Takayoshi Yanagida

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Takayoshi Yanagida ( Japanese 柳 田 孝義 Yanagida Takayoshi ; born March 27, 1948 in Sapporo City, the capital of the prefecture / island of Hokkaidō , Japan ) is a Japanese composer .

As a child he was already occupied with music. When he was eight years old, he got piano lessons. He quickly became interested in the works of Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky , which soon influenced his composing. At the Musashino Academia Musicae he studied composition with Klaus Pringsheim and at the age of 21 he won 1st prize in the Composition Division of the NHK / Mainichi Shinbun Music Competition of Japan . Further studies brought him to the University of Music in Munich , where he studied with Harald Genzmer . As part of the music of our time , he got in touch with the composer Wolfgang Fortner , who introduced him to pantomime and self-choreographed public appearances.

After returning to Japan, he joined the Japan Society for Contemporary Music , The Japan Federation of Composers and the International Society of Composers of Music , which provide a special forum for the dissemination of new compositions by sponsoring recitals and concerts. His long involvement in educational programs at the NHK resulted in scores for videos and films.

He is currently Professor of Music at Bunkyo University , where he teaches composition and music theory .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1993 Libretto on a Dreamy Vision for flute and orchestra
  • 1999 Memory of Time for flute, oboe, clarinet solo and orchestra
  • 2000 A Poetic Grace for 20-string koto (traditional Japanese instrument) and orchestra
  • 2000 Miyabiuta for nijûgen (traditional Japanese instrument) and orchestra
  • 2001 Elms bathed in sunshine ... for piano and orchestra
  • 2004 Piano Concerto No. 2 "Transfiguration of Dreams"

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1980 Concert Tableau for Wind Orchestra
  • 2002 Portrait of The West Wind
  • Gallery of a Rainbow

Chamber music

  • 1975 String Quartet
  • 1977 Nereus for Solo Violin
  • 1980 Mirrors for 2 Flutes
  • 1986 Seen in the twilight for flute, violin and piano
  • 1994 Valhulin for Clarinet and String Quartet
  • 1996 Selections II from a literary calendar for clarinet and percussion

Piano music

  • 1984 Beside a stream

Music for traditional Japanese instruments

  • 1976 Johi-Haku-Un for Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
  • 1978 Aya for shakuhachi and jûshichigen
  • 1983 Sanrenka for koto and jûshichigen
  • 1989 Habokusansuizu for shakuhachi and percussion
  • 1993 Fûgenka for koto and jûshichigen
  • Fûmon for koto and jûshichigen
  • Hokyo Seiun for Shakuhachi
  • Ritsu for koto
personal data
SURNAME Yanagida, Takayoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 柳 田孝義 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapporo , Japan