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Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳 慧, Ichiyanagi Toshi, 4 February 1933 – 7 October 2022) was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era , Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional ...
Oct 28, 2022 · Toshi Ichiyanagi, an avant-garde pianist and composer whose works mixed international influences, made unusual use of musicians and instruments, and combined music with other media, died...
Oct 8, 2022 · TOKYO (AP) — Avant-garde pianist and composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, who studied with John Cage and went on to lead Japan’s advances in experimental modern music, has died. He was 89.
- ykageyama@ap.org
- Japan Reporter
Toshi Ichiyanagi was a Japanese composer and artist who worked with chance operations, concept art, and indeterminacy. He collaborated with Merce Cunningham and other avant-garde artists and was featured in several MoMA exhibitions.
Oct 8, 2022 · The artist, who was once married to Yoko Ono, led Japan's advances in experimental modern music, using free-spirited compositional techniques and incorporating traditional and electronic elements. He died on Oct. 7, according to the Kanagawa Arts Foundation, where he served as general artistic director.
Oct 13, 2022 · Toshi Ichiyanagi, a Japanese composer who explored nontraditional musical forms in the 1950s New York art scene while married to avant-garde artist Yoko Ono and who became an...
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Feb 15, 2013 · From Juilliard to Fluxus and traditional Japanese music, this essay, which traces the multifaceted music of Toshi Ichiyanagi, is based on a C-MAP workshop led by Yayoi Uno Everett in January 2012. Skip to content
