Yuji Takahashi
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese composer
, performer, pianist
and author.
Studied under Roh Ogura
and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music
. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson
's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe
from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis
. He gave the first performance of Xenakis' Herma and Eonta. In 2006 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Grants to Artists Award.
His sister is the pianist Aki Takahashi
. His son is the composer Ayuo
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese composer
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...
, performer, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and author.
Studied under Roh Ogura
Roh Ogura
Roh Ogura, 小倉 朗, was a Japanese composer and writer.He was born in Kitakyushu and lived in Tokyo and Kamakura. First he learned French Modern Music under Shiro Fukai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi...
and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music
Toho Gakuen School of Music
is a private conservatoire located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.-History:Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan as a music school for children, and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior...
. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson , is a Swedish composer and lyricist.Bo Nilsson first drew notice as a composer at the age of 18 when his "Zwei Stücke" were performed in a 1956 West German Radio “Musik der Zeit” concert in Cologne...
's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
. He gave the first performance of Xenakis' Herma and Eonta. In 2006 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts , originally known as Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, is a nonprofit based foundation in New York City founded by artists Jasper Johns , John Cage, Elaine de Kooning and others in 1963. FCA offers financial support and recognition to contemporary...
Grants to Artists Award.
His sister is the pianist Aki Takahashi
Aki Takahashi
is a Japanese pianist specializing in contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Kamakura, she began studying piano at the age of five and received her M.A. degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her teachers included Yutaka Ito, Ray Lev, and George Vásárhelyi...
. His son is the composer Ayuo
Ayuo
Ayuo is a Japanese-American composer, poet, lyricist, singer and performer of plucked string instruments including guitar, bouzouki, Irish harp, Chinese zheng, Japanese koto,and medieval European psaltery...
.
Selected List of Works
- Time (tape)
- Chromamorphe I (fl, hrn in F, trp in C, trb, vib, vn, cb)
- Chromamorphe II (pf)
- 6 stoicheia (4vn)
- Rosace I (amplified vn)
- Rosace II (pf)
- Operation Euler (2 or 3ob)
- Metathesis I (pf)
- Manangali: didactic piece for women's chorus
- Three poems of Mao Tse-Tung (pf or vo[cho], pf)
- Chained Hands in Prayer (pf)
- For you I Sing This Song (cl in B flat, vn, vc, pf) (1976)
- Ji(t) (fl, pf)
- Sieben Rosen hat ein Strauch (vn)
- Kwanju, May 1980 (pf)
- The Pain of the Wandering Wind (pf)
- Like a Water-Buffalo (acc)
- Turn the Corner of the Morning (perc)
- Thread Cogwheels (koto, orch)
- Insomnia (vn, hp)
- Bed Story (vo, koto)
- Sea of Mud (cho, perc)
- Gymnopedie No. 1
- Like Swans Leaving the Lake (白鳥が池をすてるように) for Viola and Accordion (1995)
- Mimi no ho (耳の帆), "Sail of the Ears" for Shō, Viola and Reciter (1994)
- Viola of Dmitri Shostakovich (ドミトリー・ショスタコーヴィチのヴィオラ) for Viola Solo (2002)