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NEWS / RECENT EVENTS

My great friend, composer, pianist educator Muneaki Tsuda continues hiw survey of Western Music History:
9/27(日)「第11回西洋音楽史講座：A.シェーンベルクと新音楽の射程」を開催致します - 西洋音楽史講座

At this occation, pianist Tetsuyoshi Kawahata will perform a short 12-tone piece of mine.

Aug. 2025: Thank you to Girolamo Deraco and the Puccini International Opera Composition Course for inviting me to give a talk about some of my vocal music.

Jul. 2025: Thanks to Erika Kawamura for wonderful performance and thanks for everyone for coming to this concert in the heavy rain. We are already planning out next event, so please stay tuned!

Coming up this month in Koganei. We will premiere my arangement of Charlie Chaplin's music from the film 'Limelight', a much beloved heartfelt tune.

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Some mementos from the 2022 ISCM/ACL Festival in beautiful Christchurch, New Zealand

With conductor Ben Northy after the premiere of my piece 'Atmospheric Noise' with the Christchurch Symphony Orcherstra.

Was so exciting to take part in this project of Prof. Suguru Goto and his lab at Tokyo Uni. of the Arts

Bow Meditation (2019). Recorded by myself in Yokohama

Awakening (2018), finally finised editting the recording of Tomoki Tai

Recording 'awakening' for cello solo with the great Tomoki Tai, at Salvia Hall in Tsurumi, Yokohama.

Here's a preview!

First performance after lockdown

With Tosiya Suzuki, recorder.

During these strange and trying times, I wanted to share Maki Ota's and Tadashi Tajima's performance of 'From The Mountain of Eternal Peace' , a set of 4 Waka poems by Dogen, written especially for the 30th Takefu International Music Festival last year, 2019. Sung in Japanese with English translation projected.

Steven Heine was gracious enough to allow me to post his translations.
Please check out more wonderful English translations of Dogen's poems
(https://books.google.co.jp/…/The_Zen_poetry_of_D%C5%8Dgen.h…)

New video from Ars Nova Ensemble from Malmo, Sweden, of my piece 'Un po per non morire'!

Ars Nova Ensemble has performed this piece in 2019 in Malmo, Sweden. Thank you for the wonderful video and performance, and to Alessandro Perini for the sounds and phonograph.

New release! Nadav Cohen's new album ANIMATE

Nadav Cohen's debut album 'Animate - New Music for Bassoon', contains my piece Jo Ha Kyu, which was dedicated to him. Available also on all the online platforms (itunes, spotify etc.).
Here is a taste:

Martyn Boykan: Impromptu

Seems my recording of Marty Boykan's Impromptu (for solo violin was uploaded to youtube. Released 2017 by Bridge records.

Takefu International Music Festival 2018

Cellist Tomoki Tai premiered 'awakening' for solo cello I will performed pieces by Lina Tonia, Charles Kwong and Chris Williams.
More info here: http://takefu-imf.com/en/

June 2018 upcoming violin/piano recital
featuring works by J.S. Bach and new works by myself, Muneaki Tsuda and Isamu Kanai

Dec. 2017 premiere of Kholot for Electone.

Electone player Yukino Ichikawa played my piece Capricci per Electone which was written for her in 2016 and premiered a newly commissioned piece, Kholot in Tokyo Concerts Lab. Together with premiere of Osamu Kawakami's piece as well as pieces by Isao Matshita, Masakazu Natsuda and Peter Hoch.