LIST OF WORKS (BY DATE)
Lament for soprano saxophone and accordion
Duration: 10 min.
To be premiered in 2022
Year of Composition: 2021
Distances II for five players
Duration: 12 min.
Instrumentation: ob, vn, va, vc, pf
To be premiered in January 5, 2022 in Tokyo
Year of Composition: 2019-2020
Distances (I) (a creative arrangement of J. S. Bach’s Aria from Goldberg Variations) for piano and pre-recorded instruments
Duration: 4 min.
Premiere: March 30, 2018 at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Ensemble Contemporary Alpha
Year of Composition: 2018
Note: sound source of the pre-recorded instruments (fl, trb, keyboard, vn, db) is available from the composer
Pleasure of Repetition for violin, clarinet, and piano
Duration: 4 min.
Premiere: March 31, 2017 at Toyosu Civic Center Hall (Tokyo)
Ensemble Contemporary Alpha
Year of Composition: 2017
Note: This work is based on the material from Hiroyuki Yamamoto’s Contour-ism Mini and to be played with a pre-recorded sound source of Yamamoto’s piece.
Winter Memories for trumpet and vibraphone (4 cow bells also)
Duration: 8 min.
Premiere: December 2, 2016 at Tokyo Opera City Omi Gakudo Hall
Kiyonori Sokabe, tr; Mizuki Aita, vib
A commission of Kiyonori Sokabe & Mizuki Aita
Year of Composition: 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0BbDxvKkho
Horan for sho and harp
Duration: 9 min.
Premiere: July 30, 2016 at Musicasa (Tokyo)
Mayumi Miyata, sho; Naoko Yoshino, hp
A commission of Mayumi Miyata
Year of Composition: 2016
Angel’s Ladder for piano solo
Duration: 3 min.
Premiere: July 23, 2016 in Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa, Japan
Kumi Uchimoto, pf
A commission of Kumi Uchimoto
Year of Composition: 2016
CD: Stradivarius STR37089
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIwmzrGoFdQ
https://ml.naxos.jp/composer/187269
Autumn Unfolds for woodwind quintet
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: September 11, 2015 in Echizen-shi, Fukui, Japan
Slowind Woodwind Quintet
A commission of Takefu International Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2015
Se La Face ay Pale (a creative arrangement of Guillaume Dufay’s piece) for trumpet and percussion
Percussion Instruments: vibraphone, 3 cow bells
Duration: 3 min.
Premiere: June 24, 2015 at Keyaki Hall (Tokyo)
Kiyonori Sokabe, tp; Yoshiko Kanda, perc
Year of Composition: 2015
Dark Lake for tenor saxophone and piano
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: July 12, 2015 at Strasbourg, France
Jeffrey E. Vickers, sax; pianist’s name unknown
A commission of Jeffrey E. Vickers
Year of Composition: 2015
Starry Night for flute, violin, and piano
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: September 11, 2015 at Echizen-shi, Fukui, Japan
Yoshie Ueno, fl; Yasutaka Hemmi, vn, Ken-ichi Nakagawa, pf;
Rüdiger Bohn, conductor
A commission of Takefu International Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2015
Yoru no Niji (Night Rainbow) for mixed vocal ensemble
Language: Japanese
Duration: 13 min.
Premiere: March 30, 2014 at JT Art Hall Affinis (Tokyo)
Vox Humana (mixed vocal ensemble) conducted by Ryuta Nishikawa
A commission of Vox Humana
Year of Composition: 2014
Note: playable with mixed chorus
CD: Fontec FOCD9763
Prelude (a creative arrangement of J. S. Bach’s Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1) for violoncello solo with CD playback system
Duration: 3 min.
Premiere: March 15, 2014 at Tokyo Opera City Omi Gakudo Hall
Takui Matsumoto, vc
Year of Composition: 2014
String Quartet No. 2
Duration: 14 min.
