Toshinari Iijima

Toshinari Iijima ( Japanese 飯 島 俊 成 , Iijima Toshinari ; * 1960 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a contemporary Japanese composer .

He completed his studies at the Kunitachi Ongaku Daigaku ( Kunitachi College of Music ) with Jo Shimaoka , Toshimitsu Tanaka and Michio Mamiya .

As a composer and arranger, he presented works for orchestra, wind orchestra, chamber music and traditional Japanese music. He also created works in collaboration with other artists (pantomime, painter, choreographer, etc.). He is currently a member of the Sou (Blue) composer group and a member of the Kyo-En 21st Century Wind Music Executive Committee

He created some notable works for the wind orchestra.

Works

Works for wind orchestra

• 1998 Flowers in Dreams: "Illusions"
• 1998 Jubilance for Spring '98
• 1999 Poem of Winds A Suite on the folk Songs in Kyusyu-
  1. Fantasia on Hietsukibushi of Shiiba
  2. Caprice on Taueuta of Saga
  3. Elegy on Komoriuta of Fukuregi
  4. Jubilance on Saketsukuriuta of Chikugo
• 2000 Illusions in Shiiba -Poem of Winds-
• 2001 A Stroll by the Lakeside
• 2001 Born in the Wave - the poem of the Sea - on the Folk Songs in Kagoshima
• August 6, 1945: Never Forget Hiroshima
• A Landscape That Contains A Dead Tree
• Landscape
• "Maborosi no Hana" - a visionary flower
• Toward the Crystal, Clear
• "Yume no Hana" - a flower in a dream

Chamber music

• Fragments of a dream that was forgotten to washed away for alto saxophone and piano
• A suite for bassoon and piano
• Illusion in Snow for Percussion Ensemble

Web links

• Homepage (Japanese)