Ryo Noda

• Name — Ryō Noda • Native Name — 野田燎 • Born — 1948 • Birthplace — Amagasaki, Kansai, Hyōgo, Japan • Occupation — * Composer • musician • Instrument — Saxophone • Awards — *SACEM Composition Prize (1973) • Osaka Prefecture Gold Award (1986) • Grand Prix of the Yamaha Electone Festival (1989)

Noda was born in 1948 in Amagasaki, Japan. He graduated from the Osaka College of Music as a saxophonist, then pursued advanced music studies at Northwestern University under Frederick Hemke and at the Bordeaux Conservatory under Jean-Marie Londeix. He is a composer of Japanese saxophone music, and his repertoire also includes Western music of the baroque, classical, and romantic periods. He was twice awarded the Osaka City Art Festival Prize, and in 1986, he won the Osaka Prefecture Gold Award. He received the Grand Prix of the Yamaha Electone Festival in 1989 and the SACEM Composition Prize in 1973.

Noda's saxophone compositions include: • Gen – Concerto for Alto Saxophone • Improvisation I, II, and III – based on shakuhachi playing • La Nuit de Dinant • Mai – Paris 1975, for solo saxophone • Murasaki No Fuchi – for saxophone duet (A–A or S–T) • Phoenix • Requiem (Shin Én) – for solo saxophone

Ryo Noda is recorded with the occupation saxophonist. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded as composer and saxophonist.