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Jo Kondo

こんどう じょう

Kondo Jo

ペンネーム: Jo Kondo（Used for international performances and publications）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-10-28 （Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English

経歴

職業
composer, music critic, translator, educator
活動期間
1969年〜
所属
Tokyo University of the Arts, Ochanomizu University, Showa University of Music, Ensemble Musica Practica, Ensemble Nomad
所属団体
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary Member)
影響を受けた人物
Yoshio Hasegawa, Hiroaki Minami, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul Zukofsky
影響を与えた人物
Motoharu Kawashima, Peter Gahn

学歴

Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Music / Composition
期間: 1968-1972
卒業年: 1972
国: Japan
Received a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship (1977–1978) and has held other international residencies and visiting positions.

受賞歴

4th Japan–Germany Contemporary Music Composition Competition
1969
主催: Japan–Germany Contemporary Music Composition Competition
結果: 第3位
Ongaku no Tomo 30th Anniversary Composition Prize
1971
主催: Ongaku no Tomo Sha (publisher)
結果: 佳作
Music Today 10th Anniversary International Composition Prize
1982
主催: Music Today
結果: ファイナリスト
Otaka Prize
1991
主催: Otaka Prize
結果: 受賞
ISCM World Music Days — Selected
1995
主催: International Society for Contemporary Music
結果: 入選
ISCM World Music Days — Selected
2001
主催: International Society for Contemporary Music
結果: 入選（国際審査員として参加）
ISCM World Music Days — Selected
2002
主催: International Society for Contemporary Music
結果: 入選
Nakajima Kenzō Music Prize
2005
主催: Nakajima Kenzō Music Prize
結果: 受賞
American Academy of Arts and Letters — Foreign Honorary Lifetime Member
2012
主催: American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果: 名誉会員
Arts Council of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
2018
主催: Arts Award (MEXT)
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award (74th) — Special Prize
2020
対象作品: Monogatari: A History of Western Music
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 特別賞
Suntory Music Award
2024
主催: Suntory Music Award
結果: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
2024
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 選出

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hagoromo

Chamber opera

A chamber opera inspired by the Noh tale; combines Kondo's linear and contrapuntal approach with vocal and theatrical elements.

tradition and modernityvoice and silencelinear structure
映像化・舞台化
  • [Recording] Jo Kondo: Hagoromo (CP2 Recordings)

Mulberry

Orchestral

An orchestral piece contrasting layers of sonority with intricate contrapuntal progressions.

sonoritycounterpointtime
映像化・舞台化
  • [Recording] Jo Kondo: Mulberry (CP2 Recordings) / Paul Zukofsky

In the Woods

Orchestral

An orchestral work based on natural imagery; emphasizes subtle relationships between sounds.

naturesilencerelationships of sound
映像化・舞台化
  • [Recording] Jo Kondo: Mulberry, In the Woods and In Summer (CP2 Recordings) / Paul Zukofsky

Surface, Depth and Colour

Large ensemble

A large-ensemble piece exploring the surface and inner depth of sound, as suggested by its title.

surfacedepthtimbre

Sen no ongaku (The Music of Lines)

1979年 Book (music theory/essays)

Published in 1979, this book outlines Kondo's aesthetics and compositional methods; the text (and its eponymous record) was widely discussed.

composition theorymethodologyminimalism and counterpoint

Yokohama

1991年 Chamber music

A chamber-music work featuring urban imagery and delicate placement of sounds.

urbanitysilencecounterpoint
映像化・舞台化
  • [Recording] Jo Kondo: Yokohama (ALM Records, 1991) (1991)

全著作

  • Sen no ongaku (The Music of Lines) (1979)
  • Seeds of Music (1983)
  • Thinking with the Ear: The Semantic Field of Contemporary Music (1985)
  • The Enigma Called 'Music' (2004)
  • Throwing Sound: The Scope of Compositional Thought (2006)
  • The Listening Person (homo audiens): On the Interpretation of Music (2013)
  • Monogatari: A History of Western Music (2019)

翻案

  • Jo Kondo Selected Works 'Nin冬' — Contemporary Japanese Composers Series 7 (Fontec, CD)
  • Jo Kondo: Mulberry, In the Woods and In Summer (CP2 Recordings, CD)
  • Jo Kondo: Surface, Depth and Colour (ALM Records, CD)
  • Jo Kondo: Sen no ongaku (ALM Records, CD reissue 2014)

作家による翻訳

  • John Cage, 'The World of John Cage' (translation, 1980) — published in Japan as 『音楽の零度』
  • D. Hughes, 'History of European Music' (co-translation, 1986)

作風・主題

文体
line-based compositional methodcoexistence of minimalist elements and refined counterpointstatic and delicate sonic architecture
頻出モチーフ
lines (lineal progression)the procedure of waiting for the 'second note'silence (ma)seasonal and natural imagery

評価・遺産

Jo Kondo is one of Japan's leading contemporary composers; his works have been performed and recorded internationally. As an educator he trained many younger composers, and through translations and criticism he made significant contributions to contemporary music discourse in Japan. He has received numerous awards and was honored in 2024 with the Suntory Music Award and designation as a Person of Cultural Merit.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Letters (honorary)

資料所蔵先

  • York University Music Press (holds comprehensive list of Kondo's works)
  • Blue Sheet (artist agency, manages catalogue of works)

引用

  • When placing the second note, why do you think that note is good or appropriate?
    出典: Sen no ongaku (The Music of Lines) (1979年)
  • It ends when one thinks 'this is the end.' There is not necessarily any significant meaning in that.
    出典: Lecture / Program notes (2006年)

豆知識

  • Over 160 works have been published.
  • Has translated works by John Cage and others into Japanese.
  • Longtime commentator for NHK-FM programs on international contemporary music.
  • Selected as a foreign honorary lifetime member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2012.
  • Received the Suntory Music Award in 2024 and was named a Person of Cultural Merit.