"XXII La Isla", a poem of Easter Island, by Pablo Neruda. The poem is from Pablo Neruda's "The Separate Rose", translated by William O'Daly. 
Permission has been granted by the Pablo Neruda Foundation. 2009
Composer: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.
Performed with the composer's voice.
Dedicated to Kikumi.
I am honored and excited that the video for this song has been posted on the Apech channel:
https://youtu.be/rKmS6qIbfhM

"XXII La Isla" (poem by Pablo Neruda)

I am so excited about collaborating with Enso. Enso has the voice of an angel and is immensely talented. She has taken this song to new heights of which I could only dream. Thank you, Enso!
"Puedo Escribir" a poem by Pablo Neruda
The poem is from 'Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair', translated by W.S Merwin. The Foundation of Pablo Neruda has granted permission. 2009
Voice: Enso NSO https://soundcloud.com/enso-nso
Piano: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Poem: Puedo Escribir by Pablo Neruda
Music by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
I made a video: YouTube video: https://youtu.be/BRTRGCNCR7I
This composition is on Pandora's radio.

Poema XX "Puedo Escribir" (Poem by Pablo Neruda)

Vincent is a piece that was inspired by my admiration for Vincent van Gogh.  
Imagine him walking in Arles. 
Composer: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Video made by: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Music directly from my Finale software!!
@2021Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved
I made a video for YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fvI6JI5JqNQ

Vincent

🇺🇦
The music comes directly from my Finale software!!.
 ©2022PamelaIllanes-Tatsuoka. All Rights Reserved
This composition is on Pandora's radio!

New Hope (for overcoming)

It is a huge honor to work again with Enso NSO. Her voice and talent are beyond words to describe, and she is a joy to collaborate. Once again she put a Pablo Neruda piece on a beautiful level.
"XXII La Isla", a poem of Easter Island, by Pablo Neruda. The poem is from Pablo Neruda's "The Separate Rose", translated by William O'Daly. The Foundation of Pablo Neruda has granted permission.2009
Voice: Enso NSO https://soundcloud.com/enso-nso
Piano: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Composer: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.
This composition is on Pandora's radio!

Poema XXII "La Isla" (Poem by Pablo Neruda)

One day I lay under a maple tree and I started to dream!!
I am so grateful to Till Indy for this beautiful cover and collaboration.
Music Directly from Finale software!!
All rights reserved ©2023Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka. All Rights Reserved.
Video by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka https://youtu.be/vUKqGQpK3i0

"Dreaming Under The Maple Tree" Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka and Till Indy

I have the honor of collaborating with an amazing pianist and composer .:https://soundcloud.com/man-drax-222645532
Performed by Pablo Cigar
Composed by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2023 Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.
Sonata No2 is on Pandora Radio and Spotify:
https://pandora.app.link/B7KDEmQgTFb
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/635nwjKss2eRCLofGSPCYs?si=b2c81fc12ac8477b

Sonata No. 2 by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka (collab Pablo Cigar)

©2023 Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka. All Rights Reserved.
The music comes directly from my Finale software!!
Here is the video:
https://youtu.be/xBn35mrJ3Lc?si=eEGaM_CWECzrQoiP

A Peace of Love

I am honored that Maestro Rafael Serrano has arranged my composition
'A Peace of Love"
"Dedicated to Chris and Caroline".
Rafael Serrano: https://soundcloud.com/virtualoperahouse
Video by Pamela Illaes- Tatsuoka
©2023 Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka. All Rights Reserved.
Here is the video!
https://youtu.be/71726QGxwKk?si=EmX3pUENQd7Yg5Gj
This composition is on Pandora's radio. and Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ynv0wVHEpONieZfOYbJDe?si=vlrUFyjxTuG5vf5wzbBV5w
https://pandora.app.link/qMszjjvMhFb

