Toshi Ichiyanagi

Japanese composer, pianist

Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳 慧, Ichiyanagi Toshi; 4 February 1933 – 7 October 2022) was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era, Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional Japanese instruments. Ichiyanagi is known for incorporating avant-garde techniques into his works, such as chance music, extended technique, and nontraditional scoring. Ichiyanagi was married to artist Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Activities for Orchestra
  • Appearance
  • Duet
  • Extended Voices
  • Extended Voices (new version)
  • Flowers Blooming in Summer
  • For Strings
  • Life Music
  • Mirage
  • Music for Living Process
  • Music for Living Space
  • Music for Piano No. 1
  • Music for Piano No. 2
  • Music for Piano No. 3: 1st Movement
  • Music for Piano No. 3: 2nd Movement
  • Music for Piano No. 4
  • Music for Piano No. 5
  • Music for Piano No. 6
  • Music for Piano No. 7
  • Music for Piano No. 8
  • Music for Tinguely
  • Paganini Personal
  • Parallel Music
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 “Cross Water Roads”
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 “Cross Water Roads”: I. Andante
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 “Cross Water Roads”: II. Adagio
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 “Cross Water Roads”: III. Allegretto
  • Portrait of Forest
  • Sapporo
  • Situation
  • String Quartet No. 3 “Inner Landscape”
  • Symphony No. 5 “Time Perspective”
  • Symphony No. 5 “Time Perspective”: I
  • Symphony No. 5 “Time Perspective”: II
  • The Pile
  • The World
  • タイム・シークエンス
  • ピアノのための音楽 第3番・第5番
  • ピアノ・メディア
  • 映画《色即是空》の音楽
  • 札幌
  • 東京1969
  • 浅葉克己展における即興演奏
  • 独奏笙のための「星の輪」
  • 邂逅
  • 電気メトロノームのための音楽