Mamoru Fujieda
{{Short description|Japanese composer}}
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| URL =[http://www.fujiedamamoru.com/ Mamoru Fujieda official site]
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{{nihongo|Mamoru Fujieda|藤枝 守|Fujieda Mamoru|extra=born 1955}} is a Japanese composer associated with the postminimalist movement of contemporary classical music.
Biography
He received a Ph.D. in music from the University of California, San Diego in 1988. His composition instructors have included Joji Yuasa, Morton Feldman, Gordon Mumma, and Julio Estrada.
He currently serves as a professor at Kyushu University (Faculty of Design) in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan.
His music has been recorded for the Tzadik Records and Pinna labels.
Major works
- Falling Scale No. 1 - No. 7 (1975–82)
- No. 1, 2 and 3 (piano solo)
- No. 4 and 7 (2 pianos)
- No. 5 (3 pianos)
- No. 6 (prepared piano or piano)
- Upward Falling for piano (1980)
- Planetary Folklore I for piano (1980)
- Begin at the Beginning, End at the End, Begin at the End, End at the Beginning for piano (1982)
- Decorational Offering for piano (1983)
- Night Chant No. 2 for mixed chorus (1994)
- Patterns of Plants (1995-)
- Antiphones Resounded for mezzo-soprano, tenor, children's chorus and instrumental ensemble (1999)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061005151009/http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Fujieda.shtml Mamoru Fujieda biography] from Other Minds site
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004091106/http://www.deeplistening.org/dlc/25fujied.html Mamoru Fujieda page]
- [http://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/search/details/K002367/english.html Faculty page] at the Kyushu University Website
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