INTERNATIONAL IMPROVISED MUSIC ARCHIVE - MAKOTO NOMURA (Japan, b.1968)

Makoto Numura was born 1968 in Japan. He is an autodidact composer, has held several university music teaching positions in Asia and makes now his living from freelance composition activity. He composes for a broad range of musicians: chamber music, symphony orchestra, children, amateur people and often employs elements of improvisation and innovative notations.

Glimpses from Makoto Nomura's Compositional Methods (Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen, 2005) (English).
Glimpses from Makoto Nomura's Compositional Methods (Carl Bergstroem-Nielsen, 2005, transl. by Makoto Nomura) (Japanese).