日芸術賞(2005)等を受賞し、2013年紫綬褒章を授与された。この他に、02年度芸術祭大賞に「アルディッティSQプレイズ西村朗『西村朗作品集5』」が、05年度芸術祭優秀賞に「メタモルフォーシス・西村朗室内交響曲」が選ばれた。
1993~94年、オーケストラ・アンサンブル金沢、1994~97年、東京交響楽団の各コンポーザー・イン・レジデンス。2000年よりいずみシンフォニエッタ大阪の音楽監督、2010年より草津夏期国際フェスティヴァルの音楽監督、東京音楽大学教授。2007年東京オペラシティ「コンポジアム2007」のテーマ作曲家となり、ピアノ、室内楽、管弦楽作品が演奏され、武満徹作曲賞の審査委員を務め話題となった。放送の分野でも活躍の場を広げ、2003年よりNHK-FM「現代の音楽」の解説を6年間、2009年よりNHK-Eテレ「N響アワー」の司会を3年間務めた。また、2015年4月からは、再度NHK-FM「現代の音楽」の解説を務めた。
海外においては、ウルティマ現代音楽祭(オスロ)、「ノルマンディの10月」音楽祭(ルーアン)、アルディッティ弦楽四重奏団、クロノス・カルテット、ELISION、ハノーヴァー現代音楽協会、ラジオ・フランス等から新作の委嘱を受けた他、ウィーン・モデルン音楽祭、「ワルシャワの秋」現代音楽祭、MUSICA・ストラスブール音楽祭、ブリスベイン音楽祭等において作品が演奏された。この他、2009年ガウディアムス(アムステルダム)国際作曲コンクールの審査委員を務め、音楽週間において作品が演奏された。
2019年2月には、新国立劇場6年ぶりとなる創作委嘱作品・世界初演「紫苑物語」がオペラ芸術監督大野和士の指揮で上演され、大成功を収めた。2023年9月7日69歳で死去。
Mr. Nishimura was born in Osaka 1953. He studied composition and musical theory to post graduate level at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1977 he won the first of his numerous later prize winnings at the Queen Elizabeth International Music Composition Competition with HETEROPHONY for string quartet (1975) and the Luigi Dallapiccola Composition Award with MUTAZIONI (1977). In 1980 KECAK (1979) was selected as the best work at the International Rostrum of Composers, and he won awards at the ISCM World Music Days with ODE for EKSTASIS (1981) in 1982, then in 1984, 1988 and 1990. The Otaka Prizes were awarded to him 6 times. The first was in 1988 for HETEROPHONY for two pianos and orchestra(1987),then in1992, 1993, 2008, 2011, and 2021 for KAKAISEKAI for Orchestra(2020).He was awarded the ExxonMobil Music Prize and in 2004, the Suntory Music Award. In 2013, he received “the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon”. He was composer-in-residence of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (1993-94) and of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (1994-97).
Nishimura principally employs heterophony, a characteristic device of Asian traditional music, thereby subtly transforming the intervals, rhythm and melody of his dense multi-layered textures. Though similar to ‘micropolyphony’ of Ligeti, an Asian perspective informs his technique. Some works are heterophonic melodically, such as HETEROPHONY (1975), and some rhythmically, as in KECAK; the superimposition of trills, tremolos and harmonics contributes to the more complex textures of his later works.
He has been commissioned from many overseas music festivals and ensembles such as ULTIMA Contemporary Music Festival Oslo, Octobre en Normandie, Arditti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, ELISION Ensemble, Hannover Society of Contemporary Music and so on.
In 2019, Opera “Asters” a new production, commissioned by the New National Theatre, Tokyo was a great success.
He is currently a Professor at the Tokyo College of Music and the Musical Director of the Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka (2000-), Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival (2010-).
He passed away at age of 69 on September 7, 2023.
