Somei Satoh


Somei Satoh is a Japanese composer of contemporary music.
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Style

Satoh’s compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.

Career

His musical career began with an experimental, mix media group called "Tone Field" in Tokyo. He studied at Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s and is primarily self-taught in composition. In 1972 and 1981, Satoh produced two other experimental projects. The latter involved placing eight speakers approximately one kilometer apart on nearby mountain tops overlooking a huge valley. In 1985, he collaborated with theater designer Manuel Luetgenhorst to stage his music at The Arts at St. Ann's in Brooklyn, New York.
He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers.

Compositions

;OrchestraSumeru Homa Ruika Toward the Night Glimmering Darkness Kami no Miuri Burning Meditation Listening to Fragrances of the Dusk Firefly Garden Kisetsu From the Depth of Silence Kyokoku Violin Concerto
;Vocal musicStabat Mater
;Works using Japanese musical instrumentsChinmoku Kaze no Kyoku Ki No Koe Kamu Ogui Goto Kougetsu KOUGETSU Snayou Tamaogi Koto Hi No Kyoku Usuzumi
;Chamber musicLitania Hymn for the Sun Kagami Cosmic Womb Incarnation II The Heavenly Spheres are Illuminated by Lights Birds in Warped Time II Hoshi No Mon Kaze No Kyoku II Hikari Toki No Mon Shun-Shu-Ka Lanzarote Incarnation I Uzu Recitative Innocence Choral Bifu
;Electronic musicEmerald Tablet Mandara Mantra
  • ''Tantra''

Awards