山下勉

Stomu Yamashta (born Yamashita Tsutomu, Japanese: 山下勉, 15 March 1947, Kyoto, Japan)

Since the late 60’s he has developed an international reputation as a composer and performer (percussion, keyboards) of serious music, jazz rock fusion, rock, electronica as well as multi-media projects for the theatre, a ballet score ("Shukumei" ) and cinematic soundtracks. He studied jazz. He has toured and played with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the rock group Come to The Edge. YAMASH’TA has recorded not only jazz rock fusion and rock but music by the serious modern composers Maxwell-Davis and Henze.

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