MUSIC FROM JAPAN COMPOSER PROFILE

Mr. Akira Nishimura

 
Birthplace:                            Osaka
 


Award:                                 First Prize
                                       43rd Music Concours
Year:                                  1974
Award:                                 Grand Prix
                                       Elizabeth Int'l Mus. Con.
Year:                                  1975
Award:                                 Dellapiccola Prize
Year:                                  1977
Award:                                 IMC First Prize
                                       Kecak
Year:                                  1979
Award:                                 ISCM
                                       selected Ode for Ecstasis
Year:                                  1982
Award:                                 Nakajima Award
                                       Navel of the sun
Year:                                  1990
Award:                                 Kyoto Music Prize
Year:                                  1991
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
                                       A Ring of Light-double co
Year:                                  1992
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
                                       Into the Lights of the ..
Year:                                  1993
Award:                                 Japan Contemporary Arts P
                                       romotopn Prize)
Year:                                  1994
Studies:                               Tokyo University of Art

Article/Review:                        R
Publication:                           New York Times
Date Pub.:                             2/05/86
Reaction (Positive/Negative/neUtral:   U
Compositions on file:
- dto. -,1994
17-string no sho,1988
5 lyrics of The Blue Cat for female chorus,1996
7 poems of Princess Shikishi,1990
A Mirror of Mist,1994
A Stream-after dark for pf. & orch.,1997
Anthiphony,1999
Aquatic Aura,1996
Aquatic Invocation for mixed chorus,1994
Astral Concerto,A Mirror of Light,1992
Avatara,2002
Awa no Uta for theatre,1989
Because,1991
Bekira no fuchi yori for mixed chorus,1978
Birds Heterophony,1993
Birds in Light,1994
Canon Waves,1994
Canticle of Light,1996
Cello concerto,1990
Ceremony,1973
Concerto for fl.wind inst. & perc.,1997
Crepuscule,1995
Daihishin Dharani for female chorus,1990
Dance for 8 hands for 2 pinos,1987
Double concerto, A Ring of Lights,1991
Duologue for timp. & piano,1996
Ektal for 3 mar. & 2 perc.,1992
Eshii,1999
Esse in Anima,1999
Firefly for shinobue,1996
Fragment and Echo,1996
Fugaku, heterophony for wind orch. & perc.,1990
Fugenraku for pro musica nipponia,1990
Gaka I, concrete of heterophony,1987
Gaka II, abstraction of heterophony,1987
Gaka III, generalize of heterophony,1987
Gaka IV, heterophony of drone,1988
Gion soshi for female chorus,1995
Guren I, double concerto,1984
Halos,1998
Heterophony for String Quartet,1975
Heterophony of 2 pianos & Orchestra,1987
Himitsu no Hana for female chorus,1985
Hoetsu no Kane for piano,1987
Honey of Light,1990
Honey of Time,1990
Hoshi-Mandala,1992
Hot Rain in August,1986
Illusion in the Mirror,1999
In search of the land of immortality,1979
Inner Moonlight for mixed chorus,2000
Into the Light of the Eternal Chaos,1990
Iris of Time,1987
Jakko Aika for female chorus,1992
Jukai,2002
Kagiroi no Banka for female chorus,2000
Kagiroi no Koiuta for mixed chorus,1990
Kala for solo marimba & 6 perc.,1989
Kamunagi for koto & perc.,1992
Karin for shakuhachi & perc.,1989
Karuna,concerto for oboe,2000
Katsute Shinko wa Chijo niatta for male chor.,2000
Ketiak for 6 Percussionists,1979
Khayal for fl. & pf.,1985
Ko for shakuhachi,2000
Lamento,1997
Legong for 6 percussionists,1988
Light of Padma,1996
Maboroshi no Bara for mixed chorus,1984
Mana I for 12 cellos,1989
Mana II for mezz.sop. & 5 perc.,1989
Mantra of the Light,1993
Matra,1985
Meditation of Vishnu for organ,1985
Meditation on the melody of gagaku"Kotoriso",1997
Melodies from Light and Shadow,2000
Melos Aura,1995
Mirror of Star,1992
Mirror of the Moon,1995
Monody,1996
Monologue,1995
Music of Dawn,1991
Mutazioni,1977
Nanae,1988
Navel of the Sun,1989
Night Glow,1999
Nightmare,1999
Nirvana,2000
Nirvana for mezzo sop. & piano,1997
Nostalgia,1983
Ode for Ekstasis,1981
Ode for Ekstasis,1981
Opalesque Sonata,1998
Organums,1989
Padma Incarnation,1997
Padma in Meditation for 6 percussionists,1988
Penguin-suite for piano,1983
Piano Concerto No.1 "Guren",1979
Piano concerto No.2,1982
Pipa for 3 guitars,1989
Poem of Water,1996
Prelude,1974
Prelude "Vision in Flames",1996
Rhapsody "Ishikawa",1999
River of Karuna I,1997
River of Karuna II,1997
Rurikin for koto,1999
Saika for koto,1988
Seishin Kagura for Japanese percussion,1992
Seishoku Haien for female chorus,2000
Serpent in the Sky,1994
Shakko for shakuhachi & koto,1992
Shinitamau Haha for mixed chorus,2000
Silence and Light,1997
Silver Cord,1993
Sonata for piano,1972
Soyogu Genei for mixed chorus,1985
String Quartet #2,"Pulses of Light",1992
String Quartet No.3 "Avian",1997
Symphony No.1,1976
Symphony No.2 "Three Odes",1979
Tala for 6 percussionists,1982
Tango,1998
Tapas,1990
Taqsim,1982
The Navel of the Sun,1989
Three Visions,1994
Threnody,1998
Timpani concerto,1988
Toccata,2000
Toki no Kagero for shakuhachi,koto & perc.,1997
Toki no Mitsu for shamisen,1990
Tritrope for piano,1978
Ukifune for female chorus,1998
Vibrancy Mirrors for 2 pianos,1985
Viola concerto,Flame & Shadow,1996
Violin concerto No.1, After Glow,1998
Vision in Twilight,1995
Voice of the Sun,1991
Voices Phantasma-Flame,1988
Zeami, music for ballet,1995