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Yuji Takahashi
p, *1938 US
Classical
A.k.a. 高橋悠治
Yuji Takahashi was born in Tokyo in 1938. He studied composition with Minao Shibata and Roh Ogura. From 1963 to 1966, he lived in Europe, where he studied with Iannis Xenakis. From 1966 to 1972 he lived in the United States and performed with orchestras across the continent. During the 1970s, he recorded the piano music of Bach, Satie and others for Denon. In 1978, Takahashi organized the Suigyu Band to perform Asian protest songs. Since 1983, he has performed regularly with composer-pianist Miyake Haruna. Recently he has been composing for traditional Japanese instruments as well as playing the piano and the computer.
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| Hikaru Hayashi |
Popular Tracks 
Gymnopedie 1 on The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe by Various Artists Gymnopedies: I. Lent on Satie: Pieces Pour Piano by Erik Satie & Yuji Takahashi ゴルトベルク変奏曲(アリア(冒頭)) on バッハ:ゴルトベルク変奏曲 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yuji Takahashi ジュ・トゥ・ヴ on クラシック人気ベスト30 by Various Artists ゴルトベルク変奏曲(第1変奏曲) on バッハ:ゴルトベルク変奏曲 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yuji Takahashi Gnossiennes I-II-III (1890) on Satie: Favorites by Erik Satie, Alain Planès & Yuji Takahashi ゴルトベルク変奏曲(第3変奏曲) on バッハ:ゴルトベルク変奏曲 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yuji Takahashi Gymnopedies I-II-III (1888) on Satie: Favorites by Erik Satie, Alain Planès & Yuji Takahashi ゴルトベルク変奏曲(第2変奏曲) on バッハ:ゴルトベルク変奏曲 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yuji Takahashi ゴルトベルク変奏曲(第4変奏曲) on バッハ:ゴルトベルク変奏曲 by Johann Sebastian Bach & Yuji TakahashiTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masahiko Togashi Yuji Takahashi Duo Live 1995 | Masahiko Togashi, Yuji Takahashi | 2017 | Album |
| Live 1989 | Masahiko Togashi, Haruna Miyake, Yuji Takahashi | 2015 | Album |
| Duo Live 1988 | Masahiko Togashi, Yuji Takahashi | 2014 | Album |
| 2012.10.26 Hall Egg Farm | Takehisa Kosugi, Barre Phillips, Yuji Takahashi | 2013 | Album |
| バッハで始まり、高橋悠治で終わる。 | Yuji Takahashi | 2012 | Album |
| Obras De Yuji Takahashi & Sylvano Bussotti | Sylvano Bussotti, Shin Sasakubo, Yuji Takahashi | 2012 | Album |
| 富樫雅彦 Steve Lacy 高橋悠治 | Masahiko Togashi, Steve Lacy, Yuji Takahashi | 2009 | Album |
| Epigram And Evolution: Complete Piano Works | Roger Reynolds - Yuji Takahashi, Eric Huebner, Marilyn Nonken | 2009 | Album |
| Winter Rondo | Mikio Tojima, Yuji Takahashi | 2009 | Album |
| Música Callada | Frederic Mompou, Yuji Takahashi | 2008 | Album |
| Six Sonatinas | Ferruccio Busoni, Yuji Takahashi | 2008 | Album |
| Distant Voices / Yuji Takahashi + Masahiko Sato | Steve Lacy, Yuji Takahashi, Takehisa Kosugi, Masahiko Satoh | 2006 | Compil. |
| Piano | Thomas Schultz, Yuji Takahashi, Boudewijn Buckinx, Christian Wolff | 2006 | Album |
| Dub Lilac | Yuji Takahashi + Keiichiro Shibuya + Maria Shibuya | 2006 | Album |
| Untitled | Yuji Takahashi | 2006 | Compil. |
| Akkordeon | Alexander Matrosov - Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mauricio Kagel, Yuji Takahashi, Vladimir Zubitsky | 2006 | Album |
| Untitled | Keiichiro Shibuya + Yuji Takahashi | 2003 | Album |
| A New Asian Voice Vol. 3 | Yuji Takahashi & Keiko Hatanaka | 2002 | Album |
| Signature: Live At The Egg Farm | Joëlle Léandre / Masahiko Satoh / Yuji Takahashi | 2002 | Album |
| Cage (Re) Mix | Yuji Takahashi, Aki Takahashi, John Cage | 2001 | Album |
