Irino Yoshirō

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Irino Yoshirō (1952)

Yoshirō Vladimir Irino ( Japanese 入 野 義 朗 , Irino Yoshirō ; born November 13, 1921 in Vladivostok , Russia , † June 28, 1980 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese composer . He is considered the first composer in his country who consistently turned to the twelve-tone technique .

Life

Irino was born in Russia in 1921 to Japanese parents. He was baptized Greek Orthodox . In 1927 he moved back to Japan with his family. There he studied economics at the University of Tokyo from 1941 to 1943 . He also played the clarinet in a student orchestra and received private composition lessons from Moroi Saburō . After completing his studies, he first worked at the Bank of Tokyo in Yokohama and then briefly served in the Imperial Japanese Navy .

In 1946 he founded the European-oriented composer group Neueimmen , which also included Minao Shibata and Kunio Toda . In 1948 and 1949 he won second prize at the Mainichi music competition. After its re-establishment as the Mainichi Music Prize, it won it three times: in 1949, 1950 and 1954. From 1949 to 1954 he was music editor, arranger and translator at the Tokyo Ongaku Shoin publishing house. He also taught at the private Tōhō Gakuen in Tokyo. In 1955 he became an assistant professor and in 1959 a professor. From 1960 to 1971 he was the vice director of the institution, which rose to college in 1961. From 1968 he was a lecturer, in 1973 he became professor for composition at the Tokyo University of Music .

In 1957 he initiated the research institute for the music of the 20th century and a music festival for contemporary music with Minao Shibata, Toshirō Mayuzumi and Makoto Moroi . With a grant from the French government, he traveled to Europe and the USA. In the summer of 1968 he was visiting professor at the University of Hawaii . In 1967 he was co-organizer of a Japanese-German festival for new music. He was also the main person in charge of the Amis de la Musique de 20ème Siècle. In 1972 he founded the Japan Music Life organization. In Europe, the USA and Canada he performed with music colleagues with traditional and contemporary Japanese music. In 1974 he became an honorary member of the Asian Composers' League , of which he was a founding member in 1973. In 1979 he co-founded the New Symphony Orchestra of Japan and in 1980 the International Society of Music Artists. He was also a juror at the Mainichi Music Concours, auditor of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers , President of the Japan Federation of Composers (1970) and member of the board of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music (section of the International Society for New Music , 1973– 1975).

He mainly composed instrumental music: his orchestral and chamber music of the 1940s was influenced by the late Romantic period . Then he devoted himself to atonal music. His serial compositions began with his string sextet (1950) and the Concerto da camera for seven instruments (1951) . His Sinfonietta (1953) combined the techniques of Arnold Schönberg and Boris Blacher . This was followed by works such as Concerto grosso (1957), Ricercari for chamber orchestra (1954) and Divertimento for seven wind instruments (1958). He experimented with different line-ups such as the suite for jazz ensemble (1960). He was also interested in traditional Japanese instruments, which he knew how to combine with New Music from 1966 onwards. In 1963, for example, he received a commission for a corresponding orchestral work (with 2 shakuhachi ) from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation.

He translated writings on avant-garde music a. a. by René Leibowitz , Fred K. Prieberg , Josef Rufer and Diether de la Motte .

The ACL Yoshiro IRINO Memorial Prize and the Irino Prize for young composers have been awarded in his honor since 1981 .

Awards

  • Mainichi Music Prize (1949, 1950, 1954)
  • Price of the West German Embassy Tokyo (1957, 1959)
  • Otaka Prize (1958, 1959)
  • Italia Prize (1958)
  • Ongaku Tomo Sha Prize (1959)
  • Salzburg Television Opera Prize (1962)
  • Kyoto City Prize (1964)

Works (selection)

  • 1943 variation for piano
  • 1945 Sonata for cello and piano
  • 1945 String Quartet No. 1
  • 1946 Sonatina for flute and piano
  • 1948 trio for violin, cello and piano
  • 1949 Adagietto and Allegro Vivace for orchestra
  • 1950 string sextet
  • 1951 Concerto da camera for seven instruments
  • 1953 Sinfonietta for orchestra
  • 1954 Ricercari for small orchestra
  • 1955 double concerto for violin and piano
  • 1957 Concerto grosso
  • 1958 quintet
  • 1958 Divertimento for seven wind instruments
  • 1958 Three Pieces for Piano ( Three Pieces for piano )
  • 1959 Sinphonia ( symphony ) for orchestra
  • 1959 music for violin and cello
  • 1960 concert for string orchestra
  • 1960 suite for jazz band
  • 1960 Three pieces by Tōhoku folk song for mixed choir
  • 1961 music for vibraphone and piano
  • 1962 Partita for wind quintet
  • 1963 Music for harpsichord, percussions and 19 string instruments
  • 1963 music for 2 pianos
  • 1964 Symphony No. 2
  • 1965 string trio
  • 1966 Three sets for two Koto and Jūshichi-gen ( Three Movements for Two Koto and Jushichi-gen )
  • 1967 Theme and variations for orchestra
  • 1967 Pepe on Spring Day for piano
  • 1967 Seven Inventions for guitar and six players ( Seven Inventions for Guitar and Six Players )
  • 1967 Sonata for violin and piano
  • 1967-68 Three Little Pieces for Piano ( Three Little Pieces for Piano )
  • 1968 Duo concertante for Shakuhachi and Koto
  • 1969 Three sets for cello solo ( Three Movements for Cello solo )
  • 1969 Four Short Pieces for Piano ( Four Small Pieces for Piano )
  • 1970 March for piano four hands
  • 1970 Sonata for four players
  • 1970 Music for Exposition (tape music)
  • 1971 Globus I for horn and percussion
  • 1971 Suite for viola solo
  • 1971 Globus II for marimba, percussions and double bass
  • 1972-75 Piano Pieces for Children ( Piano Pieces for Children )
  • 1973 Changes for two shakuhachi and orchestra
  • 1973 current for flute, harpe and percussions
  • 1975 Globus III for violin, cello, harp, piano and Shō [Hichiriki] and two dancers
  • 1976 sounds for piano and percussions
  • 1977 Movements for Marimba Solo
  • 1978 Cosmos for shakuhachi, two sō, violin, piano and percussions

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fuyuko Fukunaka (ex. Dieter Kleinrath): Japan. In: Jörn Peter Hiekel , Christian Utz (Hrsg.): Lexikon Neue Musik. Stuttgart / Kassel 2016, pp. 322–325, here: p. 323.
  2. ↑ Fuyuko Fukunaka (ex. Dieter Kleinrath): Japan. In: Jörn Peter Hiekel , Christian Utz (Hrsg.): Lexikon Neue Musik. Stuttgart / Kassel 2016, pp. 322–325, here: p. 322.
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Irino is the family name, Yoshirō the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Irino, Yoshirō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 入 野 義 朗 (Japanese); Irino, Yoshirō Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vladivostok
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1980
Place of death Tokyo