Premiere: August 27, 2013 in Echizen-shi, Fukui, Japan
Quatuor Diotima
A commission of Takefu Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2013
Amber Castle I-b for bass clarinet and piano
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: September 7, 2012 in Echizen-shi, Fukui, Japan
Nozomi Ueda, bass-cl; Ken-ichi Nakagawa, pf
A commission of Takefu Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2005/2012
Komori-Uta (Lullaby) for female chorus
Language: Japanese
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: December 16, 2012 at JT Art Hall Affinis (Tokyo)
Akatsuki (female choir) conducted by Ryuta Nishikawa
A commission of Akatsuki
Year of Composition: 2012
CD: Fontec FOCD9763
A Chant from the East II for five players
Instrumentation: fl, ob, pf, vn, vc
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: March 26, 2012 at Bunkyo Civic Hall (Tokyo)
Ensemble Contemporary Alpha
Year of Composition: 2012
A Chant from the East (I) for orchestra
Instrumentation: 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2hn, 2tp, 2trb, 3perc, hp, celesta, 12-10-8-6-4
Duration: 5 min.
Premiere: March 30, 2012 at Staatstheater Cottbus, Germany
The Philharmonisches Orchester in Cottbus conducted by Marc Niemann
A commission of The Philharmonisches Orchester in Cottbus
Year of Composition: 2012
CD: telos music TLS166
https://ml.naxos.jp/composer/187269
Miyama no Tori (Birds of the Woodland Silence) for 20-stringed koto and recorder
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: November 26, 2011 at JT Art Hall Affinis (Tokyo)
Nanae Yoshimura, koto; Tosiya Suzuki, recorder)
A commission of Nanae Yoshimura
Year of Composition: 2011
CD: TRANSLIVE TLV-140214
A Dream of Ockeghem II (a creative arrangement of D’ung aultre amer by Johannes Ockeghem) for three flutes
Duration: 5 min.
Premiere: December 21, 2011 at Suginami Kokaido Hall (Tokyo)
Magnum Trio (Jun-ichiro Taku, fl I; Yuya Kanda, fl II, Kazuhiro Kajiwara, fl III)
A commission of eX.
Year of Composition: 2011
Dreams of Gullfoss for piano solo
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: January 10, 2011 at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Kaori Nakajima, pf
A commission of Kaori Nakajima
Year of Composition: 2010
Yuragu Kaze wo Oru for mixed vocal ensemble
Language: Japanese
Duration: 14 min.
Premiere: September 5, 2010 at JT Art Hall Affinis (Tokyo)
Vox Humana conducted by Ryuta Nishikawa
A commission of Vox Humana
Year of Composition: 2010
Note: playable with mixed chorus
CD: Fontec FOCD9763
Die Drei Wünsche for violin, violoncello, and clavichord
Duration: 3 min.
Premiere: May 21, 2010 at Reutlingen, Germany
ensemble cross.art
A commission of ensemble cross.art
Year of Composition: 2010
Terra Incognita for percussion solo
Instrumentation: vibraphone, 3 cow bells, 2 wood blocks, bass drum
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: November 20, 2009 at Tsuda Hall, Tokyo
Yoshiko Kanda, perc
A commission of Zen-On Music
Publisher: Zen-On Music
Year of Composition: 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjuDDoBIZE
Fading into a Dark Forest for eight players
Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, perc, pf, vn, va, vc
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: August 22, 2009 at Takefu-shi, Fukui, Japan
Next Mushroom Promotion conducted by Rüdiger Bohn
A commission of Takefu International Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2009
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
A Dream of Ockeghem (I) (a creative arrangement of D’ung aultre amer by Johannes Ockeghem) for clarinet in Bb and piano
Duration: 3 min.
Premiere: July 17, 2008 at Sumida Triphony Recital Hall
Ikuko Suzuki, cl; Yumi Oikawa, pf
Year of Composition: 2008
Black Elves for clarinet solo
Duration: 5 min.
Premiere: July 17, 2008 at Sumida Triphony Recital Hall
Ikuko Suzuki, cl
A commission of Ikuko Suzuki
Year of Composition: 2008
Note: playable on Eb clarinet as well as Bb clarinet using the same score
Quietly, Deeply, and Intensely for mixed chorus and piano
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: March 21, 2008 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall
The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo conducted by Nobuaki Tanaka; Kaori Nakajima, pf
A commission of The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo
Year of Composition: 2008
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
Fontec FOCD9763
Deep into a Resonant Forest for piano solo
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: January 8, 2008 at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Kaori Nakajima, pf
A commission of Kaori Nakajima
Year of Composition: 2007
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
Out of Blaze of Light for clarinet and piano
Duration: 8 min.
