Toshi Ichiyanagi

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Toshi Ichiyanagi was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist known for blending Western experimental music with traditional Japanese elements and for his involvement in the Fluxus movement.

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instanceOf Japanese composer
avant-garde composer
composer
human
awardReceived Medal with Purple Ribbon
Order of Culture
Order of the Rising Sun
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1933-02-04
dateOfDeath 2022-10-07
educatedAt Juilliard School
New School for Social Research
employer Tokyo College of Music
endTimeOfSpouseRelationship 1962
familyName Ichiyanagi
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
experimental music
givenName Toshi
instrument piano
knownFor chance operations in music
combining Western experimental techniques with traditional Japanese music
graphic scores
languageOfWorkOrName English
Japanese
movement Fluxus
name Toshi Ichiyanagi NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
nativeName 一柳慧
notableWork Distance
Music for Electric Metronomes
Opera of the Future
Piano Media
Sapporo
Time Sequence
Tokyo 1969
occupation composer
music educator
pianist
placeOfBirth Hyōgo Prefecture
linked to: Hyogo Prefecture

Japan
Kobe
linked to: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
placeOfDeath Japan
Tokyo
positionHeld artistic director of the Kanagawa Arts Foundation
music director of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
spouse Yoko Ono
startTimeOfSpouseRelationship 1956
studiedUnder John Cage

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Yoko Ono spouse Toshi Ichiyanagi