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Indian American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music, and brings communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. As written in the program notes made available on her website:…

Indian American composer Sophia J. Bass composed "Alaap in Raag Des" for solo bass. The work was commissioned by Bass Players for Black Composers (BPBC) - (04/2021 to (06/2021)​.

Israeli-born American composer Shulamit Ran composed "Perfect Storm" for viola in 2010. Notes on the publisher's website state: "Melia Watras, a foremost performing violist and professor of viola, has commissioned a good number of composers for new…

Japanese composer Akira Nishimura composed "Whirl Dance" for solo viola.

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura wrote "Poyopoyo" on commission from Nobuaki Fukukawa, to whom the composition is also dedicated. This one movement work was premiered in Nagoya, October 2012. A highly challenging work for unaccompanied horn. On his…

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura's "Samarasa" was composed in 2010 with a new version in 2014. As written on his website, Fujikura states: "'Samarasa' is a rough translation for 'mind at rest' in Sanskrit. I composed this piece for the violinist…

Japanese composer Ichiro Nodaira composer "Transformations III" on 5 Fragments of J.S. Bach for viola.

Japanese composer Karen Tanaka's "Enchanted Forest" was composed for horn and piano. The work is in three movements:

1. In the Woods
2. Whiispers in the Wind
3. Enchanged Forest

The work was commissed by and written for Nobuaki Fukukawa and…

Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa's "Kleine Blume" is a one movement work written in honour of the 50th birthday of Michael Haefliger. The composition was premiered by Stefan Dohr in Bilbaeo, Spain in May 2011.

Japanese composer, Hiroshi Hoshina's "Miko Dance" is a free-style concerto for solo horn and orchestra. The work was composed at the request of the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orhcestra Ensemble Harmonia.