Tetsuya Yamamoto

Works

Orchestra / Ensemble / Symphonic Band

"Oath of the Lying Dragon" Ceremonial Overture for Wind Orchestra (2023) / 3'00" (3,1*,6,1*,4sax/4,3,3,2,1euph/timp.-4perc/0,0,0,0,1*)
Violon de Picasso for 6 Musicians (2023) / 7'00" (Fl, Cl, Perc, Hp, Vc, Cb)
Hoquet de croissant for 16 Flutists (2020) / 7'30" (2 Picc, 6 Fl, 4 Alto, 3 Bs, Cb)
Sept miniatures et postlude à février for Orchestra (2020) / 8'30" (2,2,2,2/4,2,3,1/3perc.-hp./10,8,6,6,4)
Barcarolle of Spoon River for Soprano and Ensemble (2019/22) / 7'00" (A.Fl, Cl, Vn, Va, Vc, Pf)
Celebration Overture on a Korean Folk Song "Doraji" for Symphonic Band (2015/18) / 6'30" (2,1*,2+Bs*,1*,3sax/2,2,2,1,1euph/timp.-2perc.-hp*/0,0,0,0,1*)
In the circle... for Orchestra (2017) / 10'00" (3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/timp.-3perc.-hp.-cel./16,14,12,10,8) (7'24")
Scenes of Ithaca for Soprano and Ensemble (2017) / 8'00" (Fl, Cl, Vn, Va, Vc, Pf)
Temps de chèvre for 5 Musicians (2015) / 9'00" (Fl, Cl, Acc, Vc, Perc)
Kettenfaser für Kammerorchester von 12 Spieler (2014) / 7'00" (1,1,1,1/0,1,0,0/1perc.-1pf./1,1,1,1,1)
Light in Azumaya for Symphonic Band (2009) / 7'30" (3,1,5,1,5sax/4,3,4,1,1euph/7perc./0,0,0,0,1)

Chamber

Osmotic Study for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (2024) / 8'00"
Jardin miniature brillant for Piano 4 Hands (2024) / 10'00"
Kappauso Main Theme for Trumpet and Bassoon (2023) / 1'00"
Feroce for 10 Musicians (2023) / 3'30"
Fragments d'automne, ou traces for Shakuhachi and Koto (2023) / 9'30"
Gimmick Bach 3 for 6 Musicians (2022) / 7'10"
Danse de mirlitons for Oboe and Bassoon reeds only (2022) / 3'30"
Scala for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone (2022) / 4'30"
Voix de l'orgue 3 for Trombone and Piano (2021) / 8'00"
Murmure des anges invisibles for Ondes Martenot, Viola and Piano (2021) / 12'00"
Hirondelle traverse le ciel azur for Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone and Trumpet (2021) / 4'00"
Voix de l'orgue 2 for Accordion Quartet (2020) / 8'30"
Appels de la forêt, ou après d'une aria... for Harpsichord and Baroque Violin (2019) / 2'30"
Canut for Piano Trio (2018) / 5'30"
Vox humana for Hichiriki and Sho (2018) / 11'30"
Galop for Violin and Piano (2018) / 3'00"
Bacronymist for Gemini (and its satellite) for Trumpet, Baritone and Piano (with Performer) (2018) / 1'00"
Étude d'alterné for 2 Clarinets and Piano (2018) / 4'50"
Point Counterpoint Counter for Saxophone Quartet (2017) / 5'00"
5 Encores for Saxophone Quartet (2012-16/17) / 17'30" (1) (2) (1,2,3,5)
Voix de l'orgue for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2016) / 7'30"
Gimmick Bach 2 for Saxophone Quartet (2016) / 5'00"
7 Personnages en centre-ville for Saxophone Quartet (2016) / 8'00" (minimum)
Célesta for String Trio (2016) / 6'30"
SPEAR for Flute Quintet (2015) / 4'40" (Picc, 3 Fl, A.Fl)
Ice and Charcoal for 2 Bass Clarinets (2015) / 2'00"
Defect for Zephyros (Trumpet in C with slide) and Guitar (2015) / 7'30"
Hyaku-jo for Clarinet Quartet (2013) / 4'30"
Horizontal Study for Clarinet Quartet (2013) / 4'50"
Arabesque avec la dualité for Slide Whistle and String Quartet (2013) / 7'30"
Capriccio for Slide Whistle Duo (2013) / 50"
Shochikubai for Mandolin Quintet (2013) / 10'30" (2 Mln, Mla, Mlc, Gt)
COCOON for Flute Quartet (2012) / 4'50"
Crescent Moon in the Azure Twilight for Alto Flute, Violin and Prepared Piano (2012) / 2'30"
Sullen Face for Flute, Violin and Piano (2012) / 7'30"
Pop-up fragments for Violin and Piano (2012/13) / 8'00"
Kairos for Trombone and String Trio (2011/16-18) / 12'00"
10.5 Pieces for Violin and Viola (2011) / 7'00" (minimum)
cross stitch for Saxophone Sextet (2011) / 12'00"
Slide Whistle Trio for 3 Slide Whistles (2011) / 4'30"
Gimmick Bach for String Quartet (2010/11) / 9'00"
Universal Study for Clarinet Sextet (2010) / 4'40"
Logical Fallacy for Double Bass and Harp (2010) / 7'00"
INTER-KINESIS for Violin and Piano (2010) / 12'00"
Charasax for Saxophone Quartet (2009) / 6'20"

