Katsutoshi Nagasawa

was a Japanese composer of classical music with a modern approach. Nagasawa composed for traditional Japanese musical instruments (e.g., Shakuhachi, Koto, Shamisen).

Nagasawa was born in 1923 in Tokyo and graduated from Nihon University. He was one of the founding members of Pro Musica Nipponia (日本音楽集団) in 1964, a group of famous Japanese composers and musicians who aim at performing classical and contemporary compositions from both Japan and the West. The groups music is performed by traditional Japanese musical instruments.

Major works

*"Two Dances" for Japanese traditional music ensemble
*"One Day in Spring" for Japanese traditional music ensemble
*"Shikyokyu" for shakuhachi solo
*"Hoshun" for shakuhachi and koto
*"Mayudama-no-uta" for shakuhachi and koto
*"Quartet for koto and jushichigen"
*"Two Pastorals" for shakuhachi, koto and jushichigen

External links

* [http://www.komuso.com/people/Nagasawa_Katsutoshi.html The International Shakuhachi Society - Biography: Nagasawa Katsutoshi - 長沢 勝俊]
* [http://www.promusica.or.jp/english/02profile.html Pro Musica Nipponia (日本音楽集団)]
* [http://mainichi.jp/select/person/news/20080112k0000m060119000c.html Obituary] jp icon