
Teruaki Tokuda
Composer
Teruaki Tokuda
作曲家/徳田旭昭
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On this page, you can see my upcoming events, news, profiles, music audios, and a list of major works.
Upcoming Events
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September 11: [World Premiere] Re-Design I
Date: Friday, September 11, 2026
Venue: Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Japan (Chiyoda, Tokyo)
Performer: Takahiro Uchiyama (flute)
Note: Presented as part of the pre-event for the Ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin Japan Tour (private performance)
October 25: [World Premiere] (New Work for Viola and Cello)
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Venue: Higashihiroshima Arts and Culture Hall Kurara, Salon Hall (Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima)
Performers: Kiyo Masuda (viola) and Maho Mukai (cello)
Note: Presented at the composers’ concert Resonating Myths of Chūgoku. View the flyer (PDF).
Reservations: Please make a reservation using the online form, by e-mail, or by calling 080-9793-5055.
Presented by the Okayama Contemporary Music Concert Executive Committee
December 19: [World Premiere] (New Work for Recorder and Chamber Ensemble)
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2026
Venue: Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (Bangkok, Thailand)
Performers: Toshiya Suzuki (recorder) and three members of TACETi ENSEMBLE
Note: Presented at the International Composition Institute of Thailand (ICIT) 2026
December 26: [Second Performance] Baroque Grid IIIa
Date: Saturday, December 26, 2026
Venue: Shimanouchi Church (Chuo Ward, Osaka)
Performers: Kei Shimomura (clarinet), Mutsuharu Yamauchi (cello), and Hiroshi Mihara (piano)
Note: Presented at Trios at the End of the Year.
Presented by the Trios at the End of the Year Executive Committee
December 27: [World Premiere] (New Work for Vocal Ensemble)
Date: Sunday, December 27, 2026
Venue: AST Tsu Hall (Tsu, Mie)
Performers: Ensemble Quintuple
Note: Presented at the Ensemble Quintuple Concert.
January 17: [World Premiere] Re-Design 2
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2027
Venue: Sakura Hall, Sakura Gakuen (Naka Ward, Okayama City)
Performer: Nagisa Okamoto (cello)
Details: Presented as part of the “Nagisa Okamoto Cello Recital.” The flyer (PDF) is available here.
Reservations: Please book via the online form, by email, or by phone at 090-2002-9210.
Organizer: Nagisa Okamoto Cello Recital Executive Committee
Concert Flyers and Other Materials
News
Sharing Updates on My Overall Activities (Click the button below “他の投稿” to view past posts.)
August 11, 2026August 11, 2026Biography

Teruaki Tokuda
Composer/ Performer
It is active mainly in western Japan. Influenced by traditional Japanese architectural structures and construction methods, he composed on the theme of dismantling the acoustic volume in Western music works and the transparency of sound. In addition to producing works, in recent years, he has also carried out educational activities closely related to the community. Part-time lecturer (composer) at the Faculty of Education, Shimane University. Member of the Japan Contemporary Music Association.
Activities
2026: Re-Design 1 premiered at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Japan as part of United Instruments of Lucilin’s Japan tour.
2026: Presented a work at the “94th Japan Music Competition Laureates Concert” (organized by The Mainichi Newspapers).
2026: Held the exhibition-concert “Teruaki Tokuda: Voice Works Exhibition” (co-organized by the Renaiss Classic Executive Committee).
2025: Premiere of Baroque Grid IV (Tokyo, Japan).
2025: Premiere of Baroque Grid II (Okayama, Japan).
2025: Appeared in and presented works at the “Concert of the Infinite Classroom without Walls in Hiroshima.”
2025: Music supervision for the TV commercial “Shiso Hijiki Furikake by Kaorime Honpo” (broadcast throughout the San’in region).
2025: Premiere of Land of Kazekusa (Okayama, Japan).
2024: Participated in the Composition Seminar at the Takefu International Music Festival (scholarship recipient).
2024: Held the “Teruaki Tokuda × Moeto Fujiwara Duo Concert.”
2023: Orchestral arrangement of the Kurashiki Municipal Funao Elementary School Song (performed at the 150th anniversary ceremony).
2023: Music supervision for the TV commercial “Shimane Full of Smiles” (broadcast throughout the San’in region).
2023: Premiere of Takeami (Strasbourg, France).
2022: Held the solo exhibition “Okayama Composers’ Works Exhibition – Focusing on the Works of Teruaki Tokuda” (co-hosted as part of the 60th Okayama City Arts Festival).
2022: Appeared on FM radio program “Radio MOMO – The Renaissance Classic: Dreams to the World.”
2022: Participated in the Composition Seminar at the Takefu International Music Festival (scholarship recipient).
2022: Participated in the opening performance session “The Creative Body” at CRE・Lab. FORUM 2022 (Kuri-Lab Forum 2022).
