Keiko Abe

Keiko Abe (Japanese安 部 圭子, Keiko Abe, born April 18, 1937) is a Japanese composer and marimbist.

Life

Abe comes from a family of doctors and businessmen. As a child she studied piano and, from 12 years to play marimba and composing. After she played in a trio commercial light classics, she moved in 1962 to contemporary classical music.

In the following years she was employed as a concert virtuoso for Percussion and released 13 albums, containing often self- composed works on the marimba; besides, she had her own Japanese television show.

It also contributed to the development of the marimba as a tool, not only for their many contributions, but also by their role as design consultant of Marimbaherstellern. With the greater length and the resonance of the improved Marimbas Abe began composing first Japanese Children's Songs and Wind in the Bamboo in the early 1980s. When marimba virtuoso Abe led her own compositions and those of many other composers in the world. She teaches the Marimbaphonspiel at the Toho Music University in Tokyo.

Works

Works for wind

  • Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Wind Ensemble
  • Prism Rhapsody II for Marimba and Wind Ensemble

Works for percussion instruments

  • AirScope II Marimba Spiritual
  • Alone for marimba solo (dedicated to Bogdan Bácanu )
  • Ancient vase for marimba solo
  • Autumn In Nara for two marimbas
  • Conversation in the Forest for marimba and percussion
  • Dream for two marimbas
  • Dream of the Cherry Blossoms for marimba (1983 )
  • Early Spring for two marimbas
  • FROGS for marimba solo
  • Galilee impressions for Six Mallets
  • " Itsuki " Fantasy for Marimba and 5 other mallet percussion instruments
  • Kazak Lullaby for marimba solo ( and piano ad.lib. )
  • Maze for two marimbas
  • Little Windows for marimba solo
  • Marimba Concertino " The Wave "
  • Marimba D' Amore for marimba solo
  • Marimba Pieces for marimba solo I (1972 )
  • Memories of the Seashore
  • Mi- chi for marimba solo ( 1981)
  • PRISM for marimba solo ( 1995)
  • Sunday Afternoon for two marimbas
  • Sylvan stroll for two marimbas
  • Piacer d' amor for marimba (2002)
  • Tambourin Paraphrase for two marimbas
  • Three monologue for solo marimba
  • Variations on Japanese Children's Songs
  • Wind ( ad.lib and piano. ) In the Bamboo Grove for marimba and percussion
  • Wind Sketch for two marimbas

CD recordings of works by Keiko Abe

  • Marimba d' Amore soloist Bogdan Bácanu
  • Marimba Encores
  • Fantastic Marimba
  • Keiko Abe - Reveals the essence of the Marimba
  • Fascinatin ' Latin Marimba
  • Marimba Selections II
  • Marimba Selections III
  • Marimba Spiritual
  • Marimba Fantasy
  • Mergin Classical and Jazz Forms
  • Conversation
  • Lullaby Of Itsuki
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