Shin-ichiro Ikebe
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is a Japanese composer
of contemporary classical music
. He has written the scores
for many films by Akira Kurosawa
and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha
(1980), MacArthur's Children
(1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August
(1991), Madadayo
(1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(2001).
He studied composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi
, Akio Yashiro
, and Akira Miyoshi
at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
, obtaining a master's degree in 1971.
He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music
.
He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, Broadcasting Culture Award, Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, Medal with Purple Ribbon.
recorded 1991 CAMERATA, CMCD- 50006 Kutsatsu International Concert Hall.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
. He has written the scores
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
for many films by Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha
Kagemusha
is a 1980 film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Warring States era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable...
(1980), MacArthur's Children
MacArthur's Children
is a popular and influential 1984 Japanese motion picture. Describing the impact of the United States' occupation of Japan from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor Ken Watanabe....
(1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August
is a 1991 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa. The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies...
(1991), Madadayo
Madadayo
is a 1993 Japanese film. It is the thirtieth and final film to be completed by Akira Kurosawa. It was screened out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
(1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
is a 2001 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :...
(2001).
He studied composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi
Tomojiro Ikenouchi
was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music and professor born in Tokyo, Japan. The son of a haiku poet, Ikenouchi traveled to Paris in 1927, where he studied composition with Henri Büsser and piano with Lazare Levy. His music is influenced by French Impressionist music...
, Akio Yashiro
Akio Yashiro
was a Japanese composer, born in Tokyo. Yashiro entered the Tokyo Music Academy in 1945, where he studied composition under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Yujiro Ikeuchi, Akira Ifukube, and Tomojiro Ikenouchi, and piano under Noboru Toyomasu, Leonid Kreutzer, and Kiyo Kawakami...
, and Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi is a Japanese composer.Miyoshi was a child prodigy on piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo, and then at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan and Raymond Gallois-Montbrun from 1955 to 1957. He was...
at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
or is one of the oldest and most prestigious art schools in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju, Adachi, Tokyo...
, obtaining a master's degree in 1971.
He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music
Tokyo College of Music
was founded as in Kanda, Tokyo in 1907. It is the oldest private music school in Japan.- History :The founder , Yonejirō Suzuki, introduced European classical music into the Empire of Japan....
.
He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, Broadcasting Culture Award, Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Selected works
Chamber Music- LION for brass instruments,(1969).
- ASCENSION for piano,(1974).
- KOHRU for koto,(1977).
- ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAIN for 4 percussionists,(1978).
- STRATA I for string quartet,(1988).
- STRATA II for solo flute,(1988).
- LA TERRE EST BLEUE COMME UNE ORANGE, for piano,(1989).
- QUINQUEVALENCE for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano,(1991).
- FOLKSONGS OF THE ORIENT for SATB choir.
recorded 1991 CAMERATA, CMCD- 50006 Kutsatsu International Concert Hall.