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Jun-ichi NIHASHI (b.1950)

A composer from Shizuoka prefecture, Junichi Nihashi went to Hamamatsu Shin-ai Gakuen High School --currently known as Hamamatsu Gakugei High School-- and advanced to Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music with a major in composition. Following his graduation from the university, he enrolled into Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where he studied harmony and counterpoint. He completed the studies with Premier Prix. His composition and theory teachers were the late Olivier Messiaen, the late Henri Challan, Bernard de Crepy, the late Tomojirou Ikenouchi, Mutsuo Shishido, and the late Akio Yashiro.

Nihashi is a recipient of numerous awards, which are the 1st place in the Concour International de Composition de Marcel Josse, 2nd place in the Concour International de Composition du Avre, and the Takei Award. Some of his major works are the opera Saburo Nobuyasu, Guitar Concerto, Hogiuta for winds, and Images for guitar quartet. He has held adjunct lecturer position at Toho Gakuen school of Music and Senzoku Gakuen school, and is currently an assistant professor at Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro.

HM065 Five Nostalgies for guitar solo

HM030 Fantasic Suite Wetland for guitar and piano

HM064 Chanson triste pour guitare et piano