Solo

Solitude for Piano (2024) / 1'50"
Rempart, Littoral, Interlude et dix fragments accompagnés for Piano (2022) / 6'30"
Métier à tisser sur la colline for Harpsichord (2021) / 6'30"
Poème de Cité for Clavietta (or Melodica) (2020) / 25"
Couleurs suspendues for Piano (2020) / 8'30"
Pittoresque au crépuscule for Alto Saxophone and Drone (2020) / 6'30"
Cadence pour concerto pour basson K.191 de Mozart for Bassoon (2020) / 2'00"
Paysage de givre for Piano (2020) / 6'30"
Cascade - Stèle - Nocturne for Alto Flute (2019-20) / 16'00"
Dogenzaka for Viola (2013/16) / 3'00"
...sur les couleurs de la vie - Hommage à Edith Piaf for Vibraphone (2014) / 7'00"
Accordion for Piano (2014) / 7'00"
Luminosity for Clarinet and Electronics (2013) / 7'30"
Dogenzaka for Cello (2013) / 3'00"
Psychedelic Study for Clarinet (2011) / 5'30"
Crime and Drumsticks (Tsumi to Bachi) for Snare Drum (2011) / 7'30"
perhpas vairation? for Baritone (2011) / 7'30"

Others

Le printemps endormi Version for Voice and Piano (2019) / 6'00"
Le printemps endormi for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 6'00" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Déstinations des nuages for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 2'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Nostalgie for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 3'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Le premier amour Version for Vocal and Piano (2017) / 3'30"
Le premier amour Version for Female Chorus and Piano (2017) / 3'30" (Sop, M-Sop, Alto)
Le premier amour for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2017) / 3'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Music for "New Nonomi Folktails" (Ensemble Version) for Photographic slide, Reading and Ensemble (2012/13) / 18'00" (Fl, Cl, Vn, Vc, Perc, Pf)
Music for "New Nonomi Folktails" for Photographic slide, Reading and Chamber Orchestra (2012) / 18'00" (1,1,1,1/1,0,0,0/1perc.-1pf./1,1,1,1,1)
Opening Bell No.1 "2012 Winter" for Fixed Media (2012) / 32"

Arrangement

Furusato for Piano (2022) / 4'30"
Hide and seek of the seasons - Medley of the four seasons in Japan for Soprano and Piano (2020) / 5'00"
Violin Concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2019) / 36'00"
3rd and 4th movement (extract) from "Sheherazade" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for 12 Saxophones (and 5 Percussionists ad lib.) (2014) / 15'00"
Shabondama (Soap Bubble) by Shimpei Nakayama for Violin and Piano (2013) / 3'00"
Czardas by Vittorio Monti for Flute, Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano (2012) / 4'00"
Pictures at an Exposition by Modest Mussorgsky for 7 musicians (2011) / 35'00" (Cl, 2 Sax, Bsn, Hr, M.Sop, Pf)
Extract from "The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehar for Flute Orchestra (2010) / 20'00" (Picc, 8 Fl, A.Fl, B.Fl, Cb.Fl, 4 Perc)
Extract from 3rd Act of "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini for Flute Orchestra (2009) / 12'00" (Picc, 6 Fl, 2 A.Fl, 2 B.Fl, Cb.Fl)
"Bolero de Ravel" by Maurice Ravel for 7 musicians (2009) / 17'00" (Fl, 3 Cl, Sax, Pf, Perc)

