Shigenobu Nakamura

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Shigenobu Nakamura ( Japanese 中 村 滋 延 , Nakamura Shigenobu ; * 1950 in Osaka , Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese composer .

Life

Shigenobu Nakamura studied at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music on the main island of Honshū and at the National Music Conservatory in Munich .

He has written more than 100 works for a variety of genres to date, including 10 orchestral works and five symphonies. In the late 1980s he enthusiastically focused on creating theatrical and incidental music using the computer. Some of these compositions have received international awards, for example from the ICMC of the University of Singapore (1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003) and the Center for Art and Media Technology - ZKM - in Karlsruhe (1998). His visual works have also received awards, including the International Video Art Prize in Germany (1995 and 1996), the "l'immagine leggera" Palermo International Video Art Festival Italy 1997.

In 1997 and 1998 he was an artist at the Center for Art and Media Technology - ZKM - in Karlsruhe . Shigenobu Nakamura is also professor at the Kyōto College of Arts and at the Institute for Acoustic Design at Kyushu University .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 2002 Gallery of Reliefs - Symphony no.3

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1990 Yantra: Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra

Piano music

  • 1978 Mei-an for piano solo
  • 1983 White for piano solo
  • 1999 Deja vu for piano solo
  • Scenes II for piano duo

Chamber music

  • 1976 relief for string quartet
  • 1981 Chamber concerto No. 4 "Rei" for trumpet, marimba and small ensemble
  • 1987 Lyrical Dances for soprano and treble recorder
  • 1989 Divertimento for recorder ensemble (S, A, T, B)
  • 2003 Duo for flute and violoncello

Music for guitars

  • 1978 Lyric for 4 guitars

Choral music

  • 1999 Gendai Warabeuta Ko for children's choir, piano and tape

Incidental music

  • 2002 takatano Ballet Music, for recorder, lute, viol and percussion

Music for percussion

  • 1988 slash + print for marimbaphone and percussion ensemble

Music for traditional Japanese instruments

  • 1977 Hana to Kaze for 2 shakuhachis, 2 kotos, jushichigen and 2 percussions
  • 1998 Trinity for 3 Shakuhachis (Japanese bamboo flute)
  • 1999 Kanae for 3 Shakuhachis
  • 2000 Chinkon-Fu for soprano, koto and violoncello
  • Kurita for 2 koto

Electronic music

  • 1990 Crossword Vol. 2 for soprano and computer music
  • 1990 Sampling Landscape for clarinet and computer music
  • 1991 Crossword Vol. 3 for singer and computer music
  • 1992 Interface Concerto for computer and electronic keyboard
  • 1992 Plastic Music for tape
  • 1995 Yin & Yang Audiovisual Computer Music
  • 1996 Epitaph Audio-Visual Poem - for Video and Electronic Sound (to memories of my father)
  • 1996 Kaze-no-hibiki, Iki-no-shirabe (Sound of Wind and Melody of Breath) Audio-Visual Poem with Alto-Saxophone
  • 1998 Life Audio-Visual Poem - Computer Music with Video
  • 1998 Play Audio-Visual Poem - Computer Music with Video
  • 1998 sabi (the beauty of loneliness) audiovisual poem
  • 1999 Hi no Utsuwa (Object of Mercy) Music-based Media Art - for Performer, computer sound and computer graphics
  • 1999 The Love dedicated to Minotaur Ballet Music - for tape
  • 2000 Common Tragedies in Urban Life Audio-Visual Poem - Computer Music with Video
  • 2000 Hanagatami Ballet Music, for tape
  • 2000 Lust Audio-Visual Poem - Computer Music with Video
  • 2000 Metamorphosis of Love Audio-Visual Poem - Computer Music with Video
  • 2000 Scar for violoncello, electronic sounds and computer graphics
  • 2001 Dream of Naga for Flute, computer sound and computer graphics
  • 2002 Noemata No. 2 Computer Music for Video
  • 2002 Voyage for piano and computer sound
  • Digital Shadowplay "Shadow of Rama"
  • Kagami interactive piece of music for trumpet and video

Books and writings

  • Shigenobu Nakamura: Sound Representation of Art Animation Geijutsu Kogaku: the Journal of Design; Vol.2, pp25-36 Faculty of Design, Kyushu University.
  • Shigenobu Nakamura: Analysis of the Interpretation by Glenn Gould - through his way of playing Opus 23-5 composed by Arnold Schönberg - ; Geijutsu Kogaku: the Journal of Design; Vol.1, pp67-76 Faculty of Design, Kyushu University.
  • Shigenobu Nakamura: The Possibility of Music Expression by Digital Art International Journal of Asia Digital Art and Design Association, 2003 Vol.1, Vol.1, pp.111-117, 2003 .
  • Shigenobu Nakamura: The Possibility of Musical Representation with Visual Elements IPSJ SIG Technical Reports, 2004-MUS-54, pp.23-38, Information Processing Society of Japan, 2004 .
  • Shigenobu Nakamura The Digital Design of Performance System for the Synthesis of Image and Music Proceedings of the 2nd annual Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association , pp98-99, 2004 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nakamura, Shigenobu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 中 村 滋 延 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka