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Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. [1] Life and career. Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, [2] he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066 .
Paul Chihara is a prolific and versatile composer of concert, ballet, film and TV music. He has worked with renowned directors, orchestras and musicians, and received many awards and commissions.
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Paul Chihara is a composer of concert, ballet, film and television music. He studied with Robert Palmer, Nadia Boulanger, Toru Takemitsu and others, and received many awards and commissions.
- July 9, 1938
Paul Chihara is a composer, orchestrator, and educator who has worked in various genres and media. He has received many awards and commissions, and has taught at UCLA and NYU.
Apr 18, 2012 · Paul Chihara has had a long and distinguished career as a composer for film and concert stage. In this video interview Drew Schnurr sits down with him to learn more about his life,...
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Professor Chihara's works have been widely recorded. His compositions appear on many labels including BMG Records, Reference Recordings, CRI, Music and Art, Vox Candide, New World Records, The Louisville Orchestra First Editions Records, Bridge Records, and Albany Records.
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Paul Chihara is a Japanese American composer who has written nearly 100 scores for movies and TV shows, such as The Morning After, Crossing Delancey, and Dr. Strange. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Gunther Schuller, and was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