CD

Events

Upcoming Events

** Ma corde d'arc Salon Concert [Composition]
Fri. 29 November 2024, 19h00 - Yamaha Ginza Concert Salon (Tokyo)
Franz Schubert / Fantasie D 940, Op.103
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / From the Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a
Gabriel Fauré / Dolly, Op.56
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Jardin miniature brillant for Piano 4 Hands (2024) ...etc.
Interpretation: Ma corde d'arc = Mayumi Iwata, Mitsuru Yamakawa (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥3,500, Member ¥3,000, Student ¥2,500, Student of Yamaha ¥2,000 (Reservation required)

** Concert des lauréats Concours Andrée Charlier [Composition]
Fri. 29 November 2024, 20h00 - La Maison des musiques (Bruxelles)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Solitude (2024)
Marcelo Chacur Politano / Tuulte Sosinad
Edoardo Tritto / Atanos
Ticket: Free Entrance (Reservation required)

** Ensemble Recurrence "Carte blanche vol.1" [Project]
Mon. 16 December 2024, 19h00 - Ryogoku Monten Hall (Tokyo)
Ichiro Nodaira / Le tourbillon du labyrinthe
Akira Nishimura / Karura
Bruno Giner / LAD
Paul Méfano / Involutive
John Corigliano / Stomp
Tomiko Kojiba / Castle of Duino
John Cage / Composed Improvisation
Per Nørgård / Turn
Interpretation: Ensemble Recurrence = Takahiro Uchiyama (Fl.), Masato Oki (Ob.), Kaoru Nishimura (Cl.), Kei Sakoda (Vn.), Shungo Mise (Vn.), Yui Hosoi (Vc.), Masayuki Nino (Perc.), Eri Sugimori (Pf.) and Shoichiro Tanaka (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥3,000, Student ¥1,000 (Door +¥500 each)

Sun. 22 December 2024 - Belgium [Composition] [Belgian Premiere]
Jardin miniature brillant for Piano 4 Hands (2024/BP)

** Marie Kikuchi Sopranino Saxophone Recital Vol.2 [Composition] [World Premiere]
Mon. 13 January 2025, 14h00 - Space Do (Tokyo)
Shoichi Asai / Eclogue
Chaya Czernowin / The last leaf
Tetsuya Yamamoto / New work (Premiere)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand / New work (Premiere)
Ko Sahara / New work (Premiere)
Yosuke Fukuda / New work (Premiere)
Gregory Wanamaker / New work (Premiere)
Interpretation: Marie Kikuchi (Sn.Sax.), Michiyo Haneishi (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥4,000, Student ¥2,500 (Door: +¥500 each)

** The 50th Music From Japan Festival Concert 1: Toki-no-koe Gagaku Ensemble [Composition] [World Premiere]
Fri. 21 February 2025, 19h00 - Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House (New York/USA)
Osamu Kawakami / New work
Tetsuya Yamamoto / New work
Work by Sukeyasu Shiba
Interpretation: Mayumi Miyata (Sho solo), Toki-no-koe Gagaku Ensemble (Moriyuki Shimeno, Ryuteki / Yoshie Kunimoto, Hichiriki / Hanako Nakamura, Sho / Yoshiyuki Izaki, Biwa / Sakura Kido, Koto)
Ticket: Available on December

** Contemporary Duo Kosei Murata & Kazue Nakamura vol.8 [Composition]
Thu. 6 March 2025, 19h00 - Musicasa (Tokyo)
Yûta Bandoh / Magaru [Warped sound objects] (2012)
Makoto Shinohara / Duo for trombone and piano (2017)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Voix de l'orgue 3 (2021)
Tadahisa Nakamura / Commissioned work
Miharu Ogura / Commissioned work
Performance: Kosei Murata (Trb.), Kazue Nakamura (Pf.)

** Just Composed 2025 in Yokohama -Contemporary Composer Series- "Memento mori" [Arrangement] [World Premiere]
Sat. 8 March 2025, 15h00 - Yokohama Minatomirai Hall Small Hall (Yokohama)
Olivier Messiaen / Des canyons aux étoiles… VI. Appel interstellaire
Francis Poulenc / Élégie pour cor et piano, FP 168
Naoki Sakata / Commissioned Piece (World Premiere）
Volker David Kirchner / 3 Poemi
Akira Nishimura (arr. Nana Kamiyama) / GAKA II, Abstraction of Heterophony
Richard Strauss (arr. Tetsuya Yamamoto) / 4 Letzte Lieder
Interpretation: Nobuaki Fukukawa (Hr.) / Meguna Naka (Va.) / Sara Kobayashi (Sop.) / Keigo Mukawa (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥3,000 / University student ¥1,500 / High school student or under / ¥1,200 / Over 65 years old / ¥2,800

May 2025 - Tokyo [Composition] [Japanese Premiere]
New Piece for 5 Players (2024/JP)

June 2025 - Tokyo [Project] A concert is planned.

