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Toshio Hosokawa

1955 - Today

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Toshio Hosokawa (細川 俊夫, Hosokawa Toshio; born 23 October 1955) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture. He has composed operas, the oratorio Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima, and instrumental music. He was the cofounder and artistic director of a Japanese festival for contemporary music and has been a composer in residence at international festivals such as the Venice Biennale, Lucerne Festival, Warsaw Autumn and Rheingau Musik Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Toshio Hosokawa is the 1,279th most popular composer (down from 1,275th in 2024), the 1,581st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,453rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 1,279 out of 1,451. Before him are Pauline Oliveros, Federico Chueca, Alexandre Levy, Conlon Nancarrow, Mikhail Gnessin, and Erkki-Sven Tüür. After him are Maurice Greene, Władysław Żeleński, Jonathan Larson, Andrey Petrov, Nicholas Hooper, and Hiroyuki Sawano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 410. Before him are Enver İzmaylov, Janusz Kupcewicz, Uwe Reinders, Rob Portman, Mihovil Nakić, and Jean Lassalle. After him are Reinhold Mitterlehner, Egidio Miragoli, King Kong Bundy, Philip Dimitrov, José Montilla, and Klaus Siebert.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 1,581 out of 6,245. Before him are Shōichi Nakagawa (1953), Marie Kondo (1984), Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Sola Aoi (1983), Yuki Tazawa (1979), and Miho Nakayama (1970). After him are Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932), Kei Okami (1859), Masanao Sasaki (1962), Michio Mado (1909), and Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Toshio Hosokawa ranks 18. Before him are Koji Kondo (1961), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Akira Yamaoka (1968), and Masaaki Suzuki (1954). After him are Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), Kaoru Wada (1962), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Mamoru Samuragochi (1963), and Kazumi Totaka (1967).

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