Matsudaira Yoritsune

Matsudaira Yoritsune

Matsudaira Yoritsune ( Japanese 松 平 頼 則 ; born May 5, 1907 in Koishikawa , Tokyo City (today: Bunkyō , Tokyo ); † October 30, 2001 in Tokyo) was a Japanese composer.

Life

Matsudaira is the eldest son of the former vice count ( Shishaku ) Matsudaira Yorinari and grandson of the prince ( Daimyō ) Matsudaira Yorifumi . He studied composition with Alexander Tscherepnin and piano with Henri Emile Gil-Marchex . His compositions quickly found acceptance in Europe, Herbert von Karajan conducted his Thème et variations in Vienna in 1952 , and Pierre Boulez performed his Figures sonores in Paris in 1958 . At the Festival of the International Society for New Music (IGNM) in 1954 he received first prize for Metamorphoses d'apres Saibara , and in 1962 he received first prize for Bugaku at the International Composers' Competition in Rome .

Matsudaira was one of the founding members of the Shinkō Sakkyokuka Renmei ( 新興 作曲家 連 盟 , German "Union of composers of new tendency") in 1930 . From 1953 he was secretary, from 1956 to 1960 president of the Japanese section of the ISHR.

Matsudaira composed an opera ( Genji Monogatari , The Story of Prince Genji , 1990–93), concerts, serenades, choral works and songs. He used partly European, partly also traditional Japanese instruments. In 1996 he was named Bunka Kōrōsha, a person with special cultural merits .

His son Yoriaki (* 1931) also became known as a composer.

Web links

• Biography (japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 須藤 英 子 : 松 平 頼 則 Matsudaira, Yoritsune 1907 ~ 2001. PianoTeachers' National Association of Japan, January 2007, accessed February 14, 2012 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 水 戸 支流 松 平 氏 （府中 藩 ・ 御 連 枝 . In: Reichsarchiv. Retrieved February 14, 2012 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Matsudaira is the family name, Yoritsune the first name.