MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Motohiko Adachi

Composition Name: Aria for Unaccompanied Violin

Composition Date:                       1968 
Configuration:                         Solo
Featured Instrument:                   Violin
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                N/A
Players:                               1
Commissioned by:                       Yuriko Kuronuma
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

World Premiere Venue:                  Irino Hall
World Premiere City:                   Tokyo
World Premiere Sponsor:                N/A
World Premiere Date:                   1968
World Premiere Performers:             Ms. Y. Kuronuma

American Premiere Venue:               The Asia Society
American Premiere City:                New York
American Premiere Sponsor:             Music From Japan
American Premiere Date:                12/20/86
American Premiere Performers:          Koichiro Harada
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Koichiro Harada in Jap. Works
Author/Critic:                         Will Crutchfield
Publication Date:                      12/22/86
Reaction:                              Neutral
Synopsis:                              ...one is caught up in the meticulous exploration...
Origin (American/Japanese):            A