Satoshi Yagisawa (八木澤 教司, Yagisawa Satoshi, born 3 April 1975 in
Tokyo,
Japan) is a Japanese
composer.
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
Chiba Prefecture.
Works
Works 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
Edvard Grieg
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
2008 To Be Vivid Stars
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