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Toshio Hosokawa (細川 俊夫, Hosokawa Toshio, born 23 October 1955) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture.
Learn about the Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa, who draws inspiration from nature, tradition and the avant-garde. Discover his music, his views on sound and silence, and his upcoming concerto "Prayer" with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Jun 28, 2018 · Toshio Hosokawa [細川 俊夫]: Circulating Ocean (Märkl, Orchestre National de Lyon) Introduction • 1:44 Silent Ocean • 3:24 Waves from the Ocean • 7:45 Cloudscape in the Sky • 11:45 ...
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Toshio Hosokawa, Japan’s pre-eminent living composer, creates his distinctive musical language from the fascinating relationship between Western avant-garde art and traditional Japanese culture.
Mar 5, 2012 · Learn about Toshio Hosokawa, Japan's preeminent living composer, who blends Western avant-garde and traditional Japanese influences. Explore his operas, such as Visions of Lear and Hanjo, and his performances with BMOP.
Toshio Hosokawa has been artistic director of the Takefu International Music Festival in Fukui since 2001 and visiting professor at the Tokyo College of Music since 2004. His most recent works include the violin concerto Genesis, which was premiered by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Kent Nagano in the Elbphilharmonie in May this ...
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Toshio Hosokawa is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture. He has composed operas, the oratorio Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima, and instrumental music.
