Biography
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Born
20 April 1973 (age 51)
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Born In
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Junichi Matsumoto born on April 20, 1973 in Kushiro City, Hokkaido.
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Department of Composition(1992-1996), studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Master of Composition(2009-2011), and after returning to Japan, has developed his career in various fields such as TV movies, commercials, stages and Jpop.
In 2011 he won the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Finalist Prize at the Composition Category, and in 2014 won the Japan Academy Prize for Excellent Music Award (“Like Father, Like Son”, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda),
and the 2nd Prize in the Composition Division of the 91th Music Competition of Japan. From 2016 to 2023, he worked on the music for the hit animation “The Ancient Magus’ Bride”.
In 2017, “Mr. Long” (directed by SABU and starring Chang Chen ), for which he composed the music, was nominated in the Competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The local professional press highly acclaimed the music for the film.
In the art scene, he continues collaborating with various artists and groups, including dancer Kaiji Moriyama, artist Sebastian Masuda, and numerous contemporary dance groups.
Selected recent activities:
“RYUUGUU – The Turtle Princess” commissioned by National Ballet of Japan (New National Theatre Ballet) written and directed by Kaiji Moriyama, music
“The little One-Winged Plane” for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, music
“Mashin Sentai Kiramager” (Super Sentai series), music
WORKS
The 91st Japan Music Competition, 2nd Prize, Award-winning work
TV Anime
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Opening Ceremony :
NEW NATIONAL THEATRE, JAPAN – the NATIONAL BALLET of JAPAN – : (directed by Kaiji Moriyama)
67th Berlin International Film Festival : Competition (directed by SABU)
TV Anime
TV Japanese Super Sentai series
Coraboration Work with Masuda Sebasutian, Sony new technology , Claude Monet and Pola Museum of Art
Comtenporary Dance Theatre (Directed by Kaiji Moriyama at KAAT)
Movie (directed by SABU)
TV Anime
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