Michio Mamiya
June 29, 1929 – December 11, 2024 was a Japanese composer. He is most notable for composing the soundtrack to the 1988 film Grave of the Fireflies.
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Michio Mamiya
- Name
- Michio Mamiya
- Born
- 29 June 1929
- Birthplace
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- 11 December 2024
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- composer · musicologist · music educator · conductor · music teacher
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Honours
- Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology · Otaka prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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June 29, 1929 – December 11, 2024 was a Japanese composer. He is most notable for composing the soundtrack to the 1988 film Grave of the Fireflies.
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Michio Mamiya studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. Ichirō Nodaira and Tomiko Kōjiba are recorded as having studied under Michio Mamiya. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Distinctions recorded are Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology and Otaka prize.
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• Name — Michio Mamiya • Born — 29 June 1929 • Birthplace — Hokkaido, Japan • Died — 11 December 2024
Life
Life
Born in Hokkaido on June 29, 1929, he studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Mamiya died from pneumonia on December 11, 2024, at the age of 95.
Career
Career
Mamiya’s interest in Japanese folk music led him to compose several choral works incorporating traditional elements. Mamiya composed for opera, with his opera Narukami (1974), which is based on the kabuki play of the same name, winning a grand prix at the Salzburg Opera Festival. In the original Salzburg performance, the opera was performed using bunraku style puppets manipulated by puppeteers, rather than human actors, but more recent performances have been performed in the style of more traditional operas with human casts. Mamiya also wrote movie soundtracks, including for the 1988 Studio Ghibli movie Grave of the Fireflies.
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Michio Mamiya is recorded as having received Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology and Otaka prize.
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1929
Michio Mamiya born at Asahikawa.
2024
Michio Mamiya died at Tokyo.
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Asahikawa.
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- 1.Interview transcript. Minnesota Public Radio. May 29, 2001.
- 2.作曲家の間宮芳生さん死去、95歳 民謡を取り入れた合唱曲など. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 12, 2024.
- 3.Masakata Kanazawa (1992). Mamiya, Michio (opera). Grove Music Online.
- 4.Narukami/Shunkan. New National Theatre Tokyo. 2004.
- 5.Sunayan Bhattacharjee (September 19, 2016). 'Grave of the Fireflies': A Powerful Saga of War and Survival. The Cinemaholic.
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Michio Mamiya studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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