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TOYA/GEN Vol. 1 "Appassionato" Vol. 2 "Moment"

Atsushi TOYA Tokuya

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Composer Atsushi Toya Tokuya and Artistic director/choreographer Gen Horiuchis super corroboration. This album shows Toyas musical world fabricated for St. Louis Ballet, and their fantastical artisticness. 


Vol. 1 Appassionato (2021)
     Act 1: Tranquility (4'54")
     Act 2 Nostalgia (7'24")
     Act 3: Rhythmic (7'49")

This ballet suite contains the essence of jazz, pop, and of course, classical music.

The first act is a fresh number that depicts the encounter between two young people in a small club in the big city at night, accompanied by fugue-style jazz.

The second act illustrates a daughter who has lost her father. Between grief and the never dying attachment to her father, she starts seeing visions of him and is filled with great joy. However, everything comes to the end. The illusion quickly disappears and she returns to the reality of sadness. This is a ballad for the recorder and piano with the orchestra.

In the third act, the power of life is intertwined with percussive orchestration and Gen Horiuchi's outstanding choreography. The second half concludes with a grand and vivid piano concerto set to a house beat.

All Music is composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Atsushi Toya Tokuya



Vol. 2 Moment (2023)
     Act 1: When Happiness Blooms (6'53")
     Act 2: When Darkness Erases Life (5'44")
     Act 3: When Love Wins (11'04")

This ballet suite is a classically based concerto centered around harp, violin, and viola.

The motif of this work is "death,'' but even if you witness "death,'' you cannot experience it yourself. In reality, the truth is that we have to live with the thought that "death" will inevitably come at the end. "Moment'' is a desire to continue living in the "now'' with sincerity.

The first act is a violin concerto with an exciting rhythm. The oboe solo in the middle of the song reflects a sense of playfulness with a jazz-like melody. The dancers, the spirits of happiness, dressed in colorful costumes, seem to bloom with the music and the happiness of life.

In the second act, two people in love are torn apart by the arrival of an evil spirit. A young man dies as his lovers watch on. The melancholy melody played by the viola is beautifully fused with the orchestra.

In the third act, the ritual of the evil spirit and the battle with the lovers begin. In the development part, the concerto begins with a combination of violin, viola, and harp, and then a piano is added to a crazy violin solo, pushing the lovers into a predicament. However, the spirit of the flower of happiness comes and chases away the evil spirits. A blessing of joy. And yet the one girl remains in grief, having lost her lover...

All Music is composed, recorded, and mixed by Atsushi Toya Tokuya. Mastered by Ryoji Hata

Artist Profile

  • Atsushi TOYA Tokuya

    Atsushi TOYA Tokuya Composer, Arranger, Producer, Director, Pianist/Keyboadist Born in Tokyo, Japan, TOYA became a professional musician at the young age of eleven. In 1991 after working on more than 100 CDs and many concert tours with famous artists in Japan Toya decided to move to New York City. He has worked with world-renowned singers including Ben E. King (Stand By Me), Dionne Warwick, Maxine Brown (R&B Hall of Fame), Chuck Jackson, Dee Dee Sharp (R&R Hall of Fame), and many more as a Musical Director and, or a keyboardist. Toya has also produced albums, concerts, television commercials, films and music for theater. In July 2001 he directed the music for the opening ceremony of Former President Bill Clinton's new office in Harlem, New York. In addition, since 2001, TOYA has been producing an American Divas vocal group called Wild Women featuring Maxine Brown. In the Spring of 2006 and 2008 he took the group on tour in Japan to perform in 14 cities. In 2009 he created a new song and dance show called Virtuosity along with Vivian Reed (two time Tony Award Nominee) as the musical director/conductor composer arranger and pianist Virtuosity opened and ran for six weeks in Toronto and two weeks in Minneapolis. After working with Ben E. King for 14 years as his arranger Toya produced Ben E. King's last album Dear Japan - Ue Wo Muite Arukou in 2011 for the people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku Japan. Ben E. King received a commendation from the Japan Tourism Agency for his ongoing support surrounding the tragedy. Toya and Ben E. King also performed six shows in Tokyo and Osaka (all sold out) in November of 2011. In August of 2012, they again embarked on a music tour in Japan playing in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka for over 5000 people, with every performance receiving a standing ovation. In 2021 and 2023 TOYA composed and recorded original ballet suites for the Saint Louis Ballet. He is currently working on Gravity Of Love The Musical created and composed by TOYA himself. He also composed and recorded the music for the film The Last Passenger which won the Best Music award at the 12th Global Nonviolent Film Festival and the 5th Los Angeles Asian Film Festival Golden Diamond Awards in 2023.

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