Sōmei Satō

Japan *1947

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Sōmei Satō (jap. 佐藤 聰明, Satō Sōmei; * 19. Januar 1947 in Sendai, Japan) ist ein japanischer Komponist. Seine Musik ist eine Fusion aus westlicher und japanischer Tradition (Gendai Hogaku) und inspiriert von Shintō und Zen-Buddhismus. (Wikipedia)

Somei Satoh, by Hilary Hahn

Compositions

Sōmei Satō – MANDARA, Music for Tape (1982)

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Sōmei Satō creates a multi-track overtone choir with his own voice and uses vowel overtone singing as an effect. I have heard something similar from Roberto Laneri’s “Two views of the Amazon” from 1981. At the beginning of the 1980s, this probably sounded more like electronic music to most listeners, as overtone singing was still virtually unknown in the West.

Premiere 1982. Tokyo.
Commitioned by Japan Foundation
RD:ALM/AL-26, NEW ALBION/NA-099, NA-016

Sōmei Satō – マントラ MANTRA, Music for Tape (1986)

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One of the very early compositions for western overtone singing. At that time overtone singing was hardly known.

23′
World premiere Tokyo 1986.
RD:NEW ALBION/NA-016, NA-099

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