Premiere: February 12, 2007 at California Institutes of the Arts
E. Michael Richards, cl; Kazuko Tanosaki, pf
A commission of The Tanosaki-Richards Duo
Year of Composition: 2006
Note: written for clarinet in Bb
Duo for violin and viola
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: September 10, 2006 at Rümlingen, Switzerland
Annette Bik,vn; Dimitrios Polisoidis, vla
A commission of Festival Rümlingen
Year of Composition: 2006
In the Resonant Valley for violin and piano
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: May 10, 2006 at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Shinobu Nakayama, vn; Nobuhito Nakai, pf
A commission of Shinobu Nakayama
Year of Composition: 2006
In the Dim Light for five players
Instrumentation: alto-fl, cl, pf, vn, vc
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: February 12, 2006 at Merkin Hall in New York City
Ad Hoc ensemble conducted by Carolyn Kuan
A commission of Music From Japan
Note: Selected at the ISCM Virtual Collaborative Series in 2021
Year of Composition: 2005
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpuCoYLvz4
Forest of Illusions II for marimba solo
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: November 16, 2005 at the Phoenix Hall, Osaka
Kunihiko Komori, marimba
A commission of Kunihiko Komori
Year of Composition: 2005
A Night of Iridescent Flickering for guitar solo
Duration: 8 min.
Premiere: September 6, 2005 in Takefu-shi, Fukui, Japan
Nana Hiwatari, guitar
A commission of Takefu International Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2005
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
Amber Castle for alto saxophone and piano
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: May 27, 2005 in Tokyo
Takashi Saito, sax; Masanobu Shinoda, pf
A commission of Takashi Saito
Year of Composition: 2005
Publisher: Resolute Music Publications
Salamander I-b for flute solo
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: March 14, 2005 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Kolbeinn Bjarnason, flute
Year of Composition: 1995/2005
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
Dreams of a Swaying Forest for chamber orchestra
Instrumentation: 1fl, 1ob, 1cl, 1bn, 2hn, 1tp, 1trb, 2perc, 1hp, 1pf (celesta also), 4-4-2-2-1 (The number of string players may be varied.)
Duration: 16 min.
Premiere: July 9, 2004, Izumi Hall, Osaka
Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka conducted by Norichika Iimori
A commission of Izumi Hall & Kioi Hall
Year of Composition: 2004
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-YyIIaVGBM
Forest of Illusions I for marimba and strings
Instrumentation: A relatively larger size of string section of an orchestra (such as 12-10-8-6-4) is more ideal.
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: June 13, 2004 at Takefu-shi, Fukui, Japan
Kunihiko Komori, marimba; Orchestra Osaka Symphoniker conducted by Ken-ichi Nakagawa
A commission of Takefu International Music Festival
Year of Composition: 2004
Standing Still in a Winter Garden for recorder and sho
Instrumentation: tenor recorder (doubling sopranino recorder), sho
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: June 15, 2003 at Takefu-shi, Fukui, Japan
Tosiya Suzuki, recorder; Mayumi Miyata, sho
A commission of Takefu International Composition Workshop
Year of Composition: 2003
The Woods of Labyrinth for soprano saxophone solo
Duration: 13 min.
Premiere: November 3, 2002 at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (Japan)
Masataka Hirano, sax
A commission of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Publisher: Resolute Music Publications
Year of Composition: 2002
Aki no Kure (The Dusk of Autumn) for 20-stringed koto
Duration: 8 min.
Premiere: September 8, 2002 in Schwaz, Austria
Makiko Goto, koto
A commission of Klangspuren Schwaz Festival For New Music
Year of Composition: 2002
Shadows of Night IV for wind ensemble
Instrumentation: fl, ob, 2cl, 2hr, 2tp, 2trb, pf
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: July 26, 2002 at Bunsho-kan (Yamagata, Japan)
Yamagata Symphony Orchestra conducted by Toshiyuki Kudo
A commission of Music In Yamagata
Year of Composition: 2002
String Quartet (No.1)
Duration: 15 min.
