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SATOSHI OHMAE
Composer, former professor of Faculty of Music, Soai University

Profile

1943 Born in Hyogo prefecture, Japan. / 67 Graduated from the department of composition of Osaka Liberal University. Starting musical activities. / 69~75 Organized "Japanese-German Contemporary Music Evening" in Osaka. / 77 Organized "Osaka Modern Music Workshop", aiming at joint work with performers. / 78~84 Organized "GENDAI NO NAMI- Contemporary Music Festival" in Osaka. / 82 Organized "SATOSHI OHMAE Composition Recital" in Osaka. / 88~89 Performed at the JFC CONCERT in Amsterdam. / 88~92 Organized "KOTA Contemporary Music Series" in Osaka. / 92~98 Organized the concert of "Kobe Exhibition of Music" in Kobe. / 98 Released the CD Album "IN THE MEMORIES-Satoshi Ohmae chamber musics" (JILA-1003) / 99 Performed at "ISCM World Music Days Rumania" in Bucharest. / 99 Performed at "Neue Musik aus Japan concert" in Leipzig. / 03 Performed at "Lange Musik Nacht" in Muenster. / 14 Performed at "Festival 5 Giornate" in Milano. etc. in addition, Winner of many international composition award in Europe and U.S.A.

Awarded Prizes

● Incentive prize at "Osaka Cultural Festival 1980" (Osaka / Japan)
● Main prize at "Osaka Cultural Festival 1990" (Osaka / Japan)
● The 20th "Bleu Mer Prize 1991" (Kobe / Japan)
● The 17th "IUE Cultural Prize 1993" (Kobe / Japan)
● Selected at ISCM World Music Days Rumania 1999 (Bucharest / Rumania)
● Second prize at "Gustav Mahler International Composition Prize 2000" (Klagenfurt / Austria)
● First prize at "Concorso Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea Citta di Udine 2002" (Udine / Italy)
● Selected at " a Camillo Togni Concorso Internazionale di Composizione 2004" (Brescia / Italy)
● First prize at "International Biennial Competition 2004" (Los Angeles / USA)
● Special mention at "Egidio Carella Composition Competition (Val Tidone Music Competiton) 2005" (Italy)
● Third prize at "Alexander Tansman International Composer Competition 2006" (Lodz / Poland)
● Second prize at "Lutoslawski Award International Composer's Competition 2008" (Warszawa / Poland)
● Second prize at "International Wind Ensemble Composition Contest 2010" (Harelbeke / Belgium)
● Third prize at "G.E.R.M.I. Award International Composition Competition 2010" (Roma / Italy)
● First prize at "ICA(International Clarinet Association) Composition Competition 2011" (Carbondale / USA)
● First prize at "Egidio Carella Composition Competition B category (orchestra) 2011" (Italy)
● Selected at Call for Scores "Risuonanze 2013" (Tricesimo / Italy)
● Special commendation at "LONDON EAR Composers' Competition 2013" (London / UK)
● Selected at Call for Scores "Risuonanze 2014" (Tricesimo / Italy)
● Audience prize at "Krzysztof Penderecki International Composer's Competition 2014" (Radom / Poland)
● Special mention at "Romualdo Marenco International Composition Competition 2015" (Novi Ligure / Italy)
● Third prize at "International Composition Competition Harelbeke 2016" (Harelbeke / Belgium)
● First prize at "Romualdo Marenco International Composition Competition 2016" (Novi Ligure / Italy)
● First prize at "Kazimierz Serocki International Composers’ Competition 2017" (Warszawa / Poland)
● First prize at "Romualdo Marenco International Composition Competition 2018" (Novi Ligure / Italy)
● First prize at“Grazyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition 2019”(Lods / Poland)

