Performance & Premiere History / Concert Appearances
❇️ Japan Federation of Composers – Premiere & Recording Event of 40 Piano Works
Date: August 16, 2024 (Friday), Part II: 13:30 – 15:00
Venue: Ryōgoku Monten Hall
Work: Yamabiko – for Piano
Performer: Masanobu Shinoda
Further details: JFC official website
Video: YouTube (performance recording)
❇️ Yoshiki Omori Saxophone Recital
Date: March 5, 2024 (Saturday) – 19:00
Venue: Philia Hall
Work: What the Wind Left Behind – for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Alto Saxophone: Yoshiki Omori
Piano: Midori Tamura
❇️ FUMIE SALON Vol.1 – Piano Concert with Resident Composer & Dance
Date: September 5, 2023 (Tuesday) – 18:30
Venue: Musicasa
Commissioned work for Ms. Fumie Suzuki
Program and detailed flyer available (PDF)
❇️ Trio Concert [COLORS]
Showa University of Music, Strings-Winds-Percussion Course “Performance Practicum”
Date: December 18, 2021 (Saturday) – 12:00
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Work: What the Wind Left Behind – for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Alto Saxophone: Kaito Shibata
Piano: Setsuko Ōhori
❇️ 100th Anniversary of Electronic Instruments / Commission
Organizer: Arts Innovation Project (General Incorporated Association)
Planned in cooperation with: Japan Electronic Keyboard Music Society
Produced in cooperation with: Japan Federation of Composers
Supported by: YAMAHA
Work: Caprice of the Winter View – for Electronic Organ
Electronic Organ: Yukino Ichikawa
Recording date: March 24, 2021
YouTube videos
❇️ Shiro Hatae × Maki Kasai
Live & Online Hybrid Concert
Date: July 4, 2021 (Sunday)
Venue: Artist Salon Dolce (Dolce Wind-Instrument Avenue, Tokyo)
Work: Spring Triangle (commissioned 2013)
Soprano Saxophone: Maki Kasai
Alto Saxophone: Shiro Hatae
Piano: Michiyo Haneishi
❇️ Saxophone Duo Concert
Date: March 16, 2021 (Tuesday)
Venue: KM Art Hall
Work: Spring Triangle
Soprano Saxophone: Megumi Chikada
Alto Saxophone: Katsunori Yoshioka
Piano: Yūko Hironaka
❇️ 35th “To the Children” – JFC Kids BOX Piano Concert
Theme: Sports
Concert of 28 composers presenting their own works and performing them
Organized by: Japan Federation of Composers
Date: December 28, 2020 (Monday) – 14:00
Venue: Kioi Hall
Work: Sailing on the Waves!
Piano: Tōko Ōnishi
❇️ 34th “To the Children” – JFC Kids BOX Piano Concert
Theme: Corners of the World
Concert of 28 composers presenting their own works and performing them
Organized by: Japan Federation of Composers
Date: March 24, 2019 (Sunday) – 14:00
Venue: Kioi Hall
Work: The Asinelli Tower
Piano: Tatsuji Toyozumi
❇️ Composers of Japan 2019 – Night 1, JFC Newcomers
Organizer: Japan Federation of Composers
Date: March 7, 2019 (Thursday) – 19:00
Venue: Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall
Admission: General seating (JPY 3,000)
Work: Winter Triangle – for woodwind quintet
Instrumentation:
Flute: Kiriko Shimoharai
Oboe: Madoka Yoshino
Clarinet: Asami Kawagoe
Horn: Yudai Shoji
Bassoon: Yuki Kofu
❇️ 29th Showa University of Music Flute Ensemble Regular Concert
Date: November 16, 2018 (Friday) – 19:00
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Admission: JPY 500
