Akio Yashiro

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Akio Yashiro ( Japanese 矢 代 秋 雄 Yashiro Akio ; born September 10, 1929 in Tokyo , † April 9, 1976 in Yokohama ) was a Japanese composer .

Life

As early as 1940, he received composition lessons from Saburō Moroi . Then he studied music theory and composition at Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō with Saburō Moroi, Kunihiko Hashimoto , Yujiro Ikeuchi and Akira Ifukube, as well as piano with Noboru Toyomasu , Leonid Kreutzer and Kiyo Kawakami . He completed his courses in 1949 and graduated in 1951.

He went abroad with Toshiro Mayuzumi and studied - thanks to a scholarship from the French government - at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris with Nadia Boulanger , Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen . He received first prize in the subject of harmony and achieved excellent grades in the other subjects of counterpoint , fugue and piano accompaniment .

After he returned to Japan in 1956, his string quartet , which had already been composed in France, was successfully premiered and was awarded the 8th Mainichi Music Prize. His piano concerto (1964–1967) was even awarded two prizes, the 16th  Otaka Prize and the 21st  National Art Festival Award .

In 1968 he was first assistant professor at the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku (the successor institution of his alma mater) and at the Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku and was appointed full professor in 1974.

His compositions are stylistically somewhere between Maurice Ravel and Henri Dutilleux .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1951 Symphony piece for orchestra
  • 1958 Symphonie pour grand orchester
    1. Prelude: Adagio - Moderato
    2. Scherzo: Vivace
    3. Lento
    4. Adagio - Allegro Energico
  • 1960 Concerto pour violoncelle and orchester
  • 1964–1967 Concerto pour piano and orchestra
    1. Allegro Animato
    2. Adagio Misterioso
    3. Allegro - Andante - Vivace Molto Capriccioso

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1972 Festival de neige: overture de fête pour grand orchestre d'harmonie

Chamber music

  • 1946 Sonata pour violon et piano
  • 1948 Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano
  • 1955 Quartor à cordes
    1. Adagio ma non troppo
    2. Prestissimo, un poco misterioso ma scherzando
    3. Andante espressivo
    4. Allegro giocoso
  • 1958 Sonata pour 2 flûtes et piano

Piano music

  • 1947 Nocturne
  • 1951 Suite classique pour piano a 4 mains
    1. Sicilienne
    2. Bourrée
  • 1961 Sonata pour Piano
    1. Agitato
    2. Toccata
    3. Thème et Variations

Choral music

  • 1964 Christmas Carol

Film music

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personal data
SURNAME Yashiro, Akio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 矢 代 秋 雄 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1976
Place of death Yokohama , Japan