※ABBREVIATIONS
FP: First Performance, CM: Commissioned by,
PB: Published by, RD: Recorded by,
PZ: Prize, prep.: in preparation
KO(1970-2013) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28290 |
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HETEROPHONY of two pianos & orchestra (1987) | KING/KICC-2015, CBC RECORDS/SMCD-5141, CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
NAVEL OF THE SUN(1989) | CAMERATA/32CM-110, CMCD-99052 |
CELLO CONCERTO(1990) | CAMERATA/32CM-199 |
INTO THE LIGHT OF THE ETERNAL CHAOS(1990) | CAMERATA/32CM-199 |
TAPAS(1990) | CAMERATA/32CM-175, CMCD-99052 |
DOUBLE CONCERTO “A RING OF LIGHTS” (1991) | FONTEC/FOCD-3174 |
HOSHI -MANDALA(1992) | FONTEC/FOCD-3174 |
ASTRAL CONCERTO “A MIRROR OF LIGHTS”(1992) | FONTEC/FOCD-3174 |
BIRDS HETEROPHONY(1993) | DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON/POCG-1719 WARNER MUSIC JAPAN/WPCS11502 |
MANTRA OF THE LIGHT(1993) | CAMERATA/32CM-319, CMCD-99052 |
MELOS AURA(1995) | CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
CANTICLE OF LIGHT(1996) | CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
MONODY(1996) | CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, WIND INSTRUMENTS AND PERCUSSION(1997) | CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
PADMA INCARNATION(1997) | CAMERATA/CMCD-20016/17 |
SYMPHONY No.2 “THREE ODES”(1979) | FONTEC/FOCD-3446 |
BIRDS IN LIGHT(1994) | FONTEC/FOCD-3446 |
SERPENT IN THE SKY(1994) | WORLD WINDOWS/WW103CD, CAMERATA/CMCD-28147 |
VISION IN TWILIGHT(1995) | FONTEC/FOCD-3446 |
MIRROR OF MIST, A(1995) | CAMERATA/28CM-522 |
RIVER OF KARUNA I(1997) | CAMERATA/28CM-522 |
STREAM- AFTER DARK, A(1997) | CAMERATA/28CM-523 |
VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1 “AFTER GLOW”(1998) | CAMERATA/28CM-522 |
ESSE IN ANIMA-Concerto for Alto Saxophene and Orchestra(1999) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28058 |
KARURA ~Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra(2000) | CAMERATA/28CM-523 |
MELODIES FROM LIGHT AND SHADOW(2000) | CAMERATA/28CM-523 |
EAST-ASIAN FANTASY(2000) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28126 |
VIOLIN CONCERTO No.2 “MANI”(2001) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28147 |
JUKAI (A Sea of Tree)(2002) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28058, WARNER MUSIC JAPAN/WPCS11502 |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.1(2003) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28084 |
PIANO CONCERTO “A SHARMAN”(2004) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28058 |
HARP CONCERTO “BORN ON THE WIND”(2004) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28126 |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.2 “CONCERTANTE”(2004) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28084 |
CLARINET CONCERTO “KAVIRA”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28147, 28221 |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.3 “METAMORPHOSIS”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28084, 28290 |
ORGON(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28282 |
FANFARE FOR ORCHESTRA(2006) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28126 |
VISION AND MANTRA(2007) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28147 |
SINFONIETTA ON BEETHOVEN’S EIGHT SYMPHONIES(2007) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28290 |
RAINBOW BODY(2008) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28282 |
SOMAKUSHA(2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28199 |
THE NAVEL OF VISHNU(2010) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28283 |
