Somei Satoh

Somei Satoh is a Japanese composer born in Sendai in 1947. Largely self-taught, he began in 1969 with the Tokyo mixed-media group Tone Field. His music draws on Japanese traditional aesthetics, Shinto and Zen Buddhist thought, Romantic harmony and electronic sound. He is known for electronic works such as Emerald Tablet and the Mandara trilogy, and for piano pieces performed by Margaret Leng Tan. Somei Satoh made Emerald Tablet in 1978 and Mandara in 1982, followed by Mantra (1986) and Tantra (1990).