Hosokawa, Toshio

Born in 1955 in Hiroshima . He took his first music lessons from his mother, who played the Japanese traditional koto instrument. At the beginning of his career, he did not show interest in folk music. He was more interested in European music: first Mozart and Beethoven , and then JS Bach and Schubert . He studied composition and piano at the University of Tokyo from 1971 to 1976 . During this period, he heard two compositions by Korean composer Isan Yoon : Reak ( 1966 ) and Dimensionen ( 1971 ). In his own words: “The music of Isan Yun made an impression on me, as if a large stream of the Asian sound universe swam in front of me.” In the same year, he decided to go to West Berlin to study composition with Isan Yoon at the Berlin University of the Arts . In piano, he studied with Rolf Kunert , and analysis was conducted with Vitold Salonek . Further, in 1983 - 1986 he studied with Klaus Huber and Brian Fernihou at the Freiburg Higher School of Music . From this period began his fascination with traditional music. He lived in Germany, Austria, Switzerland for several decades. In 2005, in Salzburg, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the premiere of his composition Circulating Ocean (conducted by Valery Gergiev ) was successfully held

The first prize in the composers competition for the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( 1982 ), the Kyoto Prize ( 1988 ), the music award in Duisburg ( 1998 ) and others. A guest composer or lecturer in Darmstadt (since 1990 ), at the Venice Biennale ( 1995 , 2001 ), Munich Biennale ( 1998 ), Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg ( 1998 ), International Music Week in Lucerne ( 2000 ), music festivals in Munich ( 2001 ), Helsinki ( 2003 ) and others. In 2004 - visiting professor in Tokyo College of Music.

Lives in Nagano .

Opera

• Vision of Lear ( 1998 )
• Hanjo ( 2004 )
• Matsukaze ( 2011 , based on the drama of the Noh Theater, staged at the La Monnet Theater in Brussels , choreography by Sasha Waltz , conductor Pablo Eras Casado , in the title role Barbara Hannigan )
• The Raven (2011- 2012 , a monodrama for mezzo-soprano and 12 instruments to verses by Edgar Allan Poe )

Orchestral works

• Ferne Landschaft I ( 1987 )
• Ferne Landschaft II ( 1996 )
• Ferne Landschaft III ( 1996 )
• Voiceless coice in Hiroshima ( 1989 - 2000 - 2001 )
• Concerto for saxophone and orchestra ( 1998 - 1999 )
• Wind from the ocean ( 2003 )
• Circulating ocean , suite in 11 parts ( 2005 )
• Lotus under the moonlight , piano concerto ( 2006 )
• Moment of Blossoming , concert for horn ( 2010 )
• Blossoming II , for chamber orchestra ( 2011 )

Chamber music

• Winter bird ( 1978 )
• Sen I-VII ( 1984 - 1995 )
• Voyage I — VI ( 1991- )
• Vertical Time Study I — III ( 1992 - 1994 )
• Memory - In memory of Isang Yun ( 1995 )
• Threnody: To the Victims of the Tōhoku Earthquake 3.11 ( 2011 )

Choral Works

• Tenebrae ( 1993 )
• Mein Herzensgrund, unendlich tief ( 2004 )
• Ave maria

Music for Traditional Japanese Instruments

• New Seed of Contemplation - Mandala ( 1985 - 1995 )
• Koto-uta , Processing of Traditional Japanese Music ( 1999 )
• Garden at First Light ( 2003 )

Movie Music

• The Sting of Death (死 の 棘), dir. Kohei Oguri , 1990
• Sleeping (眠 る 男), dir. Kohei Oguri, 1996

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