Tokuhide Niimi

Composition NameDateInstrumentation
shape of the soul 2017 Small Ensemble
String Quartet No. 2 Asura 2011 String Quartet
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano 2010 Duets
Violin Concert No. 2 Spiral Vitalis 2009 CONC
Piano Trio Lux Solemnis 2008 Trio
Concerto for Chorus "Bios" 2007 Choral
Ach,Bach! 2000 Solo
Solar Wind 1999 Orchestra
Towards the Silence 1999 Orchestra
Spiral of the Fire 1997 Orchestra
Garden in the light 1997 Quintet
Fujin-Raijin 1997 Solo
The Cosmic Tree-Path of Soul 1996 Orchestra
The Soul Bird 1996 Duets
The Cosmic Tree 1996 Orchestra
Fu-sui 1995 Small Ensemble
String Quartet 1994 Quartet
Chain of Life 1993 Chamber Orchestra
Eye of the Creator 1993 Orchestra
Heterorhythmix for Orchestra 1991 Orchestra
Shape of the wind 1990 Solo
Ame-no-Kaguyama 1988 Trio
O-Ju for Violoncello solo 1987 Solo
In the Twilight 1984 Duets
Trois elegies pour koto 1981 Trio
Enlacage II 1978 Small Ensemble
Enlacage I 1977 Orchestra
Odyssey for Koto ensemble Small Ensemble
Three Waltzes Duets
Prelude Duets
Fuuin II Trio
Various Divines (6 pieces) Solo
Two Pieces by Oskar Merikanto Duets
Modes Rainbow I-II-III Duets
Birthplace
Nagoya, Japan
Birth Date
1947
Studies:
Tokyo National University BA 1970
Tokyo U. of Fine Arts & Music Grad 1975
Tokyo U. of Fine Arts & Music Post-Grad 1978
AwardPurposeDate
Suisse Romande RadioAward1977
JACC Award1981
JACC Award1984
8th Int'l Ballet MusicGrand Prix - Composition1977
Creative Stage ArtSpecial Prize1982
Publication Title Author Date Reaction Synopsis Type
The New York Times Music: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Bernard Holland 1/25/88 Positive "...'O-Ju'...despite its Eastern glissandos and liquid chromatic quality had an almost Westernized abandon to it." Review

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