Kaito Nakahori

Katsunari Nakahori (Japanese: 中堀 克成, born September 14, 1989, in Urayasu, Chiba) known by his stage name Kaito Nakahori (Japanese: 中堀 海都 Nakahori Kaito) is a Chinese Japanese composer of contemporary music based in New York City, United States.

Katsunari Nakahori
Born(1989-09-14)September 14, 1989
 Japan Chiba
OccupationComposer
WebsiteOfficial Website

Biography

Nakahori was born in Chiba. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Toho College of Music (2012) and a Master of Music degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2014). After Toru Takemitsu's music inspired him at the age of 14, he started teaching composition and piano himself.[1] Through the influence of Takemitsu's music, Nakahori's compositional style have included Japanese traditional music elements such as Gagaku.[2]

After graduating, he moved to New York, where he had his first portrait concert at the United Nations in 2015.[3] He has introduced by the newspaper Chin po in Shenzhen, China, as a "Half Chinese, half Japanese, gifted composer”.[4]

The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome, Italy, invited him to talk about Japanese contemporary music at a symposium, when his piece Hidden instincts for piano solo was performed by Aki Takahashi in 2013.[5] Invited by Tongyeong International Music Festival, Hotarubi for hichiriki and string quartet commissioned by Goethe Institut were premiered in 2017.[6] By the recommendation of Toshio Hosokawa, at the 150th anniversary concert of Japan and Hungary diplomatic relations in 2019, he conducted his chamber piece Two Different Paintings commissioned by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.[7]

In 2020, Nakahori’s opera Zero, text by Oriza Hirata, were premiered at Toyooka Theater Festival.[8]

Awards
  • Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition - 1st Prize (2019)[9]
  • Brian M. Israel Prize (Society for New Music/NY Federation of Music Clubs Award) (2016)[10]
  • Senzoku Award for the Senzoku Contemporary Music Competition (2012)
  • The 9th Hirosaki Sakura No Sono Composition Competition (2011)

Major works

Stage works

Orchestra works
  • Self Portrait (2017) for orchestra
  • Leading to the Paradise (2010) for orchestra

Chamber works
  • Two Different Paintings (2018) for chamber ensemble
  • Sand Ripples (2019) for chamber ensemble
  • Yozakura (2017) for koto and cello
  • Hotarubi (2017) for hichiriki and string quartet
  • Infiltration (2016) for chamber ensemble
  • Block City (2016) for flute, clarinet and piano
  • Japanese Footbridge (2014) for koto and chamber ensemble
  • Setsurei (2014) for sho, cello and percussion
  • Yaeyama Hirugi (2014) for clarinet and string quartet
  • Summit of Mt. Fuji (2014) for chamber ensemble
  • Edo (2012) for contrabass and chamber ensemble

Solo works
  • Meigetsu (2017) for shakuhachi
  • Hidden instincts (2012) for piano

Film music
  • After Spring, the Tamaki Family... (2016) Director: Huang Yin-Yu (2016) Taipei Film Awards, Nomination.[11]

References
  1. Tamariba "Tamariba" Check |url= value (help).
  2. "ConcertoNet".
  3. UN WEB TV "Music for Peace, Kaito Nakahori Portrait concert" Check |url= value (help).
  4. "一个中日混血作曲家的成名路". Archived from 晶報(Chin po) in Shenzhen the original Check |url= value (help) on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  5. The Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, Roma "Tokyo. Musica e arte dagli anni '60" Check |url= value (help).
  6. Goethe Institut "Goethe" Check |url= value (help).
  7. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan "Tokyo Bunka Kaikan" Check |url= value (help).
  8. "thejapantimes".
  9. "Ensemble Impronta".
  10. Society For New Music "Society" Check |url= value (help).
  11. Focus Taiwan "Focus Taiwan" Check |url= value (help).
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