Akio Yasuraoka


Akio Yasuraoka is a Japanese composer.

Biography

Yasuraoka was born in Tokyo and studied with composers Teruyuki Noda and Akira Miyoshi graduating Tokyo University of the Arts in 1984 with a master's degree in music composition. He has received several awards and distinctions including the 1st Prize in Composition at the Music Competition of Japan in 1980 and the 1982 Japan Symphony Foundation Composition Award for his Symphony. He was recipient of the 1994 Kenzo Nakajima Music Award.
In 1985, Yasuraoka organized Art Respirant, a chamber orchestra of young performing artists and composers.
Currently Yasuraoka is professor at Toho Gakuen School of Music and Tokyo University of the Arts. He is a member of the 21st Century Music Association and a director of the Japan Society for Contemporary Music.

Selected works

The works of Yasuraoka are published by the Japan Federation of Composers, Zen-On Music, Ongaku-no-tomo Sha and Tokyo Academia Music.
;Orchestra
  • Symphony
;ConcertanteMétamorphose concertante for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso No.1 "Animatori" Polyphonia for Viola and Orchestra Antiphon for 25 Solo Strings
;Chamber musicCapriccio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano Projection for Violin and Piano Offrande for Viola Solo Fragment for Solo Percussion Aria for Violin Solo Melodia for 4 Flutes Passaggio, Concertino for Marimba and 9 Instruments Gesto for Harp Solo Aria Scomposta for Violin and Piano
;VocalDiscantus, Vocalise for Soprano, Violin, Cello and Piano