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AKUTAGAWA Yasushi (b. 12 VII 1925, Tokyo) - Japanese composer. The son of a famous Japanese. novelist writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke. He studied with K. Hashimoto and A. Ifukube (composition) and N. Kaneko (conducting) in the class of masters of the State. Higher School of Music in Tokyo (graduated in 1949). The most famous was A. Symphony Triptych for strings. Orchestra (1948) and 2 program symphonies (1st - 1953, performed in Moscow in 1956; 2nd - "Ellora - Indian Temple", 1958). For muses. A. style is characterized by a combination of specific. damn traditional japan. music and some modern techniques. Europe composer technique; close to avant-garde. Acts as a conductor, ch. arr. in author's concerts, takes part in the choir. Japan's Singing Voices movement. The author of the books “All About Music” (Tokyo, 1959), “In the Music Halls” (1962, Tokyo). Op. (except named):operas - Black Mirror (1960, Tokyo), Orpheus in Hiroshima (1968, Tokyo, Salzburg); ballets - Dream of the Lake (1950, Tokyo), Paradise Lost (1951, Tokyo), Kappa (1951); for orc. - Symphony for children. The constellation Gemini (1957), dance. suite and others; 2 string quartets; songs, music for films. L. G. Grigoriev.