Tour of Québec and Ontario – April-May 2018
18/04/18 12:51
From 30 April - 5 May 2018, I will be in Canada, touring Montréal, Québec, and Toronto with five Japanese musicians and Montréal’s Quatuor Bozzini. Satoko Inoue (piano) and Ko Ishikawa (shō), along with composers Yuka Shibuya, Toshiya Watanabe, and Takeo Hoshiya will spend the week in Canada, sharing music from – and influenced by – Japan over five concerts.
Three of my compositions will be performed. They are:
Stravaig (2017, CP) for shō and piano – performed by Ko Ishikawa and Satoko Inoue – 30 April in Montréal
Stravaig (2017) for shō and piano – performed by Ko Ishikawa and Satoko Inoue – 2 May in Québec
Fugue in A-flat (2018, WP) for piano – performed by Satoko Inoue – 3 May in Montréal
umoregi (if exposed...) (2014-6) for string quartet – performed by Quatuor Bozzini – 3 May in Montréal
Fugue in A-flat (2018) for piano – performed by Satoko Inoue – 4 May in Toronto
Please click on the dates above for move information about venues, times, and prices.
This tour is undertaken with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Japan Foundation.
Three of my compositions will be performed. They are:
Stravaig (2017, CP) for shō and piano – performed by Ko Ishikawa and Satoko Inoue – 30 April in Montréal
Stravaig (2017) for shō and piano – performed by Ko Ishikawa and Satoko Inoue – 2 May in Québec
Fugue in A-flat (2018, WP) for piano – performed by Satoko Inoue – 3 May in Montréal
umoregi (if exposed...) (2014-6) for string quartet – performed by Quatuor Bozzini – 3 May in Montréal
Fugue in A-flat (2018) for piano – performed by Satoko Inoue – 4 May in Toronto
Please click on the dates above for move information about venues, times, and prices.
This tour is undertaken with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Japan Foundation.
Ten Scores now Published by Da Vinci Editions
18/04/18 12:51
I’m pleased to announce that Da Vinci Editions in Osaka has published ten of my scores, with more to come in the future.
The scores currently published by Da Vinci are:
shō/u, va, vc
shamisen and piano
shakuhachi (A, C#, E, 1 player), 13-string koto, 17-string koto, satsuma biwa, japanese percussion
text: anonymous Latin, Saigyō, Minamoto Sanetomo, Kamo no Chōmei
13-string koto
13-string koto (player sings)
17-string koto, guitar
vn, vc, pf
high voice, pf
text: Jamieson
u (or shō or reed organ), piano
fl
The scores currently published by Da Vinci are:
fallings
(2016) 53’ Da Vincishō/u, va, vc
In Nomine
(2015) 8’ Da Vincishamisen and piano
is nowhere free of bad tidings?
(2017) 45’ Da Vincishakuhachi (A, C#, E, 1 player), 13-string koto, 17-string koto, satsuma biwa, japanese percussion
text: anonymous Latin, Saigyō, Minamoto Sanetomo, Kamo no Chōmei
parting song
arrangement of an ancient Chinese song (2014) 3’ Da Vinci13-string koto
plaintive belling
(2013) 18’ Da Vinci13-string koto (player sings)
shakkei
(2015) 10’ Da Vinci17-string koto, guitar
snow meditation
(2011) 5’ Da Vincivn, vc, pf
Songs of Love in Wintertime
(2003) 10’ Da Vincihigh voice, pf
text: Jamieson
Stravaig
(2017) 13’ Da Vinciu (or shō or reed organ), piano
unanswered renga
(2011) 4’ Da Vincifl
ArtsIceland Residency – Spring 2018
18/04/18 12:50
Toshi Ichiyanagi Contemporary Prize
24/01/18 23:21

The citation reads: ‘The third work in a trilogy begun in 2014, Is nowhere free of bad tidings? (2017) is based on a deep consideration of the flux of Japanese history. Taken together, the trilogy is an epic musical work of extraordinarily elegance and contemporary topical perspective.… The piece succeeds in theatrically expressing, by means of its original notational system, the transient spirit of various times and societies, rendering a picture of the world darkly tinged by the harshness of reality.’
Further information (in Japanese) can be found here.
'Matsumushi' (2014): ISCM World Music Days in China Official Japanese selection
09/01/18 11:53
I’m very pleased to announce that my chamber monoopera Matsumushi (2014) is one of the official selections of the Japanese Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music for 2018.