Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi Japanese 黛敏郎 20 February 1929 Yokohama 10 April 1997 Kawasaki was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avantgarde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica nd Kozinn 1997 being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques Layne nd In the span of his career his works included symphonies ballets operas and film scores Kennedy and Kennedy 2007 and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit Kirkup 1997