Overview

Akira Nishimura (西村 朗 Nishimura Akira, born September 8, 1953) is a Japanese composer from Osaka.

Biography

Akira Nishimura (西村 朗 Nishimura Akira, born September 8, 1953 – September 7, 2023) is a Japanese composer from Osaka.

Biography

Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asian traditional music, religion, aesthetics, cosmology and the heterophonic concepts, all of which have a lasting influence on his music.

He has won several national and international awards, including the 36th Suntory Music Award (2004) and has been commissioned by many overseas music festivals.

Nishimura was the judge at the 2007 Toru Takemitsu composition award.

Other activities

  • Tokyo College of Music: professor (composition)

 

Information
Info： Japanese composer
Index： 6.3
Type： Person Male
Period： 1953.9.8 - 2023.9.7
Age： aged 69
Area ：Japan
Occupation ：Composer
Periods ：Modernist Music

Artist

Update Time：2023-09-11 20:26 / 1 year, 2 months ago.