Kazuko Hara

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Kazuko Hara ( Japanese 原 嘉壽子 Hara Kazuko , real name: 原 和 子 at the same reading; * February 10, 1935 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † November 30, 2014 ) was a Japanese composer of classical music and especially opera composer.

Life

Kazuko studied composition with Ikenouchi Tomojirō at the Tokyo University of the Arts , which she graduated in 1957. She then continued her studies with Alexander Nikolajewitsch Tscherepnin and Henri Dutilleux in France. She took singing lessons from the Italian soprano Iris Adami Corradetti at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Italy. After completing her studies, she first taught at the Dōshisha women's art college ( 同志 社 女子 大学 , Dōshisha joshi daigaku ) in Kyoto. From 1978 to 1998 she composed 18 operas. She was u. a. honored with the Opera Prize and the Medal of Honor on the Violet Ribbon.

Works (selection)

Operas

  • Kokuhaku Sherlock Holmes no jikenbo ( 告白 〜 シ ャ ー ロ ッ ク ・ ホ ー ム ズ の 事件簿 ), 1981
  • Iwai-uta ga nagareru yoru ni ( 祝 い 歌 が 流 れ る 夜 に ), WP 1984
  • Sute-hime: shita o kamikitta onna ( す て 姫 ～ 舌 を 噛 み 切 っ た 女 ~ ), WP 1986
  • Sonezaki shinju (A Love Suicide at Sonezaki), 1987
  • Nōshi o koete ( 脳 死 を こ え て , English Beyond Brain Death ), WP 1987
  • Iwanaga-hime ( 岩 長 姫 ), WP 1990
  • Yosakoibushi junshin o-uma ( よ さ こ い 節 - 純 信 お 馬 - , English The History of Yosakoibushi ), 1990
  • Pedro Kibe ( ペ ト ロ 岐 部 - 転 び 申 さ ず 候 - ), WP 1991
  • Nasuno Yoichi ( 那 須 與 一 ), WP 1991
  • Tonēru no fushigi no ki ( ト ネ ー ル の 不 思議 の 樹 ), WP 1992
  • Sanseu-daiyū ( さ ん せ う 太 夫 ), WP 1995
  • Nukata-no-okimi ( 額 田 女王 ), WP 1996 based on Inoue Yasushi
  • Taki Rentarō (瀧 廉 太郎 ), WP 1997
  • Tsumi to bashi ( 罪 と 罰 ), WP 1998 "Schuld und Atonement", libretto by Maeda Jun based on Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski
  • Mizu no koe ( 水 の 声 ), WP 1999

Others

  • 1957 sonatina for piano
  • 1966 Yūgatō eika ( 誘 蛾 燈 詠 歌 ), song 22 min.
  • 1971 Kodomo no gashū ( 子 ど も の 画集 )

literature

  • サ ン ト リ ー 音 楽 財 団 (Ed.): 日本 の 作曲家 の 作品 2005〜2006 (Works by Japanese Composers 2005-2006) . ( suntory.com [PDF; accessed April 25, 2015]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 同志 社 女子 大学 歌 . Dōshisha Women's Art College, 2015, retrieved on April 26, 2015 (Japanese, The song of the university is by Hara Kazuko with a text by Ema Shōko ; with notes, text and audio sample.).
personal data
SURNAME Hara, Kazuko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 原 嘉壽子 (Japanese, stage name); 原 和 子 (real name, Japanese); Hara Kazuko (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese opera composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2014