Hikari Kiyama
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
contemporary music composer
.
in 2006. He has since studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium
in The Hague
. His teachers have included Koujiba Tomiko, Minoru Miki
, Beat Furrer
, Joji Yuasa
, Yoriaki Matsudaira, and Hosukawa Toshio. His work is challenging and discordant, with influences including Tan Dun
, Iannis Xenakis
, Brian Ferneyhough
, and Louis Andriessen
.
In 2002 Kiyama won the Tong Piano Duet Composition Contest, and his work was performed for the first time out of Japan (in Great Britain
). He has also received awards and commendations in various other composition competitions in Japan, and has had work performed in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
.
A chamber work was featured in the Dutch Gaudeamus week music festical, being performed by the experimental ensemble LOOS September, 2006, and is scheduled for publication.
Gaudeamus music week
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Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
contemporary music composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Brief biography
Kiyama graduated from Joto Municipal High School in 2002, and from Tokyo College of MusicTokyo College of Music
was founded as in Kanda, Tokyo in 1907. It is the oldest private music school in Japan.- History :The founder , Yonejirō Suzuki, introduced European classical music into the Empire of Japan....
in 2006. He has since studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium
Koninklijk Conservatorium
Het Koninklijk Conservatorium means "The Royal Conservatory" in Dutch.The title may refer to:*Royal Conservatory of The Hague*Koninklijk Conservatorium *Koninklijk Conservatorium...
in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
. His teachers have included Koujiba Tomiko, Minoru Miki
Minoru Miki
is a Japanese composer and artistic director, particularly known for his promotional activities in favour of Japanese traditional instruments and some of their performers....
, Beat Furrer
Beat Furrer
Beat Furrer is an Austrian composer and conductor of Swiss birth.Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Furrer relocated to Vienna in 1975 to pursue studies with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati and Otmar Suitner . In 1985 he co-founded what is now one of Europe's leading contemporary music ensembles,...
, Joji Yuasa
Joji Yuasa
is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Kōriyama, Fukushima, he is self-taught as a composer.In 1951 or 1952, together with the composer Tōru Takemitsu and other contemporary artists and musicians, he founded Jikken Kobo , an organization dedicated to the...
, Yoriaki Matsudaira, and Hosukawa Toshio. His work is challenging and discordant, with influences including Tan Dun
Tan Dun
Tan Dun is a Chinese contemporary classical composer, most widely known for his scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero.-Early life in China:...
, Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
, Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough
Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...
, and Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
.
In 2002 Kiyama won the Tong Piano Duet Composition Contest, and his work was performed for the first time out of Japan (in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
). He has also received awards and commendations in various other composition competitions in Japan, and has had work performed in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space is a Japanese concert hall and theater located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.- External links :...
.
A chamber work was featured in the Dutch Gaudeamus week music festical, being performed by the experimental ensemble LOOS September, 2006, and is scheduled for publication.
External links
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- http://frontpage.fok.nl/nieuws/74252
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- http://www.gaudeamus.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=39&agenda_id=3175&lang=en
- http://www.donemus.nl/nieuws_details.php?id=1129
- http://www.dorpsgekken.nl/dg/oordopjes-gewenst-bij-componist-die-140-decibel-wil-produceren/
- http://www.ad.nl/fun/bizar/article1157757.ece
- http://www.destentor.nl/apeldoorn/article1194910.ece
- http://www.garnierstreamingmedia.com/asx/openclip.asp?file=/omroepgelderland/wmv/070312 010 Apeldoorn Journaal.wmv
Gaudeamus music week
- http://www.gaudeamus.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=195
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