Toshi Ichiyanagi
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Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳 慧 Ichiyanagi Toshi, born 4 February 1933) is a Japanese composer and pianist. Ichiyanagi was born in Kobe. He studied with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Kishio Hirao [fr; ja], and John Cage. One of his most notable works is the 1960 composition Kaiki, which combined Japanese instruments, shō and koto, and western instruments, harmonica and saxophone. Another work, Distance (1961), required the performers to play from a distance of three meters from their instruments. Anima 7 (1964) stated that chosen action should be performed "as slowly as possible". Ichiyanagi was married to Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1963. Ichiyanagi is the recipient of the 33rd Suntory Music Award (2001) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts John Cage Award (2018). He has been honored with Japan's Order of Culture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toshi Ichiyanagi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (33)
Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto
2017
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2011
ERYTHROPOIEISIS AND ERYTHROPOIETIN
Sound (Sound)
1989
Saya: Perspective in Love
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1986
THE BONE II
Music (Sound)
1986
The Wangan Highway
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1984
THE BONE
Music (Sound)
1982
The Ondekoza
Music (Sound)
1981
Jun
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1980
Flux-Concert
as Self
1979
The Story of Big 1: Sadaharu Oh
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1977
Atman
Music (Sound)
1975
Everything Visible Is Empty
Music (Sound)
1975
Coup d'Etat
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1973
Expansion
Music (Sound)
1973
Confessions Among Actresses
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1971
Metastasis
Music (Sound)
1971
Heroic Purgatory
Music (Sound)
1970
Why Not: A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1970
Tragedy on the G Line
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1969
Eros + Massacre
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1969
Farewell to the Summer Light
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1968
Oxed-man
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1968
The Room
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1967
The River - Poem of Wrath
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1967
A Story Written with Water
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1965
Kachi Kachi Yama
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1965
Closed Vagina
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1963
A Town Not Yet Seen
Music (Sound)
1963
The Solar Thread
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1963
Pitfall
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1962
Sculptures by Sofu - Vita
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1962
The World of Pulses - Electronics and Living Organism
Music (Sound)
1962
