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Af: Aya Yoshida

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Aya Yoshida is a Japanese composer. Born in Kobe, Japan in 1992 and based in both in Denmark and The Netherlands. She began composing at 6 under the guidance Mrs.Yasuko Osato. She graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo under the tutelage of composition lecturer Kenya Masakado and Prof.Masaki Norikura in 2014. She also studied composition theory and classical piano performance with Prof. Masaki Norikura. She trained in violoncello and classical vocal with lecturer Yoko Hasegawa and lecturer Kei Yonashiro during her time in Japan. In 2014, she moved to Copenhagen, Denmark and she completed her postgraduate studies in composition with Niels Rosing Schow and Jeppe Just Christensen at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Her works have been performed in Japan and Europe by diverse range of soloists, ensembles and orchestras, including the performances by Curious Chamber Players in Viitasaari, Finland (2013), by Arditti Quartet (2014) and by Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2016) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Moreover she just had her very first opera “Skyggen (The Shadow)” in Copenhagen, Denmark on 16th and 17th November 2017 to celebrate the 150th anniversary for the diplomatic friendship between Japan and Denmark following with the official event of the Japanese Embassy in Denmark and the Danish Ministry of Culture. The opera was awarded by Danish Arts Foundation as The best 10 music publishing/releasing of the year. Furthermore she was selected for many Artist in Residencies to participate in, such as the one at the Visby International Centre for Composers (Gotland, Sweden), the one organized by Austrian Federal Chancellery and Kultur Kontakt Austria (Vienna, Austria), the one by USF Bergen (Bergen, Norway) and the one by the providential government of Styria (Graz, Austria). She won the first prize of Zemlinsky 2019 Composition Competition and she had her first ballet piece “Let Me Take You There” premiered by CCM Philharmonia and dancers in Cincinnati, USA in 2021. Also she has been a Composer in Residence in Tivoli Youth Guard in Denmark since 2020 to write for their repertories including 175 years anniversary waltz. 

She is often inspired by fashion when she composes her works and her works’ titles are often coming from fashion terms, for example, Polka dots, Tone on Tone Check, and Pointed toe. Fashion, its abstract energy triggers her creativity and transforms it into new images within her personal universe.

She was just selected to one of the 5 nominees for Gaudeamus Award 2023.

Værkliste

Prelude for orchestra (2011) Performed by Shinwa Girls Orchestra in Japan in March 2011

空はいま... [Sky is...] for trombone and piano (2011) Performed by the selected students from Toho in Tokyo in Novermber 2011

Tone on Tone check for orchestra (2012) Performed by the selected students from Toho in Tokyo in November 2012

The Vivid Stitch for 12 violoncellos (2012-2013) Performed by UNM cello ensemble in Helsinki in September 2015

La maison de couture for chamber orchestra (2013) Performed by the selected students from Toho in Tokyo in November 2013

Retro future for viola solo (2013) Performed by the selected student from Toho in Tokyo in November 2013

トモダチカミノケミドリヤネン(2013) Performed by the selected students from Toho in Tokyo in November 2013

High Gauge (2013) Performed by Curious Chamber Players

The Flower That Smiles Today (2014) performed by the selected students from Toho in Osaka in March 2014

Polka dots for string quartet (2014) Premiered by Arditti Quartet in October 2014 Pointed toe for trumpet and viola (2015) Performed by Antonin le Faure and Noé Nillni in Paris in July 2015

Muji for soprano and trumpet (2015) Unperformed

Ready-to-wear for 3 violoncellos (2015) Unperformed

Double-face for orchestra (2015-2016) Performed by DR Orchestra in Copenhagen in March 2016

Muji for violin solo (2016) Unperformed

Appliqué for string trio (2016) Unperformed

Monotone for piano concerto (2016) Unperformed

Singing in the rain (2017) Performed by Orkest de ereprijs in Apeldorn, in February in 2017 in The Netherlands

Opera “Skyggen (The Shadow)(2017) Performed in Copenhagen as the official event of the 150th anniversary for the diplomatic friendship between Japan and Denmark Shibori for String quartet (2018)

Unperformed (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation.)

