Yuji Takahashi

Yuji Takahashi
Born: Sep 21, 1938 in Tokyo, Japan
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Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Computer Music
Biography: A pianist with over 100 Japanese releases to his his credit, Yuji Takahashi first attracted notice as an avant-garde composer in the early '60s while a member of the New Directions group along with Toshi Ichiyanagi and Kenji Kobayashi. After premiering Iannis Xenakis' Herma, a piano composition dedicated ...Read full biography
Tree (1991) for MIDI Piano, Trombone & Computer Performance System, CPS
Released: 1992
Label: Classic Masters
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In the collection "Music From Japan, Vol. 1"; the composer's central image for this seven-movement composition for MIDI piano, trombone, and CPS (computer performance system) is the tree-shaped puppet ...Read full review
Finger Light
Released: 1996
Label: TZADIK
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Finger Light is the first record of Takahashi's music released on an American label. The record features compositions for shamisen, double shamisen and sho (the Japanese mouth organ), in addition to piano. ...Read full review
More Yuji Takahashi albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (1)
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