ICA (International Clarinet Association) Composition Competition 2011

Serocki International Composer's Competition 2018

Major Works

● ＜DOUBLE-TALK No.1~ No.46＞ duo series for combination of various instruments (1972~2016)
● ＜STEUERUNG＞ orchestra - op.11 (1975)
● ＜VESTIGE III＞ cello, percussion and femail chorus - op.28 (1980)
● ＜POLYMER＞ solo percussion and assistants - op.52 (1980~84)
● ＜IN THE MEMORIES＞ 2 pianos and percussion - op.35 (1982)
● ＜THROUGH FOLIAGE＞ solo eng-horn, percussion and strings - op.68 (1988)
● ＜FESTONE I ~V＞ musica da camera (1992~98)
● ＜PASSA IL TEMPO＞ orchestra and child chorus - op.92 (1995)
● ＜LA CANZONE DEI RICORDI＞ solo violin and orchestra - op.110 (2000)
● ＜ALTRO FESTONE＞ musica da camera - op.117 (2002)
● ＜TIME TRACING＞ flute, viola and harp - op.131 (2004)
● ＜SYMPHONIC CANTICLE "SHINRAN"＞ orchestra and chorus - op.144 (2008)
● ＜JOIN No.7＞ winds and percussions - op.156 (2011)
● ＜CATENA SPAZIALE I ~VI＞ solo series for various instruments (2013~2016)
● ＜DOUBLE UNIT＞ wind band - op.176 (2015)
● < FANCY FIVE > quintet – op.185 (2017)
● < INTERMEZZO concertante > saxophone ensemble – op.192 (2019)
Approximately 190 works in total

SYMPHONIC CANTICLE ＜SHINRAN＞ op.144
Soai Orchestra September 20, 2009, Nishi-Hongan-ji temple, Kyoto

Publish

● Many published music sheets, CDs
● 83 scores are owned by The Gaudeamus Foundation and Contemporary Music Center.

