MUSIC FROM JAPAN COMPOSER PROFILE

Mr. Akio Yashiro

 
Birthplace:                            Tokyo
 


Award:                                 Manichi Music Prize
                                       String Quartet
Year:                                  1956
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
                                       Cello Concerto
Year:                                  1960
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
                                       Piano Concerto
Year:                                  1967
Award:                                 Nat.'l Arts Fest. Award
                                       Piano Concerto
Year:                                  1967
Studies:                               Musical theory & Composition
                                       Tokyo National Univ.
                                       Conservatoire Nat'l Superieur

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Publication:                           New York Times
Date Pub.:                             2/26/82
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Publication:                           New York Post
Date Pub.:                             3/04/82
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Compositions on file:
Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre,1967
Concerto pour Violoncelle et Orchestre,1960
Quatour a Cordes,1968
Sonata (1961),1961
Sonate pour Deux Flutes et Piano,1956
Sonate pour Piano,1969