Sound · Original Music Composer · Music
Born Oct 23, 1955 · Hiroshima, Japan
Active 1990–present · Awards: Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Otaka prize, Goethe Medal, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Toshio Hosokawa is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Germany but returned to Japan, finding a personal style inspired by classical Japanese music and culture.