Father

Father
Composed by Kazuya Adachi

This piece was composed for my father, who passed away at the age of 77.
It is performed by my friends at the College of Music, Mahidol University.

(Conductor)
Chaiwat Anunt-areechote, Pon

(1st Violin)
Vennezia E
Aung Myo Khine, PanKar
Thitiwut Thongtawat, Fawn
Uracha Hutasingh, Anda

(2nd Violin)
Siriwan Chieochanaksorn, Huahua
Phornpicha Theeraworrawong, Praw
Yostirta Luhur Isaji, Yos

(Viola)
Weihen Hua, Harvey
Penpicha K, YeeYee

(Cello)
Yuchen Wang, Chase
Ahmad Raziq Qayyum, Raziq

(Contrabass)
Cheng Gong
Rutawat Sintutepparat, Toon

Recorded on 8 December, 2025
At College of Music, Mahidol University

父が77歳でこの世を去ってから16年。
戦前に生まれた父は、幼くして両親を亡くし、妹と共に戦争の時代を生き抜きました。ようやく工業高校を卒業し、地元企業に就職しますが、ほどなく最愛の妹も失ってしまいます。

その妹の縁で母と出会い結婚。子供もでき家族を持ちました。念願のマイホームを建て、僕のためにピアノを買ってくれ、ほとんど無一文のところから懸命に働いて温かな家庭を築いたのです。家族でドライブ行ったり、キャッチボールや将棋をしたり楽しい想い出がたくさんあります。幸い子宝にも恵まれ、沢山の孫に囲まれて毎年のお正月はとても賑やかでした。

65歳を過ぎた頃、父は脊髄小脳変性症という不治の難病を患います。晩年の１０年間は徐々に身体能力が失われていくこの病気と向きあい、苦しい日々が続きました。僕の弟が交通事故で亡くなったのもこの頃です。言葉を発することもできず、ただ涙を流すだけだった父。それでも母が最期まで懸命に介護し、海の見える病院で波の音を聞きながら、父は静かに天国へと旅立ちました。

重厚で風格がありながら、とても優しく家族思いだった父。その生涯を音楽にしようと決めたのが一年前のことです。一年間、ずっと父のことを考え続けてきました。曲の中では、壮絶な運命を象徴する主題と、優しい父の主題とが交錯します。

タイの音楽大学の友人たちが、心を込めて演奏してくれました。本当にありがとう！

It has been 16 years since my father passed away at the age of 77.
My father was born before the war. He lost his parents at a young age, and lived through the difficult years of war together with his little sister. He finally graduated from a technical high school and found a job at a local company. Sadly, he soon after lost his beloved sister as well.

While his sister was still alive, he met my mother. They got married and had two children. He had a family of his own. He built the home he had always dreamed of, bought a piano for me, and worked tirelessly from almost nothing to create a truly happy household. As his children grew up and got married, the family was blessed with many grandchildren. Every New Year, our big family gathered together.

After the age of 65, my father suffered from an incurable disease called spinocerebellar degeneration. For the last ten years of his life, he had to live with this illness as his physical abilities gradually faded. Around that time, my younger brother also died in a traffic accident. As my father could no longer speak, all he could do was to cry silently with tears. My mother devoted herself to caring for him until the very end. Listening to the sound of the waves at a hospital by the sea, he peacefully passed on to heaven.

One year ago, I decided to turn the life of my strong and dignified, yet very gentle and family-loving father into music. For a whole year, I kept thinking about him. In the piece, a majestic theme of fate intertwines with a gentle theme that represents my father.

My friends at a music university in Thailand performed this piece beautifully, with deep sincerity.
Thank you so much!