Toshiro mayuzumi biography of barack
Toshiro Mayuzumi was the first Japanese composer to create works of musique concrète and electronic music.!
Mayuzumi was well known for his passionate outspokenness and virtuoso eloquence in the defence of nationalism.
Toshiro Mayuzumi
Japanese composer (1929–1997)
Toshiro Mayuzumi (黛 敏郎, Mayuzumi Toshirō, Japanese pronunciation:[majɯꜜzɯmitoɕiɾoː]; 20 February 1929 – 10 April 1997) was a Japanese composer.
He was known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music, being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques.
Over the span of his career, he wrote symphonies, ballets, operas, and film scores.[4] Mayuzumi was the first Japanese composer to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, for the 1966 film The Bible: In the Beginning....[5] He was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit.John Huston called him a "modern Beethoven".[7]