Lately Performed programs

[Italy Alessandria International Guitar Festival 2006]
" Kazuhito Yamashta Guitar Quartet " (Kazuhito Yamashita + bambini ) June 7 , 2006 Italy Alessandria
[Guitar Quartet : Kazuhito, Koyumi, Terukaku and Kanahi Yamashita]
KASANE (Keiko Fujiie)
from Season Quartet (Premiere) (Ganesh del Vescovo)
[Guitar Solo]
Candlemas (Keiko Fujiie)
Sakura, sakura (Keiko Fujiie)
Amazing Grace (Scottish Folk Song - arr. Keiko Fujiie)
[Guitar Duo: Kazuhito and Koyumi Yamashita]
Little Girls' Beautiful Lives --------------------------------------- Keiko Fujiie


[Korea Seoul Art Center Main Cncert Hall Recital 2005]
" Kazuhito Yamashta Guitar Quartet " (Kazuhito Yamashita + bambini )
November 4 , 2005 Seoul Art Center Main Cncert Hall
http://www.sac.or.kr/eng/bannerPage.jsp?htmlURL=/eng/lab2005/ky_guitar/index.html
[Guitar Solo]
Sonata for Solo Guitar No.1 "The Blue Flower" ------------------- Keiko Fujiie
Allegretto/ Grave/ Scherzo/ Moderato
Intermission (10 min.)

[Guitar Quartet : Kazuhito, Koyumi, Terukaku and Kanahi Yamashita]
KASANE ------------------------------------------------------ Keiko Fujiie [Korean-Japanese Children Ensemble]
Scenaries for Children with Korean and Japanese melodies (Premiere)--- Keiko Fujiie
Intermission (15min.)
[Guitar Duo: Kazuhito and Koyumi Yamashita]
Little Girls' Beautiful Lives --------------------------------------- Keiko Fujiie
[Guitar Solo]
Barcarolle -----------------------------------------------N. Coste
Reminiscenze ---------------------- Ganesh Del Vescovo
Largo from "The New World Symphony" ---------------A. Dvorak / arr. K. Yamashita
Aria from "Goldberg Variations BWV988" ---------------J. S. Bach / arr. K. Yamashita


[Rome International Guitar Festival 2004]
" Kazuhito Yamashta Guitar Quartet " (Kazuhito Yamashita + bambini )
http://www.musikrooms.com/festival2004/home.htm
19th September, 2004 Teatro Ghione
< All Music by Keiko Fujiie >
Guitar Sonata No.1 "The Blue Flower" (Solo)
- Allegretto
- Grave
- Scherzo
- Moderato
A Little Girls' Beautiful Lives (duo with Koyumi)
- Morning with Roosters
- Floating Paper Boats on the River
- Bicycling to the Wizard's Wood
- Raindrops Recolour the Landscape
- Fireworks in a Starry Sky
- Birds Peck-Pecking on Branches
Kasane (Quartet) (World Premiere)
- So-jo
- Oshiki-cho
- Quartetto di chitarre Kazuhito Yamashita with Koyumi, Terukaku, Kanahi Yamashita


[Duo with Kyoko Takezawa (Violin)] March, 14, 2004 Nyuzen-city Paganini / Centone di sonate for Vl&Guitar Sonata#1 M. de Falla / Nana Keiko Fujiie / LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR Op.61, for violin and guitar Keiko Fujiie / AONIYOSI Op.81, for violin and guitar (2004) (Premiere)

[Almeria (Espana) International Guitar festival 2003 ] May, 31, 2003 Recital by "Kazuhito Yamashita" Auditorio Maestro Padilla http://www.instituto.cajamar.es/cultura/2003/default.htm Keiko Fujiie / Sonata No.1 for solo guitar " The Blue Flower " Japanese court music (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita ) / Sofuren Japanese court music (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita ) / Yahanraku

[Venete festival 2002] http://www.promart.it/VenetoFestival/VenetoApp2002.html
*Trieste June 27,2002 A. Vivardi / Concerto in D RV 93 J. Rodrigo / Concerto di Aranjuez
*Padova June 28, 2002 M. Ponce / Concierto del Sur J. Rodrigo / Concerto di Aranjuez
* Vicenza June 29, 2002 A. Vivardi / Concerto in D RV 93 J. Rodrigo / Concerto di Aranjuez

http://www.guitarfestival.it/2002/index.html * Treviso September 21, 2002 [All Bach Program] Violin Sonata No.1 BWV1001 / J.S.Bach (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita) Violin Sonata No.2 BWV1002 / J.S.Bach (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita) Violin Partita No.2 BWV1004 / J.S.Bach (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita) Violin Sonata No.3 BWV1005 / J.S.Bach (arr. Kazuhito Yamashita)

