-List of Works-


Orchestral Works / Concertos

1967
REFLECTION for String Orchestra (66 str)
Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Jan Krenz (conductor)
1969 Hamburg (ISCM)
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)

1970
ZONE for 16 Strings
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Masato Usuki (conductor)
Osaka
Score: Ongaku no tomo sha (Tokyo)
CD: Vienna Modern Masters VMM-3033
ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1972
WAVE for Violoncello, Strings, Percussion, Harp and Piano
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (vc), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Kotaro Sato (conductor)
1974 NTV-TV
Hideki Kitamoto (vc), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuhiko Komatsu (conductor)
First performance on stage: 1984 Tokyo
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
Score (Version for Violoncello, 11 Strings and Percussions): Mother Earth (Tokyo)
LP: JFC R-8402

CD: Vienna Modern Masters VMM-3033
Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1974
FUMON for Chamber Orchestra and Tape
Tokyo Solisten etc, Hiroshi Kumagai (conductor)
NHK-FM
Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique, Boris Vinogradov (conductor)
First performance on stage: 1978 Paris
CD: BRAIN BOCD-3101

1975
FUMON‡Ufor Orchestra and Tape
Orchestre philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F., Pierre Stoll (conductor)
1975 Paris (ISCM)

1979
SAIKYO (CHROMOPHONY) for Orchestra
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tada-aki Otaka (conductor)
NHK-FM
1980 Tel Aviv (ISCM)
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Hideomi Kuroiwa (conductor)
First performance on stage in Japan: Orchestra Project 1981, 1981 Tokyo
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
CD: Vienna Modern Masters VMM-3033

1984
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
Hiroshi Kigoshi (vc), NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tadashi Mori (conductor)
NHK-FM
Hideki Kitamoto (vc), Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuhiko Komatsu (conductor)
First performance on stage: Orchestra Project 1986, 1986 Tokyo
CD: Vienna Modern Masters VMM-3033

1987
YUGENISM (orch)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shigenobu Yamaoka (conductor)
1988 NHK-FM
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiko Komatsu (conductor)
First performance on stage: Orchestra Project 1990, 1990 Tokyo
CD: ALM Records ALCD-3024.3025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1993
RITORNO (str, perc)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Yamashita (conductor)
NHK-FM

1995
DOUBRIDGE for String Orchestra
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor)
Orchestra Project 1995, 1995 Tokyo

DOUBRIDGE for 11 Strings
Misen Loge String Ensemble, Kunitaka Kokaji (conductor)
Tokyo
CD: Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1996
SUIKOSOSO (19 wind, 5 perc)

1998
YUGENISM II for Clarinet, Strings and Percussion
Shin-ichi Arai (cl), Misen Loge String Ensemble etc, Kunitaka Kokaji (conductor)
The Hifumi Shimoyama Portrait Concert, 1998 Tokyo
CD: Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

2003
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Philippe Descamps (vn), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kunitaka Kokaji (conductor)
Orchestra Project 2003, 2003 Tokyo

CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

2006
"Knob" for Bass Clarinet and 14 Instrumentalists
Shin-ichi Arai (b-cl), Contemporary Music Ensemble Tokyo (COmeT), Kunitaka Kokaji (conductor)
Exhibition of Contemporary Music 2007, 2007 Tokyo


Vocal / Choral Works

1971
BREATH for Chorus, 3 Horns, Piano and Percussion
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus etc
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus 65th, 1972 Tokyo

1976
CATALYSIS for Soprano, Flute, Trombone, Violoncello and Percussion
Michiko Hirayama, Frances-Marie Uitti etc
Rome

1977
BREATH for Voice(s), Piano, Percussion and Tape
Michiko Hirayama (voices), Miksi ei Ensemble, Kari Tikka (conductor)
1978 Helsinki (ISCM)
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
CD: Siglo de luz SDL-JP30.001-96CD (Distributed by phono Medios)

1980
Requiem TSUGARU for Baritone, Shakuhachi, Violoncello and Shamisen

1984
CATALYSIS No. 2 for Soprano, Piano and Percussion
Tokyo

1987
CATALYSIS No. 4 (sop)

1991
CTATALYSIS No. 5 for Soprano and Tuba

1992
VOICES for 3 Singers and 2 Percussionists
Shihoko Ohtani etc
NHK-FM
1992 Warsaw (ISCM)

2002
YUGI (SNOW) for Soprano, Baritone, Flute, Clarinet and Percussion
The Hifumi Shimoyama Portrait Concert in Hirosaki, 2002 Hirosaki


Chamber / Instrumental Works

1956
Violin Sonata (vl, pf)
Kyoko Suzuki, Fujiko Ohtsuki (Fujiko Hemming)
Group 20.5, Tokyo

1957
4 Pieces for Woodwinds and Piano (fl, cl, fg, sax, pf)
S. Koide, T. Asai, R. Nakagawa, M. Miyajima, R. Honsho
Group 20.5, Tokyo