Works

1969	PARASITE - op.1	(cl, tp, cb, mba)
1970	EXPEDIEE I - op.2	(va)
1971	FLUCTUATION - op.3	(ob, cl, fg, perc)
1971	RESONANCE I - op.4	(pn)
1972	CONVECTION - op.5	(fl, cl, fg, pn, perc, str)
1972	DOUBLE-TALK No.1 - op.6	(vn, va)
1973	DOUBLE-TALK No.2 - op.7	(fl, cl)
1973	VESTIGE II - op.8	(2sop, m-sop, bass, fl)
1975	LATENT IMAGE I - op.9	(pn, perc, 2players)
	RESONANCE II - op.10	(pn)
	STEUERUNG - op.11	(orch)
	DISSIMILAR : DOUBLE-TALK No.3 - op.12	(cl, pn)
1976	LATENT IMAGE II - op.13	(4fl, pn)
1976	POLYMER - op.14	(solo perc, b-cl)
1977	LAYER OF RESPIRATIONS - op.15	(3shakuhachi)
	LATENT IMAGE IIa - op.16	(2fl, 2cl, pn)
	OSMOSIS - op.17	(2fl, 2cl, hp)
	EXPEDIEE II - op.18	(cl)
	INTERMODULATION : DOUBLE-TALK No.4 - op.19	(tp, perc)
	MARNAGE - op.20	(mba)
1978	SILVER SHIMMERS - op.21	(fl)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.5 - op.22	(guit, biwa)
	LAMINA - op.23	(orch)
1979	CROSS STITCH - op.24	(fl, cl, pn, perc)
	TRACING - op.25	(ens)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.6 - op.26	(mba, perc)
1980	TACTILE IMPRESSION : POLYMER II - op.27	(solo perc, assist)
1980	VESTIGE III - op.28	(vc, perc, vo-fem)
1981	THE QUEEN BEE - op.29	(mba)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.7 - op.30	(fl, vn)
	OSMOSIS II - op.31	(fl, vib, str)
	IN SOLUTION : DOUBLE-TALK No.8 - op.32	(tp, mba)
	CROSS STITCH I - op.33	(4players)
	CHAIN : DOUBLE-TALK No.9 - op.34	(2guit)
1982	IN THE MEMORIES - op.35	( pn, perc)
	LINKS : POLYMER III - op.36	(solo perc, assist)
	DISPERSION : DOUBLE-TALK No.10 - op.37	(rec, vn)
	SEAM OF SOUND - op.38	(brass-ens)
	EROSION : POLYMER I - op.39	(solo perc, assist)
	UNDULATION I - op.40	(mba)
	TENSION - op.41	(cl)
1983	STRIPE : DOUBLE-TALK No.11 - op.42	(2guit)
	CROSS LAMINA - op.43	(wind-ens)
	REPRESSION : DOUBLE-TALK No.12 - op.44	(ten, pn)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.13 - op.45	(rec, vn)
	ETUDE - op.46	(3mba)
	UNDULATION II - op.47	(mba)
	MARCHEN - op.48	(rec)
	CANTILENA - op.49	(ob, str)
	OSAKA' 83 - op.50	(30gen, 4players)
1984	FLUID : POLYMER IV - op.51	(solo perc, assist)
	POLYMER (4 parts) - op.52 I EROSION / II TACTILE IMPRESSION / III LINKS / IV FLUID	(solo perc, assist)
	ACCESS - op.53	(brass-ens)
	KO (SOLITUDE) - op.54	(fl or rec or nokan)
	SHIMMERS : DOUBLE-TALK No.14 - op.55	(mnd, guit)
1985	CLOSE : DOUBLE-TALK No.15 - op.56	(2fl)
1986	DIFFUSION - op.57	(solo perc, voices)
1986	SILVER SHIMMERS II - op.58	(fl-orch)
1987	EXPEDIEE III - op.59	(fl)
	EXPEDIEE IV - op.60	(ob)
	EXPEDIEE V - op.61	(cl)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.16 - op.62	(fl, ob)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.17 - op.63	(fl, cl)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.18 - op.64	(ob, cl)
	TRE SOLI - op.65	(fl, ob, cl)
1988	UNDULATION III - op.66	(mba)
	TRAILING AWAY - op.67	(pn)
	THROUGH FOLIAGE - op.68	(solo eng-hrn, perc, str)
1989	AMBIENCE : SILVER SHIMMERS III - op.69	(fl-ens)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.19 - op.70	(picc, cl)
	SYMPHONIC OVERTURE＜ACCESS＞ - op.71	(wind-ens／orch)
1990	TRE SOLI II - op.72	(3mba)
1990	MONOMER (3 parts) - op.73 I WELLING UP / II SANUKITE / III SPIRIT OF WOODS	(solo perc)
1991	en Mai - op.74	(fl)
	TANGENT : DOUBLE-TALK No.20 - op.75	(fl, mnd)
	JOIN : DOUBLE-TALK No.21 - op.76	(2players)
	JOIN II - op.77	(perc-ens)
1992	SEVEN SHORT SCENES - op.78	(mnd-ens)
	FESTONE - op.79	(fl, cl, vc, vib, mba)
	SUPERIMPOSE : DOUBLE-TALK No.22 - op.80	(tp, pn)
	TIME JUNCTION : DOUBLE-TALK No.23 - op.81	(tp, perc)
	INTERLACE - op.82	(sax-quart)
1993	JOIN III - op.83	(perc-ens)
