Maki Ishii – Texts
"The Book"
"Sounds of West – Sounds of East: Maki Ishii's Music"
Texts by Maki Ishii
Column "Nishi • Higashi" (Mainichi Newspaper, 2002)
- Acrobatic Ballet [アクロバティック・バレエ] (Jan 4, 2002)
- The division of labour between composer and conductor [作曲家と指揮者の分業] (Feb. 1, 2002)
- The secret of creation [クリエーションの秘密] (March 1, 2002)
- Island-nation and continent [島国と大陸] (March 29, 2002)
- The 88. birthday of professor Akira Ifukube [米寿を迎える伊福部昭先生] (April 26, 2002)
- The real pleasure of "live" [ライブ（生）演奏の醍醐味] (May 26, 2002)
- Regarding Mr. Yun [尹（ユン）さんのこと] (June 21, 2002)
- Encounter [遭遇] (July 19, 2002)
Lectures and Talks
- "About the Situation of Japanese Contemporary Music" (June 1980, Hong Kong)
- "Nature, Sound and Time in my Musical Universe" (May 1988, Berlin; Feb. 1989, San Francisco)
- "Maki Ishii: About my Music" (Sep. 1990, Los Angeles; Sep. 1992, Sydney)
- "Schöpfung aus zwei Musikwelten" (March 1993, Berlin; March 1993, Cologne)
Texts about Maki Ishii
(coming soon)