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. He graduated from the'' Musashino Academy of Music''. He also finished a master's courses and graduated with the master of music. He then worked for two years in music research. His work is varied and includes orchestral music, chamber music, choral music and music for traditional Japanese instruments. His compositions for winds, whose titles are self-descriptive, are kept in a dramatic musical language. Furthermore, he acts as a judge in competitions, as guest conductor with many orchestras and as the author of articles in professional journals ("The Flute", "The Clarinet", "The Sax"). He arranged in 2003 the theme of music (Music for planting and sowing by the Emperor and Empress of Japan) for the ''54th National Arbor Day'' in

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Work

Work for wind

* 1995 ''Celebres Overture'' * 1996 ''Dimelentas'' * 2000 ''Dimelentas II'' * 2001 ''March-Bou-Shu'' * 2001 ''The Lyric for Wind Orchestra "Appeals of autumnel winds"'' * 2002 ''Prelude'' * 2002 ''"Soaring over the Ridges" – the Impression of the North Alps'' * 2003 ''Flamboyant – Red Flames on the ground'' * 2003 ''A Tone poem for Wind Orchestra "And then the Ocean Glows"'' * 2003 ''Lemuria – The Lost Continent'' *# The Paradise of Greenery "Lemuria" *# Praising the Universe – The Fortress in the Drizzle *# The Civilization Going Down – The Peace to be handed down * 2003 ''Per-Sonare'' * 2004 ''Moai – the Seven Giant Statues Gazing at the Sun'' * 2004 ''The Scene of the Homeland – on theme by

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'' * 2004 ''Machu Picchu: City in the Sky - The mystery of the hidden Sun Temple'' * 2003/2004 ''The West Symphony'' *# The Blue Wolf on the Plateau *# Wahlstatt * 2005 ''Nazca Lines – The Universe Drawn on the Earth'' * 2005 “ Hymn to the Sun — with the Beat of the Mother Earth” * 2005 ''Cavetowns "Cappadocia" – Strangely shaped rocks where elves dwell'' * 2005 ''Las Bolas Grandes'' * ''Fanfare "Music City"'' * 2006 ''Sinfonia'' * 2008 ''On the Earth, Under the Sky'' * 2009 ''The Bells of Sagrada Familia - the everlasting Will of Antoni Gaudi'' * 2010 ''Voyage – Flight into a Hopeful Future'' *2010 Like The Eagle, We Soar and Rise * 2011 ''Pompeii – The Ruins Know the Long and Magnificent History'' *2019 “Four Seasons of Japan” *2020 “Quarantine” *2020 “Aurora Dances” *2020 “Eternal Friendship”

Choir music

* ''The Nightview of Lonesome''

Chamber music

* 2001 ''Intrada'' for brass octet (Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, trumpet 3, Horn, Trombone 1(opt: Euphonium), Trombone 2, Trombone 3, Tuba) * 2002 ''Capriccio'' for Clarinet Octet (Eb Clarinet, 4 Bb Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet) * 2003 ''Rhapsody'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2) * 2004 ''Fioritura'' for Flute Quartet * 2005 ''Esmeralda'' for Euphonium Tuba Quartet (Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2) * 2006 ''Coloratura'' for Flute Quartet * ''Arion's Harp'' for Saxophone Quartet (commissioned by the Arion Saxophone Quartet)

External links

Homepage for Satoshi Yagisawa
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