Yoriaki Matsudaira
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Yoriaki Matsudaira | |
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松平頼暁 | |
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Born | 27 March 1931 |
Died | 9 January 2023 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 91)
Other names | Yori-Aki Matsudaira |
Yoriaki Matsudaira (Japanese: 松平頼暁; 27 March 1931 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese composer and academic.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Tokyo, the son of composer Yoritsune, Matsudaira graduated in biology at Tokyo Metropolitan University and served as professor of physics and biology at the Rikkyo University.[1][2]
A self-taught composer who used to mix Japanese traditional music with western influences, his variegated production mainly consists of chamber music, but also includes orchestral compositions, incidental music, jazz compositions, electronic music as well as the opera Sara (1960).[1][2]
During his career Matsudaira received various awards and honors, including an Otaka prize and a Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor.[2] He died of pneumonia on 9 January 2023, at the age of 91.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Randel, Don Michael (1996). "Matsudaira, Yoriaki". The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 565. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
- ^ a b c d "作曲家・生物物理学者の松平頼暁さん死去 前衛的な作風生涯貫く:朝日新聞デジタル". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Yoriaki Matsudaira discography at Discogs
- Yoriaki Matsudaira at Museum of Modern Art
- 1931 births
- 2023 deaths
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century Japanese composers
- 20th-century Japanese male musicians
- 21st-century classical composers
- 21st-century Japanese composers
- 21st-century Japanese male musicians
- Academics from Tokyo
- Composers from Tokyo
- Japanese classical composers
- Japanese contemporary classical composers
- Japanese opera composers
- Japanese record producers
- Jazz-influenced classical composers
- Japanese male opera composers
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Academic staff of Rikkyo University
- Tokyo Metropolitan University alumni