Tetsuya Yamamoto

Works

Orchestra / Ensemble / Symphonic Band

Ten Nights of Dreams - Based on a novel by Soseki Natsume for Chorus and Orchestra (2025-26) / 25'00" Mixed Chorus (SATB)+Orchestra (3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/4perc,-hp,-mand./12,10,8,6,4)
Tribute to the birds out of doors for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (2025) / 7'00" Mixed Chorus (SATB)+Chamber Orchestra (2,2,2,2/2,2,1,0/2perc,-hp,-cel./6,5,4,3,2)
Oath of the Lying Dragon Ceremonial Overture for Wind Orchestra (2023) / 3'00" (3,1*,6,1*,4sax/4,3,3,2,1euph/timp.-4perc/0,0,0,0,1*)
Violon de Picasso for 6 Musicians (2023) / 7'00" (Fl, Cl, Perc, Hp, Vc, Cb)
Hoquet de croissant for 16 Flutists (2020) / 7'30" (2 Picc, 6 Fl, 4 Alto, 3 Bs, Cb)
Sept miniatures et postlude à février for Orchestra (2020) / 8'30" (2,2,2,2/4,2,3,1/3perc.-hp./10,8,6,6,4)
Barcarolle of Spoon River for Soprano and Ensemble (2019/22) / 7'00" (A.Fl, Cl, Vn, Va, Vc, Pf)
Celebration Overture on a Korean Folk Song "Doraji" for Symphonic Band (2015/18) / 6'30" (2,1*,2+Bs*,1*,3sax/2,2,2,1,1euph/timp.-2perc.-hp*/0,0,0,0,1*)
In the circle... for Orchestra (2017) / 10'00" (3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/timp.-3perc.-hp.-cel./16,14,12,10,8) (7'24")
Scenes of Ithaca for Soprano and Ensemble (2017) / 8'00" (Fl, Cl, Vn, Va, Vc, Pf)
Temps de chèvre for 5 Musicians (2015) / 9'00" (Fl, Cl, Acc, Vc, Perc)
Kettenfaser für Kammerorchester von 12 Spieler (2014) / 7'00" (1,1,1,1/0,1,0,0/1perc.-1pf./1,1,1,1,1)
Light in Azumaya for Symphonic Band (2009) / 7'30" (3,1,5,1,5sax/4,3,4,1,1euph/7perc./0,0,0,0,1)

