| Somei Satoh佐藤 聰明 | |
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| Born | (1947-01-19)January 19, 1947 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Occupation | Composer |
Somei Satoh (佐藤 聰明, Satō Sōmei, born January 19, 1947 in Sendai, Japan) is a Japanese composer of contemporary music.
Style
Satoh’s compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.
Career
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 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.
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers.
Compositions
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Awards
- Japan Arts Festival, 1980
- Asian Cultural Council, 1983
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.
- "Somei Satoh".
- "Goddess of Fire" (PDF). Muso. Winter 05/06 (7): 12.
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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