Takashi Kako

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Takashi Kako ( Japanese 加 古 隆 , Kako Takashi ; born January 31, 1947 in Toyonaka , Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese pianist and composer who is known in Japan as a "painter of the piano" and as a film composer because of his piano sounds . His son is the actor and seiyū Kako Rion .

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Kako was shaped early on by European classical music. As a schoolboy he attended a concert by the Jazz Messengers , which deeply impressed him. From 1965 he studied composition at the National University of the Arts Tokyo ; In 1971 he came to Paris on a scholarship to continue his studies at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen . He completed his studies in 1976 with the Prix ​​de Composition .

In 1973 he made his first recordings as a jazz pianist . In the Paris scene he also worked with Steve Lacy and Noah Howard . He also composed for Toshiyuki Miyama's “New Herd” , who recorded his works with Akira Sakata as soloist in 1978 under the title El Al . Recordings in a quartet led by Masahiko Togashi and Albert Mangelsdorff followed. In 1980 he returned to Japan, where he developed his own style and integrated elements of classical European music, new music and jazz into his compositions and improvisations. He increasingly composed for theater and film. His main works include the piano composition Klee , which is inspired by paintings by Paul Klee . In the field of jazz he performed with his own quartet.

Prizes and awards

In 1998, his music for the film The Quarry by Marion Hänsel was awarded at the Montreal World Film Festival . In 2002 he was awarded the Music Prize of the 57th Mainichi Film Competition for the film Amidado-dayori by Koizumi Takashi ; In 2006 he received an award for his music for the film The Professor and his Beloved Equation by the same director.

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SURNAME Kako, Takashi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 加 古 隆 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese (jazz) pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Toyonaka , Osaka Prefecture