Teizō Matsumura

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Teizō Matsumura ( Japanese 松 村 禎 三 , Matsumura Teizō ; born January 15, 1929 in Kyoto ; † August 6, 2007 ) was a Japanese composer.

Matsumara took private lessons from Tsuneharu Takahashi and Toshio Nagahiro (harmony). In 1949 he came to Tokyo, where he was a composition student of Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube . In 1950 he fell ill with tuberculosis and had to undergo several operations until 1955.

During his convalescence he started writing haikus and won a haiku competition. Introduction and Allegro Concertante for orchestra, with which he won the composition prize of the Mainichi music competition in 1955, was written at the same time . His first compositions were influenced by European composers such as Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky , but his symphony and prelude for orchestra showed influences from traditional music from India, Tibet and Bali.

Influences of traditional Japanese music and painting and the Nō theater were evident in his two piano concertos. In 1978 he was commissioned to compose an opera for Endō Shūsakus Roman Chinmoku ( silence , Eng. Silence ). He worked on the work for thirteen years. In 1993 the opera Chinmoku premiered and received several prizes. The following year, a retrospective of Matsumura's works took place in New York. In addition to the works mentioned, Matsumara also composed over 100 film scores, including many for films by Kei Kumai and Kazuo Kuroki . Until his retirement he was professor of composition at the Tokyo Art School .

Works (selection)

  • Achime for soprano, percussion and 11 players (1957)
  • Cryptogame for instrumental ensemble (1958)
  • Musique pour quatuor à cordes et pianoforte (1962)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1965)
  • Prelude pour orchester (1968)
  • Aprasas for female chorus with 2 harps, piano, harpsichord, celesta and string orchestra (1969)
  • Totem Ritual for mixed chorus with 8 percussions, piano, harpsichord and orchestra (1969)
  • Deux berceuses à la Grèce for piano (1969)
  • Poème I for shakuhachi and koto (1969)
  • Courtyard of Apsaras for flute, violin and piano (1971)
  • Poème II for shakuhachi solo (1972)
  • Two Poems by the Prince of Karu for soprano and piano (1973)
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 (1973)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 (1978)
  • Hymn to Aurora for mixed chorus with cello, harp, percussion, piano, organ and oboe d'amore (1978)
  • Fantasy for thirteen-string koto solo (1980)
  • Cello Concerto (Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra) (1984)
  • Air of Prayer for seventeen-string koto solo (1984)
  • Air of Prayer for cello solo (1985)
  • Pneuma for strings (1986)
  • Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986)
  • Homage to Akira Ifukube for orchestra (1988)
  • Opera " Silence " (1993)
  • Nocturne for harp solo (1994)
  • Quatuor à cordes (1996)
  • Poor Faithful for voice and piano (1996)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1998)
  • Pilgrimage I - III for piano (1999-2000)
  • To the Night of Gethsemane for orchestra (2002)

Film music

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personal data
SURNAME Matsumura, Teizo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 松 村 禎 三 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyoto
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2007