MIRROR OF STARS(2010) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28283 |
GUITAR CONCERTO “TEN-NYO SANKA”(2012) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28283/td> |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.4 “VOICE OF SILENCE”(2013) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28290 |
ADAGIO TO THE MEMORY OF WOLFGANG SCHULZ(2013) | CAMERATA/CDT-1100 |
FUGAKU(1990) | FONTEC/FOCD-3133 |
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HIGI I(2008) | KING/KICC-682 |
HIGI II(2013) | KING/KICC-1129 |
SONATA(1972) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
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TRITROPE(1978) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
HOETSU NO KANE (Carillon of Ekstasis)(1987) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
HETEROPHONY for String Quartet(1975/87) | FONTEC/FOCD-3133, CAMERATA/28CM-524 |
GAKA I(1987) | ZEN-ON/ZCMR-206 |
GAKA II(1987) | ZEN-ON/ZCMR-206 |
GAKA III(1987) | ZEN-ON/ZCMR-206 |
GAKA IV(1988) | ZEN-ON/ZCMR-206 |
PIPA(1989) | FONTEC/FOCD-3133 |
MANA(1989) | FONTEC/FOCD-3133 |
HONEY OF LIGHT(1990) | FONTEC/FOCD-3133, CAMERATA/CMCD-28283 |
BECAUSE(1991) | EMI/TOCE-7345, EMI/TOCE-55238 |
STRING QUARTET No.2 “PULSES OF LIGHT”(1992) | FONTEC/FOCD-3199, TELDEC/WPCS-10426, CAMERATA/28CM-524 |
MIRROR OF STARS -for Piano Solo(1992) | FONTEC/FOCD-3199, CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
THREE VISIONS(1994) | FONTEC/FOCD-3199 |
CANON WAVES(1994) | MEISTER MUSIC/MM-1001 |
MONOLOGUE(1995) | CAMERATA/28CM-524, CMCD-28152 |
AQUATIC AURA(1996) | FONTEC/FOCD-2540, CAMERATA/CMCD-28282 |
POEM OF WATER(1996) | FONTEC/FOCD-2540 |
MEDITATION ON THE MELODY OF GAGAKU “KOTORISO”(1996) | FONTEC/FOCD-2540 |
RIVER OF KARUNA II(1997) | FONTEC/FOCD-2540 |
SILENCE AND LIGHT(1997) | FONTEC/FOCD-2540 |
LAMENTO(1997) | EMI/TOCE-9695 |
STRING QUARTET No.3 “AVIAN”(1997) | CAMERATA/28CM-524 |
HALOS(1998) | ALM/ALCD-50 |
THRENODY, for Cello solo(1998) | CAMERATA/28CM-524 |
– dto. -(Viola Version) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
OPARESQUE SONATA(1998) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
TOCCATA(2000) | ZEN-ON/ZP-2000, CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
AVATARS(2001) | CAMERATA/CMCD-15024/5 |
ARIRANG FANTASY(2002) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
MADOROMI III(2003) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28282 |
ROSES METAMORPHOSIS(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28083 |
SONATA I “INCANTATION”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
SONATA II “TRANCE MEDIUM”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
SONATA I “WHIRL DANCE”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
FANTASIA ON “SONG OF THE BIRDS”(2005) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152, EPSON/TYMK-022 |
MYSTIC BELLS(2006) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28123 |
TWO RONDOS BY PAGANINI’S VIOLIN CONCERTO Nos.4&5(2006) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28123 |
SONATA II “CHARACTERS OF FLAME”(2007) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
SONATA III “MANTRA ON THE C STRING”(2007) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28152 |
STRING QUARTET No.4 “NRSIMHA”(2007) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28217 |
CLARINET QUINTED “BARDO I”(2007-2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28221 |
KARURA, for Oboe Solo(2008) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28184 |
MAYU (Cocoon)(2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28217 |
