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| born in Tokyo in 1953,graduated from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts
and Music with the Master's Degree in 1980. In 1979, he won the Prince Pierre
of Monaco Musical Composition Award for his "String Quartet".
In 1994, his "Les Temps de Miroirs--L'Horizontale du Vent" for
ryuteki, sho, and electronic music became the recommended work of International
Music Council sponsored by UNESCO. His work for ballet "Mandala",
after being premiered in Tokyo in 1987, was performed at the Edinburgh International
Festival in 1988 and toured New York and Washington, D.C. in 1991. Among
his recent works, the work for Gagaku orchestra "Moon Phase"was
performed in Tokyo, Germany and Spain, and the work for Japanese traditional
ensemble "A Lunar Note" was performed in Tokyo and several cities
in the United States.
Kanno's compositions are founded on three genres--the Western orchestral music,the Japanese traditional instruments, and the computer music. |