Yosuke Fukuda

Yōsuke Fukuda ( Japanese 福田 洋 介 , Fukuda Yōsuke ; born April 19, 1975 in Suginami , Tokyo , Japan ) is a Japanese composer and oboist .

Fukuda was already engaged in music, especially with synthesizers, in childhood. At the age of 11 he began to create his first small compositions and arrangements with the help of his computer. At the age of 12 he arranged works by Debussy for synthesizers. When he attended middle school he was introduced to wind instruments and brass music. He then created and arranged works by well-known masters for wind orchestras. In 1991 he began his research on synthesizers and multimedia. In 1994 he graduated from high school and initially worked in a music trade, meanwhile continued to compose, especially for the theater, opera, dance companies and television. In 1999 he was named President of Desital Wonderland, DAW Product .

Works

Works for wind orchestra

• 1997 FU-GA-KU II
• 1997 Lyric of Red Maple
• 1999 Pastoral Printemps
• 2000 Suite Romanesque
  1. Overture Marziale
  2. Chorale
  3. Scherzo de Callion
  4. Marche Glorieuse
• 2001 Douchu-Rhapsody
• 2003 Hokusai Impressions
• 2003 Dancing in the Wind -Kaze-no-Mai- ( Asahi Composition Prize for Wind Orchestra )
• 2004 KA-GU-RA for Band

Chamber music

• 1995 HANDS for 5 Percussions (Timpani x2, Comgas, Bongos, Tambourine, Bass-Tom (Surdo))
• 1996 In the quiet woods ... for oboe (or soprano), cello (or baritone), piano
• 1997 Divertiment for Woodwind Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
  1. Playfully (Ebi-Su-Ten)
  2. Actively (Dai-Koku-Ten)
  3. Heroically (Bisha-Mon-Ten)
  4. Embracery (Ben-Zai-Ten)
  5. Comforatably (Fuku-Roku-Ju)
  6. Narratively (Ju-Rou-Jin)
  7. Large-minded (Ho-Tei)
• 1999 Epiphylium for Piano Solo
• 2001 Suite Lyrique for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Sax and Bass Clarinet
  1. Poeme lyrique d'air
  2. Chant d'amor
  3. Toccata
• Le Jardin Feerique

Web links

• Homepage (Japanese)