DAYDREAM(2009) | ALM/ALCD-9097 |
UTOPALA(2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28221, 99072 |
RATI(2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28282 |
ODE FOR CELLO(2012) | MEISTER MUSIC/MM-2153 |
KECAK(1979) | CAMERATA/CMCD-50008, Musica Vivante/PHNX-0003 |
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TALA(1982) | CAMERATA/CMCD-50008 |
MATRA(1985) | DENON/CO4219, ALM/ALCD-7050, Musica Vivante/PHNX-0004 |
PADMA IN MEDITATION(1988) | CAMERATA/CMCD-50008 |
LEGONG(1988) | CAMERATA/CMCD-50008 |
TIMPANI CONCERTO(1988) | CAMERATA/CMCD-50008 |
KALA(1989) | BIS/CD-462, Musica Vivante/PHNX-0004 |
VOICE OF THE SUN(1991) | FORTE MUSIC/FMCA-7043 |
MIRROR OF THE MOON(1995) | ALM/ALCD-58 |
MATRA(1985) | ALM/ALCD-7050 |
MIRROR OF THE MOON(1996) | ALM/ALCD-58 |
DUOLOGUE(1996) | ALM/ALCD-7183 |
YANTRA(2002) | Musica Vivante/PHNX-0004 |
PUNDARIKA(2009) | Musica Vivante/PHNX-0004 |
THREE FRAGMENTS OF PIYA(2009) | CAMERATA/CMCD-28217 |
MABOROSI NO BARA(1984) | VICTOR/VICG-50502 |
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SOYOGU GEN-EI(1985) | VICTOR/VICG-50502 |
HIMITSU NO HANA(1985) | VICTOR /KCDK-1028(CD), VICG-50502 |
SEVEN POEMS OF PRICESS SHIKISHI(1990) | FONTEC/FPCD-1411 |
JAKKO AIKA(1992) | VICTOR/VICG-60147 |
GION-SOSHI(1995) | VICTOR/VICG-60147 |
KAGIROI NO BANKA(1998) | VICTOR/VICG-60147 |
EIKETSU NO ASA(2006) | FONTEC/EFCD-4128 |
TAQUSIM(1982) | CAMERATA/32CM-208 |
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IRIS OF TIME(1987) | CAMERATA/32CM-92 |
NANAE(1988) | CAMERATA/32CM-189 |
JYUSHICHIGENN NO SHO(1988) | COLUMBIA/COCF-9149 |
VOICES PHANTASMA-FLAME(1988) | CAMERATA/32CM-311 |
KAMUNAGI(1992) | CAMERATA/30CM-267, 30CM-426, HOGAKU JOURNAL/HJCD-0006 |
HONEY OF TIME(1990) | VICTOR/VZCG-164 |
FIREFLY(1996) | ALM/ALCD-58, CAMERATA/28CM-644 |
TOKI NO KAGERO(1997) | CAMERATA/28CM-644 |
KO(2000) | CAMERATA/28CM-644 |
KARIN(1989) | CAMERATA/28CM-644 |
SHAKKO(1992) | CAMERATA/28CM-644 |
ODE FOR EKSTASIS(1981) | FONTEC/FOCD-3199 |
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N.B. If an asterisk(*)was given after the year of composition, the prior title is the “sub-title” of the piece.
[註] 作曲年の後に(*)印のあるものは、最初に書かれている題号が「副題」であることを意味します。
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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ADAGIO TO THE MEMORY OF WOLFGANG SCHULZ(2013) | Orchestral |
AFTER GLOW- VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1(1998)* | Orchestral |
ANOKUDACCHI GENSOKYOKU(2012) | Choral |
ANTIPHONY(1999) | Chamber |
AQUATIC AURA(1996) | Chamber |
AQUATIC INVOCATION(1994) | Choral |
ARIRANG FANTASY(2002) | Chamber |
ASTRAL CONCERTO“A MIRROR OF LIGHTS”(1992) | Orchestral |
ATSUMORI(2009) | Choral |
AVATARS(2001) | Chamber |
AVIAN – STRING QUARTET No.3(1997)* | Chamber |
AWA NO UTA(1989) | Japanese Instrumental |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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BHAGAVAD GITA (2013) | Other |
BECAUSE(1991) | Chamber |
BEKIRA NO FUCHI YORI(1978) | Choral |
BIRDS HETEROPHONY(1993) | Orchestral |
BIRDS IN LIGH(1994) | Orchestral |
BLUE CAT, THE – FIVE LYRICS(1996)* | Choral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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CANON WAVES(1994) | Chamber |
CANTICLE OF LIGHT(1996) | Orchestral |
CELLO CONCERTO(1990) | Orchestral |
CEREMONY(1973) | Orchestral |
CHACONNE FOR FIVE KOTOS(2011) | Japanese Instrumental |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.1(2003) | Orchestral |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.2 “CONCERTANTE”(2004) | Orchestral |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.3 “METAMORPHOSIS”(2005) | Orchestral |
