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Makiko Kinoshita (born in 1956) is a famous Japanese composer. She creates many different kinds of music. Makiko was born in Tokyo, Japan. She studied how to write music at the Tokyo University of the Arts. This is a special school for artists and musicians.

Awards and Achievements

Makiko Kinoshita has won several important awards for her music. These awards show how talented she is.

  • She won first prize in the Music Competition of Japan. This is a big contest for musicians.
  • She also received the Outstanding Composition Award from the Japan Symphony Foundation. This award is for excellent musical pieces.
  • In 2003, she got an award from the Mitsubishi Trust Art and Cultural Foundation. This foundation supports art and culture.

Musical Works

Kinoshita is very well-known in Japan for her choral music. Choral music is written for groups of singers. But she also writes music for many other things. She creates pieces for orchestras, which are large groups of musicians. She also writes for smaller groups called chamber ensembles. And she writes music for single instruments too.

Here are some of her selected works:

  • Koten for orchestra
  • Fantasy, for orchestra
  • Aura, for Orchestra
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (This is an Opera, which is like a play set to music)
  • Abyss of Night (for orchestra)
  • Sinfonietta (for Strings)
  • Gothic (for wind band)
  • Rain (for mandolin orchestra)
  • Percussion Concerto (for Percussion solo & percussion ensemble)
  • The Trembling Moon (for Percussion ensemble)
  • Twisting Landscapes (for Clarinet, Violin and Piano)
  • A Circuit of Dreams (for Piano)
  • Jashumon-Hikyoku (for mixed voices and orchestra)
  • Blue (for female voices and percussion)
  • Nirvana (vocal & piano)
  • Circuit of Dream (piano suite)

Recorded Music

Makiko Kinoshita's music has been recorded. You can find her works on CDs. Some of her recorded albums include:

  • The Trembling Moon, (chamber music / ALM Records)
  • Jashumon-Hikyoku (chorus and orchestra / Fontec)
  • Blessing (chorus without accompaniment / Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation)
  • Tsuyoshi Mihara Sings Makiko Kinoshita (lied album / Fontec)
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