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    Karen Tanaka is a Japanese composer and pianist who has composed extensively for instrumental and electronic media. Her works have been performed by distinguished orchestras worldwide and she has received numerous commissions. Tanaka studied composition in Japan, France, and the United States and is known for works influenced by nature and the environment.

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    Karen Tanaka is a Japanese composer and pianist who has composed extensively for instrumental and electronic media. Her works have been performed by distinguished orchestras worldwide and she has received numerous commissions. Tanaka studied composition in Japan, France, and the United States and is known for works influenced by nature and the environment.

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    9/17/2015

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    Karen Tanaka
    Born: 1961
    Nationality: Japanese
    Publisher: Chester Music
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    Karen Tanaka is an exceptionally versatile composer and pianist. She has


    composed extensively for both instrumental and electronic media. Her music is
    delicate and emotive, beautifully crafted, showing a refined ear for both detail and
    largeorganicshapes,TheNewGroveDictionaryofMusicandMusicians.
    Her works have been performed by distinguished orchestras and ensembles
    worldwide including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Netherlands Radio Symphony
    Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,
    OrchestrePhilharmoniquedeRadioFrance,KronosQuartet,BrodskyQuartet,BIT20
    Ensemble, among many others. Various choreographers and dance companies,
    includingWayneMcGregorandNederlandsDansTheater,haveoftenfeaturedher
    music.

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    Inrecentyears,shehasreceivednumerouscommissionsfrom,mostnotably,Radio
    France,theCanadaCouncilfortheArtsforEveEgoyan,theArtsCouncilofEngland
    forBrodskyQuartet,theBBCSymphonyOrchestraconductedbyKazushiOno,the
    MichaelVynerTrustfortheNHKSymphonyOrchestraconductedbyEsaPekkaSalonen,JaneDutcherforJoanJeanrenaud
    and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano, and the National Endowment for the Arts for the
    RochesterPhilharmonicOrchestraconductedbyPeterBay.
    Herloveofnatureandconcernfortheenvironmenthasinfluencedmanyofherworks,includingFrozenHorizon,Waterand
    Stone,InvisibleCurve,Dreamscape,TalesofTrees,CrystallineandQuestionsofNature.
    BorninTokyo,shestartedformalpianoandcompositionlessonsasachild.AfterstudyingcompositionwithAkiraMiyoshiat
    TohoGakuenSchoolofMusicinTokyo,shemovedtoParisin1986withtheaidofaFrenchGovernmentScholarshiptostudy
    withTristanMurailandworkatIRCAM.In1987shewasawardedtheGaudeamusPrizeattheInternationalMusicWeekin
    AmsterdamforherpianoconcertoAnamorphose.ShestudiedwithLucianoBerioinFlorencein199091withfundsfromthe
    Nadia Boulanger Foundation and a Japanese Government Scholarship. In 1996, she received the Margaret Lee Crofts
    FellowshipattheTanglewoodMusicCenter.In1998shewasappointedasCoArtisticDirectoroftheYatsugatakeKogen
    MusicFestival,previouslydirectedbyToruTakemitsu.Hermusichasbeenselectedforperformanceforeighttimesatthe
    ISCMWorldMusicDaysFestivals.
    In 2012, she was selected as a fellow of the Sundance Institutes Composers Lab for feature film and mentored by
    Hollywoodsleadingcomposers.
    HermusicispublishedbyChesterMusicinLondon(MusicSales),SchottMusicinNewYork(PSNY),andEditionsBIMin
    Switzerland.KarenTanakalivesinLosAngelesandteachescompositionatCaliforniaInstituteoftheArts.

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