Midori Matsuya, 松谷翠 (18 March 1943 – 9 January 1994) was a Japanese pianist, graduated from
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...
, studied under
Kichigoro Sato,
Noboru Toyomasu,
Naoya Fukai and
Lay Lev.
His father was a Japanese Jazz pianist,
Minoru Matsuya (1910–1995). He taught him how to play the piano since he was a child. He was brought up in an environment to learn both classical and jazz music since his childhood. Also, he learned harmony and composition under
Roh Ogura (1916–1990) in
Kamakura
, officially , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the tota ...
.
In 1973, he left to Germany to study at
Universität der Künste Berlin
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...
. In 1975, he returned to Japan and engaged in concert, broadcasting and recording activities.
He was a professor in
Nihon University
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, Music Department. He was a piano teacher of
Hiroaki Zakoji (1958–1987).
Composer and vocalist,
Fuyuta Matsuya and vocalist,
Leo Matsuya are his sons.
He recorded his last CD, ''Light Colored Album'', a short time before his death.
External links
Fuyuta Matsuya Website
1943 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Japanese musicians
20th-century Japanese pianists
Japanese pianists
Academic staff of Nihon University
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