asian piano pieces

[tds]

for my next cd that is called "ASIA". so far i have plenty of pieces that sound chinese and indonesian. i need more pieces from other countries, like japan, korea, taiwan, the phillipines etc etc..

please help. thank you. tds

[weissenberg2]

Kan Ishii preludes for piano are an option. Toru Takemitsu had some compositions that would work. Tan Dun has some compositions worth looking at.

BTW, has your CD been released yet?

[retrouvailles]

There are plenty of Japanese composers out there with very interesting works. Takemitsu is probably the best one. His best works are Rain Tree Sketch (I and II), Litany, and Les Yeux Clos (I and II). Takashi Yoshimatsu is another good Japanese composer. His works are very easy to listen to and quite easy to play. He has a cycle of works entitled Pleiades Dances. Chinese composer Tan Dun has some works entitled Eight Memories in Watercolor, which are quite fun. Korean composer Isang Yun has 5 piano pieces, which are quite gnarly, but possibly worth your time. I'll see if I can think of a few more suggestions.

[tds]

Kan Ishii preludes for piano are an option. Toru Takemitsu had some compositions that would work. Tan Dun has some compositions worth looking at.

thanks for the suggestion

BTW, has your CD been released yet?

no. almost

[tds]

oh and btw, do recording artists have to pay royalty to living composers whose work(s) they play for the marketed cd? mr. hinton should be able to answer this simple question. tds

[tds]

There are plenty of Japanese composers out there with very interesting works. Takemitsu is probably the best one. His best works are Rain Tree Sketch (I and II), Litany, and Les Yeux Clos (I and II). Takashi Yoshimatsu is another good Japanese composer. His works are very easy to listen to and quite easy to play. He has a cycle of works entitled Pleiades Dances. Chinese composer Tan Dun has some works entitled Eight Memories in Watercolor, which are quite fun. Korean composer Isang Yun has 5 piano pieces, which are quite gnarly, but possibly worth your time. I'll see if I can think of a few more suggestions.

i have replied to your message, but accidently i deleted it. here it is again: thank you much for the input and yes, if you have more info, do please post it. tds

[thalbergmad]

mr. hinton should be able to answer this simple question. tds

No doubt, but do not expect a simple answer.

Thal

[chopin1993]

Maybe something by Joe Hisaishi? 

[mattgreenecomposer]

I have a piece called snow.  Its based on the Japanese scale. You can get on my website.  mattgreenecomposer.com
Listen to part of it it here.

[lostinidlewonder]

.. do recording artists have to pay royalty to living composers whose work(s) they play for the marketed cd?

First of all you have to ask permission to play their music, then they throw the details at you.

[tds]

we can only put some 70 ish minutes in a cd. as for content, i wanna make sure of two things: 1. it has to be good music. 2. it provides good balance of various countries in asia.

so far i already have indonesian, chinese, mongolian and japanese (sounding) pieces, and now there are 25 minutes left to fill. i need a few more pieces one or two of which can be south east asian pieces ( read: from or of the sound of thailand, philippines, burma, malaysia, etc..).

ps. db, perhaps you could ask your professor about good philippino piano music. there has to be some!

warmest, tds

[tds]

and guam is genetically asian . no?

[retrouvailles]

Have you thought about doing music by non-Asian composers who wrote music highly influenced by Asian musical traditions? Sure, one may think of Debussy, but he only scratched the surface. Composers like Colin McPhee, a Canadian composer, took a more direct route. McPhee wrote some pieces that evocatively and accurately depict gamelan music. I don't know if he has solo piano works, but he has a two piano work (if you can get another pianist) called Balinese Ceremonial Music which is very good. I'm afraid I can't help you with anything South Asian. There just isn't much concert music that comes from there, it seems.

and guam is genetically asian . no?

Not really. It's an American territory.

[tanman]

and guam is genetically asian . no?

 

almost all of the people here have some sort of asian genetics 

[db05]

we can only put some 70 ish minutes in a cd. as for content, i wanna make sure of two things: 1. it has to be good music. 2. it provides good balance of various countries in asia.

so far i already have indonesian, chinese, mongolian and japanese (sounding) pieces, and now there are 25 minutes left to fill. i need a few more pieces one or two of which can be south east asian pieces ( read: from or of the sound of thailand, philippines, burma, malaysia, etc..).

ps. db, perhaps you could ask your professor about good philippino piano music. there has to be some!

warmest, tds

I would love to hear some of the kundiman genre, but I don't think you want something that sounds too Spanish.  Honestly, I don't know ANY Filipino piano pieces. 
You should go ask pinoypianist

[tanman]

I would love to hear some of the kundiman genre, but I don't think you want something that sounds too Spanish.  Honestly, I don't know ANY Filipino piano pieces. 
You should go ask pinoypianist

hmm... maybe I can ask my piano teacher once he comes back from vacation because he's Filipino... oh and also, I have the score to one Filipino piece. I think it's called Malikmata (transfiguration) by Antonio Molina. But the score is super faded 

[db05]

I think it's called Malikmata (transfiguration) by Antonio Molina. But the score is super faded  

How ironic. "Malikmata" means something like "mirage". Maybe you were just imagining there was a score?  

Edit:
tds, I may have something for you after all. From Enzo's channel.

[classicalmusicfan]

Hi there. I would just want to share something in this topic. I found this site: https://carolbalmaceda.multiply.com/video/item/60/A_Filipino_Classic_a_piano_piece. The Filipino song there is entitled "Saan Ka Man Naroroon," a famous Filipino classic, played in piano. It's very good. You may consider that piece in your CD tds. There's also a site, it's https://www.filipino-music.com/piano_pieces.htm. It has there piano pieces of Filipino songs but for a cost. Btw, tanman, may I know the name of your Filipino professor?Please...?