Keiko Harada

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Keiko Harada ( Japanese 原田 敬 子 , Harada Keiko ; born April 17, 1968 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese composer who is best known in Europe for her chamber music works for the accordion.

Life

She completed piano, composition, chamber music and conducting studies with Akira Miyoshi and Michio Mamiya at the Tōhō-Gakuen Music Academy in Tokyo. She teaches composition at the Tōhō-Gakuen-Musikhochschule.

Act

Composition commissions for the NHK-Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri-Japan Symphony Orchestra, interpreters such as Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Svoboda, Carin Levine, Stefan Hussong and Ensemble Modern as well as other ensembles for new music. In 1989 she founded the Ensemble Manufacture (Tokyo).

Works (selection)

  • Midstream for clarinet and accordion (1997)
  • Heavy Wood for bass clarinet, violin, guitar, piano and double bass (1998)
  • BONE + for accordion solo (1999)
  • Abyss II for accordion, oboe, violin and violoncello (2001)
  • Sonora Distancia III for accordion, piano, percussion, harp and orchestra (2001)
  • Tristan und Isolde (2001) for violin, 2 guitars, mixed choir, piano and percussion (music for the theater by Satoshi Miyagi)
  • Third Ear deaf II in versions for recorder and sho (2001), recorder and accordion (2002) and transverse flute and accordion (2003)
  • A streetcar named desire (2002) for violin, accordion and piano (music for the theater by Satoshi Miyagi)
  • Femmes en miroir (2003) for sho, violin, accordion, violoncello, percussion and prepared piano (music for the film by Kiju Yoshida)
  • Structured Improvisation IX (2004–2005) for large bass recorder, accordion, prepared piano and percussion
  • The other side (2006) for large orchestra
  • Catalyst (2007) for chamber orchestra
  • Echo Montage (2008) for large orchestra
  • (6) movements (2009) for mixed choir a cappella
  • Phonetica (2012) for percussion solo

Awards

  • 62nd. Music Competition of Japan Awards
  • Yasuda Prize
  • E. Nakamichi prize for studying abroad
  • 5th Akiyoshidai International Music Festival and Seminar (1993)
  • Yamaguchi Prefectional Governor prize (1995)
  • 11th Akutagawa Composition Prize (2001)
  • Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize (2004)
  • 57th Otaka Prize (2009)

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personal data
SURNAME Harada, Keiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 原田 敬 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo