Somei Satoh
| Somei Satoh | |
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| Born |
January 19, 1947 |
| Other names | 佐藤 聰明 |
| Occupation | composer |
Somei Satoh (佐藤 聰明 Satō Sōmei); (born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, January 19, 1947) is a Japanese composer of contemporary traditional music (gendai hōgaku). His compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.[1]
He studied at Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s[2] and is primarily self-taught in composition.
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers.
He currently lives in Tokyo.
References
- ↑ Lebrecht, Norman (1996). The Companion to 20th-century Music. Da Capo Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780306807343.
- ↑ "Somei Satoh Profile". Mode Records. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
External links
- Somei Satoh (Zen-On Contemporary Composers)
- Somei Satoh page from Lovely Music, Ltd. site
- Recitative recorded by Guy Klucevsek
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