I composed this piece while listening to the rain. It was a beautiful afternoon. Piano performed by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka. You can find 'Rainy Days (Life)' on Pandora's Radio and Spotify.
https://pandora.app.link/oU2v7ytlFFb
https://open.spotify.com/album/6VUYKGUhpl56dPcKNIi82h?si=cmn7Cb7RRLCdMD3sFVam9g
©2023Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka, All Rights Reserved

Rainy Days (Live)

I am so excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from the Pablo Neruda poem "Puedo Escribir" in the book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". Translated by W.S. Merwin. Permission has been granted by Fundación Pablo Neruda.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: https://youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube: https://youtu.be/bltSGuxAsOw?si=CO5oCldQ8b-LjNOO



Puedo Escribir (Letras de Pablo Neruda)

Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.

Escribir por ejemplo: “La noche está estrellada, 
y tiritan, azules, los astros, a lo lejos.”

Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Yo la quise, y a veces ella también me quiso.

Oir la noche inmensa, más inmensa sin ella.
Y el verso cae al alma como al pasto el rocío.

Eso es todo. A lo lejos alguien canta. A lo lejos.
Mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.

Tonight I Can Write (Lyrics by Pablo Neruda)

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, “The night is starry 
and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance.”

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her.
And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

This is all. In the distance, someone is singing. In the distance.
My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

Puedo Escribir

I am so excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from Pablo Neruda's poem "Inclinado En Las Tardes" in the book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". It was translated by W.S. Merwin. Fundación Pablo Neruda has granted permission.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube: https://youtu.be/106eyVHOjqg?si=eW_OHppXHZRlfqrt


Inclinado en las Tardes (Letras de Pablo Neruda)

inclinado en las tardes tiro mis tristes redes
a tus ojos oceánicos.

Allí se estira y arde en la más alta hoguera
mi soledad que da vueltas los brazos como un náufrago.

Hago rojas señales sobre tus ojos ausentes
que olean como el mar a la orilla de un faro.

Inclinado en las tardes echo mis tristes redes 
a ese mar que sacude tus ojos oceánicos.

Los pájaros nocturnos picotean las primeras estrellas 
que centellean como mi alma cuando te amo.


Leaning Into The Afternoons (Lyrics by Pablo Neruda)

Leaning into the afternoons, I cast my sad nets
towards your oceanic eyes.

There in the highest blaze, my solitude lengthens and 
flames,
Its arms turning like a drowning man's.

I send out red signals across your absent eyes
that moves like the sea near a lighthouse.

Leaning into the afternoons, I fling my sad nets
to that sea that beats on your marine eyes.

The birds of night peck at the first stars
that flash like my soul when I love you.

Poema VII Inclinado en Las tardes

I am excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from Pablo Neruda's Sonnet IV from the book "100 Love Sonnets" (Cien Sonetos de Amor), translated by Stephen Tapscott. The Fundación Pablo Neruda has granted permission.


Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube:https://youtu.be/JBfomnd3dA8?si=0QUUrFHo5EkBTb1_

Soneto IV  (Letras de Pablo Neruda)

Recordarás aquella quebrada caprichosa.                                                                                                  a donde los aromas palpitantes treparon,                                                                                                  de cuando en cuando un pájaro vestido                                                                                                   con agua y lentitud: traje de invierno.

Recordarás los dones de la tierra:                                                                                                     irascible fragancia, barro de oro.

Recordarás el ramo que trajiste,                                                                                                            ramo de sombra y agua con silencio,                                                                                                   ramo como una piedra con espuma.

Y aquella vez fue como nunca y siempre:                                                                                          vamos allí donde no espera nada                                                                                                                y hallamos todo lo que está esperando

Recordarás aquella quebrada caprichosa.                                                                                                   a donde los aromas palpitantes treparon,                                                                                                  de cuando en cuando un pájaro vestido                                                                                                   con agua y lentitud: traje de invierno.

Soneto IV (Lyrics by Pablo Neruda)

You will remember that leaping stream
 where sweet aromas rose and trembled,                                                                                                  and sometimes a bird, wearing water                                                                 and slowness, its winter feathers.