July 2025 - Kawasaki [Composition] [World Premiere]
New work for Chorus and Orchestra (2025/World Premiere)

August 2025 - Kobe [Composition] [World Premiere]
New work for Chorus and Orchestra (2025/World Premiere)

Thu. 9 October 2025 - Toyosu Civic Center Hall [Project] Concert by Ensemble Recurrence

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In progress...
New work for Piano (2021-)
New work for 2 Saxophones (2022-)
New work for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (2022-)
Cycle for Saxophone and Drone (2023-)
New work for Flute and Piano (2024)

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Archives

** Masterpieces in the World, in Japan [Arrangement]
Fri. 5 January 2024, 19h30 - E.S.Arrow (Osaka)
Arr. Tetsuya Yamamoto / Hide and seek of the seasons - Medley of the four seasons in Japan for Soprano and Piano (2020) ...etc.
Performance by Aiko Shimouchi (Sop.), Haruki Takashima (Pf.), Tomomi Azuma (Bs.) and Madoca (Vo.)
Charge: ¥4,000 (including 1 drink)

** Heita Yui Saxophone Recital [Composition]
Sat. 13 January 2024, 18h00 - Artist Salon "Dolce" (Tokyo)
Robert Planel / Prélude et Saltarelle
Lucie Robert / Cadenza
Paul Bonneau / Pièce concertante dans l'esprit "Jazz"
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Pittoresque au crépuscule for Alto Saxophone and Drone (2020)
F. Schubert / Arpeggione Sonata D.821 (Arranged for Baritone Saxophone by Heita Yui)
Performance by Heita Yui (Sax.), Chiaki Oshima (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥3,000 / Student ¥2,000

** Motoharu Kawashima plays... vol.6 Slide Whistle [Composition] [Slide Whistle]
Sat. 16 March 2024, 15h00/19h00 - Tokyo Concerts Lab. (Tokyo)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Slide Whistle Trio (2011)
Hitoyuki Yamamoto / Woodwind Trio (2020)
Kazutomo Yamamoto / Air (2022/WP)
Masahiro Yamauchi / OBOE Concerto! (2021)
Nanao Yamada / 数十本のスライドホイッスルのための修羅 (2024/WP)
Koji Yamabe / アイデンティティ、尻っ尾のディテール (2024/WP)
Motoharu Kawashima / スライドホイッスルのための超絶技巧練習曲集 (2024/WP)
Masahiko Ohkura / Active Recovering Music #7 (2012) - 15h only
Masahiko Ohkura / Active Recovering Music #10 (2012) - 19h only
Performance by Motoharu Kawashima, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Nanao Yamada, Shiori Sasaki, Toma Yamauchi, Koji Yamabe (S.W.), Nagisa Okada (Fl./S.W.), Neo Iwami (Cl./S.W.), Kanami Araki (Ob.), Toshiya Suzuki (Rec.)
Ticket: 1 Concert General ¥2,000 / Student ¥1,000 / 2 Concerts General ¥3,000 / Student ¥1,500

** Vagues blanches [Conducting]
Tue. 9 April 2024, 19h00 - Yokohama Minatomirai Hall, Small Hall (Yokohama)
Henri Tomasi (arr. Yutaro Ishihara) / Concerto pour saxophone alto et orchestre (solo: Shiro Hatae)
Alessandro Marcello (arr. Miho Kiyokawa) / Oboe Concerto in D minor, S D935 (solo Mutsumi Takiguchi)
Francis Poulenc (arr. Miho Kiyokawa) / "Carillon" from Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise, Op.19, etc.
Performance by Shiro Hatae (A.Sax.solo), Mutsumi Takiguchi (A.Sax.solo, S.Sax.), Risa Matsumoto (S.Sax.), Masafumi Uehara, Hiroki Yamada, Maho Nambu (A.Sax.), Yuki Kobayashi, Megumi Chikada, Miho Kiyokawa (T.Sax.), Kana Ishiyama, Misato Tokoyoda (Br.Sax.), Sakiko Yonemaru (Pf.), Tetsuya Yamamoto (Cond.)
Ticket: General ¥3,000 / High school student or less ¥2,500

