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History
Yoichi Togawa was born in 1959 in Kyoto JAPAN and Graduated from the Music Department at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts and Music. From 1983-92, he lectured at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts and Music.
In 1996, he has won the AOYAMA MUSIC AWARD in JAPAN.
He is a member of the Japan Federation of Composers.
Yoichi Togawa has composed Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Piano works, Opera, Songs,Choral works, and Music for Japanese traditional instruments. He received commissions from Chamber Music Concert Series of Prague Symphony Orchestra (Czech) and Orchestra Concert Commemorate 70th Anniversary of Pescare City (Italy). His works were performed in Japan (six exhibition of his works in Osaka, Kyoto, Kanagawa) and in various foreign cities such as New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Vienna, Salzburg, Prague, Amsterdam, Latin America, Africa, Asia and on the stages of such international music festivals as "Music of Asia"(Lincoln Center), Ibra - NYC Music Festival and "Music of Japan Today" (USA), Berlin Symphoniker Chamber Music Series (Germany), Kamerton Festival(Italy),Exhibition of Music of Japan(Canada), Latin America Music Festival(Brazil, Argentine), Kyoto International Music Festival and Kyoto Autumn Music Festival (Japan).
His works were frequently broadcast abroad on BBC(UK), WNYC, KBCS(USA), De Concertzender(Holland),NHK(Japan) and WPRB(USA) which aired special program "A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF JAPANESE COMPOSER YOICHI TOGAWA", including six works ("Sunlight shining through the leaves of trees - Prayer" for orchestra and others),and so on.
In1996, a portrait compact disc "Kaze No Ha" was released by VIENNA MODERN MASTERS and other works were released from WERGO, Art Union, NRP. His many works were published by CHIOLA MUSIC PRESS Pescare, Brussels, New York.
He was a jury of Pescare International Composition Competition (Italy) in 1999.
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