Somei Satoh
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Somei Satoh is a Japanese composer.
In the post-Takemitsu
era, Somei Satoh is a Japanese composer of contemporary traditional music (gendai hogaku).
He studied at Nihon University
of Art in the early 1970shttp://www.moderecords.com/profiles/someisatoh.html and is essentially an autodidact in composition.
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers
.
He lives in Tokyo
.
In the post-Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu
was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre...
era, Somei Satoh is a Japanese composer of contemporary traditional music (gendai hogaku).
He studied at Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
of Art in the early 1970shttp://www.moderecords.com/profiles/someisatoh.html and is essentially an autodidact in composition.
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers
Anne Akiko Meyers
Anne Akiko Meyers is an American concert violinist. Meyers has toured and collaborated with a number of symphony orchestras and Il Divo, Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis. Meyers tours with a 1730 Stradivarius violin called the 'Royal Spanish'...
.
He lives in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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External links
- Somei Satoh's web site (official web site)
- Somei Satoh (Zen-On Comtemporary Composers)
- Somei Satoh page from Lovely Music, Ltd. site
- Somei Satoh page from Mode Records site
- Recitative recorded by Guy Klucevsek