[ Santo Tirso International Guitar Festival ] 1995 Mussorgsky(arr.Yamashita) / Pictures et exhibition etc. 1997 Four Guitar Concertos C. Tedesco / Guitar Concerto No.1 Keiko Fujiie / GUitar Concerto No.1 J.Rodrigo / Concierto de Aranjezu Takashi Yoshimatsu / Pegasas effect 2000 C. Tedesco / 24 Caprichos de Goya (Complete)
[Venezura [Mexico Cuernavaca International Guitar Festival ] Recital, Kazuhito Yamashita, (Japan) Teatro Morelos November 21th, 1998 " All Music by Asian Composers written for Kazuhito Yamashita " *Wind color Vector (1991) (dedicate to K.Yamahsita) / Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953- ,Japan) *Bodrum Sea (1992) (dedicate to K.Yamahsita) / Keiko Fujiie (1963- ,Japan) *JI#3 (1995) (dedicate to K.Yamahsita) / Qu Xiao-Song (1952- , China) *Rising Spirals (1996) (dedicate to K.Yamahsita) / Chinary Ung (1942- , Cambodia) *towards autumn.....12 preludes for guitar (1997) (dedicate to K.Yamahsita) / Ross Carey (1969- , New Zealand)
SINGAPORE RECITAL, Aug.31, 2000
Victoria concert hall, Singapore

*The Song of Compostela / Anon. (arr. Yamashita) (#)
*Bodrum Sea (1992) / Keiko Fujiie (1963 - , Japan)
*Three Poems (1995) / Keiko Fujiie
La Casa, Piececitos, Primavera
*The Night (1994) / Keiko Fujiie
*Fantasia in 2000 (2000) / Liu Xiaogen (1955 - , China )
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*Rising Spirals (1996) / Chinary Ung (1942 - , Cambodia)
*Suites “In Their Shoes”(1998) / Keiko Fujiie
Music For The Dead People And Creatures
Song On The Seashore・The Wind
Iroha-Uta

All pieces written for Kazuhito Yamashita except (#)


TWO RECITALS in SEOUL, KOREA, Dec. 10-11, 2000

<YOUNGSAN ART HALL on Dec.10 >
* The Song of Compostela / Anon. ( arr. Yamashita )
* Variazioni (attraverso i secoli...) Op.71 / M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco
* Violin Sonata No.2 BWV.1003 / J.S. Bach ( arr. Yamashita )
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* "All my Loving" and Other Selections from the Beatles
/ John Lennon & Paul McCartney ( arr. Yamashita )
* Nocturnal op.70 / B. Britten

<LG ART CENTER on Dec.11 >
* Capriccio Diabolico "Omaggio a Paganini"Op.85 / M.
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
* Partita No.2 BWV.1004 / J.S. Bach ( arr. Yamashita )
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* The Blue Guitar / M. Tippet
* Violin Sonata No.3 BWV.1005 / J.S. Bach ( arr. Yamashita )

Dynamic Guitar series in San Francisco

Mr.Yamashita played at San Francisco, 29 January, 2000. This concert was a part of 'Dynamic Guitar Series' by Omni Foundation, which is one of the biggest guitar concert series in the west coast. The 1999 series included the concerts by John Williams, Roland Dyens, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Manuel Barrueco, etc

Taiwan tour 1999

The following programs were performed by Mr. Yamashita during the Taiwan tour.

Oct.26, 1999 Taichung City (Recital)
Oct. 21, 1999 Kaohsiung Cultural Center (Recital)
Oct. 19, 1999  Ja-I City (with Taiwan string orchestra)

Oct. 17, 1999  Taipei- National Concert Hall  (with Taiwan string orchestra)

Venezuera Guitar Festival

Mr.Yamashita played in Caracas, VENEZUELA, June 31,1999
This concert was a part of the Guitar Festival in Venezuela. The following program was performed.

