Tetsunosuke Kushida

Tetsunosuke Kushida ( Japanese 櫛 田 胅 之 扶 , Kushida Tetsunosuke , * 1935 in Kyōto Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese composer .

He studied at the Kyoto Kyōiku Daigaku ( "Kyoto University of Education") Mathematics and Tadashi Fukumoto composition . After completing his diplomas, he completed his studies with Nagomi Nakaseko and the film music composer Nakaba Takahashi . As a member of the composer group Tsu-ku-ru in Kyoto , he participated in the exchange with his composer colleagues and he started his wide-ranging compositional activities. He grew up in a very musical family and is very familiar with the original instruments and authentic Japanese music.

After winning the Ongaku-no-Tomo-sha Corporation Prize for Composition in 1969 for his work Stone Garden , he completed his studies in composition for wind orchestra with Paul Yoder and Ichitaro Tsujii . The first conductor of his composition Asuka , Tsujii certainly had a great influence on Kushida's works for wind orchestra.

He was visiting professor at Osaka Ongaku Daigaku (" Osaka College of Music" ) and lectured on Japanese Traditional Music and Wind Music . In March 1997 he gave lectures under the same title in Hiroshima and Okayama and held subsequent concerts with the Symphonic Wind Orchestra of Nagoya University of Arts .

He founded a music project in Kyoto : "Gosho-no-Mori", a center for musical activities.

Works

Works for wind orchestra

• 1969/1994 Asuka
• 1969 Ishi-no-Niwa Overture
• 1969 Rock Garden Overture
• 1973 Sagano-ni-yoseru-Nisho Suite
• 1975 Inner Galaxy
• 1978 Collage for Band on Folk Song from Tohoku District
  1. Lento moderato
  2. Allegro assai
• 1980 Legends on Fire
• 1980 San-Ka Overture
• 1981 A Love Song
• 1982 Hi-Ten Overture
• 1982 The Cloud Overture
• 1983 Reflection
• 1983 The Sky Over The Ikaruga Village Overture for Band
• 1984 Figurations for Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) and Band
• 1997 Ikaruga
  1. Mahoroba
  2. Yumedono
  3. Satobito no Odori
  4. Ikaruga
• A Flying Maiden for Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) and Band
• Autumn in Heian-Kyo
• Bugaku
• Clouds in collage
• Foojin - Ryjin
• Folk Songs from the Tohoku District
• Genroku
• Kagerohi "Shimmering Air"
• Kaze No Katarai
• La Feria
• Ritual Fire
• Ritual legend
• Snow-moon-flower
• Steps by Starlight - 1st Suite for Band
  1. The Milky Way
  2. The Scorpion
  3. Cygnus
• The Clouds Add Colors

Works for plucked orchestra

• Utsuriyuku Kisetsu no Kaori ni Tone poem
• Sinfonia for Koto, Shamisen, Shakuhachi and Mandolin orchestra

Works for harp ensemble

• Quiet Side Path for Harp Ensemble and Narrator
• Night in the Glass for harp ensemble
• Ondine's Night for harp ensemble
• Omohi - "Thoughts" for harp ensemble