You will remember those gifts from the earth:                                                                               indelible scents, gold clay,

You’ll remember the bouquet you picked,                                                                                      shadows and silent water, a bouquet like a foam-covered stone.

That time was like never, and like always.                                                                                               So we go there, where nothing is waiting:                                                                                               we find everything waiting there.

You will remember that leaping stream where sweet aromas rose and trembled,                                                                                                  and sometimes a bird, wearing water and slowness, its winter feathers.

Soneto IV

I am so excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from the Pablo Neruda poem "Para Que Tú Me Oigas" in the book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". Translated by W.S. Merwin. Permission has been granted by the Fundación Pablo Neruda.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube: https://youtu.be/r4c6Fo1UvS8?si=opQNgKjXoVPf7HgX



Para Que Tú Me Oigas (Letras de Pablo Neruda)

Para que tú me oigas mis palabras
se adelgazan a veces
como las huellas de las gaviotas en las playas.
                                                                                                                                  Y las miro lejanas mis palabras.
Más que mías son tuyas.
Van trepando en mi viejo dolor como las yedras..                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            Ahora quiero que digan lo que quiero decirte                                                                                              para que tú me oigas cómo quiero que me oigas. 

Llanto de viejas bocas, sangre de viejas súplicas.                                                                              Ámame compañera. No me abandones. Sígueme.                                                                           Sígueme, compañera, en esa ola de angustia. 

Pero se van tiñendo con tu amor mis palabras.                                                                                       Todo lo ocupas tú, todo lo ocupas. 

So that you will hear Me (Lyrics by Pablo Neruda)                                                                                          

So that you will hear me
my words
Sometimes grow thin
As the tracks of the gulls on the beaches. 
And I watch my words from a long way off.                                                                                           They are more yours than mine.                                                                         They climb on my old suffering like ivy. 
Now I want them to say what I want to say to you to make you hear as I want you to hear me.

Lament of old mouths, blood of old supplications.                                                                                             Love me, companion. Don’t forsake me. Follow me.                                                                                      Follow me, companion, on this wave of anguish. 

But my words become stained with your love.                                                                                                     You occupy everything, you occupy everything.

Para Que Tú Me Oigas

I am excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from a Pablo Neruda poem about Easter Island, "XXII La Isla". This poem is from Pablo Neruda's "The Separate Rose", translated by William O'Daly. The Foundation of Pablo Neruda has granted permission.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Joajhp7RsAw?si=dxWFiwL7YHQmqBSb


XXII La Isla

Amor, amor, Oh separada mía
Por tantas veces mar como nieve y distancia,
Mínima y misteriosa
rodeada de eternidad, agradezco
no solo tu mirada de doncella,
tu  blancura escondida, rosa secreta, sino
el resplandor moral de tus estatuas
La paz abandonada que impusiste en mis manos 
El día detenido en tu garganta

XXII The Island

My Love, my love, O separate one,
for so long sea like snow and distance,
small and mysterious, surrounded by the infinitive,
I am thankful not only for your lovely innocence,
your hidden whiteness, secret rose, but also
for the moral radiance of your statues,
For the forsaken peace you imposed upon my hands:
The day caught inside your throat.

I am so excited about collaborating with soprano Maribel Villarroel and arranger and pianist René Calderón. The lyrics are from the Pablo Neruda poem "Para Mi Corazón" in the book "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair". Translated by W.S. Merwin. Permission has been granted by Fundación Pablo Neruda.

Canciones para Pablo Neruda" is a book of musical scores for songs based on lyrics by Pablo Neruda and artwork from some of Chile's greatest artists: 
www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218

This song was also performed live at "La Chascona", the former home and now museum of Pablo Neruda in Bella Vista, Santiago: youtu.be/vzz8tY0CYLk?si=ZfYIat6iL69p2FW4

YouTube: https://youtu.be/l4YpDsQEuYw?si=kULRUp_GJraLR_Iu


Para Mi Corazón

Para mi corazón basta tu pecho,
para tu libertad bastan mis alas.                                                                                 
Desde mi boca llegará hasta el cielo                                                                                   
lo que estaba dormido sobre tu alma.

