Makoto Shinohara

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Makoto Shinohara ( Japanese 篠 原 眞 , Shinohara Makoto ; born December 10, 1931 in Osaka Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese composer .

biography

He completed studies from 1954 to 1960 at the University of the Arts Tokyo composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi , piano with Kazuko Yasukawa , conducting with Akeo Watanabe and Kurt Wöss , a scholarship from the French government at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris with Tony Aubin , Olivier Messiaen , Simone Plé-Caussade , Pierre Revel and Louis Fourrestier . From 1960 to 1962 he received a scholarship from the Bavarian State Government in Munich to study at the University of Music and the Siemens Studio for Electronic Music , as well as at the Rheinische Musikhochschule in Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann , Gottfried Michael Koenig and at the Conservatory of Music with Karlheinz Stockhausen . 1964 to 1966 he worked as an assistant to Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1966 and 1967 he received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). In 1969 he received a scholarship from the Italian government and in 1971 the Rockefeller Prize from the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center and finally in 1978 a scholarship from the Dutch government.

He also realized electronic compositions at the Institute for Sonology of the Reichsuniversität in Utrecht, at the electronic studio of the Technical University in Berlin, at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York and at the NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai) studio in Tokyo. In 1983 he was chosen as the main composer of the Holland Festival . With portrait concerts in Europe, the USA and Japan as well as numerous articles and seminars about his music as well as radio broadcasts, he not only attracted attention, but also made him known internationally.

In 1978 he was appointed visiting professor at McGill University in Montreal. Today he lives in Utrecht and Tokyo.

Works

Works for orchestra

• 1975 Equalization for 24 instruments (piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, double bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, celesta, harpsichord, harp, guitar, vibraphone, Marimba, percussion, violin, viola, cello and double bass)
• 1970 Visions for 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 4 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 6 percussion, harp, celesta, 24 violins, 8 viola, 8 cellos, 4 double basses
• 1975 Visions II , commissioned by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
• 1992 Yumeji (Ways of Dreams) for an orchestra with Japanese and Western instruments and a mixed choir
• Solitude pour orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

• 1982/1985 Play for Nine Wind Instruments (flute, alto flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone)

Chamber music

• 1958 sonata for violin and piano
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Lento
  3. Allegro brutal
• 1960 Obsession for oboe and piano
• 1968 Fragments for tenor recorder
• 1970 Reflection for oboe solo
• 1970 Relations for flute and piano
• 1972 Rencontres for drums and tape
• 1983/1993 turns for violin and koto
• 1984 Tabiyuki (On travel) for mezzo-soprano and small ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello and double bass)
• 1986/1990 Evolution for violoncello solo
• 1990 Cooperation for 8 traditional Japanese and 8 Western instruments (English horn, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello)
• 1993 Situations for alto saxophone and digital keyboard
• Consonance for flute, horn, vibraphone, marimba, harp and violoncello
• Relations for flute and piano

Works for percussion ensemble

• 1962 Alternance for percussion ensemble

Works for organ

• Elevation for organ

Piano music

• 1963/1969 Tendence pour piano
• 1996 Undulation A
• The Bear who saw the Sea for two pianos

Music for traditional Japanese instruments

• 1972 Tatuyai (Fluctuation) for koto, percussion and singer
• 1972 Tuyatai (Fluctuation) for Sangen
• 1973 Kyudo A (In quest of enlightenment) for Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
• 1973 Kyudo B for shakuhachi and harp
• 1981 Jushichigen-no-Umare (Birth of the bass koto) for Jushichi-Gen
• 1981 Nagare for Shamisen for Shamisen, Sangen, Kin (percussion) and gongs

Electronic music

• 1965 Visions I for tape, realized at the Institute for Sonology in Utrecht
• 1966 Memoires 4-channel electronic composition, realized at the Institute for Sonology in Utrecht
• 1974 Broadcasting
• 1979 City Visit for 4-channel tape, realized in New York
• 1980 Passage for bass flute and stereophony
• To Rain and Wind for koto, percussion and live electronics
• Personnage