1959
String Quartet
Syoko Aki etc
Group 20.5, Tokyo
Score: Ongaku no tomo (Tokyo)

1960
Piano Sonata
K. Nakagawa
Group 20.5, Tokyo

1961
STRUCTURE for 4 Players (vl, b-cl, trp, perc)
Yoko Kubo etc
Tokyo
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)
CD: Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1962
DIALOG for Violoncello and Piano
Sadao Harada etc
Tokyo
Score: Ongaku no tomo (Tokyo)
LP: Toshiba EMI AA-9670/74
CD: Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)
ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1963
DIALOG for 2 Guitarists
Tokyo
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)

1969
CEREMONY for Violoncello
Yoshio Hattori
Japanisches-deutsches Festival fuer neue Musik 4, 1970 Goethe Institut Tokyo
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)

1970
EXORCISM for 5 Strings (2 violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass)
ARS NOVA, Alcides Lanza (conductor)
Malmo (Sweden)
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
CD: Siglo de luz SDL-JP30.001-96CD (Distributed by phono Medios)

1971
DIALOG No. 2 for 2 Guitarists
Tokyo
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)

CEREMONY No. 2 for Violoncello
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Ciclo de concerti e audizioni di musica contemporanea, 1971 Istituto italiano di cultura Tokyo
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)
LP: CBS/SONY SONC-16022

JUMON for Guitar
Tokyo

1972
MSP for Violin and Piano
Toshiya Eto, Haruo Kometani
Japanisches-deutsches Festival fuer neue Musik 6, 1972 Goethe Institut Tokyo

CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)
Score: Zerboni (Milano) (Distributed by SugarMusic)

Reprinted by: Mother Earth (Tokyo)

1973
TRANSMIGRATION (2 perc, 2 cb)
Makoto Aruga etc
NHK-FM

1974
POEM for Violoncello, Piano and Tape
Tokyo

1975
PALETTE for Viola d'amore, Harpsichord and Percussion
Yoshiaki Fujiwara etc
Tokyo

1979
DIALOG for 2 Percussionists
Makoto Aruga, Sumire Yoshihara
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
Tokyo

1982
FALLING SHADE for 4 Percussionists
Tokyo

1983
LANDSCAPE for Organ
Tsuguo Hirono
Lahti (Finland)
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
CD: Matsumoto City Hall PAMP-1015

KAISHO for Organ and 4 Percussionists
Tsuguo Hirono etc
NHK-FM

KYOBOKU for Marimba
Eri Hidano
Hirosaki

1984
GLASSHARP FANTASY (glassharp, 2 perc)
Michiko Takahashi etc
Tokyo

MEDITATION for Violoncello and Piano
Hyoung Wong Jang etc
Seoul (Korea)
Score: Academia (Tokyo) (Distributed by Mother Earth)

CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

DIALOG No. 3 for 2 Guitarists
Kenji Shibazaki etc
Tokyo

CROOKED TIME for Piano
Kayako Matsunaga
Tokyo

1985
CUBE for Timpani and 8 Celli
Makoto Aruga, 8 Cellists of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo

THE DA for 4 Percussionists
Michiko Takahashi etc
The Percussive Arts of Michiko Takahashi, 1986 Tokyo
CD: SONY Records SRCR-9955

1986
FUMON IV for 4 Percussionists and Tape
Michiko Takahashi etc
The Percussive Arts of Michiko Takahashi, 1986 Tokyo

KYOBOKU No. 2 for Marimba and 5 Percussionists
Michiko Takahashi etc
The Percussive Arts of Michiko Takahashi, 1986 Tokyo
CD: CBS/SONY 32DC-5027

EMANATION for Saxophone and Percussion
Nagasaki

1987
HOMAGE TO <N> (guit)
Tokyo

CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1988
MUTEKI for Flute and Percussion
Tokyo

1989
MIRAGE for Violoncello and Percussion
Nagoya (Japan)

DIALOG for Flute and Percussion
Tokyo

ESSAY for Recorder
Lyubljana
Score: Mieroprint (Germany)

1990
ARIA for Violoncello
Woo Jin Kim
Soeul (Korea)

GAMMA for Guitar, Violin, Viola and Violoncello
Tokyo

1991
THE DA No. 2 for 4 Percussionists
Tokyo

SHOKU (DAWN) for Flute
Hiroaki Masunaga
Germany

VISION for Marimba and Flute
Michiko Takahashi, Ryu Noguchi
CD: SONY Records SRCR-9955

FUMON V for 6 Instrumentalists and Tape (cl, hr, trb, vc, cb, perc, tape)
instrumental ensemble, Boguslaw Kregielewski (conductor)
1992 Warsaw (35th International Festival of Contemporary Music)