He dicho que cantabas en el viento                                                                             
como los pinos y cómo los mástiles.                                                                           
Como ellos eres alta y taciturna.
Y entristeces de pronto, como un viaje.

Acogedora como un viejo camino.                                                                                   
Te pueblan ecos y voces nostálgicas.                                                                              
Yo desperté y a veces emigran y huyen                                                                   
pájaros que dormían en tu alma.

Your breast is enough for my heart,
and my wings for your freedom. 
What was sleeping above your soul will rise
out of my mouth to heaven.

I have said that you sang in the wind
like the pines and like the masts.
Like them, you are tall and taciturn,
And you are sad, all at once, like a voyage.

You gather things to you like an old road.
You are people with echoes and nostalgic voices.                                                          
I awoke, and at times, birds fled and migrated
that had been sleeping in your soul.

Para Mi Corazón (Poem by Pablo Neruda)

By and for Antonio

Lyrics: Antonio Skármeta
Tenor: Ricardo Tamura
Piano: Lucy Arner
Music: Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Entre Júpiter y Marte
(canción saludo para Pamela)

Una bandada de pájaros
me llevó a volar por el espacio, 
cerca de las estrellas, en la galaxia,
es donde mi corazón
se siente en casa.
Sin embargo, sigo vivo aquí abajo, 
con todos, comparto mis trabajos,
y nadie parece enterarse
que estoy arriba,
entre Júpiter y Marte...

Entre Jupiter Y Marte

Ode to Gabriela Mistral by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
Piano: Pamela Illanes - Tatsuoka
© 2025 Pamela Illanes - Tatsuoka. All Rights Reserved.
 https://youtu.be/xxb1P5xjeJQ?si=h1R6CAc6U1M0Yy6E

Ode to Gabriela Mistral (Live)

Blue in River
Poem and music by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Blue, so blue in river

Every night
I come
to see you

Blue, so blue in river

I can see your pensive water
the full moon
above you
and the shimmering of she

Blue, so blue in river
you take away
the sadness out of me

Blue, so blue in river

You take away
the sadness out of me

Blue, blue in river

https://youtu.be/HDMdAyeMSMc?si=k9p4fFq1M7EBB-eO

© 2025 Pamela Illanes - Tatsuoka, All Right Reserved

Blue in River (Live)

Vamos a Volar muy Alto                                                                                                                             
Lyrics by Antonio Skármeta
Tenor: Ricardo Tamura
Piano: Lucy Arner
Music by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Vamos a Volar muy Alto

Vamos a volar muy alto
 o vamos a caer abajo 
hoy vamos a ver
qué puede suceder
si das tu corazón sin pensarlo

Vamos a vivir la ventura
vamos a querer sin dudas
vamos a apostar
que vamos a ganar
aunque el corazón quede a oscuras

Hace mucho tiempo que yo pierdo el tiempo
 con mis tontas aprehensiones
tengo tanto miedo de ese sufrimiento
de otras tantas ocasiones

Hoy cambia mi suerte
el pasado olvido
acepto el desafío de quererte de quererte
Vamos a volar muy alto......

Vamos a Volar muy Alto

Mía
Lyrics by Antonio Skármeta
Tenor: Ricardo Tamura
Piano: Lucy Arner
Music by Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka



Mía
Cien por ciento la besé
 mía
me hice dueño de su piel
 sus labios ardieron en mis besos
 y yo no quería apagar
 ese incendio.

