Chang Su Koh
Biography
Chang Su Koh (b. 1970, Osaka, Japan) graduated from the Osaka College of Music with a degree in composition and entered the Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel. He studied composition with Kunihiko Tanaka and Rudolf Kelterborn, and conducting with Jost Meier.
He has been awarded the Asahi Composition prize, the Master Yves Leleu prize from the 1st Comines-Warneton International Composition Contest, second prize from the Suita Music Contest Composition Section, and honorable mentions from the Nagoya City Cultural Promotion Contest and the Zoltán Kodaly Memorial International Composers Competition.
Presently, Koh teaches at Osaka College of Music and ESA Conservatory of Music and Wind Repair Academy, and is a member of the Kansai Modern Music Association.
Works for Winds
- Afferoce (2014)
- Arirang and Akatonbo (as arranger) (2003)
- As the Sun Rises (2003-2004)
- Carnival Day (1999)
- Cherry Blossom Brilliance (2017)
- Chirche for Wind Orchestra (2019)
- Concerto for Wind Orchestra (2016)
- Dichterliebe (as arranger) (1840/2015)
- Dithyrambos (2006)
- Divertimento Based on Chatsumi (2005/2006)
- Eleutheria (2020)
- Fantajia (2016)
- Humoresque (2010)
- Il Calore di Tre Risaie (2022)
- Korean Dances (2004)
- Lament for Wind Orchestra (2002)
- Mindscape for Wind Orchestra (2015)
- Ode to R.S. (2012)
- Pansori'c Rhapsody (2008)
- Second Movement from "Streichquartett nr. 2" (as arranger) (1915-1917/2006)
- Vanitas for Wind Orchestra (2011)
- Viva! Osakan. See: Vive as an Oak
- Vive as an Oak (2019)
Resources
- Carmichael, John C. "Mindscape." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 944-951. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
- "Chang Su Koh." Bravo Music. Accessed 15 September 2023
- George, Matthew. "Concerto for Wind Ensemble." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 925-934. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
- George, Matthew. "Humoresque." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 979-985. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 375.
- Kohlenberg, Kenneth. "Vanitas for Wind Orchestra." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 839-850. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.
- Lo, Albert. "Ode to R.S." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 788-793. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
- Thompson, Ken. "Afferoce for Wind Orchestra." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 11, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 861-866. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2018.