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Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066. Chihara received a BA and an MA in English literature from the University of Washington and Cornell University, respectively.
Aug 24, 2022 · PORT ANGELES — As a 5-year-old boy from Seattle, Paul Chihara was believed to be the enemy. With his parents, he was rounded up and herded in mid-1942 into a camp called Minidoka, where some 10,000 other Japanese Americans were held behind barbed wire.
He turned to a song he had written for his wife, violist Carol Landon, when they met more than 40 years ago. It’s titled “Born to Be Together.” Chihara’s new piece, to be the finale of the festival, is “a fantasy on that.
Mini Bio. Paul Seiko Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. He received his doctorate degree (D.M.A.) from Cornell University in 1965 as a student of Robert Palmer. Mr. Chihara also studied with the renowned pedagogue Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Ernst Pepping in Berlin, and Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony.
- July 9, 1938
Chihara also studied with the renowned pedagogue Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Ernst Pepping in Berlin, and Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony. With Toru Takemitsu, he was composer-in-residence at the Marlboro Music Festival in 1971.
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May 1, 2024 · Composer Paul Chihara was inspired by music he heard at the Japanese American internment camp where he spent his childhood during WWII. How did the war affect him, and what does music mean to...
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Nov 29, 2016 · Dr. Chihara speaks on the phone with fellow composer Dr. Jason Carl Rosenberg and discusses several topics, including the piece he wrote for SFCA, the role of humor in music, the politics of the ivory tower, and authenticity in artistic practice.