2021: Presented a work at “Kuniyoshi Festival 2021 Online Studies” (Kuniyoshi Yasuo Memorial Program for Art Education and Regional Revitalization).
2021: Music supervision for the TV commercial “Your Hometown Shimane” (broadcast throughout the San’in region).
2020: Orchestral work Sugashiki Kaze, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Shimane University.Awards
2026: Fukutake Education and Culture Award
2026: Runner-up Grand Prix, 27th Okayama Arts and Culture Awards
2026: 23rd Marusen Culture Award2025: Excellent Student Scholarship, Hiroshima University
2025: Finalist, The Sound Ensemble Composition Competition (20 works selected from 147 entries)
2024: Gold Prize, Global Young Musicians Competition
2023: Runner-up Grand Prize, Okayama Arts and Culture Awards
2022: Selected, Gendai Ongaku Composition Newcomer Award, organized by Japan Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music
2022: Third Prize (with no First Prize awarded), International Art Federation Composition Competition
2021: Jury Prize, Solo Division, TIAA All Japan Composers Competition
Education
2024–Present: Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Program in Teacher Education Design (Music Culture Education)
2023: Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Education, Okayama University
Professional Degree Program in Teacher Education
2021: B.A., Faculty of Education, Shimane University
Professional Experience
2023–2024: Music Teacher, Okayama Prefectural Senior High School
2024–2026: Part-time Lecturer, Department of Music, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
2026–Present: Part-time Lecturer, Music Education Program, Faculty of Education, Shimane University
Audios
Baroque Grid II (2025)
A work exploring various deviations from a clearly defined unison.
Woven Bamboo(2023)
A work that recreates through music the sense of airflow found in traditional Japanese houses.
Re - Design 1 (2026)
A work that invites us to reconsider how we perceive familiar things and experiences, encouraging us to view them from multiple perspectives.
Works
If you would like to view the sheet music, please use the inquiry column below.
Solo / Duo
◉Re - Design 1
Flute / 5 minutes / 2026
◉Whites
Violin / 9 minutes / 2026
Clarinet Cello / 9 minutes
◉Baroque Grid V
Soprano 2 / 9.0 minutes / 2026
◉Baroque Grid III
Flute, Clarinet/ 7 minutes/ 2025
◉Baroque Grid I
Viola, Piano / 8.5 minutes / 2024
Clarinet, Guitar / 7 minutes / 2023
◉ Circha
Flute / 10 minutes / 2021
and others...
Ensemble
◉ Relocated Trees
Soprano, Flute, Viola, Koto / 11.5 min. / 2026
◉ Baroque Grid IV
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano / 9.5 min. / 2025
◉ Warp Vision!
Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion / 5 min. / 2025
◉ Baroque Grid II
Clarinet, Cello, Piano / 5.5 min. / 2025
◉ Baroque Grid IIa
Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano / 6.5 min. / 2025
◉ Voices Beyond the Wall
Shakuhachi, 13-string Koto, 17-string Koto, Cello, Piano / 6 min. / 2024
◉ Woven Grain
Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Percussion / 17 min. / 2023
◉ Knock
Clarinet, Violin, Cello / 10.5 min. / 2022
◉ Roots by A. Corelli
Violin, Viola, Cello / 14 min. / 2022
and others...
Vocal Music (Solo Voice / Choral)
◉ Cloud Rhizome
Mixed Choir (SATB), Piano / 8 min. / 2026
◉ Words Are Born, We Wish
Soprano, Piano / 5 min. / 2026
◉ A Dwarf Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Soprano, Mixed Choir (SATB), Piano / 5 min. / 2026
◉ Two Mixed Choral Works on Poems by Michizo Tachihara
Mixed Choir (3 parts), Piano / 10 min. / 2022
◉ Edge - Arc II
Soprano, Piano / 5 min. / 2018
and others...
Orchestra
◉ Sugashiki Kaze
Orchestra/ 3 min./ 2021
Other Works / Arrangements
◉ Mille Regretz (after Josquin des Prez)
Soprano, Tenor, Flute, Euphonium / 2 min. / 2025
◉ Shiso Hijiki Furikake by Kaorime Honpo
Vocal, DTM / 5 sec. / 2025 / Sound logo for a television commercial
◉ Treasure (after Mariko Hamada)
Women’s Choir (3 parts, opt. male voices), Piano / 5 min. / 2025
◉ School Song of Okayama Prefectural Soja High School
Flexible Octet / 2 min. / 2023
◉ Flute Concerto in D-dur (after Josef Mysliveček)
Flute, Piano / 15 min. / 2023
◉ Usumurasaki no Yamanami (after Yuji Koseki)
Soprano, Violin, Piano / 30 sec. / 2022 / Music for a television commercial
◉ Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2 (after Johannes Brahms)
Orchestra / 5 min. / 2019
and others...
Contact
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