Japanese Premiere of Tokuhide Niimi's Piano Quintet - shape of the soul
Jul. 11, 2018
On July 7 members of the Tokyo Sinfonietta performed the Japanese premiere of Tokuhide Niimi’s Piano Quintet - shape of the soul at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall for the Sinfonietta’s 43rd subscription concert: “Music From Japan in Tokyo.” The work received its world premiere earlier this year in New York City on a concert sponsored by Music From Japan at Scandinavia House's Victor Borge Hall, which also featured Niimi's String Quartet No. 2-Asura (2011) and Concerto for Chorus “Bios” (2007).
Listen to Tokuhide Niimi’s Hearing the Winds (1990) here:
(Hearing the Winds/Tokuhide Niimi/Promusica Nipponia)
To learn more about Tokuhide Niimi, please visit zen-on.co.jp.
Tokuhide Niimi
Piano Quintet – shape of the soul (2017)
Fl, Ob, Cl, Bn, Pf
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