Kyochikuto Flower

A few years ago, I received a commission from a local pianist to write a piano suite, titled “Hiroshima-Nagasaki”. Kyochikuto flower (oleander flower) is known as the first vegetation that was bloomed only one year after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. It gave the people of Hiroshima hope. This piece was finished first and presented at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Event this summer, while the other ones are still long way to go. 

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