Teizo Matsumura

Teizo Matsumura (松村禎三 Matsumura Teizō, born Kyoto, 1929) is a Japanese composer and poet.

Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions. He is now Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

Matsumura is best known for his opera Chinmoku (in English The Silence) based on a novel by Shusaku Endo. This has been recorded.

[edit] Major works

Achime for soprano, percussion and 11 players (1957)
Cryptogame for instrumental ensemble (1958)
Musique pour quatuor à cordes et pianoforte (1962)
Symphony (1965)
Prélude pour orchestre (1968)
Aprasas for female chorus with 2 harps, piano, harpsichord, celesta and string orchestra (1969)
Totem Ritual for mixed chorus with 8 percussions, piano, harpsichord and orchestra (1969)
Deux berceuses à la Grèce for piano (1969)
Poème I for shakuhachi and koto (1969)
Courtyard of Apsaras for flute, violin and piano (1971)
Poème II for shakuhachi solo (1972)
Two Poems by the Prince of Karu for soprano and piano (1973)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1973)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1978)
Hymn to Aurora for mixed chorus with cello, harp, percussion, piano, organ and oboe d'amore (1978)
Fantasy for thirteen-string koto solo (1980)
Cello Concerto (Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra) (1984)
Air of Prayer for seventeen-string koto solo (1984)
Air of Prayer for cello solo (1985)
Pneuma for strings (1986)
Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1986)
Homage to Akira Ifukube for orchestra (1988)
Opera "Silence" (1993)
Nocturne for harp solo (1994)
Quatuor à cordes (1996)
Poor Faithful for voice and piano (1996)
Symphony No. 2 (1998)
Pilgrimage I - III for piano (1999-2000)
To the Night of Gethsemane for orchestra (2002)