Work: Angel’s Song – suite for flute orchestra / ensemble
Performance by: Showa University Flute Ensemble
❇️ 33rd “To the Children” – JFC Kids BOX Piano Concert
Theme: Dreams
Concert of 28 composers presenting and performing their own works
Organized by: Japan Federation of Composers
Date: February 12, 2018 (Monday) – 14:00
Venue: Kioi Hall
Admission: General JPY 3,000 / Junior high & younger JPY 1,500
Work: Dream of the Hammock
Piano: Tatsuji Toyozumi
❇️ Yoko Asai & Akihiro Okumura Piano Duo Recital
~ A Musical Journey from Germany to Spain ~
Date: December 18, 2017 (Monday) – 19:00
Venue: Kawai Omotesando Concert Salon “Pause”
Admission: General JPY 3,000 / Students JPY 2,000
Work: Christmas Fantasy
Based on Christmas carols such as Adeste Fideles and Silent Night
Pianos: Yoko Asai & Akihiro Okumura
❇️ Shiro Hatae × Maki Kasai
Date: April 1, 2017 (Saturday) – 19:00
Venue: Artist Salon Dolce (Dolce Wind-Instrument Avenue, Tokyo)
Admission: JPY 3,000
Work: Spring Triangle (commissioned 2013)
Soprano Saxophone: Shiro Hatae
Alto Saxophone: Maki Kasai
Piano: Takehiko Yamada
❇️ Sachi Kōtō & Kochi Flute Shinjin-kai Tokyo Troupe
Date: December 6, 2016 (Tuesday) – 19:00
Venue: Powell Flute Japan Artist Salon
Work: Angel’s Song – for flute orchestra / ensemble
Performed by: Kochi Flute Shinjin-kai
❇️ Evening of Flute Music – 10th Anniversary, Kochi Flute Shinjin-kai
Date: August 22, 2016 (Monday) – 18:30
Venue: Kochi Prefectural Museum of Art Hall
Work: Angel’s Song – suite for flute orchestra
Performed by: Kochi Flute Shinjin-kai
❇️ Flute Ensemble F ~ DA-FUKU ~ Sextet
Date: February 2, 2016 (Tuesday) – 19:00
Venue: Space Do
Work: Angel’s Song – suite for flute ensemble
Performers:
Flute: Reiko Takuma, Tsubasa Sugiyama, Masashi Fukuda, Kanako Harada, Kiriko Shimoharai, Mayu Izumi
❇️ Serie du Trio Salon Concert
Date: October 25, 2015 (Sunday) – 15:00
Venue: Tokyo Tatemono Yaesu Hall
Admission: JPY 3,000
Work: Spring Triangle
Soprano Saxophone: Masato Tsuda
Alto Saxophone: Kaori Segawa
Piano: Mami Onizawa
❇️ 17th Japan Flute Convention 2015 in Fujinokuni, Shizuoka
National Flute Orchestra & Ensemble Festival
Date: August 22, 2015 (Saturday) – 10:30
Venue: Act City Hamamatsu, Ongaku Kōbō Hall
Work: Angel’s Song – suite for flute ensemble
(Commissioned and premiered on this occasion)
Performed by Kochi Flute Shinjin-kai
❇️ Saxophone Trio Concert from Showa Academia Musicae
Date: November 26, 2014 (Wednesday) – 19:00
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Work: Magni Oceani – for Saxophone Trio & Piano
(Commissioned and premiered)
Saxophones:
Soprano: Akane Satō
Alto: Mio Yahisa
Tenor: Yūta Mizuno
Piano: Setsuko Ōhori
❇️ Showa University of Music Faculty / Researchers’ Recital
Date: September 30, 2014 (Tuesday) – 18:20
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Work: Arbos – Suite for Solo Violin
Violin: Mitsuko Segawa (premiere)
❇️ 17th Elisabeth University Saxophone Large Ensemble Regular Concert
Date: February 23, 2014 (Sunday) – 14:00
Venue: Cecilia Hall, Elisabeth University of Music
Admission: Free seating, JPY 800
Work: Saxophone Concerto No. 2 (commissioned, premiered)
Conductor: Keiji Munesada
Solo Soprano Saxophone: Yoshiki Omori
