Teizo Matsumura

✶January 15, 1929

†August 6, 2007

2 candles burning, 6 lit in all

About their life

Teizo Matsumura was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He studied with Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions. He was Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

Japanese composer and poet (1929–2007)

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