	NON TRAMONTI QUESTA PASSIONE - op.84	(fl)
	FESTONE II - op.85	(mnd, guit, vib, perc)
	SEVEN SHORT SCENES II - op.86	(str-ens)
1994	TORCULUS - op.87	(3mba)
	SEAMS : DOUBLE-TALK No.24 - op.88	(2cl)
	RICENZA POETICA - op.89	(orch)
	FESTONE III - op.90	(fl, cl, mba, perc)
1995	REQUIEM RICORDANZA - op.91	(brass-ens)
1995	PASSA IL TEMPO - op.92	(orch, coro-ragazzi/pn, coro-ragazzi)
1996	ACCESS II - op.93	(sax quart)
	THE PROSPECTS : DOUBLE-TALK No.25 - op.94	(mba, perc)
	EROSION : THE POLYMER I - op.95	(solo perc, wind-ens)
	FLUID : THE POLYMER IV - op.96	(solo perc, wind-ens)
1997	ASPETTA DOMANI - op.97	(pn)
	JOIN IV - op.98	(4players)
	TRIO CASSATION - op.99	(3mba)
	FESTONE IV - op.100	(fl, cl, mba)
1998	JOIN V - op.101	(perc-ens)
	TRIO CASSATION II - op.102	(3cl)
	PHASE : DOUBLE-TALK No.26 - op.103	(ten-rec, 20gen)
	FESTONE V - op.104	(fl, cl, vc, vib, mba)
	INFINITO SPAZIO - op.105	(3shaku, 2shami, 2koto)
1999	THE PROSPECTS II - op.106	(key-board)
	DREAMING - op.107	(sop, fl, pn, perc)
	DOUBLE-TALK No.27 - op.108	(fl, pn)
	THE PROSPECTS III - op.109	(perc-ens)
2000	LA CANZONE DEI RICORDI - op.110	(vn, orch)
	SPACE RESPONSE : JOIN VI - op.111	(perc-ens)
	MEMORIA FORMATO - op.112	(mba)
2001	SEVEN SHORT SCENES III - op.113	(mnd-ens)
	RESPIRATIONS - op.114	(wood wind-ens)
	TIME LINKS - op.115	(fl, pn)
	THE BROKEN TIMES - op.116	(chamber orch)
2002	ALTRO FESTONE - op.117	(fl, cl, vc, vib, pn)
	FRAMMENTI DI SPAZIO - op.118	(orch, shomyo)
	SPACING - op.119	(guit)
	MODO FRAMMENTARIO - op.120	(pn)
	TRE SUONI - op.121	(3shakuhachi)
2003	SEQUENTIAL FRAGMENTS - op.122	(ens)
	SPACING II - op.123	(rec)
	TIME SPACING : DOUBLE-TALK No.28 - op.124	(rec, guit)
	SPACE FRAGMENTS II - op.125	(wind-ens)
2004	COME IL VENTO PASSATI - op.126	(solo-shaku, str / solo-fl, str)
	MEMORIES ONCE MORE:DOUBLE-TALK No.29 - op.127	(2pn)
	SPAZIO IMPROVISARE - op.128	(barocco ob)
	DOUBLE LINK - op.129	(fl,cl & vib,pn)
	SOUND SHIFT - op.130	(guit)
	TIME TRACING - op.131	(fl,va,hp)
2005	THE MAN IN A SPACE - op.132	(narr,vc,perc,pn)
	LYRICAL LANDSCAPE - op.133	(fl-ens)
	REFRAIN : DOUBLE-TALK No.30 - op.134	(fl, guit)
	DUAL TENSITY : DOUBLE-TALK No.31 - op.135	(rec, mba)
2006	TIME SHIFT - op.136	(string trio)
	SOLITUDE SOUL - op.137	(solo perc, mba-ens)
	SPACE GRADATION - op.138	(wind-orch)
	SPAZIO IMPROVISARE II - op.139	(ob)
	SPAZIO VARIATO - op.140	(orch)
2007	TIME PORTRAITS : DOUBLE-TALK No.32 - op.141	(2vn)
	TIME SEQUENCE : DOUBLE-TALK No.33 - op.142	(cl, b-cl)
	COSMO INVENTIO - op.143	(cl)
2008	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE ＜SHINRAN＞ - op.144	(orch, chor)
	TWOFOLD - op.145	(2euph, 2tuba)
	MEMORIES ONCE MORE II : DOUBLE-TALK No.29 - op.146	(2pn)
2009	COSMO TRIANGLE - op.147	(3timpanists)
	CONCORD : DOUBLE-TALK No.34 - op.148	(2bass-cl)
	RELATIONS : DOUBLE-TALK No.35 - op.149	(cl, pn)
2010	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE ＜SHINRAN＞(small edition) - op.144a	(orch, chor)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE ＜SHINRAN＞ - op.144b	(wind-orch, chor)
	SYMPHONIC OVERTURE ＜ACCESS 66＞ - op.150a	(orch)
	SYMPHONIC OVERTURE ＜ACCESS 66＞ - op.150b	(wind-orch)
	ACCESS 66 - op.150c	(brass-ens)
	ACCESS 66 - op.150d	(tp-choir)
	IN THE DISTANCE - op.151	(wind-ens)
	IN THE DISTANCE - op.151a	(orch)
	INSPIRE : DOUBLE-TALK No.36 - op.152	(tp, perc)
	TRIO FESTONE - op.153	(fl. vib. pn)
	TIME PORTRAITS II : DOUBLE-TALK No.37 - op.154	(2cl)
2011	INTERLACE - op.82a	(sax-ens)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE＜SHINRAN＞(revised edition) - op.144	(orch, chor)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE＜SHINRAN＞(small edition 2) - op.144c	(orch)
