Standing and Sight Rhythmics typify this style, which at the end of the 1970s Kondo began to enrich by adding vertical elements. Among his many commissions are those from Music Today, Tokyo (1970, 1976), and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1984). Between 1980 and 1990 he directed Musica Practica Ensemble, a chamber orchestra devoted to contemporary music. He became an associate editor of Contemporary Music Review in 1989." Susumu Shono in Grove Music Online.