** Mitsuru Yamakawa & Mayumi Iwata Piano Duo Recital [Composition][World Premiere]
Sun. 19 May 2024, 14h00 - Taihaku Ward Cultural Center (Sendai)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Fumée blanche for Piano (2022/WP)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Couleurs suspendues for Piano (2020)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Luminous Miniature Garden for Piano 4 Hands (2024/WP)
Teiichi Okano (arr. Tetsuya Yamamoto) / Furusato for Piano (1914/2022)
Gabriel Fauré (arr. Mel Bonis) / Claire de lune
Gabriel Fauré (arr. Earl Wild) / Improvisation on "Après un rêve"
Gabriel Fauré / Sicilienne, Op.78
Gabriel Fauré / Dolly Suite, Op.56
Performance by Piano Duo Ma corde d'arc (Mitsuru Yamakawa & Mayumi Iwata, Pf.), Mio Suzuki (Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥3,000 / Student ¥1,000 / Pair ¥5,000 (Door +¥500 each)

** Souvenir de Paris [Composition][Japanese Premiere]
Sun. 16 June 2024, 14h00 - Salon Tessera (Tokyo)
Francis Poulenc / Sonate pour violon et piano
Maurice Ravel / Sonate pour violon et piano en sol majeur
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Galop for Violin and Piano (2018/JP)
Camille Saint-Saëns / Sonate pour violon et piano no.1 en ré mineur, Op.75
Performance by Duo Hsinka (Shan-Hsin Chang, Vn. / Kanami Nishimoto, Pf.)
Ticket: General ¥4,000 / Student ¥2,000 (SOLD OUT)

** Phidias Trio vol.10 "Live on... II" [Composition]
Sat. 6 July 2024, 15h00 - KM Art Hall (Tokyo)
Yoshifumi Tanaka / bogenspiel I (2003)
Mari Kamimoto / 記憶のコラージュ (2002/04)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Psychedelic Study (2011)
Masataka Matsuo / The Stratosphere (1985)
Masamichi Kinoshita / Le feu s'eteint dans le feu et le temps dans le temps VI (2021)
Yukiko Watanabe / Memory and Stain (2019)
Performance by Phidias Trio (Ryuta Iwase, Cl. / Maiko Matsuoka, Vn. / Erika Kawamura, Pf.)

** Emili Trio 6th Concert [Composition] [World Premiere]
Sun. 28 July 2024, 15h00 - Artist Salon "Dolce" (Tokyo)
Masaki Itani / Twilight Amoroso
Shin-ichiro Ikebe / Trio pour hautbois, clarinette en si-bémol et basson
Koji Toyoda / Variations on an English folksong for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Osmotic Study (2024/WP)
Shuhei Tamura / Sonatina in the Old Style
Kazuhiro Yoshida / DIVERTISSEMENT pour Trio d'anches à Emili Trio
Performance by Emili Trio = Tomoe Sumizaki (Ob.), Azumi Murakami (Cl.), Kaori Maruyama (Bsn.)
Ticket: General ¥3,500 / Student ¥2,000

** Muzyka w zabytkach starego Gdańska [Composition] [World Premiere]
Wed. 7 August 2024, 19h00 - Kościół św. Jakuba (Gdańsk, Poland)
Arcangelo Corelli / Sonata da Chiesa Op.3, No.7
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Kappauso Main Theme for Trumpet and Bassoon (2023/WP)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier / Suita Pièces qu’on peut jouer seule
Georg Philipp Telemann / Canonic Sonata No.1, Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann / 6 sonatas for 2 recorders TWV 40: 104, No.4 Vivace
Johann Gottlieb Naumann / Duet for Oboe and Bassoon
Michael Haydn / Classical Duet Polonaise C Major
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart / 12 duets for horns, K.487 (No.1, 4, 7 and 12)
Gioacchino Rossini / Duet from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Una voce poco fa, Largo al factotum)
Francis Poulenc / Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone
Performance by Atsumi Fukuda (Bsn.), Krzysztof Kit (Ob.) and Tatsushi Fujioka (Tp.)

** The 42nd Andrée Charlier Piano Competition [Composition] [World Premiere]
Sat. 19 October 2024 - Conservatoire de Charleroi Arthur Grumiaux (Charleroi, Belgium)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Solitude for Piano (2024/WP) will be performed as an imposed piece for the competition.

Sat. 19 October 2024 [Composition] [World Premiere]
New Piece for Orchestra (2024/WP) [Private Ceremony]

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