Somei Satoh

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]

Somei Satoh
佐藤 聰明
Born(1947-01-19)January 19, 1947
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Occupation(s)Composer

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.

He currently lives in Tokyo.

Awards
  • Japan Arts Festival, 1980
  • Asian Cultural Council, 1983

References
  1. Lebrecht, Norman (1996). The Companion to 20th-century Music. Da Capo Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780306807343.
  2. "Somei Satoh Profile". Mode Records. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. http://lovely.com/bios/satoh.html


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