1993
SOLO for Violoncello
Tokyo

Clarinet Sextet (cl, fl, ob, fg, hr, perc)
Amsterdam

1994
KEIKYO for Clarinet, Contrabass, Percussion and Tape
Yasuaki Itakura, Keizo Mizoiri, Shigemitsu Eiso
NHK-FM
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)

CD: Siglo de luz SDL-JP30.001-96CD (Distributed by phono Medios)

LANDSCAPE for HET (fl, b-cl, pf, perc)
Het Trio (Harry Sparnaay etc)
Amsterdam

1996
VISION II for Flute and Marimba
Hiroaki Masunaga etc
Tokyo

1997
AHUN for Flute and Marimba
Motoko Kasai, Eri Hidano
Hirosaki

FUMON VI for Clarinet, Violoncello, Percussion and Tape
Shin-ichi Arai etc
The Hifumi Shimoyama Portrait Concert II, 1999 Tokyo
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)

CD: ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1999
FUHIN for Flute and Piano
Kaoru Tsuji etc
Tokyo

LANDSCAPE No. 2 for Organ and Percussion
Noriko Yasuda, Akikuni Takahashi
Matsumoto (Japan)
CD: ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

2000
ICE FALL for Clarinet
Shin-ichi Arai
The Hifumi Shimoyama Portrait Concert III, 2000 Tokyo

GEN for Harpsichord and Percussion
Michiyo Honma, Akikuni Takahashi
Tokyo

SHINKYO (DEEP SOUND) for 2 Contrabasses
Keizo Mizoiri, Shu Yoshida
The Hifumi Shimoyama Portrait Concert III, 2000 Tokyo
2001 Yokohama (ISCM)
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)

CD: ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

2002
ICE FALL No. 2 for Clarinet
Shin-ichi Arai
Tokyo

2004
JET-BLACK TANGENT for Violin
Katsuya Matsubara
Tokyo


Chamber / Instrumental Works with Japanese Instrument(s)

1983
KANNAGI (shakuhachi, 13-stringed-koto x2, 17-stringed-koto)
Ensemble Yonin no Kai
Tokyo
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
CD: ALM Records ALCD-9025 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

CATALYSIS No. 3 for Fue, Koto, Shamisen and Percussion
Sumi Tani etc
Umeo (Sweden)

Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1984
PANTA RHEI (koto, 17-stringed-koto)
Sumi Tani etc
Tokyo

TRANSMIGRATION No. 2 for Shakuhachi, Violoncello and Harp
Musica Triform Amsterdam
Cologne
Score: JFC (Tokyo)
CD: Siglo de luz SDL-JP30.001-96CD (Distributed by phono Medios)

1985
HADOH for Shakuhachi, Marimba and Percussion
Katsuya Yokoyama, Michiko Takahashi etc
The Percussive Arts of Michiko Takahashi, 1986 Tokyo

1986
MAZEORI for Shakuhachi, Lute and Harpsichord
Tokyo

1989
ICHIGO NO TSUKIKAGE for 17-stringed-koto, Violoncello and Tape

Teiko Kikuchi, Hideki Kitamoto
NHK-FM
Teiko Kikuchi, Frances-Marie Uitti
First performance on stage: 1990 Oslo (ISCM)
CD: Siglo de luz SDL-JP30.001-96CD (Distributed by phono Medios)

KOEN for Kokyu and Percussion
Tokyo

1991
KAZE NO TOH for Shakuhachi, 20-stringed-koto and Percussion
Teruhisa Fukuda, Nanae Yoshimura, Akikuni Takahashi
Tokyo
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
CD: Kojima Recordings LMCD-1586 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

MONOLOG for San-gen
Kazuko Takada
Tokyo
Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
CD: FONTEC FOCD-3508 (Distributed by Mother Earth)

1992
SEKKEI (shakuhachi, 13-stringed-koto, 17-stringed-koto)
Tokyo

1997
FANTASY FOR KAGUYA-HIME (fue, string quartet)
New York

2001
FIGURE for Shakuhachi and Percussion
Teruhisa Fukuda, Keiko Tada
Tokyo

Score: Mother Earth (Tokyo)
CD: FONTEC FOCD-2556 (Distributed by Mother Earth)


Works for Theater

1996
Music for Torquato Tasso (guit)
Hiroshi Nohara
Munich

1999
GENJI-KUYO (shakuhachi, perc, tape)
Teruhisa Fukuda, Akikuni Takahashi
New York


Works for Radio

1981
HALLEY'S COMET - Fulfillment of a 76 year Vow (orch, chor, electronics)
NHK-FM
Gian Franco Zaffrani Prize for Music (1982 Prix Italia)