Akira Nishimura
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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
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Kala
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A Stream After Dark for Piano and Orchestra
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3 Wishes for a Rose (arr. Akira Nishimura for violin and orchestra)
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Purple Bamboo Melody (arr. Akira Nishimura for violin and orchestra)
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Nishimura: String Quartet No. 2 "Pulses of Light": Pt. 1
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Nishimura: String Quartet No. 2 "Pulses of Light": Pt. 2
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Taqsim
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Ketiak
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Fantasia on Song of the Birds
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3 Visions: No. 3. Invoker
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Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra "Karura"
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3 Visions: No. 2. Flame
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3 Visions: No. 1. Aqua
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Tala - 1982
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Melodies from Light and Orchestra
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Ketiak - 1979
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Toki no kagere for Shakuhachi, Koto ensemble and Percucssion - 1997
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Padma in Meditation - 1988
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Violin Concerto No. 1 "After Glow"
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Shakuko for Shakuhachi and 20-Stringed Koto - 1992
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Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 1 - Beginning
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Nanae
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Ko for Shakuhachi Solo - 2000
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Kalavinka
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Matsya
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Legong - 1988
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Karin for Shakuhachi and Percussion - 1989
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Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 4 - Bar 261
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Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 2 - Bar 94
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Clarinet Quintet "Bardo I", Pt. 3 - Bar 150
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Nrsimha
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River of Karuna No. 1 for Violin Solo and Strings
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A Mirror of Mist for Violin Solo and Strings
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Kurma
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Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 1
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Concerto for Timpanist and Five Percussionists - 1988
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Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 2
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Utpala for Clarinet Solo - 2009
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String Quartet No. 2 "Pulse of the Lights" - I. First part
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String Quartet No. 2 "Pulse of the Lights" - II. Second part
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Kala (for solo marimba and six percussion players)
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Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 3
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Varaha
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Vamana
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Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 4
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Tango
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ケチャ (Ketiak)（1979)
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Kamunagi for Seventeen-String Koto and percussion: I - 1992 Version
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Kalkin
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Clarinet Concerto "Kavira", Pt. 5 - Cadenza
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