Anon. (arr.Yamashita) / The Song of Compostela
Huang, Miaw-Ping (1970- , Taiwan) / Overture (dedicated to K.Yamahsita)
Keiko Fujiie (1963- , Japan) / The Night (dedicated to K.Yamahsita)
Toru Takemitsu / FOLIOS

A. Dvorak (arr. Yamashita) / Largo from "The New World Symphony"
J. S. Bach (arr. K.Yamashita) / Suites for Solo Cello No.6 BWV1012
Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Gavotte 1 & 2, Gigue

Kazuhito Yamashita Recital Series 1999-2000 in Tokyo


April 25, 2001  (JT Art Hall)

    * M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Eclogues Op.206 ( Guitar, Flute, English horn )
    * Keiko Fujiie / Fujin ( Guitar, Shakuhati and Cello )
    * Ross Carey / Trio ( Guitar, Double-bass and Celesta ) [ world premiere ]
    * G. Kurtag / The Little Fix Op.15b ( Piccolo, Trombone, Guitar )
    * Keiko Fujiie / Le Rouge et le Noir ( Violin and Guitar )


March 28 & 31, 2001  (Tokyo Bunka-Kaikan)

    * Keiko Fujiie / Nina de Cera (Monologue Opera for Mezzo Sop.,guitar,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2violin, viola, 2 cello and Piano) (1995)


June 29, 2000 ( Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall )

    * Guitar Concerto No. 2 (1999) by Keiko Fujiie  (world premiere)
        conductor: Mathas Barmet
        orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra

May 20, 2000 (Tokyo Bunka-Kaikan
    Vol.3/CastelnuovoTedesco and Chino Toledo'

       M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco
            / VARIAZIONI (attraverso i secoli...) Op.71 (1932)
             / RONDO Op.129 (1946)
             / CAPRICCIO DIABOLICO (Omaggio a Paganini) Op.85 (1935)
             / SONATA (Omaggio a Boccherini) Op.77 (1934)
             / ESCARRAMAN Op.177 (1955)
        Josefino Chino Toledo (1959-  )
             / KWADERNO PARA SA KWERDAS  (written for Yamashita, world premiere)

Feb.4, 2000 (Tokyo Bunka-Kaikan)
Vol.2 / Music and Poem'

       M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco / from 'Platero y Yo'
       Jan Freidlin (1944-  ) / Strophes Of Sappho 5 postludes
       Haung Miaw-Ping, (1970-  ) /from ' 24 Poems by Tong Dynasty '
                (written for Yamashita, world premiere)

November 5, 1999 (Hamarikyu Asahi Hall)
Vol.1 / Early Japanese Music'

        Okawara Yoshie (1904-35)
        Ogura Shun (1907-77)
        Sawaguchi Chuzaemonn (1902-48)
        Nakano Jiro (1902-  )
        Kobune Kojiro(1907-82)
        Ikegami Fukuichiro (1903-54)

Recent performance in Tokyo (Already done, 1998 - June 1999)

December 9,1998 (Hamarikyu-Asahi Concert hall
    Yamashita & Asian women composers  (doublebass: Gary Karr)
       Huang, Miaw-Ping(1970-  , Taiwan)  / Overture (1996) & Meditation(1998) (solo)(world premiere)
       Chang, Hui-Ni (1969-  , Taiwan)  / Errance (1998) (solo) (world premiere)
       Keiko Fujiie (1963-   , Japan) / Sun and Moon (for doublebass and guitar)(1998)  (world premiere) etc.
       

Feberuary 19,1999 (  Suntory Hall )
Feberuary 20,1999 (  Tokyo-Geijyutugekijyo
    Concierto de Aranjezu (Rodrigo)
        conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
        orchestra: Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

March 24,1999 (  Suntory Hall)
     2nd Guitar Concerto (1999) by Keiko Fujiie  (world premiere)
        conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki
        orchestra: Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

April 26, 1999 (Kioi Hall)
    Keiko Fujiie (1963-   , Japan)
            / Red and Black (for violin and guitar)(1999) (world premiere) (violin: Yayoi Toda)
            / Bodrum Sea (1992) & The Night (1994) (solo)

July 9, 1999 (Tsuda Hall)
    `Kazuhito Yamashita Recital/ All Tansman program'
     (Part of the "Tokyo Summer Festival")
        Hommage a Chopin (Tansman)
        Ballade (Tansman)
        Cavatina (Tansman)
        Danza pomposa (Tansman)
        Hommage a Lech Walesa (Tansman)
        Six pieces  (Tansman)
        Suite "In Modo Polonico" (Tansman)

World tour in 1997