CHAMBER SYMPHONY No.4 “VOICE OF SILENCE”(2013) | Orchestral |
CHINKONKA – ASHITA – KAZE NO NAKANO AISATSU(2012) | Choral |
CHO WO YUMEMU(2002) | Choral |
CLARINET CONCERTO “KAVIRA”(2005) | Orchestral |
CLARINET QUINTET “BARDO I”(2007-2009) | Chamber |
CONCERTO FOR CLARINET AND STRINGS “BARDO I”(2010) | Orchestral |
CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, WIND INSTRUMENTS AND PERCUSSION(1997) | Orchestral |
CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND STRINGS(2002) | Orchestral |
CREPUSCULE(1995) | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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DAI – HI – SHIN – DHARANI(1990) | Choral |
DANCE FOR EIGHT HANDS(1987) | Chamber |
DAYDREAM(2009) | Chamber |
DOUBLE CONCERTO “A RING OF LIGHTS”(1991) | Orchestral |
DROPS LIGHT(2007) | Chamber |
DUOLOGUE(1996) | Percussion |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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EAST – ASIAN FANTASY(2000) | Orchestral |
EIKETSU NO ASA(2006) | Choral |
EKTAL(1992) | Percussion |
ESHI(1999) | Other |
ESSE IN ANIMA – SAXOPHONE CONCERTO(1999) | Orchestral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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FANFARE FOR ORCHESTRA(2006) | Orchestral |
FANTASIA ON “SONG OF THE BIRDS”(2005) | Chamber |
FIREFLU(1996) | Japanese Instrumental |
FIVE LYRICS OF “ THE BLUE CAT”(1996) | Choral |
FLAME AND SHADOW – VIOLA CONCERTO(1996)* | Orchestral |
FLAMES CALLIGRAPHY(2010) | Chamber |
FRAGMENT AND ECHO(1996) | Chamber |
FUGAKU(1990)(1994) | Wind Orchestra |
FUGENRAKU(1990) | Japanese Instrumental |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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GAKA I (1987) | Chamber |
GAKA II (1987) | Chamber |
GAKA III (1987) | Chamber |
GAKA IV (1988) | Chamber |
GION – SOSHI(1995) | Choral |
GUITAR CONCERTO “TEN-NYO SANKA”(2012) | Orchestral |
GUREN I (1984) | Japanese Instrumental |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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HALOS(1998) | Chamber |
HANA KURENAI(2010) | Choral |
HANAYAKANA JYOSHO(2005) | Vocal solo |
HARP CONCERTO “BORN ON THE WIND”(2004) | Orchestral |
HETEROPHONY FOR JAPANESE INSTRUMENTS(2010) | Japanese Instrumental |
HETEROPHONY FOR STRING QUARTET(1975/87) | Chamber |
HETEROPHONY OF TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA(1987) | Orchestral |
HETEROPHONY ON THE NAME OF SHIN-ICHIRO IKEBE(2013) | Orchestral |
HIGI I(2008) | Wind Orchestra |
HIGI II(2013) | Wind Orchestra |
HIMITSU NO HANA(1985) | Choral |
HISUI – HENGEN(2004) | Japanese Instrumental |
HONEY OF LIGHT(1990) | Chamber |
HOSHI – MANDALA(1992) | Orchestral |
HOT R AIN IN AUGUST(1986) | Other |
HYOGA NO UMA(2008) | Choral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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IKI NO O NI(2008) | Choral |
ILLUSION IN THE MIRROR(1999) | Chamber |
IMPROVISATION(2001) | Percussion |
INNER MOONLIGHT(2001) | Choral |
IIN SEARCH OF THE LAND OF IMMORTALITY(1980) | Other |
INVISIBLE RIVER(2002/2009) | Orchestral |
INTO THE LIGHT OF THE ETERNAL CHAOS(1990) | Orchestral |
IRIS OF TIME(1987) | Japanese Instrumental |
ISHIKAWA – RHAPSODY(1996)* | Orchestral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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JAKKO AIKA(1992) | Choral |
JUKAI(2002) | Orchestral |
JYASHUMON HIKYOKU(2013) | Choral |
