MUSIC FROM JAPAN COMPOSER PROFILE

Mr. Akira Kobayashi

 
Birthplace:                            Isezaki City, Gunma Pref.
 


Award:                                 1st "Carlos Chavez" prize
                                       1st prize-young composer
Year:                                  1987
Award:                                 10th "Composition Prize"
                                       Japan Symphony Foundation
Year:                                  1988
Award:                                 3rd "Compositon Prize"
                                       (Finalist) Music Today
Year:                                  1988
Studies:                               Tokyo Univ. of Fine Arts&Music
Compositions on file:
"Jade" for harp,2007
Asterion for Piano and Orchestra,1987
Constellation,0
Kagami,1996
Orihime for Piano and Orchestra,1983
Reiro,1981
Songs of Spring,1993