Ensemble: Elisabeth University Saxophone Large Ensemble
❇️ Yoko Asai & Akihiro Okumura Piano Duo Recital – From Germany to Spain Vol. 2
Featuring Christmas Songs
Date: December 15, 2013 (Sunday) – 15:00
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Admission: Free seating, JPY 2,000
Work: Christmas Fantasy (commissioned, premiered)
Featuring carols such as Adeste Fideles and Silent Night
Pianos: Yoko Asai & Akihiro Okumura
❇️ Saxophone Recital in Zushi vol.1 – Young Artists Collaboration
Date: April 19, 2013 (Friday) – 19:00
Venue: Zushi Cultural Plaza, Nagisa Hall
Work: A Flash of Light (2006)
Re-arrangement / performance of saxophone concerto (piano version)
Alto Saxophone: Tomoyuki Yamashita
Piano: Chiaki Ōshima
❇️ Hatae × Kasai Duo Concert
Date: April 13, 2013 (Saturday) – 19:00
Venue: Artist Salon Dolce (Dolce Wind-Instrument Avenue, Tokyo)
Admission: General JPY 3,000 / DMC members JPY 2,500
Work: Spring Triangle (commissioned work)
Soprano Saxophone: Shiro Hatae
Alto Saxophone: Maki Kasai
Piano: Eri Izumiya
❇️ Grant-Funded Symposium & Public Performance: Music & Dance in Ballet
Topic: Ballet “Night in Egypt” – Collaboration across three domains
Date: January 28, 2013 (Monday) – 18:30
Venue: Yuri Hall, Showa University of Music
Admission: Free
Work (Arrangement): Night in Egypt (original by Arensky, arranged by Tatsuji Toyozumi)
Conductor: Kaichi Tanabe
Orchestra: Arensky Chamber Orchestra
Also included: keynote lectures, panel discussion, performances
Joint researchers: Satomi Kasuya, Masashi Kawasome, Fumie Suzuki, Kenichiro Takahashi, Tatsuji Toyozumi
❇️ Marimba & Saxophone “Muguet” – 2nd Concert
Date: December 14, 2012 (Friday) – 18:30
Venue: Studio 1, East Ward Civic Cultural Center, Hiroshima
Admission: General JPY 1,000 / High school & younger JPY 800
Work: What the Wind Left Behind – for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Alto Saxophone: Ayumi Oda
Piano: Kana Fujimoto
❇️ 23rd Showa University Saxophone Orchestra Regular Concert
Date: November 25, 2012 (Sunday) – 15:00
Venue: Teatro Girio Showa (Showa University)
Admission: Free seating, JPY 500
Work: A Flash of Light (2006) – Saxophone Concerto (original ensemble version)
Solo Alto Saxophone: Yoshiki Omori
Ensemble: Showa University Saxophone Orchestra
❇️ Shuichi Kurosawa Memorial Concert – “Music Is My Heart”
Date: November 3, 2012 (Saturday) – 18:30
Venue: Sapporo Sun Plaza Hall, Sapporo
Admission: Free seating, JPY 2,000
Works by Kurosawa (arranged by Toyozumi):
- Theme of the Sky 2. Theme of the Sea 3. Theme of Love (string quartet arrangements)
Performed by Moderato String Quartet
Additional arrangement / medley:
A fantasy-style medley of Denki Neko themes (for two pianos & percussion), arranged by Toyozumi
Pianos: Masashi Kawasome, Kenichiro Takahashi
Percussion: Hidenobu Ōgaito
Also, Toyozumi arranged Kurosawa’s original anime & commercial music works (commissioned by Setsuko Kurosawa)
❇️ Kōe Sano Saxophone Recital – Illumination
Date: October 26, 2012 (Friday) – 19:00
Venue: Atsuta Cultural Small Theater, Nagoya
Admission: Free seating, General JPY 3,000 / Students JPY 2,000
Saxes: Alto & Tenor – Kōe Sano
Piano: Tadasuke
