MUSIC FROM JAPAN COMPOSER PROFILE

Mr. Yoshiro Irino

 
Birthplace:                            Vladivostok, Siberia
                                       Irino Prize established in his honor
 


Award:                                 Mainichi Music Contest
                                       2nd Prize
Year:                                  1948
Award:                                 Mainichi Music Contest
                                       2nd Prize
Year:                                  1949
Award:                                 Mainichi Music Prize
                                       honors
Year:                                  1949,50
Award:                                 Mainichi Music Prize
                                       honors
Year:                                  1954
Award:                                 German Ambassador Prize
Year:                                  1957, 59
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
Year:                                  1958, 59
Award:                                 Italian Prize
Year:                                  1958
Award:                                 French Government
                                       scholarship
Year:                                  1962
Award:                                 Asian Composer's League
                                       honorary member
Year:                                  1974
Award:                                 Otaka Prize
Year:                                  1960
Studies:                               Tokyo University
                                       Private composition studies
Compositions on file:
Duo Concertante for Shakuhachi and Koto,0
From "Partita",0
Globus I for Horn and Percussions,1971
Globus III,1975
Hyodan,1977
Movements for solo marimba,1986
Music for Two Pianos,1963
Music for two koto,1957
Piano Works,0
Sonata for Violin and Piano,1967
String Sextet,1950
String Trio,1966
Stromung (For Flute, Harp & Percussion),1973
Symphonia,0
Three Improvisations,1972
Three Movements for 2 kotos & Jushichi-Gen,1966
Three Movements for Violoncello Solo,1969
Three Pieces,0
Trio for H.R.S. '70,1970
Two Fantasies,1969