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After graduating from the Department of Composition at Tokyo University of the Arts, the composer traveled extensively for six months throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, focusing on the theme of sacred music. During a stay in Jerusalem, he composed "Sinfonia" for Orchestra, which was selected for performance at the 19th Contemporary Japanese Orchestra Concert and premiered by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Kazuhiko Komatsu. The work was awarded the 17th Japan Symphony Foundation Composition Prize and was later nominated for the Akutagawa Composition Award hosted by the Suntory Foundation for the Arts, where it was performed again at Suntory Hall. Since then, it has been performed repeatedly in various locations around the world.

In international competitions, he was a finalist at the Finzi Academy Composition Competition in Milan, Italy, and at the Sibelius International Composition Competition in Finland. He also received an honorable mention at the FIMS International Competition in Switzerland. In 2022, he participated in the Composers Workshop at the International Trombone Festival held in Arkansas, USA.

As a composer and arranger, he has worked with numerous orchestras both in Japan and abroad, including the Saito Kinen Orchestra, Mito Chamber Orchestra, La Musique de la Garde Républicaine (France), and the Dresden Chamber Opera Orchestra (Germany).

In his role as a producer, he served as general producer for cultural events such as the Edo Traditional Performing Arts Festival and the Yuyake Dandan Music Festival held at Higashi Honganji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.

As a pianist, he has performed with the brass quintet of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Melange Ensemble, and in concerts throughout Japan. He studied composition under Kenjirō Urata, Izumi Yamada, and Teizō Matsumura, and served as an assistant in the final years of Tōru Takemitsu.

He previously served as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts and currently teaches at the University of Human Arts and Sciences while maintaining an active career as a freelance composer. He also lectures on Composition, Music History, Music Theory, Organology, and Musical Analysis at Tsuru University and Musashino Academia Musicae.

He is a member of the Melange Ensemble, the Japan Federation of Musicians (JFM), and serves on the editorial board of Performing Arts Yearbook. He is also a board member of the Dōseikai, the alumni association of Tokyo University of the Arts.

-Finalist, The First International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition (2015, Finnland)
-Quarts de finaliste, 5e Concours International de Composition, 2015 (2015, France)
-Special Recognition Award, FIMS International Competition (2013, Switzerland)
-Quarts de finaliste, 1er Concours International de Composition, 2004 (2004, France)
-Semi Finalist, Leonard Bernstein Jerusalem International Music Competition (1997, Islael)
-nominated for the Akutagawa Award For Music Composition hosted by Suntory Foundation for Arts (1996, Tokyo)
-1st prize in the composition category at the 17th Japan Symphony Foundation Award (1995, Tokyo)

Composition: Kenjiro Urata, Izumi Yamada and Teizo Matsumura
Piano: Akiko Noguchi and Shun Sato
Conducting: Yoko Matsuo
Trombone: Goro Sekine and Yukio Nagahama

tachihara@its-c.jp
tachihara@its-c.jp

A Prayer XII - for 2 Trumpets and Orchestra (2013)Commissioned by the Sapporo Philharmonic Orchestra
Fanfare (2004)Composed for Tokyo University of the Arts Student Orchestra Takato Performance
Piano Concerto - A Revelation - (1998)Not performed yet
Two Prayers - for Orchestra (1997)Hanshin Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction 3rd Anniversary Concert
Priest Eliezer's Trumpet - for Orchestra - (1997)Semifinalist, Leonard Bernstein Jerusalem International Composition Competition
Sinfonia -for Orchestra- (1994)Winner of the 17th Japan Symphony Foundation Composition Award / Candidate for the 6th Akutagawa Award for Composition

Reminisce about the ancient world (2018)Commissioned by Female Ensemble The Mermaids
−Scenery of Hasuda - for soprano, narration, brass quintet, percussion and piano - (2017)
Musical Drama "Omitsu ga Daija ni Natta" - for soprano, narration, brass quintet, percussion and piano - (2016)
Like a Flowing River - Three Female Voices and Piano - (2010)
Like a Flowing River - Mixed quartet and piano - (2010)
Drama Music "Kappa no Hitodasuke" - for brass band and storytelling -(2008)Commissioned by Taito Ward, Tokyo
Welcoming the wind -for chorus and brass band- (1990)Commissioned by Green Trust Association

A Prayer XVI - for Wind Orchestra - (2011)
Metropolitan Fanfare - for Wind Orchestra - - (2010)
SERENATA II -for 2 Bugle & Wind Orchestra- (2009)
A Prayer XIV - for Orchestra- (2009)
Shiawase Kappa - for Corus and Wind Orchestra (2008)Commissioned by Taito Ward, Tokyo
A Prayer VIII - for Wind Ensemble - (2007)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Takaoka Kogei High School Brass Band Club
Hiten II - for Symphonic Band - (2004)
Concerto No.1 for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra(2002)Commissioned by the Toyama Minami Wind Orchestra, dedicated to trumpeter Toshihiro Furuta Youtube
Fanfare and March - for Symphonic Band - (1999)Commissioned by the Ichinoseki Band Association

A Maze II (2012)Commissioned by Hokkaido Sapporo Hokuto High School
A Prayer XVII - for small band - (2011)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School brass band club
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Hommage to the ancient times - Manyo no Sato -（for Wind Ensemble） (2006)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Takaoka Kogei High School Brass Band Club
A Prayer IV - for Wind Ensemble - (2004)Commissioned by Takaoka Municipal Makino Junior High School Brass Band
Water Landscape - for Wind Ensemble- (2003)Commissioned by Koshino Junior High School Brass Band
A Maze - for Wind Ensemble - (2002)Commissioned by Takaoka Municipal Makino Junior High School Brass Band

