Background
Okamoto, Tsunenori was born on November 14, 1939 in Tokyo. Son of Taneho and Ume (Fukai) Okamoto.
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Tsunenori Okamoto
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Music, Tokyo University Arts, 1963. Master of Music, New England Conservatory Music, Boston, 1967. Postgraduate, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1967—1969.
Postgraduate, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969—1970. Postgraduate, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971—1973. Postgraduate, Fontainebleau American Conservatory, 1970.
Postgraduate, Columbia University, New York City, 1970—1971.
Career
Lecturer music theory and composition Tohogakuen School Music, Tokyo, 1974—1992. Professor music Tsuru University, Japan, 1978—2005. Retired, 2005
Freelance composer, since 2005.
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Member American Musicological Society.
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Married Masako Ohoishi, January 10, 1977 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Takanori; married Yoshiko Tanaka, March 23, 1985. Children: Isaac, Sarah.
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Education
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1963
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1967
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Career
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1974 - 1992
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1978 - 2005
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2005
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Grantee United States Fulbright Fund, 1965-1970. Berkshire Music Center fellow in composition, Boston, 1967-1968. Resident fellow, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1969.Grantee United States Fulbright Fund, 1965-1970. Berkshire Music Center fellow in composition, Boston, 1967-1968. Resident fellow, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1969.