Born in Osaka (Japan).
Studied composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, with Karlheinz Stockhausen at Cologne Municipal Conservatory and with Bernd Alois Zimmermann at Cologne State Conservatory, analysis with Olivier Messiaen at Paris National Conservatory and electronic music with Gottfried Michael Koenig at Cologne State Conservatory.
Guest professor at McGill University in Montreal (1978).
He has held residencies in Paris (with grants from the French government), Munich (Bavarian government), Cologne (Cologne State Conservatory), Berlin (Berlin Artists Program of German Academic Exchange Service), Rome (Italian government), New York(The JDR 3rd Fund), and Montgreal (Canadian Arts Council) and Utrecht (Institute of Sonology).
Compositions for Western and / or Japanese instruments in forms of solo, chamber ensemble and orchestra; for voice as solo and / or chorus; for electronic music with electronic and / or concrete sounds, by tape and / or live performance. Ventures are made in numerous works for expansion of performing
techniques such as integration of many kinds of sounds, utilization of space through multiple speakers or moving of sound sources, visualization by players moving, miming and / or projection of slides.
Main composer at the Holland Festival (1983). 7 portrait concerts in Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Kusatsu) and 12 abroad (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Portugal Poland, USA).
27 compositions published by Ongaku-no-tomo-sha, Zen-on, Leduc, Schott London, Breitkopf & Haertel, Ricordi).
23 compositions released in LP / CD by 10 componies in Japan and 12 abroad (Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, USA).
He passed away in March 3, 2024.
ROMDO for orchestra (1953)
TRIO D’ANCHES (ob.cl.bn) (1956)
TRIO for violin, violoncello and piano (1957)
SONATA for violin and piano (1958)
KASS0UGA for flute and piano (1959)
TROIS PIECES CONCERTANTES for trumpet and piano (1959)
OBSESSION for oboe and piano (1960)
SOLITUDE for orchestra (1961)
ALTERNANCE for percussion (6 players) (1962)
TENDANCE for piano (1969)
VISIONS I (4 channel electronic music tape, stereo version available) (1965)
MEMOIRES (4 channel electronic music tape, stereo version available) (1966)
CONSONANCE for 6 instruments (fl. hn. vb. mb. hp. vc) (1967)
FRAGMENTE for tenor recorder (1968)
VISIONS II for orchestra (1970)
REFLEXION for oboe (1970)
RELATIONS for flutist and pianist (1970)
TAYUTAI (Fluctuation) for koto, percussion and voice (koto player alone or koto player and mezzo-soprano or baritone in duet) (1972)
KYŪDŌ A (in quest of enlightenment) for shakuhachi player (1974)
KYŪDŌ B (in quest of enlightenment) for shakuhachi player and harpist (1973)
PERSONNAGE for tape, lighting and mime (3 channel electronic music tape, stereo version available; performance of the tape alone is possible) (1973)
BROADCASTING (stereo electronic music tape) (1974)
EGALISATION for 25 instrumentalists (pic. fl. afl. ob. eh. cl. bcl. bn dbn; hn. trp. trb. tub; pn. cel. hc. hp. gt. vb. mb pc; vn. va. vc. dbs) (1975)
ELEVATION for organ (1976)
LIBERATION for 20 stringed instruments (10vn. 4va. 4vc. 2dbs) (1977)
CITY VISIT for tape and slides in 2 parts (4 channel electronic music tape, stereo version available performance of the tape alone is possible) (1979)
PASSAGE for stereo amplified bass flute (Replacement by alto flute or normal flute is possible) (1986)
NAGARE (Flow) for shamisen (1981)
JUSHICHIGEN-NO-UMARE (Birth of the bass koto) for jūshichigen (1981)
PLAY for 9 wind instruments (fl. afl. ob. cl. bcl. bn; hn. trp. trb) (1982)
TURNS for violinist and koto player or violinist alone (1993)
TABIYUKI (on travel, text: 16 haikus by bashō) for mezzo-soprano and 12 instrmentalists (mezzo; fl. ob. cl. bn; hn. trp. trb; pc; vn. va. vc. dbs) (1984)
EVOLUTION for violoncello (1986)
C0OPERATION for 8 Japanese and 8 Western instrumentalists (nōkan / shinobue, shakuhachi, hichiriki, shō, koto, shamisen, biwa, kokyū; eh / ob / bob, cl / bcl, trp, trb, pc, pn, vn, vc) (1990)
YUMEJI (The way of dreams) for orchestra of Japanese and Western instrumentsand mixed chorus (Japanese instruments can be replaced by Western instnments) (1992)
SITUATIONS for alto saxophone and digital keyboards (1993)
UNDURATION A for piano (1996)
UNDULATION B for 2 pianos (1997)
FRAGMENTE DUO for tenor recorder and nijūichigen (1998)
FRAGMENTE TRIO for tenor recorder, nijūichigen and percussion (1998)
TO RAIN AND WIND A / B for nijūichigen and electronics (2008)
PASSAGE B for stereo amplified woodwind quartet (2003)
SYLLABLES for 24 vocalists (2005)
SANKYOKUSO for shakuhachi, shamisen and koto (2009) |