JYUSHICHIGEN NO SHO(1988) | Japanese Instrumental |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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KAGIROI NO BANKA(2000) | Choral |
KAGIROI NO KOI – UTA(1990) | Choral |
KALA(1989) | Percussion |
KALAVINKA(2006) | Chamber |
KAMUNAGI(1992) | Japanese Instrumental |
KARIN(1989) | Japanese Instrumental |
KARURA – OBOE CONCERTO(2000) | Orchestral |
KARURA – for Oboe Solo(2008) | Chamber |
KATSUTE SHINKO WA CHIJO NI ATTA(2000) | Choral |
KECAK(1979) | Percussion |
KHYAL(1985) | Chamber |
KIYOHIME~MIZU NO UROKO(2012) | Other |
KO, for Chamber Orchestra(1970-2013) | Orchestral |
KO, for Shakuhachi solo(2000) | Japanese Instrumental |
KODAMA(2013) | Chamber |
KOTORISO – MEDITATION ON THE MELODY OF GAGAKU(1996)* | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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LAMENTO(1997) | Chamber |
LEGEND(2003) | Chamber |
LEGEND FOR ZIMBALON(2011) | Chamber |
LEGONG(1988) | Percussion |
LEMON AIKA(2008) | Choral |
LIGHT OF PADMA(1996) | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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MABOROSHI NO BARA(1984) | Choral |
MADOROMI I (2002) | Chamber |
MADOROMI II (2002) | Chamber |
MADOROMI III (2003) | Chamber |
MANA I (1989) | Chamber |
MANA II (1989) | Chamber |
MANI – VIOLIN CONCERTO No.2(2001)* | Orchestral |
MANTRA OF THE LIGHT(1993) | Orchestral |
MATRA(1985) | Percussion |
MAYU (Cocoon)(2009) | Chamber |
MEDITATION KARUNA FOR STRINGS(2012) | Orchestral |
MEDITATION OF VISHNU(1985) | Chamber |
MEDITATION ON THE MELODY OF GAGAKU “KOTORISO”(1996) | Chamber |
MELODIES FROM LIGHT AND SHADOW(2000) | Orchestral |
MELOS AURA(1995) | Orchestral |
MIRROR OF LIGHTS, A – ASTRAL CONCERTO(1992)* | Orchestral |
MIRROR OF MIST, A,(1995) | Orchestral |
MIRROR OF STARS – for Piano Solo(1992) | Chamber |
MIRROR OF STARS – for Piano and Chamber Orchestra(2010) | Orchestral |
MIRROR OF THE MOON(1995) | Percussion |
MONODY(1996) | Orchestral |
MONOLOGUE(1995) | Chamber |
MUGEN NO HIKARI(2004) | Japanese Instrumental |
MUSIC OF DAWN(1991) | Orchestral |
MUTAZIONI(1977) | Orchestral |
MYSTIC BELLS(2006) | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
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NAGA(2008) | Chamber |
NANAE(1988) | Japanese Instrumental |
NATSU NO NIWA(2010) | Choral |
NAVEL OF THE SUN(1989) | Orchestral |
NAVEL OF VISHNU, THE(2010) | Orchestral |
NIGHT GLOW(1999) | Chamber |
NIGHTMARE(1999) | Chamber |
NIGHT SPELL(2007) | Chamber |
NIRVANA(1997) | Vocal solo |
NIRVANA(2000) | Chamber |
NOSTALGIA(1983) | Orchestral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
OBOE CONCERTO – KARURA(2000)* | Orchestral |
ODE FOR CELLO(2012) | Chamber |
ODE FOR EKSTASIS(1981) | Other |
OHZORA NO RYUSHI(2010) | Choral |
OPALESQUE SONATA(1998) | Chamber |
ORGANUMS(1989) | Chamber |
ORGONE(2005) | Orchestral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
PADMA INCARNATION(1997) | Orchestral |
PADMA IN MEDITATION(1988) | Percussion |
PENGUIN – SUITE(1983/89) | Chamber |
PIANO CONCERTO No.1(1979) | Orchestral |
PIANO CONCERTO No.2(1982) | Orchestral |
PIANO CONCERTO “A SHAMAN”(2004) | Orchestral |
PIPA(1989) | Chamber |
POEM OF WATER(1996) | Chamber |
PRELUDE(1974) | Orchestral |
PRELUDE TO NATARAJA(2004) | Percussion |
PRELUDE “VISION IN FLAMES”(1996) | Chamber |
PULSES OF LIGHT – STRING QUARTET No.2(1992)* | Chamber |
PUNDARIKA(2009) | Percussion |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
RAINBOW BODY (Corps d’arc-en-ciel)(2008) | Orchestral |