Mía

It is a great honor to introduce this special musical project set to the powerful and beautiful poetry of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This work was made possible with the kind permission of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation.
I want to give special thanks to the remarkable soprano Maribel Villarroél, whose stunning voice gave life and soul to each piece. Her deeply personal interpretation and awe-inspiring vocals brought authenticity and passion to this music. I am equally grateful to the brilliant pianist and arranger René Calderón, whose sensitivity and artistry are infused into each song. Their talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit have taken this project to levels I could only dream of as a composer.
Gabriela Mistral’s poems speak to the heart with timeless emotion, strength, and depth. Creating music for her words was both a challenge and a privilege, an emotional journey that led us to deep connections with her legacy and message.
The visual side of this release is also something I’m excited to share. The album cover was created by the outstanding Chilean artist Giovanni Gellona, whose artwork beautifully reflects the emotion and atmosphere of the music and Mistral’s poetry, and projects both her dignity and lovingness.
This album is not just a musical interpretation; it is a tribute to Chilean culture, poetry, and artistic collaboration. I hope listeners around the world can feel the love, effort, and respect behind every note.
I invite you to experience Gabriela Mistral’s poetry through this musical lens and share it with others who might be moved by it.
With gratitude,
Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2025Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved.�

PIECECITOS 
(Lyrics from Gabriela Mistral's poem "Piececitos")

Piececitos de niño,
azulosos de frío,
cómo os ven y no os cubren,                                                                               Dios mío!

El hombre ciego ignora  
que por dónde pasáis,                                                                                            una flor de luz viva                                                                                               dejáis;

Que allí donde ponéis                                                                                                   la plantita sangrante,                                                                                                  el nardo nace más 
fragante.

Piececitos de niño,                                                                                                   dos joyitas sufrientes,                                                                                          ¡cómo pasan sin veros,                                                                                          las gentes!

 https://youtu.be/rgPA8BJ8pXQ?si=iNifb8Ueml87woy4

Oda a Gabriela Mistral

Piececitos

It is a great honor to introduce this special musical project set to the powerful and beautiful poetry of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This work was made possible with the kind permission of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation.
I want to give special thanks to the remarkable soprano Maribel Villarroel, whose stunning voice gave life and soul to each piece. Her deeply personal interpretation and awe-inspiring vocals brought authenticity and passion to this music. I am equally grateful to the brilliant pianist and arranger René Calderón, whose sensitivity and artistry are infused into every note. Their talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit have taken this project to levels I could only dream of as a composer.
Gabriela Mistral’s poems speak to the heart with timeless emotion, strength, and depth. Creating music for her words was both a challenge and a privilege, an emotional journey that led us to deep connections with her legacy and message.
The visual side of this release is also something I’m excited to share. The album cover was created by the outstanding Chilean artist Giovanni Gellona, whose artwork beautifully reflects the emotion and atmosphere of the music and Mistral’s poetry, and projects both her dignity and lovingness.
This album is not just a musical interpretation; it is a tribute to Chilean culture, poetry, and artistic collaboration. I hope listeners around the world can feel the love, effort, and respect behind every note.
I invite you to experience Gabriela Mistral’s poetry through this musical lens and share it with others who might be moved by it. 
With gratitude,
Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2025Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved.

Árbol Muerto
((Letra del poema 'Árbol Muerto" de Gabriela Mistral)

En el medio del llano,
un árbol seco su blasfemia alarga;
un árbol blanco,  roto
y mordido de llagas ,
en el que el viento, vuelto
mi desesperación, aúlla y pasa.

Los que amó, y que ceñían
a su torno en septiembre una guirnalda,
cayeron. Sus raíces
los buscan, torturadas,
tanteando por el césped
con una angustia humana…


