Somei Satoh
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Somei Satoh 佐藤 聰明 | |
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| Born | January 19, 1947 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
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Somei Satoh (佐藤 聰明, Satō Sōmei, born January 19, 1947 in Sendai, Japan) is a Japanese composer of contemporary music. His compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.[1]
His musical career began with an experimental, mix media group called "Tone Field" in Tokyo. He studied at Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s[2] and is primarily self-taught in composition. In 1972 and 1981, Satoh produced two other experimental projects. The latter involved placing eight speakers approximately one kilometer apart on nearby mountain tops overlooking a huge valley. In 1985, he collaborated with theater designer Manuel Luetgenhorst to stage his music at The Arts at St. Ann's in Brooklyn, New York.[3]
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers.[citation needed]
He currently[when?] lives in Tokyo.[citation needed]
Compositions[edit]
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Awards[edit]
- Japan Arts Festival, 1980
- Asian Cultural Council, 1983
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Somei Satoh".
External links[edit]
- Somei Satoh (Zen-On Contemporary Composers)
- Somei Satoh page from Lovely Music, Ltd. site
- Recitative recorded by Guy Klucevsek
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