Yūji Takahashi

For the Japanese footballer, see Yuji Takahashi (footballer).

Yūji Takahashi (高橋 悠治 Takahashi Yūji, born September 21, 1938) is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist, and author.

Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music.[1] In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the first performance of Xenakis' Herma and Eonta. In 2006 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.[2]

His sister is the pianist Aki Takahashi. His son is the composer Ayuo.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. "Yuji Takahashi". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  2. 高橋悠治ゴルトベルク変奏曲」 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  3. "AYUO / 絵の中の姿" (in Japanese). CD Journal. Retrieved August 10, 2014.


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