Jun Nagao

Born in 1964 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Nagao graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, where he also completed postgraduate work. He studied composition with Masayuki Nagatomi and Teruyuki Noda, and received the 2000 Toru Takemitsu Award and the 24th Japan Symphony Foundation composition award.

Noteworthy compositions include four commissions from Yamaha Symphonic Band: "Nami no Ho", "Souten no Shizuku", "La lumineuse du vent vert" and "Fluttering Maple Leaves"; wind works "Symphony", "Réminiscence", "Der Glücksdrache", "The other garden" (euphonium and band), "Die Heldenzeit" (alto saxophone and band), and "Symbiosis" (trumpet and band); orchestral music "Mille courants qui rentrent", "L'été - L'oubli rouge", "Le printemps - L'illusion bleue", "L'automne - La permanance blanche"; chamber music "Octet" (saxophone), and solo music "La lune en Paradis" and "Futarishizuka"

Concert Band

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Hors-d' oeuvre
Mayuzumi, Toshiro Nagao, Jun
Boogie-woogie and rumba styles effortlessly blend in this iconic postwar classic...
JPY 40,000
Evergreen Tachibana
Nagao, Jun
Reflects a parent's warm and kind feelings watching over their child.
JPY 15,000
Always the Way Remains
Nagao, Jun
Imagines the many different paths leading to what truly matters in life and musi...
JPY 18,000
Sing with Sincerity
Nagao, Jun
Performers deeply feel and reflect the overall message and character.
JPY 20,000

Ensemble

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Octet for Saxophones
Nagao, Jun
Expresses the majesty of the Five Great Lakes through shifting flows.
JPY 18,000
The Wind "Ai" - Percussion Octet
Nagao, Jun
Toyama's wind Ai evokes spring longing with folk color and fresh percussion air.
JPY 4,000
Moashibi - Saxophone Quartet
Nagao, Jun
An Okinawan melody inspires warm nocturnal scenes of celebration.
JPY 3,200
The Passage in the Dawn - Clarinet Quartet
Nagao, Jun
A dawn-lit clarinet quartet moving from longing fragments to joyful hope.
JPY 3,200