Makiko Kinoshita facts for kids
Makiko Kinoshita (born in 1956) is a talented Japanese composer. She was born in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. Makiko Kinoshita studied how to create music, which is called composition, at the famous Tokyo University of the Arts. A composer is someone who writes music for others to play or sing.
Awards and Achievements
Makiko Kinoshita has won several important awards for her amazing music. These awards show how much her work is appreciated.
- She won the first prize at the Music Competition of Japan. This is a big honor for any musician.
- She also received the Outstanding Composition Award from the Japan Symphony Foundation. This award celebrates her excellent musical creations.
- In 2003, she was given an award from the Mitsubishi Trust Art and Cultural Foundation. This foundation supports artists and their work.
Musical Creations
Makiko Kinoshita is very well-known in Japan for her choral music. Choral music is written for a group of singers, like a choir. But she also writes many other kinds of music. She creates pieces for a full orchestra, which is a large group of musicians playing different instruments. She also writes for smaller groups called chamber ensembles. These are small groups of musicians, often just a few people playing together.
Here are some of her selected musical works:
- Koten (for orchestra)
- Fantasy (for orchestra)
- Aura (for Orchestra)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (an Opera)
- 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)
Her music has been recorded and released on CDs, so people all over the world can listen to it. Some of these recordings include:
- The Trembling Moon (a collection of her chamber music)
- Jashumon-Hikyoku (featuring chorus and orchestra)
- Blessing (choral music without any instruments)
- Tsuyoshi Mihara Sings Makiko Kinoshita (a collection of songs sung by Tsuyoshi Mihara)
