Soichi Konagaya

Grand March' was composed in 1995 for the All Shizuoka Youth Band of Japan. The piece opens with a majestic fanfare. A superb-sounding march, with a commanding character, follows. The talent of this J...

Grand March' was composed in 1995 for the All Shizuoka Youth Band of Japan. The piece opens with a majestic fanfare. A superb-sounding march, with a commanding character, follows. The talent of this J...

Japanese sounds, pentatonic scales, throbbing drums and (for Western wind orchestras something quite new), glissandi on the double-reed instruments. The fact that Molenaar's Editions for wind-orchestr...

Des airs japonais, des gammes pentatoniques, des tambours résonnants des glissandos chez les instruments à double anche, bref une surprenante nouveauté pour les orchestres à vents occidentaux. Le fait...

A sonorous brass fanfare opens this march by one of Japan's most highly respected band composers. Unconventional melodies and refreshing harmonies lend this march a unique sparkle!

Soichi Konagaya's Star Puzzle March was commissioned by the All Japan Band Association as the official 1993 Contest Piece. The composer cleverly weaves the familiar Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star though...

Soichi Konagaya's Star Puzzle March was commissioned by the All Japan Band Association as the official 1993 Contest Piece. The composer cleverly weaves the familiar Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star though...