Biography
千住 明Akira Senju
[作曲家]
1960年10月21日東京生まれ。幼稚舎より慶応義塾で学び、慶応義塾大学工学部中退、東京藝術大学作曲科卒業。同大学院を首席で修了。修了作品「EDEN」(1989)は史上8人目の東京藝術大学買上となり、同大学美術館に永久保存されている。
藝大在学中からその活動は、ポップスから純音楽まで多岐にわたり、作曲家・編曲家・音楽プロデューサーとしてグローバルに活躍。
'99年第13回TOYP大賞、'97年第20回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「わが心の銀河鉄道〜宮沢賢治物語」、'99年第22回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「愛を乞うひと」、'01年第27回ドラマアカデミー賞劇中音楽賞「Strawberry On The Shortcake」、'04年第27回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「黄泉がえり」、'04年第40回ドラマアカデミー賞劇中音楽賞「砂の器」、'05年第59回日本放送映画芸術大賞最優秀音楽賞 「砂の器」、 '11年第65回日本放送映画芸術大賞最優秀音楽賞「99年の愛 JAPANESE AMERICAN」「大仏開眼」、'19年ASIAGRAPH 創（つむぎ）賞、'24年第47回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「こんにちは、母さん」等受賞歴多数。
テレビ等メディアへの出演も多く、NHK「日曜美術館」のキャスターもつとめた。
2019年には、天皇陛下御即位三十年記念式典にて天皇皇后両陛下による著作歌曲「歌声の響」の編曲とピアノを担当。三浦大知、千住真理子と共に記念演奏を披露。
代表作にテレビドラマ「砂の器」劇中テーマ曲のピアノ協奏曲「宿命」(2004)、ヴァイオリンとストリングスオーケストラの為の「四季」(2004)、「日本交響詩」(2005)、オペラ「隅田川」(台本:松本隆)(2007)、合唱組曲「母なるものへ」(詩:覚和歌子)(2009)、オペラ「万葉集」(台本:黛まどか)(2009、2011)、オペラ「滝の白糸」(台本:黛まどか)(2014)、「カレンダー組曲」（2015）中国ミュージカル「白夜行」（2018）等。
映像音楽としては、映画「226」「RAMPO〜国際版」「わが心の銀河鉄道」「愛を乞うひと」「アリーテ姫」「黄泉がえり」「HINOKIO」「涙そうそう」「マジック・ツリーハウス」「追憶」「こんにちは、母さん」、ドラマ「高校教師」「家なき子」「世紀末の詩」「ほんまもん」「砂の器」「風林火山」「GOLD」「99年の愛〜JAPANESE AMERICANS」「心の糸」「LEADERS〜リーダーズⅠ、Ⅱ」「流星ワゴン」「レッドクロス〜女たちの赤紙〜」「VIVANT」、アニメシリーズ「機動戦士Vガンダム」「雪の女王」「鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST」「革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ」、ゲーム「TRIANGLE STRATEGY」、NHKスペシャル「世紀を越えて」「平成史」「全貌二・二六事件」「新・ドキュメント太平洋戦争」、NHK「日本 映像の20世紀」「BS8K ルーブル美術館」、TV「アイアンシェフ」「テレビ未来遺産」、CM「アサヒスーパードライ」「東芝ライフスタイル」、ムービングロゴ「GAGA」、ウィーン美術史美術館&TBS公式テーマ曲「Glorious Museum」等、音楽を担当した作品は数多い。
カート・エリング、ジェーン・バーキン、シセル、ザンフィル、千住真理子、藤原道山、チェンミン、杉山清貴、DEPAPEPE、等のアーティストのプロデュースも手がけ、アレンジャーとしては中森明菜「歌姫」シリーズが通算百万枚のセールスを記録し、他にも大貫妙子、谷村新司、白鳥英美子、森山良子、加山雄三、辛島美登里、今井美樹、夏川りみ、沢田知可子、二村英仁、奥村愛、石井竜也、等ジャンルを越えたアーティストの編曲を担当。
東京藝術大学を中心とした音楽と美術の制作グループ「SENJU LAB」主宰。東京藝術大学客員教授。
（2024年6月現在）
URL: https://akirasenju.com/
藝大在学中からその活動は、ポップスから純音楽まで多岐にわたり、作曲家・編曲家・音楽プロデューサーとしてグローバルに活躍。
