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Mayako Kubo (* 5 December 1947 in Kōbe) is a Japanese-German composer.

Life

After initially training as a pianist, Kubo studied composition in Vienna in the 1970s with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Erich Urbanner and Friedrich Cerha. In 1980 she continued her studies with Helmut Lachenmann. In 1985 she moved to Berlin, where she has lived for the most part ever since.

Kubo has emerged primarily as an opera composer; her oeuvre comprises a total of around 120 compositions. Her preferred themes are taken from Japanese literature and mythology. Her first opera Rashomon is based on a story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, which also served Akira Kurosawa as a model for his film of the same name. “Premiered at the Styrian Autumn in Graz, the opera explores facets of the concept of truth in a fascinating way.” The second opera, Osan, was inspired by a play by the samurai poet Chikamatsu Monzaemon. But Kubo’s oeuvre also reflects current events. Most recently, she wrote the Sanriku songs after the devastating Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in March 2011, based on poems by Meiko Matsudaira.

Her music, “for all its bristliness, is designed for understanding. Many of her pieces address the behaviour of people in social contexts.” While her models often come from the Japanese cultural sphere, musically she is entirely in the tradition of European modernism. “Composition as an expedition into the disordered and unknown, away from aesthetic purity and stylistic unity.” Kubo’s work is characterised by stylistic versatility with simultaneous biographical continuity and a predominantly dramatic, expressive musical language.

She is co-founder and artistic director of YACOB, the Young Asian Chamber Orchestra Berlin.
Source Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayako_Kubo

Discography

Sheet music

Score for chamber music

Le mie passacagliefor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Vorspiel Nachspiel 91for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

Rapauke klopft an die Tür für Toy Piano, Horn, Violine und Schlagwerk (2019)for Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

for Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Izanagi's Ruffor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Izanami's Tränenfor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Geras Variationen Akkordeon und Klarinette in B / Bassklarinette (2015)for Akkordeonaccordion, Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

for Akkordeonaccordion, Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

Richard & Co. für Sopran, Klavier, Horn und Schlagzeug (2022)for Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion

for Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion

Dialogus iuvenum Violine und Akkordeonfor Akkordeonaccordion, Violineviolin

for Akkordeonaccordion, Violineviolin

Versuch über den Turm von Pisa für zwei Gitarren (1992)for Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Kakurenbo für Gitarre und kleine Trommel (2018)for Gitarreguitar, Percussionpercussion

for Gitarreguitar, Percussionpercussion

Heute bin ich rot Saxophonquartett (2018)for Saxophonsaxophone

for Saxophonsaxophone

Vereinen - Verneinen für Akkordeon und Klavier (2006)for Akkordeonaccordion, Klavierpiano

for Akkordeonaccordion, Klavierpiano

Allegro für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette und Fagott (2019)for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe

for Fagottbassoon, Flöteflute, Klarinetteclarinet, Oboeoboe

Glockenläuten (2014)for Streicherstrings

for Streicherstrings

Wohin?for Gitarreguitar, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Gitarreguitar, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Nachbeben (2011)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Die Bauhäuslerinnen für Vokalquartett (SATB) (2022)
Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score

Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score

Wiegenlied für Rapauke für Streichquartett (2019)for Streicherstrings

for Streicherstrings

Musik der Stille (2020/23)for Cellocello, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Il re solo Akkordeon (1997)for Akkordeonaccordion

for Akkordeonaccordion

O Du Plötzlicher Nr. 2 für Klavier zu 4 Händen (2015)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Stolpersteine für Klavier (2015)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Matsurifor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Klarinetteclarinet

Repeating Illusions (2013)for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Cello-Sonatefor Cellocello, Klavierpiano

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Viertel Des Lebensfor Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Yoshifor Streicherstrings, Violineviolin

for Streicherstrings, Violineviolin

Tokyo Notizen (1992)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

La Suite Ritrovatafor Lautelute

for Lautelute

Bebende Herzen Im Leibe Der Hundefor Percussionpercussion

for Percussionpercussion

Atem Pausefor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Wohinfor Gitarreguitar, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Gitarreguitar, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

5 Situationen Ueber Fremd Seinfor Marimbamarimba

for Marimbamarimba

Memoria Perpetua 1for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Dokoedemofor Violineviolin

for Violineviolin

Versuch Ueber Den Turm Von Pisa Mit Einem Nachspielfor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Sieben Spiele für Gitarrefor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Tableaux für drei junge Pianisten (1991)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

Schiffbruchfor Gitarreguitar

for Gitarreguitar

Umwegefor Cellocello, Gitarreguitar

for Cellocello, Gitarreguitar

Aktionenfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

Score for orchestra

Yoshifor Violineviolin

for Violineviolin