SaburÅ Moroi
Saburō Moroi (Japanese诸 井 三郎, Moroi Saburō; born August 7, 1903 in Tokyo, † March 24, 1977 Tokyo ) was a Japanese composer.
Life
Moroi grew up in a big industrialist family. His father Moroi Tsunehei was the founder of Chichibu Cement Company Limited, which was later run by his brother Moroi Kan'ichi. He studied at the University of Tokyo and had piano lessons with Willy Bardas and Leonid Kochanski.
With Friends Moroi Saburō founded in 1930, the group Surya committed to the performance of the works of young contemporary composers devoted himself. The group also joined young writers like Tetsutaro Kawakami, Hideo Kobayashi, Nakahara Chuya, Miyoshi Tatsuji, Kon Hidemi, Ooka Shohei and Nakajima Kenzo. Between 1932 and 1934 Moroi studied at the Musikhochschule in Berlin composition with Leo Schrattenholz, Max Trapp and Walther Gmeindl.
Moroi Saburō had a major role in the reorganization of the music educational system in Japan. From 1965 to 1976 he was director of the Municipal Orchestra of Tokyo, then head of the music department of the University Kawasaki. He composed five symphonies and a Sinfonietta, a piano and a cello concerto, chamber music and songs.
Works
- Japanese composer
- Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
- Japanese
- Born in 1903
- Died in 1977
- Man