Chamber

Inadani for Gagaku Ensemble (2024-25) / 11'00"
Osmotic Study for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (2024) / 8'00"
Jardin miniature brillant for Piano 4 Hands (2024) / 10'00"
Kappauso Main Theme for Trumpet and Bassoon (2023) / 1'00"
Feroce for 10 Musicians (2023) / 3'30"
Fragments d'automne, ou traces for Shakuhachi and Koto (2023) / 9'30"
Gimmick Bach 3 for 6 Musicians (2022) / 7'10"
Danse de mirlitons for Oboe and Bassoon reeds only (2022) / 3'30"
Scala for Clarinet and Alto Saxophone (2022) / 4'30"
Voix de l'orgue 3 for Trombone and Piano (2021) / 8'00"
Murmure des anges invisibles for Ondes Martenot, Viola and Piano (2021) / 12'00"
Hirondelle traverse le ciel azur for Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone and Trumpet (2021) / 4'00"
Voix de l'orgue 2 for Accordion Quartet (2020) / 8'30"
Appels de la forêt, ou après d'une aria... for Harpsichord and Baroque Violin (2019) / 2'30"
Canut for Piano Trio (2018) / 5'30"
Vox humana for Hichiriki and Sho (2018) / 11'30"
Galop for Violin and Piano (2018) / 3'00"
Bacronymist for Gemini (and its satellite) for Trumpet, Baritone and Piano (with Performer) (2018) / 1'00"
Étude d'alterné for 2 Clarinets and Piano (2018) / 4'50"
Point Counterpoint Counter for Saxophone Quartet (2017) / 5'00"
5 Encores for Saxophone Quartet (2012-16/17) / 17'30" (1) (2) (1,2,3,5)
Voix de l'orgue for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2016) / 7'30"
Gimmick Bach 2 for Saxophone Quartet (2016) / 5'00"
7 Personnages en centre-ville for Saxophone Quartet (2016) / 8'00" (minimum)
Célesta for String Trio (2016) / 6'30"
SPEAR for Flute Quintet (2015) / 4'40" (Picc, 3 Fl, A.Fl)
Ice and Charcoal for 2 Bass Clarinets (2015) / 2'00"
Defect for Zephyros (Trumpet in C with slide) and Guitar (2015) / 7'30"
Hyaku-jo for Clarinet Quartet (2013) / 4'30"
Horizontal Study for Clarinet Quartet (2013) / 4'50"
Arabesque avec la dualité for Slide Whistle and String Quartet (2013) / 7'30"
Capriccio for Slide Whistle Duo (2013) / 50"
Shochikubai for Mandolin Quintet (2013) / 10'30" (2 Mln, Mla, Mlc, Gt)
COCOON for Flute Quartet (2012) / 4'50"
Crescent Moon in the Azure Twilight for Alto Flute, Violin and Prepared Piano (2012) / 2'30"
Sullen Face for Flute, Violin and Piano (2012) / 7'30"
Pop-up fragments for Violin and Piano (2012/13) / 8'00"
Kairos for Trombone and String Trio (2011/16-18) / 12'00"
10.5 Pieces for Violin and Viola (2011) / 7'00" (minimum)
cross stitch for Saxophone Sextet (2011) / 12'00"
Slide Whistle Trio for 3 Slide Whistles (2011) / 4'30"
Gimmick Bach for String Quartet (2010/11) / 9'00"
Universal Study for Clarinet Sextet (2010) / 4'40"
Logical Fallacy for Double Bass and Harp (2010) / 7'00"
INTER-KINESIS for Violin and Piano (2010) / 12'00"
Charasax for Saxophone Quartet (2009) / 6'20"

Solo

Sleeping Virginal for Viola (2026) / 4'00"
Il trillo del diavolo for Sopranino Saxophone (2025) / 7'30"
Solitude for Piano (2024) / 1'50"
Rempart, Littoral, Interlude et dix fragments accompagnés for Piano (2022) / 6'30"
Métier à tisser sur la colline for Harpsichord (2021) / 6'30"
Poème de Cité for Clavietta (or Melodica) (2020) / 25"
Couleurs suspendues for Piano (2020) / 8'30"
Pittoresque au crépuscule for Alto Saxophone and Drone (2020) / 6'30"
Cadence pour concerto pour basson K.191 de Mozart for Bassoon (2020) / 2'00"
Paysage de givre for Piano (2020) / 6'30"
Cascade - Stèle - Nocturne for Alto Flute (2019-20) / 16'00"
Dogenzaka for Viola (2013/16) / 3'00"
...sur les couleurs de la vie - Hommage à Edith Piaf for Vibraphone (2014) / 7'00"
Accordion for Piano (2014) / 7'00"
Luminosity for Clarinet and Electronics (2013) / 7'30"
Dogenzaka for Cello (2013) / 3'00"
Psychedelic Study for Clarinet (2011) / 5'30"
Crime and Drumsticks (Tsumi to Bachi) for Snare Drum (2011) / 7'30"
perhpas vairation? for Baritone (2011) / 7'30"

Others

Le printemps endormi Version for Voice and Piano (2019) / 6'00"
Le printemps endormi for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 6'00" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Déstinations des nuages for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 2'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Nostalgie for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2019) / 3'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Le premier amour Version for Vocal and Piano (2017) / 3'30"
Le premier amour Version for Female Chorus and Piano (2017) / 3'30" (Sop, M-Sop, Alto)
Le premier amour for Mixed Chorus and Piano (2017) / 3'30" (Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass)
Music for "New Nonomi Folktails" (Ensemble Version) for Photographic slide, Reading and Ensemble (2012/13) / 18'00" (Fl, Cl, Vn, Vc, Perc, Pf)
Music for "New Nonomi Folktails" for Photographic slide, Reading and Chamber Orchestra (2012) / 18'00" (1,1,1,1/1,0,0,0/1perc.-1pf./1,1,1,1,1)
Opening Bell No.1 "2012 Winter" for Fixed Media (2012) / 32"