RATI(2009) | Chamber |
REIGAKU FOR ORCHESTRA(2011) | Orchestral |
RHAPSODY “ISHIKAWA”(1999) | Orchestral |
RING OF LIGHTS, A – DOUBLE CONCERTO(1991)* | Orchestral |
RIN-NE(2004) | Vocal solo |
RITUAL(2001) | Chamber |
RIVER OF KARUNA I (1997) | Orchestral |
RIVER OF KARUNA II (1997) | Chamber |
ROSES METAMORPHOSIS(2005) | Chamber |
ROSE VALLEY(2013) | Chamber |
RUDRA(2012) | Chamber |
RURIKIN(1999) | Japanese Instrumental |
RURIKOU GARDEN(2005) | Chamber |
RYOKAI – SHINGON(2002) | Choral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
SAIKA(1988) | Choral |
SAKURA FOR EIGHT VIOLAS(2011) | Chamber |
SAKURABITO(2010) | Orchestral |
SAMSARA(2001) | Choral |
SAXOPHONE CONCERTO – ESSE IN ANIMA(1999)* | Orchestral |
SCHERZO IN D(2006) | Chamber |
SEISHIN – KAGURA(1992) | Percussion |
SEISHOKU HAIEN(2000) | Choral |
SENTEI GOJYUSUI(2007) | Choral |
SERPENT IN THE SKY(1994) | Orchestral |
SEVEN POEMS OF PRINCESS SHIKISHI(1990) | Choral |
SHAKKO(1992) | Japanese Instrumental |
SHINITAMAU HAHA(2000) | Choral |
SHINOBIGOTO(2009) | Japanese Instrumental |
SILENCE AND LIGHT(1997) | Chamber |
SILENT AUTUMN(2014) | Chamber |
SILVER CORD(1993) | Chamber |
SINFONIETTA ON BEETHOVEN’S EIGHT SYMPHONIES(2007) | Orchestral |
SOMAKUSHA(2009) | Orchestral |
SONATA FOR HORN SOLO(2010) | Chamber |
SONATA I “INCANTATION”(2005) | Chamber |
SONATA I “WHIRL DANCE”(2005) | Chamber |
SONATA II “TRANCE MEDIUM”(2005) | Chamber |
SONATA II “MANTRA ON THE C STRING”(2007) | Chamber |
SONATA III “CHARACTERS OF FLAME”(2007) | Chamber |
SOYOGU GEN – EI(1985) | Choral |
STREAM, A – AFTER DARK(1997) | Orchestral |
STRING QUARTET No.2 “PULSES OF LIGHT”(1992) | Chamber |
STRING QUARTET No.3 “AVIAN”(1997) | Chamber |
STRING QUARTET No.4 “NRSIMHA”(2007) | Chamber |
STRING QUARTET No.5 “SHESHA”(2013) | Chamber |
SYMPHONY No.1(1976) | Orchestral |
SYMPHONY No.2 “ THREE ODES”(1979) | Orchestral |
SYMPHONY No.3 “INNER LIGHT”(2003) | Orchestral |
SYUN-JYU(2004) | Choral |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
TABI – HIKA GA UMARERUMADE(2011) | Choral |
TALA(1982) | Percussion |
TAMAYURA(2010) | Chamber |
TANGO(1998) | Chamber |
TAPAS(1990) | Orchestral |
TAQSIM(1982) | Japanese Instrumental |
THREE FRAGMENTS OF PIYA(2009) | Percussion |
THREE ODES – SYMPHONY No.2(1979)* | Orchestral |
THREE VISIONS(1994) | Chamber |
THRENODY(1998) | Chamber |
TIMPANI CONCERTO(1988) | Percussion |
TOCCATA(2000) | Chamber |
TOKI NO KAGERO(1997) | Japanese Instrumental |
TOKI NO MITSU(1990) | Japanese Instrumental |
TORI NO KUNI(2010) | Choral |
TRITROPE(1978) | Chamber |
TWO RONDOS BY PAGANINI’S VIOLIN CONCERTO Nos.4&5(2006) | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
UKIFUNE(1998) | Choral |
UMEKIUTA MITTSU(2013) | Choral |
UTPALA(2009) | Chamber |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
VIBRANCY MIRRORS(1985) | Chamber |
VIOLA CONCERTO “FLAME AND SHADOW”(1996) | Orchestral |
VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1 “AFTER GLOW”(1998) | Orchestra |
VIOLIN CONCERTO No.2 “MANI”(2001) | Orchestral |
VISION AND MANTRA(2007) | Orchestral |
VISION IN FLAMES – PRELUDE(1996)* | Chamber |
VISION IN TWILIGHT(1995) | Orchestral |
VOICE OF THE SUN(1991) | Percussion |
VOICES PHANTASMA – FLAME(1988) | Japanese Instrumental |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
WATER LILIES(2012) | Orchestral |
WATER SHADOWS(2011) | Chamber |
WATER VOICE(2001) | Percussion |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
YANTRA(2002) | Percussion |
TITLE | CATEGORY |
---|---|
ZEAMI(1995) | Orchestral |
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