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One of the most renowned electronic music composer in the world, Isao
Tomita (born 1932) was born in Tokyo and spent early childhood with his
father in China. After returning to Japan, he took private lessons in
orchestration and composition while being an art history student at Keio
University, Tokyo. He graduated in 1955 and became a full-time composer for
television, film and theatre. He composed the theme music for the Japanese
Olympic gymnastics team for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia.
In the late 1960s, he turned his attention to electronic music. He
acquired a Moog III synthesizer and began building his home studio. He
started composing "Snowflakes are Dancing" in 1974, which was a worldwide
success. In that year, he also composed music for the Japanese film "Last
Days of Planet Earth"
He kept on releasing albums as Firebird, Pictures at an Exhibition, Grand
Canyon, Bach Fantasy. He gave a big concert in Linz, Austria called "Mind of
the Universe", playing instruments in a pyramid on top of 80,000 people.
He is now the Honorary President of the Japan Synthesizer Programmers
Association.
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