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Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. [1] Life and career. Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, [2] he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066.
With Toru Takemitsu, he was composer-in-residence at the Marlboro Music Festival in 1971. Chihara is currently on the faculty of U.C.L.A. and was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Conductor.
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Paul Chihara is a composer for film, musicals, and concert stage, who studied with Nadia Boulanger and Gunther Schuller. He has received many awards and commissions, and was composer-in-residence for several orchestras and festivals.
With Toru Takemitsu, he was composer-in-residence at the Marlboro Music Festival in 1971. Chihara is currently on the faculty of U.C.L.A. and was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Conductor.
- July 9, 1938
Chihara is currently on the faculty at U.C.L.A. and was also the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Conductor. More recently, he served as composer-in-residence with the Mancini Institute. He has been named Composer Of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation in New York for 2008.
Jun 24, 2024 · These three works all demonstrate Paul Chihara’s characterful combination of simple melody with cutting-edge orchestral sonorities. He’s particularly fond of atmospheric tone clusters for strings
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