'99年第13回TOYP大賞、'97年第20回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「わが心の銀河鉄道〜宮沢賢治物語」、'99年第22回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「愛を乞うひと」、'01年第27回ドラマアカデミー賞劇中音楽賞「Strawberry On The Shortcake」、'04年第27回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「黄泉がえり」、'04年第40回ドラマアカデミー賞劇中音楽賞「砂の器」、'05年第59回日本放送映画芸術大賞最優秀音楽賞 「砂の器」、 '11年第65回日本放送映画芸術大賞最優秀音楽賞「99年の愛 JAPANESE AMERICAN」「大仏開眼」、'19年ASIAGRAPH 創（つむぎ）賞、'24年第47回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞「こんにちは、母さん」等受賞歴多数。
テレビ等メディアへの出演も多く、NHK「日曜美術館」のキャスターもつとめた。
2019年には、天皇陛下御即位三十年記念式典にて天皇皇后両陛下による著作歌曲「歌声の響」の編曲とピアノを担当。三浦大知、千住真理子と共に記念演奏を披露。
代表作にテレビドラマ「砂の器」劇中テーマ曲のピアノ協奏曲「宿命」(2004)、ヴァイオリンとストリングスオーケストラの為の「四季」(2004)、「日本交響詩」(2005)、オペラ「隅田川」(台本:松本隆)(2007)、合唱組曲「母なるものへ」(詩:覚和歌子)(2009)、オペラ「万葉集」(台本:黛まどか)(2009、2011)、オペラ「滝の白糸」(台本:黛まどか)(2014)、「カレンダー組曲」（2015）中国ミュージカル「白夜行」（2018）等。
映像音楽としては、映画「226」「RAMPO〜国際版」「わが心の銀河鉄道」「愛を乞うひと」「アリーテ姫」「黄泉がえり」「HINOKIO」「涙そうそう」「マジック・ツリーハウス」「追憶」「こんにちは、母さん」、ドラマ「高校教師」「家なき子」「世紀末の詩」「ほんまもん」「砂の器」「風林火山」「GOLD」「99年の愛〜JAPANESE AMERICANS」「心の糸」「LEADERS〜リーダーズⅠ、Ⅱ」「流星ワゴン」「レッドクロス〜女たちの赤紙〜」「VIVANT」、アニメシリーズ「機動戦士Vガンダム」「雪の女王」「鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST」「革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ」、ゲーム「TRIANGLE STRATEGY」、NHKスペシャル「世紀を越えて」「平成史」「全貌二・二六事件」「新・ドキュメント太平洋戦争」、NHK「日本 映像の20世紀」「BS8K ルーブル美術館」、TV「アイアンシェフ」「テレビ未来遺産」、CM「アサヒスーパードライ」「東芝ライフスタイル」、ムービングロゴ「GAGA」、ウィーン美術史美術館&TBS公式テーマ曲「Glorious Museum」等、音楽を担当した作品は数多い。
カート・エリング、ジェーン・バーキン、シセル、ザンフィル、千住真理子、藤原道山、チェンミン、杉山清貴、DEPAPEPE、等のアーティストのプロデュースも手がけ、アレンジャーとしては中森明菜「歌姫」シリーズが通算百万枚のセールスを記録し、他にも大貫妙子、谷村新司、白鳥英美子、森山良子、加山雄三、辛島美登里、今井美樹、夏川りみ、沢田知可子、二村英仁、奥村愛、石井竜也、等ジャンルを越えたアーティストの編曲を担当。
東京藝術大学を中心とした音楽と美術の制作グループ「SENJU LAB」主宰。東京藝術大学客員教授。
（2024年6月現在）
URL: https://akirasenju.com/
Akira Senju [Composer]
Akira Senju is widely regarded as one of the most prominent Japanese composers living today.
Senju was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1960. After having studied in the Faculty of Technology at Keio University, he decided to study composition formally and entered the Tokyo University of the Arts, where he studied with Hiroaki Minami and Toshiro Mayuzumi. He completed his master's degree in composition with highest honors. His graduation work “EDEN for computer” received recognition and was purchased by the university and became part of the permanent collection of the University Art Museum.