Árbol Muerto

It is a great honor to introduce this special musical project set to the powerful and beautiful poetry of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This work was made possible with the kind permission of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation.
I want to give special thanks to the remarkable soprano Maribel Villarroel, whose stunning voice gave life and soul to each piece. Her deeply personal interpretation and awe-inspiring vocals brought authenticity and passion to this music. I am equally grateful to the brilliant pianist and arranger René Calderón, whose sensitivity and artistry are infused into every note. Their talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit have taken this project to levels I could only dream of as a composer.
Gabriela Mistral’s poems speak to the heart with timeless emotion, strength, and depth. Creating music for her words was both a challenge and a privilege, an emotional journey that led us to deep connections with her legacy and message.
The visual side of this release is also something I’m excited to share. The album cover was created by the outstanding Chilean artist Giovanni Gellona, whose artwork beautifully reflects the emotion and atmosphere of the music and Mistral’s poetry, and projects both her dignity and lovingness.
This album is not just a musical interpretation; it is a tribute to Chilean culture, poetry, and artistic collaboration. I hope listeners around the world can feel the love, effort, and respect behind every note.
I invite you to experience Gabriela Mistral’s poetry through this musical lens and share it with others who might be moved by it. 
With gratitude,
Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2025Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved.

Dame la Mano
Poema “Dame la Mano” de Gabriela Mistral

Dame la mano y danzaremos;
dame la mano y me amarás.
Como una sola flor seremos,
como una flor, y nada más…

El mismo verso cantaremos,
al mismo paso bailarás.
Como una espiga, ondularemos
y nada más.

Te llamas Rosa y yo Esperanza;
pero tu nombre olvidarás,
porque seremos una danza
en la colina, y nada más…


Dame la Mano

It is a great honor to introduce this special musical project set to the powerful and beautiful poetry of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This work was made possible with the kind permission of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation.
I want to give special thanks to the remarkable soprano Maribel Villarroel, whose stunning voice gave life and soul to each piece. Her deeply personal interpretation and awe-inspiring vocals brought authenticity and passion to this music. I am equally grateful to the brilliant pianist and arranger René Calderón, whose sensitivity and artistry are infused into every note. Their talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit have taken this project to levels I could only dream of as a composer.
Gabriela Mistral’s poems speak to the heart with timeless emotion, strength, and depth. Creating music for her words was both a challenge and a privilege, an emotional journey that led us to deep connections with her legacy and message.
The visual side of this release is also something I’m excited to share. The album cover was created by the outstanding Chilean artist Giovanni Gellona, whose artwork beautifully reflects the emotion and atmosphere of the music and Mistral’s poetry, and projects both her dignity and lovingness.
This album is not just a musical interpretation; it is a tribute to Chilean culture, poetry, and artistic collaboration. I hope listeners around the world can feel the love, effort, and respect behind every note.
I invite you to experience Gabriela Mistral’s poetry through this musical lens and share it with others who might be moved by it. 
With gratitude,
Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2025Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved.

La Medianoche
(Letra del poema “La Medianoche” de Gabriela Mistral)

Fina, la medianoche.
Oigo los nudos del rosal:
la savia empuja subiendo a la rosa.

Oigo
las rayas quemadas del tigre
Real: no le dejan dormir.

Oigo
la estrofa de uno
y le crece en la noche 
como la duna.

Y después nada oigo
sino que voy cayendo 
en los muros de Arlés
llenos de sol…

La Medianoche

It is a great honor to introduce this special musical project set to the powerful and beautiful poetry of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This work was made possible with the kind permission of the Gabriela Mistral Foundation.
I want to give special thanks to the remarkable soprano Maribel Villarroel, whose stunning voice gave life and soul to each piece. Her deeply personal interpretation and awe-inspiring vocals brought authenticity and passion to this music. I am equally grateful to the brilliant pianist and arranger René Calderón, whose sensitivity and artistry are infused into every note. Their talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit have taken this project to levels I could only dream of as a composer.
Gabriela Mistral’s poems speak to the heart with timeless emotion, strength, and depth. Creating music for her words was both a challenge and a privilege, an emotional journey that led us to deep connections with her legacy and message.
The visual side of this release is also something I’m excited to share. The album cover was created by the outstanding Chilean artist Giovanni Gellona, whose artwork beautifully reflects the emotion and atmosphere of the music and Mistral’s poetry, and projects both her dignity and lovingness.
This album is not just a musical interpretation; it is a tribute to Chilean culture, poetry, and artistic collaboration. I hope listeners around the world can feel the love, effort, and respect behind every note.
I invite you to experience Gabriela Mistral’s poetry through this musical lens and share it with others who might be moved by it. 
With gratitude,
Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka
©2025Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved.

