- Names
- 一柳慧
- ICHIYANAGI Toshi (index name)
- Ichiyanagi Toshi (display name)
- 一柳慧 (Japanese display name)
- いちやなぎ とし (transliterated hiragana)
- Date of birth
- 1933-02-04
- Birth place
- Kōbe City, Hyōgo Prefecture
- Date of death
- 2022-10-07
- Death place
- Tokyo
- Gender
- Male
- Fields of activity
- Sound Art
Wikipedia
Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳 慧, Ichiyanagi Toshi, 4 February 1933 – 7 October 2022) was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era, Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional Japanese instruments. Ichiyanagi is known for incorporating avant-garde techniques into his works, such as chance music, extended technique, and nontraditional scoring. Ichiyanagi was married to artist Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962.
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- 2023-04-11