Senju started his career as a composer, arranger, and music producer while in school, and since then has been remarkably active and prolific across genres. Probably best known for his orchestral works, he has written wide range of music from concert pieces to soundtracks to operas to pop music. Among them are “Four Seasons” for violin and string orchestra (2004), commissioned by Tokyo International Airport; Japan Symphonic Poem (2005), commissioned by NHK; Opera “Sumidagawa” (2007), commissioned by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Choral Suite “Haha Naru Mono e” (2009); Opera “Manyo-syu” (2009, 2011), commissioned by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Opera “Taki no Shiraito” (2014), commissioned by Ishikawa Music Promotion Foundation, Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation; “Calendar Suite” (2015), “Glorious Museum” (2016, Official Theme of Kunst Historisches Museum Wien & TBS 10Years Partnership). His works have been performed in various concerts not only in Japan but also overseas, including two concerts held in Hungary in 2017, which focused exclusively on his works. His musical theatre work “Into the White Night” was premiered in Shanghai, China in 2018 with great success and went on an extensive nationwide tour.
Senju has also scored numerous soundtracks, including films “226”, “The Mystery of Rampo”, “Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudo”, “Begging for Love”, “Yomigaeri”, “Hinokio”, “Nada Soso”, “Tsuioku”, “Mom, Is That You?!”; TV dramas “Ienakiko”, “Seikimatsu no Uta”, “Honmamon”, “Suna No Utsuwa”, “Fūrinkazan (NHK Taiga Drama)”, “GOLD”, “Japanese Americans”, “Kokoro no Ito”, “Ashio kara Kita Onna”, “Leaders”, “Ryusei Wagon”, “Flowers for Algernon”, “Red Cross -Onna Tachi no Akagami-”, “Vivant”; TV documentary “Across the Era”, “Nihon Eizo no 20-Seiki”, “The Mystery of Stradivarius”, “Louvre, La Beauté Eternelle”, “Heisei-shi”; TV show “Iron Chef”, “Mirai Isan Future Heritage”; TV animation series “Mobile Suit Victory Gundam”, “The Snow Queen”, “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”, “Valvrave the Liberator”, “Battery”; animated films “Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike”, “Magic Tree House”; game “Triangle Strategy”, among many others.
Senju's orchestral works have been recorded by many distinguished orchestras worldwide, which include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic, Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow International Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, and conducted by such prestigious conductors as Vaclav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Seiji Ozawa, to name a few. He has also collaborated with various internationally renowned artists across the boundaries, including Kurt Elling, Jane Birkin, Sissel, Zamfir and Libera.
Senju has released dozens of solo and soundtrack albums on virtually all the major labels in Japan, including Universal Music, EMI, Sony Music, and so on. His music has attracted many awards and prizes, including three Japan Academy Prizes for Music (in 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2024).
Senju is also an active lecturer and educator. He is currently a project professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and the supervisor of Senju Lab, a crossover collaboration workshop for various creators in the Tokyo University of the Arts. He is also serving as a distinguished guest professor of Tokyo College of Music. Previous engagements include an instructor at the Tokyo University of the Arts (1991-93), a visiting lecturer at Keio University (1994-95, 2006), a visiting professor at the Tokyo College of Music (2007-14), and a visiting professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts (2015-16). He has appeared on many culture programs on TV and other media, including host appearances on a popular weekly educational TV program, “Nichiyo Bijutsukan (Sunday Art Museum)” on NHK (2011-13).
(June 2024)
Senju was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1960. After having studied in the Faculty of Technology at Keio University, he decided to study composition formally and entered the Tokyo University of the Arts, where he studied with Hiroaki Minami and Toshiro Mayuzumi. He completed his master's degree in composition with highest honors. His graduation work “EDEN for computer” received recognition and was purchased by the university and became part of the permanent collection of the University Art Museum.
Senju started his career as a composer, arranger, and music producer while in school, and since then has been remarkably active and prolific across genres. Probably best known for his orchestral works, he has written wide range of music from concert pieces to soundtracks to operas to pop music. Among them are “Four Seasons” for violin and string orchestra (2004), commissioned by Tokyo International Airport; Japan Symphonic Poem (2005), commissioned by NHK; Opera “Sumidagawa” (2007), commissioned by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Choral Suite “Haha Naru Mono e” (2009); Opera “Manyo-syu” (2009, 2011), commissioned by Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Opera “Taki no Shiraito” (2014), commissioned by Ishikawa Music Promotion Foundation, Kanazawa Art Promotion and Development Foundation; “Calendar Suite” (2015), “Glorious Museum” (2016, Official Theme of Kunst Historisches Museum Wien & TBS 10Years Partnership). His works have been performed in various concerts not only in Japan but also overseas, including two concerts held in Hungary in 2017, which focused exclusively on his works. His musical theatre work “Into the White Night” was premiered in Shanghai, China in 2018 with great success and went on an extensive nationwide tour.