Arrangement

Pavane de la belle au bois dormant by Maurice Ravel for Ensemble (2025) / 1'30" (4,0,4,0,sax/2,1,1,1,euph/pf/2,2,0,0,0)
Isoldes Liebestod by Richard Wagner for Soprano, Horn, Viola and Piano (2025) / 7'00"
Vier Letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss for Soprano, Horn, Viola and Piano (2025) / 22'00"
Furusato for Piano (2022) / 4'30"
Hide and seek of the seasons - Medley of the four seasons in Japan for Soprano and Piano (2020) / 5'00"
Violin Concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2019) / 36'00"
3rd and 4th movement (extract) from "Sheherazade" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for 12 Saxophones (and 5 Percussionists ad lib.) (2014) / 15'00"
Shabondama (Soap Bubble) by Shimpei Nakayama for Violin and Piano (2013) / 3'00"
Czardas by Vittorio Monti for Flute, Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano (2012) / 4'00"
Pictures at an Exposition by Modest Mussorgsky for 7 musicians (2011) / 35'00" (Cl, 2 Sax, Bsn, Hr, M.Sop, Pf)
Extract from "The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehar for Flute Orchestra (2010) / 20'00" (Picc, 8 Fl, A.Fl, B.Fl, Cb.Fl, 4 Perc)
Extract from 3rd Act of "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini for Flute Orchestra (2009) / 12'00" (Picc, 6 Fl, 2 A.Fl, 2 B.Fl, Cb.Fl)
"Bolero de Ravel" by Maurice Ravel for 7 musicians (2009) / 17'00" (Fl, 3 Cl, Sax, Pf, Perc)

CD

Events

Upcoming Events

** Ensemble Recurrence "Carte blanche vol.2" [Slide Whistle] [Project]
Fri. 10 July 2026, 19h00 - Ryogoku Monten Hall (Tokyo)
Arnold Schönberg / Phantasy (1949) [Vn. Pf.]
Franco Donatoni / Nidi (1992) [Picc.]
Yann Robin / Myst (2019) [Cb.]
Thierry De Mey / Silent must be! (2002) [Cond.]
Guillaume Connesson / Techno-Parade (2002) [Fl. Cl. Pf.]
André Jolivet / Sonatine (1963) [Ob. Bsn.]
Nanao Yamada / Shura for 15 Slide Whistles (2024) [SW]
Philippe Hersant / Niggun (1993) [Bsn.]
Luciano Berio / Sequenza VII (1969) [Ob.]
Interpretation: Ensemble Recurrence = Takahiro Uchiyama (Fl./Picc.), Masato Oki (Ob.), Kaoru Nishimura (Cl.), Kensuke Nishibori (Bsn.), Eri Sugimori (Pf.), Shungo Mise (Vn.), Masashi Yamamoto (Cb.), Musashi Baba (Cond./Guest) and Tetsuya Yamamoto (SW)
Ticket: General ¥3,000 / Student ¥1,500 (Doors +¥500 each)

** JFC主催「30曲ヴァイオリン/ヴィオラ曲全30曲 初演＆収録大会」 [Composition] [World Premiere]
Mon. 10 August 2026, 12h45 - KM Art Hall (Tokyo)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Sleeping Virginal for Viola (2026/WP) ...etc. (29 Pieces)
Interpretation: Yasutaka Hemmi (Va.)
Ticket: General ¥2,000 (Each section) *My piece will be performed at the 4th Section. (16h30-17h30)

