Keiko Fujiie is a Japanese composer born in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. She is the daughter of a professor of mathematics in the University of Kyoto and completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 National University of Fine Arts and Music. Fujiie won the Otaka Prize

Otaka prize

The Otaka prize is a composition prize awarded annually to a Japanese composer for an outstanding orchestral work. It is awarded by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and is considered prestigious.-External links:**...

 in 1995 and in 2000 for best symphonic piece of the year. She married classical guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita

Kazuhito Yamashita

is a Japanese classical guitarist. His technique and expression are considered somewhat controversial.-Musical career:Yamashita began to study the guitar at the age of eight with his father, Toru Yamashita. In 1972, aged eleven, he won the Kyushu Guitar Competition. Four years later, he was awarded...

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Works

Fujiie is best known for guitar compositions, many of them for Japanese guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita. Selected works include:

• Bodrum Sea (Bodorumu no Umi)
• To Far-off Land (Kanata e)
• Now the Horizon Comes Into View (Shoshite Suiheisen)
• The Night (Jyakuya)
• Dialogue With The Night (Yoru to no Katarai)
• La Casa (le)
• Piececitos (Kanashimi)
• Sweet Tenderness (Amai Yasashisa)
• 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
• An Annamese Bowl With Leisurely Goldfish
• A Sad Melody At Twilight
• Daughter Of The Mountain
• Children Chasing Birds
• New Year's Eve In A Far-Off Land
• Lullaby Of The Waves

Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• La Casa (works for solo guitar) Audio CD (December 1, 1997) Solea Group/Sugo Music courtesy of Yamashita Kazuhito Jimusho Co., Ltd., ASIN: B002NILJZC
• Little Girls' Beautiful Lives SOLEA Group