Name Hiroshi Ohguri Role Composer | Died April 18, 1982 | |
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Similar People Alfred Reed, Takashi Asahina, Osaka Municipal Symphon, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Yasuhide Ito | ||
大栗裕(Hiroshi Ohguri) マンドリンオーケストラの為のシンフォニエッタ第1番 Sinfonietta No.1 for Mandolin Orchestra (1967)
大栗裕(Hiroshi Ohguri)：マンドリンオーケストラの為のシンフォニエッタNo.5 (1977)
Hiroshi Ohguri (大栗 裕 Ōguri Hiroshi, July 9, 1918 - April 18, 1982) was a Japanese composer.
Contents
- Hiroshi Ohguri 1 Sinfonietta No1 for Mandolin Orchestra 1967
- Hiroshi OhguriNo5 1977
- Biography
- Opera
- Orchestral
- Wind Orchestra
- Mandolin Orchestra
- References
Biography
Born in the Senba district of Osaka into a merchant family, his father was an amateur Gidayu player, and he grew up surrounded by traditional Japanese music. He was introduced to European classical music in 1931, upon his entry into high school, where he joined the wind band and learned to play the French horn. After a spell in his family's store, in 1941 he went to Tokyo, where he joined the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra as a hornist. In 1946 he became principal horn of the Japan Symphony Orchestra; in 1949 he resigned and returned to Osaka, where in 1950 he joined the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. Here he remained until 1966. Ohguri also taught music in Kyoto Women's University and Osaka College of Music. He died in 1982.