A Prayer XII - for Piano Trio - (2023:revised)
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A Prayer XX - for String sextet - (2013)
A Prayer XVIII - for Unaccompanied Viola solo - (2013)
Two Rivers - for Violin, Violoncello and Piano - (2013)
Two Rivers - for Violin and Piano (2012)
Like a flowing river - for Soprano and Piano - (2010)
Thinking about the world of Nigihayahi - for Mezzo Soprano and Bass Trombone - (2010)
A Prayer VII Homage to Shostakovich - for Piano Quintet - (2006)Commissioned by the Executive Committee for the 100th Anniversary of Shostakovich's Birth
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Arcanum (2016)Commissioned by Sapporo Hokuto High School brass band club
Rhapsody on Toyama Folk Songs (2016)Commissioned by Tokyo University of the Arts Doseikai Toyama Branch
Fanfare - Pray for World Peace - (2015)Commissioned by Uozu City, Toyama Prefecture
SEEKING THE HARMONY OF THE WORLD - Seeking harmony in the world - (2015)Commissioned by the New Caledonian Conservatoire
Prayer XXI - for wind quartet - (2013)FIMS International Competition Jury Special Award Winning Work
Dialogue with Koropokkur - for wind octet- (2013)Commissioned by Hokkaido Sapporo Hokuto High School
Fanfare to the next generation (2013)PMF - Composed for Pacific Music Festival - 25th Anniversary Concert
Composition on Ainu folk theme - for trumpet octet- (2013)
Adapted for the Sapporo Trumpet Association
Composition on Ainu folk theme - for trombone octet - (2013)Commissioned by Okhotsk Monbetsu Music Seminar Executive Committee
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On the land of Monbetsu II (2012)Commissioned by Okhotsk Monbetsu Music Seminar
Waterscape II - Woodwind Octet - (2012)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School brass band club
Prayer XIX - for woodwind quintet- (2012)
Fanfare for Horn Society - Horn Un-dectet - (2011)Commissioned by Horn Society
Kaze/Nagi - For the 10th Anniversary of the Horn Society -(2011)Commissioned by Horn Society
È una festa! caldo! ! È caldo! ! !(2010)Composed for the Yanaka Ginza Summer Festival
On the land of Monbetsu (2009)Commissioned by Okhotsk Monbetsu Music Seminar
A Prayer XIII - for 8 Horns - (2009)Tokyo University of the Arts Horn Ensemble
A Prayer XV - for Saxophone Quintet - (2009)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School brass band club
SERENATA II -for Brass Quintet- (2009)
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Asahi Town 55th Anniversary Fanfare − for Brass Quintet − (2009)Commissioned by Asahi Town, Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture
Fanfare for trumpet and bass trombone (2009)Commissioned by Mr. Toshihiro Furuta
SERENATA II -for Bugle、Bass Trombone、and Piano- (2009)Commissioned by Mr. Toshihiro Furuta
La Fanfare de l'amitié (2008)Commissioned by Tokyo University of the Arts Trumpet Department
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A Prayer XI - for Brass Quintet - (2008)Commissioned by Mr. Toshihiro Furuta
A Prayer XII - for 2 Trumpets and Piano - (2008)
A Prayer IX - for Trombone Quartet - (2007-9)Commissioned by trombone player Shinichi Haramura
祈り X - for Clarinet Quintet - (2007)Commissioned by Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School brass band club
Hiten -2006 Revised Edition - for Brass Orchestra(2006) -

SERENATA - for Bugle & Brass Quartet - (2006)
youth fanfare- for Brass Quintet - (2006)
A Tale of X'mass - for Brass Quintet - (2005)
A Prayer V - for 8 Horns - (2004)
Stabat Mater - for Mezzo Soprano and Brass Quintet - (2003)
chorale fanfare - for Brass Quintet - (2002)
Song Without Words by Okinawan Scale - for Brass Octet - (2002)Commissioned by Komazawa University High School Brass Band Club
Joyous tune for trumpet (1997)Commissioned by the Japan Trumpet Association
Hiten - for 10 Trombones and 4 percussionists - (1992)Commissioned by Tokyo University of the Arts Trombone Department
Winter Canopy - for 14 Trombones - (1991)Commissioned by Tokyo University of the Arts Trombone Department
Hora Decima - for Brass Quintet - (1996)
Poetry to the Swan - for Brass Quintet- (1991)Commissioned by Sculptor: Katsudo Hashimoto
A Mass for 7 Trumpet Players (1999)
Two Liturgy - Oboe, Trombone, Percussion and Piano - (1997)
A Prayer - for 4 Natural Trumpets - (1995)

A Prayer XXIX - for Bass Trombone and Piano - (2023)
Hello Mr. Fireman For Hidemi Ono's 60th Birthday (2016)
SERENATA II for 2 Trumpets and Piano (2006)
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A Prayer VI - for Bass Trombone and Piano - (2005)
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"Mai" - for unaccompanied trumpet solo -(2008)
The Signs - for Trombone unaccompanied solo - (1995)
Tennin no Goshui - for Trumpet unaccompanied solo -(1992)