Jun Yamaguchi


Jun Yamaguchi is a Japanese composer of contemporary music, pianist and musicologist.

Biography

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1967, he studied piano from age 7. He left the Senzoku-Gakuen College of Music in 1993 before graduating. He studied composition and music theory with Tatsuhiko Nishioka, Yori-Aki Matsudaira and Chaya Czernowin.
He has received several awards and prizes, including the Sixth Akiyoshidai International Composition Award, the 13th JSCM Composition Award, the 20th IRINO Prize, ISCM World Music Days 2001 Yokohama and the 72nd Japan Music Competition.
In July 2001, he came to the United States under a grant from the Asian Cultural Council and remained in New York City until June 2002.
In April 2006 he matriculated in the Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University and studied with Shigenobu Nakamura. He received a M.A. in Design, Kyushu University in March 2008.

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