is a Japanese
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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He graduated from the'' Musashino Academy of Music''. He also finished a master's courses and graduated with the master of music. He then worked for two years in music research.
His work is varied and includes orchestral music, chamber music, choral music and music for traditional Japanese instruments. His compositions for winds, whose titles are self-descriptive, are kept in a dramatic musical language. Furthermore, he acts as a judge in competitions, as guest conductor with many orchestras and as the author of articles in professional journals ("The Flute", "The Clarinet", "The Sax"). He arranged in 2003 the theme of music (Music for planting and sowing by the Emperor and Empress of Japan) for the ''54th National Arbor Day'' in
Chiba Prefecture
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Works
Works for wind
* 1995 ''Celebres Overture''
* 1996 ''Dimelentas''
* 2000 ''Dimelentas II''
* 2001 ''March-Bou-Shu''
* 2001 ''The Lyric for Wind Orchestra "Appeals of autumnel winds"''
* 2002 ''Prelude''
* 2002 ''"Soaring over the Ridges" – the Impression of the North Alps''
* 2003 ''Flamboyant – Red Flames on the ground''
* 2003 ''A Tone poem for Wind Orchestra "And then the Ocean Glows"''
* 2003 ''Lemuria – The Lost Continent''
*# The Paradise of Greenery "Lemuria"
*# Praising the Universe – The Fortress in the Drizzle
*# The Civilization Going Down – The Peace to be handed down
* 2003 ''Per-Sonare''
* 2004 ''Moai – the Seven Giant Statues Gazing at the Sun''
* 2004 ''The Scene of the Homeland – on theme by
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic music, Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwid ...
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* 2004 ''Machu Picchu: City in the Sky - The mystery of the hidden Sun Temple''
* 2003/2004 ''The West Symphony''
*# The Blue Wolf on the Plateau
*# Wahlstatt
* 2005 ''Nazca Lines – The Universe Drawn on the Earth''
* 2005 ''Hymn to the Sun — with the Beat of the Mother Earth''
* 2005 ''Cavetowns "Cappadocia" – Strangely shaped rocks where elves dwell''
* 2005 ''Las Bolas Grandes''
* ''Fanfare "Music City"''
* 2006 ''Sinfonia''
* 2008 ''On the Earth, Under the Sky''
* 2008 ''To Be Vivid Stars''
* 2009 ''The Bells of Sagrada Familia - the everlasting Will of Antoni Gaudi''
* 2010 ''Voyage – Flight into a Hopeful Future''
*2010 Like The Eagle, We Soar and Rise
* 2011 ''Pompeii – The Ruins Know the Long and Magnificent History''
*2019 "Four Seasons of Japan"
*2020 "Quarantine"
*2020 "Aurora Dances"
*2020 "Eternal Friendship"
Choir music
* ''The Nightview of Lonesome''
Chamber music
* 2001 ''Intrada'' for brass octet (Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, trumpet 3, Horn, Trombone 1(opt: Euphonium), Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Tuba)
* 2002 ''Capriccio'' for Clarinet Octet (E♭ Clarinet, 4 B♭ Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet)
* 2003 ''Rhapsody'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2)
* 2004 ''Fioritura'' for Flute Quartet
* 2005 ''Esmeralda'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2)
* 2006 ''Coloratura'' for Flute Quartet
* 2009 ''Amazones'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2)
* 2011 ''Ramen Noodles'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2)
* ''Arion's Harp'' for Saxophone Quartet (commissioned by the Arion Saxophone Quartet)
External links
Homepage for Satoshi Yagisawa
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1975 births
Composers from Tokyo
Japanese classical composers
Japanese contemporary classical composers
Japanese male classical composers
Living people
Musicians from Iwate Prefecture
Composers for saxophone