Somei Satoh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Somei Satoh

Japanese composer

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: composer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Somei Satoh (?? ??, Sato Somei); (born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, January 19, 1947) is a Japanese composer of contemporary traditional music (gendai hogaku).
His compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.He studied at Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s and is primarily self-taught in composition. He wrote his violin concerto for Anne Akiko Meyers. He currently lives in Tokyo.