Makoto Shinohara
Makoto Shinohara (1931-2024) was a Japanese composer, born in Osaka, who settled in the Netherlands. He studied in Tokyo with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and in Cologne with Bernd Alois Zimmermann and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He worked at the electronic music studio in Utrecht and later wrote much music for traditional Japanese instruments, alone or alongside Western ones. Shinohara worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York in 1971-72 and taught at McGill University in Montreal in 1978.
Mémoires / Aspekt / Terminus X / Nacht (LP)
Four fantastic electronic works realized in the 1960's at the State University Electronic Music Studio of Utrecht and released on Philips' unparalleled silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" electronic/contemporary music series in 1970. Rare.
Portrait of electronic music domain
Composer Makoto Shinohara studied under Gottfried Michael Koenig (WDR studio) and Karlheinz Stockhausen in early 60's. He has made some electronic music in 60-70's at Institute of Sonology Utrecht mainly. This CD is an important album of Japanese electronic music. Booklet is written by Japanese and English. Contents: 'Visions I' (1965) - electronic sound made of only sine waves. 'Memorires' (1966 ) - collage work made from electronic sound and modulated human voices. 'Personnage' (1973) - compos…