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Stomu Yamashta, born is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is best known for pioneering and popularising the world music genre after blending traditional music with popular music in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the leader of the supergroup Go with Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze, and Michael Shrieve.〔 ==Biography== Stomu Yamashta was born in Kyoto, Japan,〔 and studied music at Kyoto University, Juilliard School of Music, and Berklee College of Music, and has also lectured in music. His innovation and acrobatic drumming style earned him many accolades. In the 1960s he performed with Thor Johnson, Toru Takemitsu, and Hans Werner Henze amongst others. He changed his name from Tsutomu Yamashita to the phonetic Stomu Yamashta and in 1969 gained worldwide recognition during a concert with Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Time Magazine reviewed the concert declaring the star of the evening was Stomu Yamashta who stole the show with his virtuosic performance, and when it was over the audience gave him a five-minute standing ovation. At the turn of the 1970s he worked with Peter Maxwell Davies and brought the Red Buddha Theatre company from Japan to Europe, acting as their director, producer and composer, writing and performing in the multi-media event "The Man From The East", with Morris Pert's Come To The Edge providing the musical backing. He has composed for the British Royal Ballet, and wrote pieces for the David Bowie film ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' and performed in Peter Maxwell Davies's score for Ken Russell's ''The Devils'' and in John Williams' score for Robert Altman's ''Images'' (1972). He has also composed film scores.〔 His ''Space Theme'' was used by the BBC on ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Stomu Yamashta also appears in the last episode of Tony Palmer's ''All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stomu Yamashta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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