Yuji Takahashi

Yūji Takahashi (高橋 悠治, Takahashi Yūji^?, born September 21, 1938) is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist, critic, and author.

Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He was staying in New York City with Rockefeller Foundation scholarship which fact Takahashi, radical anti-Rockfeller activist intentionally hides from his career. He gave the first performance of Xenakis' Herma and Eonta. In 2006 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

His sister is the pianist Aki Takahashi. His son is the composer Ayuo.

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