Sounds
utamakura series 1-5 (2018-ongoing)
utamakura 1: ponds of Nara - for electric guitar and audio fixed media
utamakura 2: Arnardalur - for violin, piano, and audiovisual fixed media
utamakura 3: Saihōji - for high voice, cor anglais, percussion, and audio fixed media
utamakura 4: St Dunstan-in-the-East - for wind quintet and audio fixed media
utamakura 5: Mount Kamakura - for 17-string bass koto, Pierrot ensemble, and audiovisual fixed media
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utamakura 2: Arnardalur available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
for other scores, contact me directly.
Vanitas series (2014-17)
1. Matsumushi
2. fallings
3. is nowhere free of bad tidings
winner of the third Toshi Ichiyanagi Contemporary Prize (2018)
video:
scores:
is nowhere free of bad tidings available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
fallings available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
Matsumushi available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
Stravaig (2017)
performed by Ko Ishikawa (shō) and Satoko Inoue (piano)
3 May 2018, Montréal
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30 April 2018, Montréal
video:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
through the mist, empty sky (2018)
performed by Hiroaki Ooi (piano)
6 October 2018, Tokyo
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available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
here, today (2017)
performed by Ryuta Iwase (bass clarinet), Lorie String Quartet
17 March 2017, Tokyo
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available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
umoregi (if exposed...) (2014/5)
performed by the Bozzini Quartet
19 March 2016, Cluster Festival, Winnipeg, Canada
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score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
on the fields of Kamau (2014)
performed by Yumi Nara (soprano) and Shiniti Ueno (percussion)
26 November 2014, Tokyo
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score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
unanswered renga (2011)
performed by Reiko Manabe (flute)
autumn 2011 Tokyo
audio:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
Hypatia (2009/2013)
performed by Kei Sakoda (violin), Kyonga Im(cello), Erika Kawamura (piano)
20 October 2015, Tokyo
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score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
shakkei (2015)
performed by Dylan Lardelli (guitar) and Miyama McQueen-Tokita (17-string koto)
22 March 2015, Tokyo
audio:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
variation [detail] (2015)
performed by Barbara Pritchard
12 November 2015, St John’s, Newfoundland
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score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
fugue in a (2013)
performed by Yusuke Satoh (piano)
14 June 2014, Tokyo
audio:
score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
the dissonances (2013)
performed by mmm...: Reiko Manabe (flute), Shungo Mise (violin), Kaori Ohsuga (piano)
3 October 2013, Tokyo
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score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
plaintive belling (2013)
performed by Nobutaka Yoshizawa (koto)
19 May 2013, Tokyo
audio:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
On Love to be Endured (2013)
performed by Junko Ueda (satsuma biwa)
19 May 2013, Tokyo
audio:
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soon to be available from the Canadian Music Centre. In the meantime, contact me directly if interested.
dream story (2013)
performed by Mika Kimula (voice), Christoher Yohmei Blasdel (shakuhachi), Shungo Mise (violin)
text by Eiko Sadamatsu
19 May 2013, Tokyo
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soon to be available from the Canadian Music Centre. In the meantime, contact me directly if interested.
Spectral (for Kazuo Ohno) (2012)
performed by Mika Kimula (voice), Ko Ishikawa (sho), Akiko Sakurai (satsuma biwa)
28 August 2012, Tokyo
text by Eiko Sadamatsu
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soon to be available from the Canadian Music Centre. In the meantime, contact me directly if interested.
Three Shokushi Seasons (2012)
performed by Reiko Manabe (flute) and Shungo Mise (violin) (mmm…)
27 March 2012, Tokyo
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score:
soon to be available from the Canadian Music Centre. In the meantime, contact me directly if interested.
snow meditation (2011)
performed by Antoine Maisonhaute (violin), Jean-Paul Dessy (cello), André Ristic (piano)
15 September 2011, Pharos Festival of Music, Nicosea, Cyprus
audio:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.
fugue in b (2010)
performed by Kaori Ohsuga (piano) (mmm…)
27 March 2010, Tokyo
audio:
score:
available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
Oeil (2008)
performed by Noriko Yakushiji (sop), Ryuta Iwase (clarinets), Yohanan Chendler (violin)
7 November 2016, Tokyo
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soon to be available from the Canadian Music Centre. In the meantime, contact me directly if interested.
Myself in the Disguise of an Ancient Goddess (2008)
performed by Naoko Kikuchi (koto and voice)
22 January 2010, Tokyo
text by Mutsuo Takahashi
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con tu sueño en mi sueño (2005)
performed by members of Orchestre National de Lorraine
9 July 2005, Acanthes, Metz, France
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available from the Canadian Music Centre as a free preview or for purchase by clicking this link.
Songs of Love in Wintertime (2003)
performed by Chris O'Gorman and Melanie Jones
9 May 2005, York University, UK
audio:
score:
available from Da Vinci Edition by clicking this link.