Akira Nishimura
About Akira Nishimura
Akira Nishimura (西村 朗 Nishimura Akira, born September 8, 1953 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese composer. Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. While at the university, he also studied Asiatic traditional Music, religion, esthetics, cosmology, and the heterophonic concept, etc., all of which has had a lasting influence on his music to the present day. Nishimura has won many awards for his works, as listed below.
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Top Tracks
Kala
A Stream After Dark for Piano and Orchestra
3 Wishes for a Rose (arr. Akira Nishimura for violin and orchestra)
Purple Bamboo Melody (arr. Akira Nishimura for violin and orchestra)
Nishimura: String Quartet No. 2 "Pulses of Light": Pt. 1
Nishimura: String Quartet No. 2 "Pulses of Light": Pt. 2
Taqsim
Ketiak
Fantasia on Song of the Birds
3 Visions: No. 3. Invoker
Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra "Karura"
3 Visions: No. 2. Flame
3 Visions: No. 1. Aqua
Tala - 1982
Melodies from Light and Orchestra
Ketiak - 1979
Toki no kagere for Shakuhachi, Koto ensemble and Percucssion - 1997
Padma in Meditation - 1988
Violin Concerto No. 1 "After Glow"
Shakuko for Shakuhachi and 20-Stringed Koto - 1992
Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 1 - Beginning
Nanae
Ko for Shakuhachi Solo - 2000
Kalavinka
Matsya
Legong - 1988
Karin for Shakuhachi and Percussion - 1989
Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 4 - Bar 261
Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 2 - Bar 94
Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 3 - Bar 150
Nrsimha
River of Karuna No. 1 for Violin Solo and Strings
A Mirror of Mist for Violin Solo and Strings
Kurma
Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 1
Concerto for Timpanist and Five Percussionists - 1988
Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 2
Utpala for Clarinet Solo - 2009
String Quartet No. 2 "Pulse of the Lights" - I. First part
String Quartet No. 2 "Pulse of the Lights" - II. Second part
Kala (for solo marimba and six percussion players)
Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 3
Varaha
Vamana
Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 4
Tango
ケチャ (Ketiak)（1979)
Kamunagi for Seventeen-String Koto and percussion: I - 1992 Version
Kalkin
Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 5 - Cadenza
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