Ryō Noda

Ryō Noda ( Japanese 野 田 僚 , Noda Ryō ; * 1948 in Amagasaki , Hyōgo prefecture ) is a Japanese saxophonist and composer who is also important in the western world.

Ryō Noda is famous for his virtuosity, his powerful avant-garde improvisations and innovative playing techniques. He is a leading interpreter of new music in Japan, but also of traditional western music such as the baroque , classical and romantic periods .

1968–1972 Noda studied with Arata Sakaguchi at the "Osaka Music Academy" ( Osaka ongaku daigaku ). He then studied with Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University (Illinois) and Jean-Marie Londeix at CNRM Bordeaux (France). He was a soloist in festivals and concerts in France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, England, Canada, USA and Japan. He was nominated twice for the Osaka City Art Festival Prize and won the Osaka Prefecture Gold Award in 1986 and the Grand Prix of the Yamaha Electone Festival in 1989. Noda's compositional work was honored with a nomination for the SACEM Composition Prize in 1973 . His compositions for wind instruments are a fusion of Japanese and Western art forms. Many of them are now an integral part of the standard repertoire of concert saxophonists.

Works

Solo works

• Improvisation I, II, & III, for alto saxophone solo (based on playing the Shakuhachi)
• Maï, Paris 1975 for alto saxophone solo
• Phoenix, for Fushicho saxophone solo
• Requiem (Shin Én), for saxophone solo (A or T)
• Pulse 72, for alto saxophone solo
• Fantaisie et Danse, for saxophone solo
• Pavane (La fée de la neige), for soprano saxophone solo

Chamber music

• Gen, for alto saxophone and piano
• Murasaki No Fuchi, for saxophone duo (AA or ST) or Shakuhachi and saxophone
• Nagare, for flute and guitar
• Naissance de la Neige, for alto saxophone and piano or electric organ