	THE PROSPECTS No.4 - op.155	(perc-ens)
	JOIN No.7 - op.156	(wood & perc-ens)
	IMAGINARY PERAPECTIVE - op.157	(fl-ens)
2012	THE PREZENCE - op.158	(solo timp, wind-orch)
	SOUND RESPONSE : DOUBLE-TALK No.38 - op.159	(tuba, pn)
	SOUND RESPONSE : DOUBLE-TALK No.39 - op.159a	(rec, pn)
	POST LAMINA - op.160	(orch)
	SOUND SPACING - op.161	(fl, cl, vc, pn)
2013	SOUND LINKS - op.162	(orch)
	CATENA SPAZIALE I - op.163	(fl)
	CATENA SPAZIALE II - op.164	(ob)
	RECOLLECTIONS - op.165	(pn)
	COSMO VARIATO - op.166	(str-ens)
	TIME PORTRAITS III : DOUBLE-TALK No.40 - op.167a	(2fl)
	TIME PORTRAITS IV : DOUBLE-TALK No.41 - op.167b	(2ob)
2014	CATENA SPAZIALE III - op.168	(tbn)
	CATENA SPAZIALE IV - op.169	(hp)
	CATENA SPAZIALE Ia - op.163a	(fl)
	REFLECTIONS - op.170	(sax-ens)
	TIME PRECOLLECTIONS : DOUBLE-TALK No.42 - op.171	(fl, pn)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE - op.144d-1,2	(str-orch)
	CANTICLE - op.144e	(sax-ens)
	CANTICLE - op.144f	(str-ens)
	JOIN No.7 - op.156a, a-1	(mba-ens)
	JOIN No.7 - op.156b, b-1	(str-ens)
	JOIN No.7 - op.156c, c-1	(sax-ens)
	DISTANCE I : DOUBLE-TALK No.43 - op.172	(2fl)
	DISTANCE II : DOUBLE-TALK No.44 - op.173	(2fl)
	TRIO RECOLLECTIONS - op.174	(fl, ob, pn)
2015	DOUBLE PHASE - op.175	(sax-ens)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE＜SHINRAN＞(final edition) - op.144	(orch, chor)
	DOUBLE UNIT - op.176	(wind-ens)
	TIME SPECTRUM - op.177	(brass-quint)
	MOMENTARY SPECTRUM - op.177a	(brass-quint)
	CATENA SPAZIALE V - op.178	(mba)
	SOUND LINKS (edition 2015) - op.162a	(orch)
	MOMENTARY LANDSCAPE - op.177b	(ens)
2016	CATENA SPAZIALE VI - op.179	(guit)
	SEPTEMBER NOTE - op.180	(sax-ens)
	AKIHA-SHRINE FIRE FESTIVAL : DOUBLE-TALK No.45 - op.181	(2rec)
	MEMORIAL NOTE - op.180a	(cl-ens)
	TIME GRADATION - op.182	(orch)
	CONTACT : DOUBLE-TALK No.46 - op.183	(fl, guit)
2017	SONIC CALLIGRAPHY - op.184	(str-orch)
	FANCY FIVE - op.185	(quintet)
	SAXOPHONIC PASSION - op.186	(sax-ens)
	SONIC GRADATION - op.186a	(wind-orch)
	WINTER NOTE - op.187a	(str-quartet)
2018	IN THE LANDSCAPE - op.187	(orch)
	SHADOWS : DOUBLE-TALK No.47 - op.188	(2 sop-sax)
	TIME GRADATION - op.182a	(wind-orch)
	COSMO IMMAGINARIO - op.189	(sax-ens)
	CANTICLE - op.144g	(orch, chor)
	SONIC LANDSCAPE - op.190	(orch)
2019	POST-JOIN - op.191	(sax-ens)
	SHADOWS II : DOUBLE-TALK No.48 - op.191	(fl cl)
	IN DIALOGUE - op.161a	(quart)
	TRIO IN DIALOGUE - op.161b	(fl cl pn)
	INTERMEZZO concertante - op.193	(sax-ens)
	SONIC FIELD - op.190a	(orch)
	COSMO A PIACERE - op.189a	(ens)
	THE LANDSCAPE - op.187b	(orch)
	MOMENTARY LANDSCAPE II - op.177c	(sax-quart pn)
	SHADOWS III : DOUBLE-TALK No.49 - op.192a	(2 guit)
2020	SOUND STEPS- op.194	(sax-ens)
	IN THE WIND - op.195	(fl-quint, cl-quint)
	THE DIALOGUE - op.161c	(quint)
	WINDS GRADATION - op.182c	(wind-orch)
2021	ACCESS 77 -Double Seven - op.196	(sax-ens)
	ACCESS 77 -Double Seven - op.196a	(wind-orc)
	ACCESS 77 -Double Seven - op.196b	(orch)
	SOUND GRADATION - op.197c	(wind-orch)
2022	LA CANTO POLIFONICO -op.198	(sax-ens)
	LA CANTO POLIFONICO -op.198a	(str-ens)
	FIVE LOCATIONS -op.199	(wind-orch)
	CANTICLE - op. 144g	(orch)
	CANTICLE - op. 144h	(wind-orch)
	CATENA TEMPORALE - op.200	(sax-ens)
	CATENA TEMPORALE - op.200a	(wind-ens)
2023	FIVE LINKS - op.199a	(wind-orch)
	THE PERSPECTIVE - op.201	(orch)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE (extra edition) - op.202	(orch)
	SYMPHONIC CANTICLE (extra edition) - op.202a	(str-orch)
	CANTICLE (extra edition) - op. 202b	(str-orch)

December, 2023

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