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Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. [1] Life and career. Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, [2] he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066 .
Paul Chihara is a prolific and versatile composer of concert, ballet, film and TV music. He has worked with renowned directors, orchestras and musicians, and received many awards and commissions.
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- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Paul Chihara
May 1, 2024 · Composer Paul Chihara was inspired by music he heard at the Japanese American internment camp where he spent his childhood during WWII. How did the war affect him, and what does music mean to him?
Paul Chihara is a composer, orchestrator, and educator who has worked in various genres and media. He has received many awards and commissions, and has taught at UCLA and NYU.
Paul Chihara is a composer of concert, ballet, film and television music. He studied with Robert Palmer, Nadia Boulanger, Toru Takemitsu and others, and received many awards and commissions.
- July 9, 1938
Apr 18, 2012 · Paul Chihara has had a long and distinguished career as a composer for film and concert stage. In this video interview Drew Schnurr sits down with him to learn more about his life,...
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- Drew Schnurr
May 31, 2020 · Paul Chihara, the noted Japanese-American composer of film and concert music, discussing his newly written piano concerto titled "Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Chamber Orchestra."
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- Quynh Nguyen, Pianist