CREDO
(Letra del poema “Credo” de Gabriela Mistral)

Creo en mi corazón, ramo de aromas
que mi Señor como una fronda agita,
perfumando de amor toda la vida
y haciéndola bendita.

Creo en mi corazón, que cuando canta
hunde en el Dios profundo el flanco herido,
para subir de la piscina viva
como recién nacido.

Credo

This piece was written in collaboration with Antonio Skarmeta, called Las Tres Marias. It was an honor that this piece was performed by amazing musicians .
Poem: Antonio Skarmeta
Ricardo Tamura (Tenor) 
Lucy Arner (Piano)
Music:Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka

Las Tres Marías

Cada vez que miro al cielo veo las tres Marías 
pequeñas y perfectas como alumnas en la fila

Una dos y tres
son también mis preguntas 
porque todo es tan bello
y porque existe la luna.

Porque soy tan pequeña
y tan inmensa la galaxia
que tres veces me respondan
 las Marías en la distancia.

Art by Amelia Jones.
@2013 Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka.All Rights Reserved

Las Tres Marias

Sheltering

This piece was inspired by the poem of Robert Frost,
                        The Last Word of a Bluebird
The music comes directly from my Finale software!!!
This composition is on Pandora radio and Spotify!
©2021Pamela Illanes-Tatsuoka, All Rights Reserved

Bluebird

Summer Memories

As a composer, I am fortunate to have collaborated with incredibly talented artists from SoundCloud. This includes my latest album with the truly extraordinary soprano Maribel Villarroel and the masterful arranger and pianist René Calderón for 'Canciones para Pablo Neruda.' These songs are based on the poems of the great Pablo Neruda, and permission has been granted by the Pablo Neruda Foundation. Please listen, Maribel is a tour de force and her and René's interpretation of Neruda and these songs is so heartfelt. I am so deeply moved and appreciative of their artistry.

Other albums are 'Entre Jupiter y Marte,' and 'Reflections.' The remarkable tenor Ricardo Tamura, accompanied by the accomplished pianist Lucy Arner, performed 'Entre Jupiter y Marte'. Ricardo and Lucy are both amazing. These songs were co-written with the acclaimed author Antonio Skarmeta, which is my most special and dear honor. 'Reflections' is a collection of my earlier works that were wonderfully interpreted by the gifted pianist Javier Gonzales.

Additionally, these albums are accompanied by musical scorebooks filled with beautiful art, created by great Chilean, American, and Japanese artists. These books, with the same titles as the albums, are available on Amazon.com.  'Canciones para Pablo Neruda" has been registered with the Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile.

Another special collaboration among many is with Paul-Maurice Roche, the incredible pianist and composer.  Thank you for taking a song to new levels of nuance and emotion.

I compose all the time, so there are many other songs here. Thank you for your support!

Pamela


Here is the Link: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9564163218/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27HRORXIDL3J8&keywords=canciones+para+pablo+neruda&qid=1696872208&sprefix=%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1

Two of my albums appear on Pandora Radio: "Entre Jupiter y Marte" and "Reflections". "Entre Jupiter y Marte" was performed by the incredible tenor Ricardo Tamura, and the accomplished pianist Lucy Arner. "Reflections" features the talented pianist Javier Gonzales.
Here are links:
https://www.pandora.com/profile/pamelatatsuoka
https://pandora.app.link/1WjFRUy9Zeb
I hope that you enjoy the music and thank you so much!!
Currently a member of  ASCAP
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Web-site:http://pamelatatsuoka.wixsite.com/composer

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