
Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Toshio Hosokawa
Born: October 23rd, 1955
Country of origin: Japan
Upcoming:
A Song from far away
Conductor: Koen Kessels
February 21st, 2012 | Kasteel - s'Gravenwezel - Belgium
Blossoming II
Conductor: Robin Ticciati
March 4th, 2012 | Philharmonie - Köln - Germany
09/05/2011
Work of the Week - Toshio Hosokawa: Autumn Wind
For many years, Toshio Hosokawa has been one of the central figures on the international music scene receiving numerous commissions and performances around the world. On Sunday 11th of September, Hosokawa’s latest work, Autumn Wind for shakuhachi and orchestra will receive its world premiere ...
08/24/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 5/2011 online
Stage Animals Scientists estimate that there are 1,367,555 animal species currently known on earth. Insects and spiders constitute the largest group by far with a total exceeding a million different species. The figure is somewhat more modest in the world of theatre, or to be more precise, ...
07/06/2011
Hosokawa’s Blossoming II Premieres in Edinburgh; Music in Bloom from Schott Aktuell
The summer issue of Schott Aktuell is hot off the press, with a repertoire focus entitled Music in Bloom on the occasion of the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Blossoming II at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 21. This issue offers a specially curated repertoire listing of ...
06/21/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 4/2011 online
MUSIC IN BLOOM Flowers and Gardens: although we all use the same words, their meaning and significance can be completely different depending on our cultural background. Some of you may bring to mind roses or snowdrops; our ancestors, however, used the word for cherry or plum blossoms. I agree ...
05/02/2011
Work of the Week - Toshio Hosokawa: Matsukaze
On 3rd May, Matsukaze , the new opera by Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa, received its World Première at the theatre La Monnaie | De Munt in Brussels. To introduce Hosokawa's unique musical language to the audience, his chamber opera Hanjo was presented at the same venue last month. ...
04/21/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 3/2011 online
21ST CENTURY CELLO CONCERTOS If you ask cellists about the special character of their instrument, they will above all enthuse about the cello’s extensive range and wide dynamic spectrum, taking in the sonorous ’masculine’ tone of the bass and the luminously bright timbre in the highest parts ...
02/22/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2011 online
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OPERA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premières: Bernard Rands: Vincent · Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest · Wilfried Hiller: Kaddisch für David Stahl · Kamran Ince: The Invasion · Christian Jost: Symphonische Toccata ...
01/18/2011
Toshio Hosokawa’s Woven Dreams Given its US Premiere by The Cleveland Orchestra
On January 20, 21, and 22 The Cleveland Orchestra performs the US premiere of Woven Dreams by Toshio Hosokawa, a work co-commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, the Roche Corporation, and Carnegie Hall. Known as the Roche Commissions, these works are commissioned annually in partnership with The Cleveland ...
12/23/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online
CHORSINFONIK p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...
10/28/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 6/2010 online
PURE ORCHESTRA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-5: World premieres: Toshio Hosokawa: danses imaginaires II · Douglas Cuomo: Black Diamond Express Train to Hell · Bernard Rands: Three Pieces for Piano · Nino Rota: Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra · Enjott Schneider: ...
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