Marika Takeuchi Explained

Marika Takeuchi should not be confused with Mariya Takeuchi.

Marika Takeuchi
Native Name:竹内まりか
Native Name Lang:jpn
Birth Date:1987 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Kawasaki, Japan
Genre:Modern classical music, Film music, Ambient music
Occupation:Composer, pianist, producer, orchestrator
Instrument:Piano
Years Active:2007–present
Label:MRG Recordings, Independent, Bigo & Twigetti

Marika Takeuchi (born 14 March 1987 in Kawasaki) is a Japanese contemporary composer, film composer, music producer and pianist.

Education

Takeuchi is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Shobi Music College in Tokyo.

Biography

Takeuchi started her music studies as a classical pianist at the age of three, and also played violin and French horn for several years at an early age.

Her early career in Japan includes composing additional music for NHK FM's radio shows, and songwriting for Universal Music Japan's singer Nami Tamaki's album "STEP". Her second album Impressions was nominated for Best Neo-classical Album at the 10th Zone Music Reporter music awards,[1] as well as Album of the Year in the 4th Annual Reviews New Age Awards.[2] Her third album, Rain Stories, was released in 2014 on MRG Recordings.[3] Her fourth album, Colors in the Diary, which is produced by Will Ackerman, and features Eugene Friesen and Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Si-Jing Huang, was released in April 2016.[4] [5] [6]

Takeuchi has also scored several films and advertisements. She wrote music for the Norwegian landscape photographer Terje Sørgjerd/TSO Photography's time-lapse video The Arctic Light.[7] This composition was later released as a single, and has been featured in many short films and advertisements around the world, including a TV commercial for Curtin University in Australia, the Norwegian Tourist Board (Visit Norway), and others. She has scored several award-winning short films, including More Than One, directed by Takahisa Shiraishi. She is a supporter of marine life conservation, and has written music for Whale and Dolphin Conservation's DVD release A Whale of Time in the Gulf of Maine[8] .

She released a single Found in June 2018, and another single Night Time, and an album Melding in July 2018 on a London-based label Bigo & Twigetti.[9] [10] She was also commissioned to write a piano solo piece Bloom for Sony Masterworks pianist Lara Downes' new album Holes in the Sky, which was released in March 2019.[11] [12] In addition to her releases as an artist, she writes music for music libraries, including West One Music Group and Fujipacific Music Inc, and her music has been featured in various TV shows. Her EP Daydream was released in November 2019,[13] and her EP Missing Piece was released in May 2020. In July 2022, she released her latest album Lost Letters on West One Music Group.[14]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Compilation albums

Soundtracks

Music Libraries

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZMR Music Awards Nomination-Marika Takeuchi. MRG Recordings. 14 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Reviews New Age da a conocer los 12 mejores álbumes del género New Age del 2014. Clavijo. Alejandro. 2015-01-09. Reviews New Age. 2016-05-14.
  3. Web site: New Age Music Reviews: Instrumental New Age Review: Marika Takeuchi-Rain Stories. New Age Music Reviews. 2016-03-15.
  4. Web site: Mi2N.com - COLORS IN THE DIARY BY MARIKA TAKEUCHI. Mi2N. 2016-05-14.
  5. Web site: This Music is Perfect!. Hannaleck. Keith. 2016-04-09. Zone Music Reporter. 2016-05-13.
  6. Web site: Tra. Báo Thanh. Nhạc sĩ Nhật: 'Vết mưa' của Vũ Cát Tường giống sáng tác của tôi. BÁO THANH TRA. 24 January 2017. vi-VN.
  7. Web site: Praetorius. Dean. 'The Arctic Light,' Time-Lapse Video Captures Breathtaking Northern Phenomenon. The Huffington Post. June 2011 . 14 March 2016.
  8. Web site: A Whale of Time in the Gulf of Maine. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. en-US. 2016-05-14.
  9. Web site: Approved: Marika Takeuchi - Complete Music Update.
  10. Web site: Album Stream: Melding by Marika Takeuchi. 15 July 2018 .
  11. News: The unbearable lightness of women's music . .
  12. Web site: Holes in the Sky: Lara Downes Channels the Collective Artistry of the Feminine. 17 May 2019 .
  13. Web site: Marika Takeuchi Daydream. 3 December 2019 .
  14. Web site: Beautiful solo piano album from Marika Takeuchi . 8 July 2022 .
  15. Web site: Clavijo. Alejandro. Marika Takeuchi – Impressions. Reviews New Age. 21 January 2014 . 24 January 2017.

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