Somei Satoh

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

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

Orchestra
  • Sumeru (1982)
  • Homa (1988)
  • Ruika (1990)
  • Toward the Night (1991)
  • Glimmering Darkness (1995)
  • Kami no Miuri (1995)
  • Burning Meditation (1995)
  • Listening to Fragrances of the Dusk (1997)
  • Firefly Garden (1998)
  • Kisetsu (1999)
  • From the Depth of Silence (2000)
  • Kyokoku (2000)
  • Violin Concerto (2002)
Vocal music
  • Stabat Mater (1987)
Works using Japanese musical instruments
  • Chinmoku (Silence) (1977)
  • Kaze no Kyoku (Music of the Winds) (1979)
  • Ki No Koe (Voice of Tree) (1982)
  • Kamu Ogui Goto (1989)
  • Kougetsu KOUGETSU (1990)
  • Snayou (1991)
  • Tamaogi Koto (1994)
  • Hi No Kyoku (1996)
  • Usuzumi (2004)
Chamber music
  • Litania (1973)
  • Hymn for the Sun (1973)
  • Kagami (Mirror) (1975)
  • Cosmic Womb (1975)
  • Incarnation II (1978)
  • The Heavenly Spheres are Illuminated by Lights (1979)
  • Birds in Warped Time II (1980)
  • Hoshi No Mon (A Gate into the Stars) (1982)
  • Kaze No Kyoku II (Music of the Winds II) (1984)
  • Hikari (Light) (1986)
  • Toki No Mon (A Gate into Infinity) (1988)
  • Shun-Shu-Ka (Lament for Spring) (1989)
  • Lanzarote (1993)
  • Incarnation I (1977)
  • Uzu (Vortex) (1988)
  • Recitative (1991)
  • Innocence (1996)
  • Choral (2000)
  • Bifu (2013)
Electronic music
  • Emerald Tablet (1978)
  • Mandara (1982)
  • Mantra (1986)
  • Tantra (1990)

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. ^ "Somei Satoh".

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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