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Nosaka Keiko

野坂 惠子

Nosaka Keiko
5/6/1938 - 8/27/2019

Koto

Keiko Nosaka graduated from the Department of Japanese Music at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music and attended the post-graduate course at the same institution. In 1965, she held her first solo recital, and in the same year she joined Pro Musica Nipponia, continuing as an active member for 17 years. She was awarded the Arts Festival Encouragement Award in 1969 for her second recital, where she introduced the 20-string koto, a new Instrument she herself had developed. An invitation to perform at the 1975 Menuhin Festival in Switzerland led to a series of recitals in Europe and the United States. The program included selections from the traditional repertoire as well as new works by Minoru Miki.

Nosaka returned to Europe in 1981 for a series of seven recitals in Spain, Holland, Belgium, and East Germany. From 1986-89, she gave 150 concerts throughout Japan in association with the theater group Jian-Jian. At her thirteenth recital in 1991, she played her newly developed 25-string koto for the first time. Nosaka received the Matsuo Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts the following year. In 1994, she began studying with the composer Akira Ifukube, leading to increased collaboration between the two artists. Her compositions included Tsugaru (1986), Shiki no Kyoku ("Songs of the Four Seasons," 1991), and Kaze no Oto ("Sounds of the Wind," 1995). In 2000, her recital presentation of Akira Ifukube's Pipa Xing for 25-string koto earned her the Music Pen Club Award.

A lecture series-Keiko Nosaka Lectures: Listening to the Masters-began in 1998 and is held five times each year. Nosaka also received the Minister of Education Award for the Arts for 2001. She is a member of the board of the Ikuta-school Association, and heads the group Matsu no Mi Kai.