Senju has also scored numerous soundtracks, including films “226”, “The Mystery of Rampo”, “Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudo”, “Begging for Love”, “Yomigaeri”, “Hinokio”, “Nada Soso”, “Tsuioku”, “Mom, Is That You?!”; TV dramas “Ienakiko”, “Seikimatsu no Uta”, “Honmamon”, “Suna No Utsuwa”, “Fūrinkazan (NHK Taiga Drama)”, “GOLD”, “Japanese Americans”, “Kokoro no Ito”, “Ashio kara Kita Onna”, “Leaders”, “Ryusei Wagon”, “Flowers for Algernon”, “Red Cross -Onna Tachi no Akagami-”, “Vivant”; TV documentary “Across the Era”, “Nihon Eizo no 20-Seiki”, “The Mystery of Stradivarius”, “Louvre, La Beauté Eternelle”, “Heisei-shi”; TV show “Iron Chef”, “Mirai Isan Future Heritage”; TV animation series “Mobile Suit Victory Gundam”, “The Snow Queen”, “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood”, “Valvrave the Liberator”, “Battery”; animated films “Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike”, “Magic Tree House”; game “Triangle Strategy”, among many others.
Senju's orchestral works have been recorded by many distinguished orchestras worldwide, which include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic, Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow International Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, and conducted by such prestigious conductors as Vaclav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Seiji Ozawa, to name a few. He has also collaborated with various internationally renowned artists across the boundaries, including Kurt Elling, Jane Birkin, Sissel, Zamfir and Libera.
Senju has released dozens of solo and soundtrack albums on virtually all the major labels in Japan, including Universal Music, EMI, Sony Music, and so on. His music has attracted many awards and prizes, including three Japan Academy Prizes for Music (in 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2024).
Senju is also an active lecturer and educator. He is currently a project professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and the supervisor of Senju Lab, a crossover collaboration workshop for various creators in the Tokyo University of the Arts. He is also serving as a distinguished guest professor of Tokyo College of Music. Previous engagements include an instructor at the Tokyo University of the Arts (1991-93), a visiting lecturer at Keio University (1994-95, 2006), a visiting professor at the Tokyo College of Music (2007-14), and a visiting professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts (2015-16). He has appeared on many culture programs on TV and other media, including host appearances on a popular weekly educational TV program, “Nichiyo Bijutsukan (Sunday Art Museum)” on NHK (2011-13).
(June 2024)
千住 明 [作曲家]
1960年10月21日出生於東京，是知名的作曲家、編曲家、音樂製作人，也是鋼琴演奏家。千住明畢業於東京藝術大學作曲科，並以優異的首席成績修完碩士 學位，其畢業作品「EDEN」被該大學所購永久保存於東京藝術大學藝術資料館，為創校以來第8個被學校買下作品的學生。 千住明的作品涵蓋古典及現代音樂領域，曾為多部動畫及電影製作背景音樂，故有「映像音樂魔術師」的美譽，千住明曾編寫鋼琴協奏曲、交響樂及樂器獨奏作品， 其作品旋律鮮明、細膩且動人，代表作有「Gloria ～希望の光～」、羽田機会的環境音樂「四季」、歌劇「墨田川」「万葉集」「滝の白糸」、「宿命」等鋼琴協奏曲。 電影「愛を乞うひと」「黄泉がえり」「涙そうそう」「こんにちは、母さん」、連續劇「ほんまもん」「砂の器」「風林火山」「流星ワゴン」「VIVANT」、卡通「機動戦士Vガンダム」「鋼の錬金術師FA」「革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ」、 NHK「日本 映像の20世紀 」「BS8K ルーブル美術館」、CM「朝啤酒スーパードライ」等音樂都是千住明先生的代表之作。 千住明曾獲得第20屆、22屆、27屆、47屆次日本奧斯卡優良音樂金像獎。