Kazuo Fukushima

Kazuo Fukushima ( Japanese 福島 和 夫 , Fukushima Kazuo ; born April 11, 1930 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese composer.

Fukushima began as a self-taught composer. In 1953 he joined the experimental group Jikken Kobo , which had been founded by Toru Takemitsu and Jōji Yuasa . In 1961 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses , lived in Cambridge in 1961/1962 and then moved back to Japan. In 1964 he received a professorship at the Ueno Gakuen Music Academy in Tokyo.

In his music, which prefers the flute as an instrument and transfers elements of the shakuhachi to the flute , contemporary western currents are combined with the Japanese tradition of no-theater and gagaku .

Works

• Poésie ininterrompue for violin solo (1953)
• Requiem for flute solo (1956)
• Ekāgra for alto flute and piano (1957)
• Three Pieces from Chu-u for flute and piano (1959)
• Hi-Kyo for flute, piano, strings and percussion (1961)
• Shizu uta for soprano, female choir, 2 flutes and harp (1961)
• Kadha karuna for flute and piano (1962)
• Mei for flute solo (1962)
• A Ring of the Wind for piano (1968)
• Shun-san for flute solo (1969)
• Rai for flute and piano (1971)
• Suien for piano (1972)
• Kashin for bamboo flute, biwa , double bass and percussion (1973)

Web links

• Catalog raisonné