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Michiko Hirayama

Japanese singer

Michiko Hirayama

Born(1923-06-14)June 14, 1923
DiedApril 1, 2018(2018-04-01) (aged 94)
Other names平山 美智子
Occupation(s)Singer, Soprano

Michiko Hirayama (平山 美智子, Hirayama Michiko, 14 July 1923 – 1 April 2018)[1] was a Japanese singer, noted for her interpretation of Giacinto Scelsi's "Canti del Capricorno".

Biography

Hirayama was born in 1923 in Tokyo.

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Her parents were lawyers[1][2] and she had a good education. One of her first musical influences was the Japanese composer Fumio Hayasaka.[2]

Hirayama studied music at Tokyo University of the Arts, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Accademia Chigiana in Siena and at the Mozarteum Salzburg;[1] she soon discovered her affinity for contemporary music.

In the early 1950s she moved to Italy.[2] There she met Giacinto Scelsi in 1957, at a concert of Scelsi's neighbor, but she did not initially k