Also Known As 操壽 (Sōju II)
Students

Albums

Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto - Keiko Nosaka

Minoru Miki Selected Works III Minoru Miki Selected Works III

Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Aki Kaze no Kyoku 秋風の曲 07'51 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Aki no hi (Nogiku Michiko) あきのひ (のぎくみちこ) 02'03 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Autumn Fantasy 14'05 Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto
Ballades for Koto Solo - Winter - A Winter Night Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Ballades for Koto Solo - Winter - Little Overture Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Ballades for Koto Solo - Winter - Lullaby for My Doll Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Ballades for Koto Solo - Winter - The Coming of Spring Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Ballades for Koto Solo - Winter - The Longing Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Play Button Chant de la Serinde 胡哦 10'39 Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube Koto
Concerto Requiem 23'26 Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto
Convexity - Concerto for Three Ensembles and Japanese Drums Part 1 凸 三群の三曲と日本太鼓のための協奏曲 一 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 2 Koto
Dance Konserutanto Dai Ichiban Shiki 〈四季〉ダンス・コンセルタント I 03'04 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Dance Konserutanto Dai Ichiban Shiki 〈四季〉ダンス・コンセルタント I 03'06 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Dance Konserutanto Dai Ichiban Shiki 〈四季〉ダンス・コンセルタント I 04'49 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Dance Konserutanto Dai Ichiban Shiki 〈四季〉ダンス・コンセルタント I 10'41 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Dentari no Hikkondari (Katatsumuri denkichi) でたりひっこんだり (かたつむりでんきち) 01'24 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Donguri (Ko nezumi shun) どんぐり (こねずみしゅん) 01'08 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Figures for Four Groups - 1. Aya 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Figures for Four Groups - 2. Iki 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Figures for Four Groups - 3. Kuse 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Figures for Four Groups - 4. Toh 四群のための形象 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 3 Koto
Play Button Futatsu no Den'enshi 二つの田園詩 03'59 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 3 Koto
Play Button Futatsu no Den'enshi 二つの田園詩 04'33 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 3 Koto
Fuyu no Hi (Ochiba sei ichi) ふゆのひ (おちばせいいち) 02'36 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Gion Kouta 祗園小唄 02'08 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Godan Ginuta 五段砧 15'45 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 1 Koto
Play Button Godan Ginuta 五段砧 13'40 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Play Button Ha no Kyoku 27'27 Minoru Miki Selected Works IV Disc 1 Koto
Habataki no Uta はばたきの歌 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 2 Koto
Play Button Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 10'03 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Hana no Michi (Age wa Yuriko) はなのみち (あげはゆりこ) 01'41 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Play Button Hanayagi 華やぎ 05'28 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Hanayagi 華やぎ 09'44 Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto
Haru ga Kita (Usagi futa go) はるがきた (うさぎふたご) 01'40 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Hi ga Shizumu (Yū hi Osamu) ひがしずむ (ゆうひおさむ) 59 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Hote 巨火 29'32 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Izumo-ji 出雲路 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Koto
Jan ken pon (sawaga ni yoshi o) じゃんけんぽん (さわがによしお) 01'17 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Jo no Kyoku 序の曲 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 1 Koto
Kagaku `BERO-DASHI CHOMMA'(words by Saitō Ryūsuke) 歌楽 「ベロ出しチョンマ」(作:斉藤隆介) 27'52 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Keshi no Hana けしの花 14'33 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 15 (三曲合奏大全集15) Koto
Play Button Kugo-Ka 箜篌歌 18'02 Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube Koto
Kuradando - Cantata for Mixed Chorus and Japanese Instruments くるだんど 奄美の旋律による混声合唱と日本楽器のためのカンタータ Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 4 Koto
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'09 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Meiji Ichidai Onna 明治一代女 02'11 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Play Button Midare Rinzetsu 乱輪舌 09'16 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Min'na ga Utau Tenten no Uta みんながうたう てんてんのうた 02'59 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Mugi Mugi Ondo (Mugi ren zaburō) むぎむぎおんど (むぎれんざぶろう) 02'53 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Murasaki Kouta むらさき小唄 02'32 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Nana Iro Doremi (Niji hime ko) なないろドレミ (にじひめこ) 45 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'51 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 02'19 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Ogawa no Māchi (Guru pumedaka) おがわのマーチ (ぐるーぷめだか) 01'58 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Okomakoi Sugata お駒恋姿 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Ore wa Kamakiri (Kamakiri ryūji) おれはかまきり (かまきりりゅうじ) 01'54 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Oto (Ike Shizuko) おと (いけしずこ) 01'54 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Ōtone Zukiyo 大利根月夜 02'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Paraphrase 古代舞曲によるパラフレーズ Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 4 Koto
Play Button Pipa Xing 琵琶行 20'05 Pipa Xing - Works of Akira Ifukube Koto
Play Button Rokudan no Shirabe 六段の調 06'24 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Ryūten 流転 01'55 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Sabishī yoru (Kōrogi shin saku) さびしいよる (こおろぎしんさく) 03'28 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Sanpo (Arinkota kuji) さんぽ (ありんこたくじ) 03'09 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Sao no Kyoku 佐保の曲 08'06 Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto
Shiyokujinojikan (Ahiru hiyoko) しょくじのじかん (あひるひよこ) 01'46 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Sumidagawa すみだ川 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 01'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Tanjō bi (Kaeru Takuo) たんじょうび (かえるたくお) 02'24 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Tatsuta no Kyoku 08'36 Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto
Tennyo 天如 Ensemble Nipponia plays the Music of Miki Minoru 1 Koto
Play Button To Nishikigi - 5 Showpieces 錦木によせてー五つの小品 04'06 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Koto
Play Button To Nishikigi - 5 Showpieces 錦木によせてー五つの小品 02'27 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Koto
Play Button To Nishikigi - 5 Showpieces 錦木によせてー五つの小品 02'48 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Koto
Play Button To Nishikigi - 5 Showpieces 錦木によせてー五つの小品 01'27 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Koto
Play Button To Nishikigi - 5 Showpieces 錦木によせてー五つの小品 02'18 Works of Katsutoshi Nagasawa Volume 4 Koto
Tōjin'okichi 唐人お吉 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Play Button Toruso トルソ 03'06 Works of Ryohei Hirose Koto
Play Button Toruso トルソ 06'07 Works of Ryohei Hirose Koto
Play Button Toruso トルソ 04'06 Works of Ryohei Hirose Koto
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'12 Chikushi no Shirabe Koto
Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 18'10 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3 Koto
Umi Yo (Yobikake no uta)/ Wata gumo yo (o henji no uta) うみよ (よびかけのうた) / わたぐもよ (おへんじのうた) 03'59 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Wa 17'41 Minoru Miki Selected Works I Koto
Play Button Yachio Jishi 八千代獅子 14'16 Koto - Keiko Nosaka Koto
Yaegoromo 八重衣 24'30 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3 Koto
Yama no Komori Uta (Kogu ma kyō ko) やまのこもりうた (こぐまきょうこ) 02'24 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Yodan Ginuta 四段砧 08'05 Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 1 Koto
Yoru no Sora (Tsuki Toshiko) よるのそら (つきとしこ) 03'29 Minoru Miki Selected Works III Koto
Echigojishi 越後獅子 17'30 Koten Sōkyoku no Shinzui Volume 2 Shamisen
Koto to Sangen no Tame no Kokukyoku 箏と三絃のための嬉遊曲 Umi - The Works of Funakawa Toshio Vol. 1 Shamisen