Education
Kondo attended Kyoto university in 1967, and became close friends with percussionist Tsuchitori Toshiyuki.
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Toshinori Kondo
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Career
In 1972 the pair left university, and Toshiyuki went on to work with Peter Brook, while Kondo joined Yosuke Yamashita. In 1978 he moved to New York, and began performing with Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Fred Frith, and Eraldo Bernocchi. A year later he released his first recording, toured Europe with Eugene Chadbourne, and collaborated with European musicians such as Peter Brotzman.
Returning to Japan, he worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kazumi Watanabe, and Herbie Hancock.
In the mid-1980s he began focusing on his own career, blending his avant-garde origins with electronic music In 2002, he worked on an international peace festival in Hiroshima after being approached by the Dalai Lama about organizing one.
Kondo cooperated with Bill Laswell to make the album Inamorata in 2007. He founded the band Kondo Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in 1984.
They started "Blow the Earth in Japan" in the summer of 2007 and ended in the autumn of 2011.
The film Blow the Earth in Japan is his first experience as a film director
Achievements
Membership
He is a former member of Praxis.
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Japan