Moto Osada - What's New

2009
July 21	Sumire Kudo and Haruka Fujii premiere Duo for cello and percussion at the Juilliard School, New York, NY, USA.
May 18	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at Grace United Methodist Church, Manassas, Virgina, USA.
May 17	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at The Odeon Chamber Music Series at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Falls Church, Virginia.
May 15	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at Westminster at Lake Ridge, Lake Ridge, Virginia.
May 6	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at The Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
April 29	Thomas Osuga performs Atomotium for piano solo at The Diller-Quaile School of Music, New York, New York, USA.
April 24	Thomas Osuga performs Atomotium for piano solo at the Music and Migration Lecture/Concert series at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA
Jan	Kaguyama Dance for viola and piano is awarded with a special Mention of Excellency in the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival International Composition Competition (sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Education). Click here to read the press release.
2008
Nov 11	Georg Gulyás performs Jag unnar dig ändå allt gott (from Three Nordic Songs for guitar solo) at Dalarnas Museum in Falun, Sweden.
Nov 6	Makoto Nakura showcases Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas, USA.
Oct 13	Georg Gulyás performs Jiuta and Jag unnar dig ändå allt gott (from Three Japanese Songs and Three Nordic Songs, respectively) on his guitar solo recital at Nybrokajen 11 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Oct 11	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at State House of Hyogo Prefecture in Hyogo, Japan during the Motomachi Music Week. Click here for info (Japanese).
Sept 24	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at Teatro de Cámara in Chihuahua, Mexico during Festival Internacional Chihuahua.
Sept 20	Chamber opera Four Nights of Dream is broadcast on SR (Swedish Radio) P2 Live Opera in its entirety.
Aug 20	Sachiko Kato premieres Bukuchi U Bukuchi A for piano solo at the Phoenix Hall in Osaka, Japan as part of the Phoenix Evolution series. Click here for info (Japanese).
July 22	Another review on opera Four Nights of Dream by Karin Helander of Svenska Dagbladet (SvD): "Irresistible dreams... The music is easily accessible, dynamic and often breathtakingly beautiful... the symbolic theatrical interpretation and the imagination-inspiring power of the music...create the dream in this different, fascinating and very notable opera event." Click here to read the entire review (English). Click here to read the entire review (Swedish).
July 21	Four Nights of Dream is reviewed by Per Feltzin of Swedish Radio Culture News: "A dreamy wise move in Vadstena!... This is Osada's first opera. Let it not be his last!" Click here to read the entire review (Swedish).
July 20	Four Nights of Dream is reviewed by Sara Norling of Dagens Nyheter: "It is surreal, beautiful and extremely strong… one of the strongest performances I have ever seen from Vadstena Academy." Click here to read the entire review (Swedish).
July 19	Chamber opera Four Nights of Dream is premiered at Vadstena Castle in Vadstena, Sweden by the Vadstena Academy. The run of the opera continues until August 3 (eleven performances altogether). Click here to see the photo gallery on Flickr
July 11	Moto Osada talks about his new opera Four Nights of Dream in his interview with Swedish newspaper SvD. Click here to read the entire interview (Swedish).
June 18	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at Teatro Globo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
May 21	JoHaKyu for cello and piano, Atomotium for piano, Three Japanese Songs for guitar solo, Three Nordic Songs for guitar solo, and Porcine Go-go for flute, violin, cello and piano are performed on the VAKA - Music of Moto Osada concert at Nalen in Stockholm, Sweden.
April 18	Adam Eason performs JoHaKyu for cello and piano on his recital at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA.
April 13-14	Greg Giannascoli performs Take the Six for marimba and electronics at Stonebridge Auditorium in Skillman, NJ, USA.
Mar 26	Awarded a Composer Assistance Program (CAP) grant from the American Music Center for his new opera Four Nights of Dream.
Mar 12	Georg Gulyás performs Three Nordic Songs for guitar solo at Vallentuna Church in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mar 2	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at the Anderson Center Chamber Hall at Binghamton University as part of the South of the Border: Explorations series presented by the Binghamton Philharmonic.
Feb 21	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo on his Concerts at One recital at Trinity Church in New York, NY, USA. Click here to watch the entire recital! (Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air is the second on the program.)
Feb 2	Makoto Nakura performs Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo on his recital at Museum Haus Kasuya in Kanagawa, Japan.
Jan 26	Greg Giannascoli performs Take the Six for marimba and electronics on his recital at the Juilliard School in New York, NY, USA.
2007
Nov 18	Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo is performed on the New Music Downtown! concert presented by the New York Art Ensemble. Click here for info.
July-Aug	Beata Söderberg performs JoHaKyu for cello and piano on her recitals across Sweden.
July 16	Makoto Nakura premieres Sylvan Lay and Pastoral Air for marimba solo at River to River Festival 2007 in New York, NY, USA. Click here for info.
May 11	Greg Giannascoli performs Take the Six for marimba and electronics as part of the Weaving Japanese Sounds (Music of Modern Japan) concert series at Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, USA. Click here for info.
April 12	The peärls before swïne experience premieres Porcine Go-go for flute, violin, cello and piano at Capitol in Stockholm, Sweden. Click here for info (Swedish).
March 13	The performance of Kaguyama Dance for viola and piano is reviewed by The New York Times. Read the review.
March 11	counter)induction performs Kaguyama Dance for viola and piano at Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, USA. Click here for info.
2006
Nov-Dec	A month-long residency at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy.
Nov	Selected as a 2006 S&R Washington Award winner by S&R Foundation.
June 16	Paul Neubauer performs Mifune for viola solo at the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA.
June 16	Mayumi Sekizawa performs Take the Six for marimba and electronics at Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Click here for more info (Japanese).
Mar- April	A month-long residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
Feb	Thomas James Osuga performs Atomotium for piano at Mannes College of Music, New York City, USA.
2005
Dec	Thomas James Osuga performs Atomotium for piano at Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University in Ohio and at the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, NJ.
July	Kaguyama Dance for viola and piano is named a semi-final composition in the 2005 Earplay Donald Aird Memorial Composers Competition (open to all nationalities/ages). More info
June 10	Three Bagatelles for violin, cello, and piano is premiered by violinist Yosuke Kawasaki, cellist Katherine Cherbas and pianist Sachiko Kato as part of the Weaving Japanese Sounds (Music of Modern Japan) concert at Yamaha Artist Services’ Piano Salon in New York.
April 7	Take the Six for marimba and electronics is presented as part of the Cutting Edge Concerts series in New York.
Feb 10	JoHaKyu for cello and piano is presented as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s distinguished Double Exposure series in New York.