Work: Caprice I – for Tenor Saxophone & Piano
Organizer: Tsukiya Label
Sponsor: Yamaha Corporation Wind-Strings-Percussion Instrument Sales East Japan
Supporters: Yamaha Music Nagoya, Japan Saxophone Association, Alumni Association of Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts, Nagoya Sax Fest Executive Committee, Voice Music
❇️ Yoshimoto Omori’s SAX PARTY in Hiroshima
Date: September 13, 2012 (Thursday) – 18:30
Venue: Xavier Hall, Elisabeth University of Music
Admission: General JPY 2,500 / High school & younger JPY 2,000
Work: A Flash of Light (2006) – Saxophone Concerto (piano version)
Alto Saxophone: Yoshiki Omori
Piano: Etsuko Matsuo
❇️ Icaro International Music Camp Gala Concert
Date: August 21, 2012 (Tuesday) – 18:30
Venue: Hakodate City Arts Hall
Admission: Free seating, General JPY 2,000 / High school & younger JPY 1,000
Works: Medley of Classics 2012 (Arrangement commissioned by Hakodate International Chamber Music Academy)
Performers include:
Piano: Masashi Kawasome, Teruyuki Okada
Harpsichord: Yoko Mori, Ato Kenju
Flute: Kazutaka Shimizu, Takashi Matsui
Clarinet: Miyuki Kudo
Violin I: Mitsuko Segawa, Violin II: Keita Torino
Viola: Kenta Matsumi
Cello: Dmitry Feigin, Toshiro Takemoto
❇️ 2012 Yamaha Wind Instrument New Artists Concert
Date: May 24, 2012 (Thursday) – 18:30
Venue: Yamaha Hall (Ginza)
Admission: Free seating, JPY 2,000
Work: A Flash of Light (2006) – Saxophone Concerto (piano version)
Alto Saxophone: Natsumi Kumamoto
Piano: Eri Izumiya
Organizer: Yamaha Corporation
❇️ Kotoba no Uta – Words of the Japanese – for Saxophone & Piano
Date: May 25, 2011 (Wednesday) – 19:00
Venue: MUSICASA (near Yoyogi-Uehara Station, East Exit)
Admission: Free seating, JPY 3,000
Work: Winter – for Soprano Saxophone & Piano
Saxophone: Norikazu Nagasawa
Piano: Eri Ishibashi
Supporter: Dolce Instruments Co., Ltd.
❇️ Pássaro de Música ~ Bird of Music ~
Maki Kasai Solo Recital (World Premiere of entire program)
Date: December 5, 2010 (Sunday) – 19:00
Venue: MUSICASA (near Yoyogi-Uehara Station, East Exit)
Admission: Free seating, JPY 4,000
Work: Caprice I – for Tenor Saxophone & Piano (commissioned, premiered)
Supporters: Japan Saxophone Association, Dolce Instruments Tokyo, Yamaha Ginza
❇️ Ensemble Roca – 4th Regular Concert
Trans-genre Program: Two Latin works and contemporary pieces
Date: September 21, 2010 (Tuesday) – 19:00
Venue: Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Small Hall
Admission: Free seating, JPY 3,000
Work: Ballade I – for chamber orchestra (commissioned by Ensemble Roca)
Conductor: Yūta Takahashi (permanent conductor)
Organizer: Ensemble Roca
Supporters: Japan Federation of Composers, Japan Society for Contemporary Music, Asahi Newspaper Cultural Foundation
❇️ Concerto Finale
Little Things – for Tenor Solo, Choir & Orchestra
Text: Julia A. F. Carney
Commissioned by Concorso Internazionale di Composizione “2 Agosto”
Date: August 2, 2009
Venue: Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
Tenor Solo: Gabriele Mangione
Conductor: Osman Gioia
Choir: Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Orchestra: Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Broadcast by RAI 3 (Italian National Television)