Biography
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. He has composed operas, the oratorio Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima, and instrumental music.
He was the cofounder and artistic director of a Japanese festival for contemporary music and has been a composer in residence at international festivals such as the Venice Biennale, Lucerne Festival, Warsaw Autumn and Rheingau Musik Festival. His operas premiered at the Munich Biennale and La Monnaie, among others.
Filmography
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Movies 5
self 1
Composer
Bleat (2022)
Movie
Composer
Lakeside Suite (2019)
Movie
Self - Composer
John Cage: Journeys in Sound (2012)
Movie
Composer
Sleeping Man (1996)
Movie
Composer
The Sting of Death (1990)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1955-10-23 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceHiroshima, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsТосио Хосокава, 細川 俊夫
AwardsMedal with Purple Ribbon, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, Goethe Medal, Otaka prize
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