Rock ‘n’ Roll for Guitar solo (2018) Performed by Mathias Klarlund on 20th June 2018 in Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation.)

Romantic High-heels (2018) for Cello quartet Unperformed

Cello-Go-Round (2018) Performed by eXtracello in Allegro Vivo on 8th September in Austria

Ma for soprano and recorder (2019) Performed on 24th February 2019 at Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, Denmark

Filigree for flute, recorder and cembalo (2019) Performed by Ensemble AIRBORN EXTENDED on 6th March 2019 at Panorama Festival in Aarhus, Denmark

TIVOLI-GARDENS 175-ÅRS VALS… tilegnet de unge Gardere…(2019) Performed from April 2019 in Tivoli Garden in Copenhagen, Denmark

MUJI for double bass (2019) Performed by James Oesi at Grachten Festival and Gaudeamus Music Festival 2019

The Shadow in the Rain for 16 voices and double bass (2019) Performed by Les Metaboles and Florentin Ginot at Royaumont, France (Pièce écrite dans le cadre de l'Académie Voix Nouvelles de la Fondation Royaumont )

NIGHTIUNGALE (2019) Performed by Tivoli Youth Guard on 8th and 9th August 2020 at Tivoli concert hall in Copenhagen, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation)

Infinity dress for saxophone and cello (2020) Unperformed (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation)

Decode for violin and piano (2020) Performed by Duo DAN/NIE on 13th June 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation and Dansk Komponistforening)

Réquiem para un niño-Canción de cuna eterna for soprano (2020) Performed by Josefine Göhmann on 19th August in Berlin, Germany

The Beauty of Everyday Things for cello solo (2020) Performed by Ida Nørby on 3rd and 5th September 2020 at Yonobi in Copenhagen, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation)

Under the Umbrella for flute and double bass (2018/2020) Performed by Marie Sønderskov and Erik Higgins in Aarhus, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation and Dansk Komponistforening)

I tell you yet again… for soprano and piano (2020) Performed by Anne Due Nørgård and Galya Kolarova in Roskilde, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation and Dansk Komponistforening)

Pleat Pleat Pleat for saxophone, viola and cello (2020) Performed by United Instruments of Lucilin in neimënster, Luxembourg

Ein kleines Lied for coloratura soprano and piano (2021) Performed by Ayako Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan

Let Me Take You There for dance and orchestra (2020-2021) Performed by CCM Philharmonia and dancers in Cincinnati, USA

Decode for violin solo (2022) Performed by Tatsuki Narita on 24th March 2022 in Tokyo, Japan

Suite “Tit er jeg glad” for 10 saxophones (2022) Performed by Nordic Saxiphone Collective on 13th April 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark (This piece was composed with support from the Danish Arts Foundation and Dansk Komponistforening)

Scented… (2022) Performed by Ayako Tanaka on 10th June 2022 in Tokyo, Japan

Collaborations

Collaboration with Tikki Hasselriis with DKDM Orchestra for the orchestra arrangement performed in Copenhagen in March 2015

Collaboration with Copenhagen Phil for Open Orchestra Performed in Copenhagen in May 2015

Collaboration with Broken Twin and Copenhagen Phil for 60 min concert with their orchestra arrangement in February 2016

Opera “Skyggen (The Shadow)” (2017) collaboration with Japanese calligrapher Suitou Nakatsuka and Danish Visual artist Magnus Pind Bjerre

Foto: ©︎MayaMatsuura

Aya Yoshida

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1992

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Began composing at the age of 6.
Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music in 2014. 
Completed postgraduate studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. 

Debut:

2016

Forlag:

Edition S. 

Profil oprettet:

21. december 2017
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