- Somei Satoh
Somei Satoh ("Satō Sōmei", ; b.
Sendai ,Miyagi Prefecture ,Japan ,January 19 ,1947 ) is a Japanese composer.In the post-Takemitsu era, Somei Satoh has steadily been gaining notoriety as one of Japan’s most internationally celebrated and significantfact|date= April 2008 composers of contemporary traditional music (gendai hogaku). A largely self-taught musician, he came to the technical elements of music not from the usual perspective of western proportions and balance of harmony, counterpoint and orchestration, but rather from a deep understanding of the philosophies of
Shinto and Zen Buddhist beliefs. This background reveals a music that delights in the world of infinite spaces and suspended time. His works are fragile in their clarity and simplicity, but are not simplistic or facile. His work represents a kind of sculpturalminimalism infused with the lyrical sense of Romanticism.He studied at
Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s [http://www.moderecords.com/profiles/someisatoh.html] and is essentially anautodidact in composition.He lives in
Tokyo .External links
* [http://www.zen-on.co.jp/cms/docs/satou.html Somei Satoh (Zen-On Comtemporary Composers)]
* [http://www.lovely.com/bios/satoh.html Somei Satoh page] from Lovely Music, Ltd. site
* [http://www.moderecords.com/profiles/someisatoh.html Somei Satoh page] from Mode Records site
* [http://www.starkland.com/st209/index.htm/ Recitative recorded by Guy Klucevsek]
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