Yashiro, Akio 1929 - 1976
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Born in Tokyo. Under a cultural environment where his father was a Western art historian, he began studying composition at age 10 with Saburo Moroi and at age 14 with Kunihiko Hashimoto. At the Tokyo Academy of Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts), alongside his classmate Toshiro Mayuzumi, he studied under Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. Subsequently, from 1951, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris as a French government scholarship student, learning from Olivier Messiaen and others. After acquiring the "unified, perfect style and meticulous finish" characteristic of the Conservatoire, he returned to Japan in 1956. While also involved in documentary films and theater, he taught at Tokyo University of the Arts, fostering talented composers such as Teruyuki Noda, Shin-ichiro Ikebe, and Michio Kitazume. He passed away suddenly in 1976 in his mid-40s. Preferring classical music over avant-garde, his compositional approach, which thoroughly pursued the perfection of each individual piece, resulted in a small but long-loved body of works. His works include:
- Piano Sonata (1961)
- Piano Concerto (1967)
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Works(16)
Concerto (1)
concerto (2)
Piano Solo (5)
for children (4)
Various works (4)
Piano Ensemble (3)