Tetsuya Hori
Biography Tetsuya Hori
Tetsuya Hori
My name is Tetsuya Hori. I like to write music for instruments, vocals, electronics and objects as the instrumentation of solo, ensemble, chamber and orchestral music. But for which instrumentation I want to compose is always fluid.
I was born in Sapporo/Hokkaido in Japan, started playing the organ at the age of four and took up composing soon afterwards. I commenced studying composition in Sapporo at the age of 16 and later moved to Tokyo to study composition at the Showa University of Music. I graduated at the age of 22, winning a special prize from the university. From 2000 to 2003 I was a lecturer for piano, vocal, chorus, and orchestra. After studying at Showa University of Music, I moved to Berlin in 2003 where I lives and composes. In 2003 I also began composing for live-electro using the software Max.
I compose commissioned works for various performing musicians, chamber and symphony orchestra. In addition to that, I teach composition at various schools and universities in Europe, Asia and North America.
I have been the recipient of special prize from Showa University of
Music, special mention from International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011, the Best CD Album of 2011 by foxy digitalis and Semi- Finalist of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition in Belgium.
In addition, my orchestral work was selected as one of the winning compositions of “Orchestral Masters Vol.10” by ABLAZE Records in 2022, and a piece for Solo Violin as a finalist in the VII International Composition Competition Appassionato Ensemble in 2023.
