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 NERFINISHED
Order of Culture NERFINISHED
Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1933-02-04
dateOfDeath 2022-10-07
educatedAt Juilliard School
New School for Social Research NERFINISHED
employer Tokyo College of Music NERFINISHED
endTimeOfSpouseRelationship 1962
familyName Ichiyanagi NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
experimental music
givenName Toshi NERFINISHED
instrument piano
knownFor chance operations in music
combining Western experimental techniques with traditional Japanese music
graphic scores
languageOfWorkOrName English
Japanese
movement Fluxus NERFINISHED
name Toshi Ichiyanagi NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
nativeName 一柳慧 NERFINISHED
notableWork Distance NERFINISHED
Music for Electric Metronomes NERFINISHED
Opera of the Future NERFINISHED
Piano Media NERFINISHED
Sapporo NERFINISHED
Time Sequence NERFINISHED
Tokyo 1969 NERFINISHED
occupation composer
music educator
pianist
placeOfBirth Hyōgo Prefecture NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Kobe NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Japan NERFINISHED
Tokyo NERFINISHED
positionHeld artistic director of the Kanagawa Arts Foundation
music director of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
spouse Yoko Ono NERFINISHED
startTimeOfSpouseRelationship 1956
studiedUnder John Cage NERFINISHED

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Yoko Ono spouse Toshi Ichiyanagi