** Emili Trio 10th Anniversary Concert [Composition]
Sun. 16 August 2026, 14h00 - Space Do (Tokyo)
Jacques Ibert / Cinq pièces en trio
Johannes Brahms (arr. Suzuka Nakama) / Intermezzo in A Major, Op.118-2
Georges Auric / Trio pour hautbois, clarinette et basson
Kazuhiro Yoshida / Prélude à Emili (Premiere)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Osmotic Study (2024)
Frigyes Hidas / Oclaba
Interpretation: Emili Trio = Tomoe Sumizaki (Ob.), Azumi Murakami (Cl.) and Kaori Maruyama (Bsn.)
Ticket: General ¥3,500 / Student ¥2,500

** The 36th Competition of Yasushi Akutagawa Suntory Award for Music Composition [Composition]
Sun. 30 August 2026, 17h00 - Suntory Hall, Main Hall (Tokyo)
Kento Ishikawa / Odorant Receptors for 2 Keyboards and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Nozomu Kaneda / The Play for Skin and Fabric for 2 Orchestras
Yuki Nakahashi / And I sole ear
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Tribute to the birds out of doors for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Interpretation: New Japan Philharmonic, The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo, Kanako Abe (Cond.), Tomoki Akiyama, Yui Amano (Pf.), etc.

** 聴き伝わるもの、聴き伝えるもの第21回「静寂の中の豊穣 豊穣の中の静寂 ～生誕100年G.クルターグとM.フェルドマンを中心に」
Sat. 3 October 2026, 16h00 - Small Hall, Kunitachi College of Music (Tachikawa/Tokyo)
Yasuno Miyauchi / mimesis
György Kurtág / Hommage a Robert Schumann, Op 15d
György Kurtág / ...quasi una fantasia... Op.27-1
Yu Kuwabara / Commissioned Work
Morton Feldman / Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano
Morton Feldman / Rothko Chapel
Interpretation: Yoshinao Kihara (Cond.), Kunitachi Philharmoniker, 現代音楽演奏実習履修生, etc.
Ticket: General ¥1,500

** Ensemble Recurrence 2nd Concert "Flowing Assonance" [Project] [Composition] [World Premiere]
Wed. 7 October 2026, 19h00 - Small Hall, Suginami Koukaidou (Tokyo)
Michael Jarrell / From "Assonance" Series
Tetsuya Yamamoto / New Piece for Ensemble ... etc.
Interpretation: Ensemble Recurrence and Musashi Baba (Cond./Guest)

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In progress...
New work for Piano (2021-)
New work for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (2022-)
Cycle for Saxophone and Drone (2023-)
New work for Flute and Piano (2024)
New work for 2 Saxophones (2026)
New work for Cornet and Bassoon (2026)
New work for Trombone and 25-Stringed Koto (2026)

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Archives

** Kunitachi College of Music Master's Degree Midterm Concert - Composition [Conducting] [World Premiere]
Sat. 31 January 2026, 15h00 - Kunitachi College of Music Small Hall (Tachikawa/Tokyo)
Liang Yu Chou / The Recognition of Suffering ...etc.
Interpretation: Mune Sugimoto (Cl.), Momo Nakanishi (Pf.), Daito Takano (Vn.), Sota Kasagi (Vc.), Tetsuya Yamamoto (Cond.)
Ticket: Free

** Tokyo Juventus Philharmonic The 29th Regular Concert [Composition] [World Premiere]
Sun. 14 February 2026, 18h00 - Main Hall, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo)
Tetsuya Yamamoto / Ten Nights of Dreams - Based on a novel by Soseki Natsume for Chorus and Orchestra (2025-26, World Premiere)
Gustav Marler / Symphony No.9 in D Major
Interpretation: Kenshiro Sakairi (Cond.), Tokyo Juventus Philharmonic and Tokyo Juventus Philharmonic Choir
Ticket: ¥3,000

** Kunitachi College of Music Graduate Concert, Day 2 [Conducting]
Wed. 18 March 2026, 17h00 - Grand Hall, Kunitachi College of Music (Tachikwa/Tokyo)
Aoi Kondo / The Glass Tree ...etc.
Interpretation: Kunitachi College of Music Orchestra, Tetsuya Yamamoto (Cond.), etc.
Ticket: Free

2009-2014 (JP) / 2015-2019 2020-2024 2025 (EN)