Premiere: June 15, 2002 at Takefu Culture Center (Fukui, Japan)
Arditti String Quartet
A commission of Takefu International Composition Workshop
Note: Selected at the ISCM World New Music Days in 2004 (Switzerland)
Year of Composition: 2002
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbtEoz-_fFY
Mirror II for orchestra
Instrumentation: 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bn, 2hr, 2tp, 3trb, tuba, 3 perc, 2hp, celesta, pf, 12-10-8-8-6
Duration: 15 min.
Premiere: August 27, 2000 at Suntory Hall in Tokyo
New Japan Philharmonic conducted by Kazuhiko Komatsu
A commission of Suntory Music Foundation
Year of Composition: 2000
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0fO677-8e8
The Angel of Despair II for alto saxophone solo
Duration: 9 min.
Premiere: November 19, 2000 at Escher Theater in Luxemburg
Takashi Saito, sax
A commission of Takashi Saito
Note: Selected at the ISCM World New Music Days in 2009 (Sweden)
Publisher: Resolute Music Publications
Year of Composition: 1999
CD: Fontec FOCD2569
ALM Records ALCD9046
Genuin GEN14301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVLnhp_nqc
https://ml.naxos.jp/composer/187269
Shadows of Night II for trombone solo with reverberation system
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: August 30, 1998 at Akiyoshidai International Art Village (Yamaguchi, Japan)
Mike Svoboda, trb
A commission of Akiyoshidai International 20th Century Music Seminar and Festival
Year of Composition: 1998
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILt8R4xd7Ag&list=RDMMGHOevwuUE4o&index=3
The Myth of Sisyphus for two pianos and orchestra
Instrumentation: 2pf (soli), 2fl, 2ob, 4cl, 4tp, 2trb, 2perc, 14-14-10-8-8
Duration: 15 min.
Premiere: February 20, 1998 at Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall (Yokohama)
Hiroshi Nagao, pf I; Takehiko Yamada, pf II
Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kazufumi Yamashita
A commission of Yokohama Arts Foundation
Publisher: Japan Federation of Composers Inc.
Note: Akutagawa Award For Music Composition in 1998
Year of Composition: 1998
Mirror I for twelve players
Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, perc, mandolin, guitar, harp, pf, vn, va, vc, db
Duration: 12 min.
Premiere: January 13, 1998 at Paradiso in Amsterdam
Nieuw Ensemble conducted by Ed Spanijaard
Year of Composition: 1997
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wdT15_kCk
Salamander II for soprano recorder solo
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: August 12, 1996 at Darmstadt Summer Course
Tosiya Suzuki, recorder
Year of Composition: 1995
Notes: Stipendien Prize at Darmstadt Summer Course in 1996.
Selected at the ISCM World New Music Days in 2000 (Luxembourg)
CD: MusicScape MSCD-0019
MusicScape MSCD-0006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45fcU4iATs
Salamander I for piccolo solo
Duration: 7 min.
Premiere: October 27, 1995 at University of California, San Diego
John Fonville, piccolo
Year of Composition: 1995
CD: Einstein Records EIN014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFfu15BiMH0&list=OLAK5uy_kN51ttJLD_Vca623OgVle6DM6--3ZZbtQ&index=9
The Angel of Despair I for violin solo
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: October 27, 1995 at University of California, San Diego
János Négyesy, vn
Year of Composition: 1995
Xagna for live solo violin and three pre-recorded violins (or violin quartet)
Duration: 11 min.
Premiere: May 15, 1990 at University of California, San Diego
Mary Oliver, vn
Publishers: RICORDI / Japan Federation of Composers Inc.
https://www.digitalarchivioricordi.com/it/partiture/5790
Year of Composition: 1990
Note: First prize at Nuove Sincronie International Composition Competition in 1995 (Milan, Italy)
Gemini for two violins
Duration: 5 min.
Premiere: June 6, 1989 at Mandeville Recital Hall, University of California San Diego
János Négyesy, vn I; Mary Oliver, vn II
Publisher: Japan Federation of Composers Inc.
Year of Composition: 1989