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Spotlight on Zen-On's Women Composers

Feb. 27, 2026

In advance of International Women's Day (March 8), Japanese publisher Zen-On celebrates the exceptional female composers on their roster by highlighting their compositions, from solo works to large-scale orchestral compositions, chamber works, pedagogical collections, and more. Featured composers include women from a variety of generations and musical styles including: Céleri Haruhata, Kae Hirakawa, Hitomi Kaneko, Tomiko Kohjiba, Masa Matsuura, Chihiro Todoroki, Maki Ueda, Chikako Yamanaka, and Mino Kabasawa.

To learn more about these composers and explore their works, visit zen-on.co.jp and listen to a selection of their works below.


Akira Naito and Kanade Tsurusawa perform Céleri Haruhata's Astro Notes - Letters from Space


Eri Takimura and Kae Hirakawa perform Hirakawa's Sakura-Sakura Variations


Kousei Murata and Toshio Nakagawa perform Hitomi Kaneko's The Layers of Time V


The Tokyo Sinfonietta, led by Yasuaki Itakura, perform Kaneko's Le Processus


Kei Yamazawa performs Castle of Duino by Tomiko Kohjiba


Masa Matsuura and Sumichika Arimura perform Matsuura's Dreaming Stone


Shoichiro Hokazono and Ami Fujiwara perform Matsuura's Ephemeral Dream


Yoshie and Takahashi of Pianoduo DUOR perform Chihiro Todoroki's Consonance



Mino Kabasawa's Nami no Aya, performed by Shoichiro Hokazono and Ami Fujiwara

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