Satoshi Tanaka

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Satoshi Tanaka ( Japanese 田中 聰 Tanaka Satoshi ; born November 26, 1956 in Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese composer .

Life

Tanaka studied composition with Jōji Yuasa , Kenjirō Urata and Shin'ichirō Ikebe at the Tokyo Music Academy .

In 1984 his work The Hour of Silence (1983) was premiered at the International Gaudeamus Music Week by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest under Richard Dufallo . The Japanese premiere took place in 2011 at Suntory Hall by the Tokyo Prefecture Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kazuki Yamada . In 1988 he received the 9th Irino Prize for Young Composers for his orchestral work Iris Field (1987), which was premiered by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor Kazuhiro Koizumi in 1989 in the Tōkyō Bunka Kaikan . The composer Julian Yu , who is of Chinese origin and lives in Australia , dedicated the 4th movement of his work Four Haiku op. 27 for soprano and piano (1988–1992) to him.

For 2003 and 2006 he was sponsored by the Asian Cultural Council in New York City ; he conducted research on contemporary music in the USA and organized an Indonesian-Japanese concert. In 2004 he was Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California.

Tanaka is a juror at the Irino Prize composition competition.

Works (selection)

  • Recurrence (1982) for Shakuhachi
  • The Hour of Silence (1983) for orchestra. WP: August 9, 1984 Hilversum (VARA Studio, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, conductor: Richard Dufallo)
  • The Hour of Silence II (1984) for ensemble
  • The Hour of Silence III (1984) for piano
  • Interlude II (1985) for tape, violoncello and harp
  • Installations (1986) for violin and piano
  • Modal Circulation (1986) for Shakuhachi, Shamisen and Koto
  • Variations (1986) for flute, violoncello and piano
  • Iris Field (1987) for orchestra
  • Drifting for String Quartet (1998)
  • Variations III (1988) for violin, clarinet and piano
  • Redolence (1988) for piano and violoncello
  • Enban no Gogatsu (May of Discus) (1989) for soprano and piano
  • Five Fragments: Five Fragments for Flute and Piano (1994) for flute and piano
  • Silent Spring (1994) for orchestra
  • Three Poems (1995) by Yoshikuni Iida for soprano and flute
  • Quatre Esquisses pour Violin et Piano (1996) for violin and piano
  • Afterglow (1997) for violin, violoncello and piano
  • Trinity (1998) for flute, violin and piano
  • Five Countenances (1999) for flute and piano
  • Succession (2000) for oboe and piano
  • Koe-tachi (2002) for Shō , Hichiriki and Ryūteki
  • Contemplation (2003) for Koto
  • Grisaille (2004) for piano
  • Levitation (2006) for piano
  • Nocturno de San Idelfonso (2006) for violoncello and guitar
  • Psalms (2007) for piano
  • The Afterward (2009) for piano
  • Epitaph (2009) for piano
  • Oracle (2011) for piano
  • Litany (2012) for violin and piano
  • Litany II (2013) for piano
  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star (2014) for piano
  • Afterglow II (2014) for horn and violin
  • Drawing collection Südlich (2014) for English horn, bassoon, viola and guitar
  • Succession Ⅳ (2015) for vibraphone
  • Apparition (2015) for two guitars

Discography

  • Works of Two Composers [with Yūki Andō ] (JILA 1999)
  • Evocaciones de Espana (EMEC 2012) - Duo Michael Kevin Jones (violoncello) and Agustin Maruri (guitar)
  • Works for Piano (EMEC 2014) - Satoko Inoue (piano)
  • 70 More Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (Move Records 2015) - Michael Kieran Harvey (piano)
  • KLEE - Impressions (Müller & Schade AG 2018) - Ensemble Sortisatio: Walter Klingner (English horn), Axel Andrae (bassoon), Matthias Sannemüller (viola) and Thomas Blumenthal (guitar)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Satoshi Tanaka , musicfromjapan.org, accessed February 4, 2018.
  2. ^ The Hour of Silence for Orchestra , musicfromjapan.org, accessed February 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ With Composers , suntory.com, accessed February 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ The IRINO PRIZE Winners (1981–1990) , irinoprize.jp, accessed February 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Julian Yu: 4 Haiku , universaledition.com, accessed February 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ Satoshi Tanaka , asianculturalcouncil.org, accessed January 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ Satoshi Tanaka , headlands.org, accessed February 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ About IRINO PRIZE , irinoprize.jp, accessed on February 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Tanaka, Satoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 田中 聰 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Hokkaidō