From 29 November to 25 January, Toshio Hosokawa's opera Hanjo will be shown in Schwerin, staged by Judith Lebiez - the 20th new production of the work since its premiere in 2004.
Toshio Hosokawa's complete works for guitar have now been released as a CD on the BIS records label, recorded by Jacob Kellermann with soprano Ilse Eerens and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under Christian Karlsen.
In June, the fourth CD with orchestral works by Toshio Hosokawa was released on the Naxos label, including his trumpet concerto Im Nebel, which Jeroen Berwaerts recorded together with the Residentie Orkest under Jun Märkl.
Light and Darkness is the title of a new album of works for saxophone by Toshio Hosokawa released by the Kairos label.
For his music building bridges between cultures, Toshio Hosokawa has been awarded the Goethe Medal.
Toshio Hosokawa's opera Erdbeben. Träume leads on a journey that shows the human capacity for mass violence and both the ferocity and the grace of nature.
Toshio Hosokawa about his opera Stilles Meer and the 2011 Fukushima catastrophe.
