Kōji Ueno
Composer
1960 –
Who is Kōji Ueno?
Kōji Ueno is an award-winning Japanese composer, musician, arranger and keyboardist. He is noted for his unique style of music.
He graduated from Nihon University's department of music at its faculty of art, and in 1978, began his career in music with his first music ensemble, 8&1/2, after which he worked with the group Halmens between 1979 and 1981. In 1980, Ueno formed the musical group Guernica, noted for its unique form of avant garde music, along with vocalist Jun Togawa and lyricist Keichi Ohta.
In the 1980s, Ueno worked with renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on the soundtracks of the films Koneko Monogatari, Oritsu Uchūgun - Oneamisu no Tsubasa, and The Last Emperor. In 2004, he composed the music for the lauded Takashi Nakamura-directed anime TV series, Fantastic Children.
Ueno has recently formed the musical group Netszo & Gansaku, with the first album, Polarity Integration released by Sony Music on April 2007.
Ueno has also lectured on film music at the Faculty of Art at Nihon University. He has won several awards, including the award for best musical composition at the 1989 Mainichi Film Festival for his composition of the musical score for the film Untama Giru, and has also won numerous international awards, including the best music at the Festival Des Trois Continents in Nantes in 1989, as well as the "Cristal tcheque pour la musique contemporaine" at the 32nd Golden Prague International Television Festival in 1995, held in Prague, for his score for the NHK television series, The Pale Cast of Thought.
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1960
Japan - Also known as
- Koji Ueno
- 上野耕治
- Kouji Ueno
- Ueno, Kouji
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Lived in
- Chiba Prefecture
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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