| Real Time 10 - The Sea Of Mud | Yuji Takahashi | 2000 | Album |
| Satie: Best Selection | Yuji Takahashi | 2000 | Album |
| Real Time 9 - ピアノ / Piano | Yuji Takahashi | 1999 | Album |
| Sonatas And Interludes | Yuji Takahashi Plays John Cage | 1997 | Album |
| Real Time 7 - Ongaku No Oshie | Yuji Takahashi | 1996 | Album |
| Finger Light | Yuji Takahashi | 1995 | Album |
| Real Time 6 - Tori No Asobi | Yuji Takahashi | 1994 | Album |
| Real Time 3 - Xenakis • Maceda | Yuji Takahashi | 1992 | Album |
| Music From Japan Vol. 1 | Yuji Takahashi, David Behrman | 1992 | Album |
| Real Time 2 - Zorn • Miyake • Maceda | Yuji Takahashi | 1992 | Album |
| Real Time 4 - Thread Cogwheels | Yuji Takahashi | 1992 | Album |
| Senza Tempo | Masahiko Togashi / Haruna Miyake / Yuji Takahashi / J.-F. Jenny-Clark | 1990 | Album |
| Real Time 1 - Gubaidulina | Yuji Takahashi | 1990 | Album |
| Violin Music Today | Akiko Tatsumi / Yuji Takahashi | 1989 | Compil. |
| Quatrain • Stanza I • Sacrifice • Ring • Valeria • A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden | Toru Takemitsu - Tashi / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa / Yuji Takahashi / Hiroshi Wakasugi | 1988 | Compil. |
| いちめん菜の花 | Haruna Miyake ＋ Yuji Takahashi | 1983 | Album |
| Contemporary Music Of Japan | Yuji Takahashi | 1980 | Album |
| Pièces Pour Piano à Quatre Mains | Erik Satie / Yuji Takahashi • Alain Planès | 1980 | Album |
| The Art Of Paul Zukofsky | Paul Zukofsky - Joji Yuasa / Jo Kondo / Toshi Ichiyanagi / Maki Ishii / Yuji Takahashi | 1979 | Album |
| Neue Wiener Schule Klaviermusik | Arnold Schoenberg • Alban Berg • Anton Webern / Yuji Takahashi | 1979 | Album |
| De La Période Humoristique D'Erik Satie | Erik Satie, Yuji Takahashi | 1979 | Album |
| The People United Will Never Be Defeated! | Yuji Takahashi | 1979 | Album |
| Schumann Kreisleriana. Waldszenen | Yuji Takahashi | 1978 | Album |
| Kazuo Fukushima Works For Flute | Robert Aitken, Yuji Takahashi, Kazuo Fukushima | 1978 | Album |
| French Overture • Italian Concerto • Four Duets | Johann Sebastian Bach / Yuji Takahashi | 1978 | Album |
| ぼくは12歳 | Yuji Takahashi | 1978 | Album |
| Twilight | Masahiko Togashi • Yuji Takahashi | 1977 | Album |
| The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 • Fourteen Canons, BWV 1087 | Yuji Takahashi : Johann Sebastian Bach | 1977 | Album |
| Plays Takahashi & Kondo | Norio Sato Plays Yuji Takahashi & Jo Kondo | 1977 | Album |
| The Six Partitas, BWV 825–830 | Yuji Takahashi : Johann Sebastian Bach | 1977 | Album |
| Inventions And Sinfonias, BWV 772a/801 | Yuji Takahashi : Johann Sebastian Bach | 1977 | Album |
| Seasons | Yuji Takahashi | 1977 | Album |
| Yuji Plays Bach | Yuji Takahashi | 1976 | Album |
| Evryali • Herma / Quatre Études De Rythme | Yuji Takahashi Plays Iannis Xenakis And Olivier Messiaen | 1976 | Album |
| Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano | Yuji Takahashi : John Cage | 1976 | Album |
| L'Oeuvre Pour Piano | Yuji Takahashi : Erik Satie | 1976 | Album |
| Yuji Plays Yuji | Yuji Takahashi | 1976 | Album |
| Distant Voices | Steve Lacy, Yuji Takahashi, Takehisa Kosugi | 1976 | Album |
| Images I/II • Estampes • L'île Joyeuse | Yuji Takahashi Plays Claude Debussy | 1975 | Album |
| A Prospect Of Contemporary Violin Music | Toru Takemitsu / Hikaru Hayashi / John Cage / Yuji Takahashi - Paul Zukofsky | 1975 | Album |
| Purcell's Last Pieces | Yuji Takahashi | 1975 | Album |
| The (Electric) Art Of The Fugue | Johann Sebastian Bach / Yuji Takahashi | 1975 | Album |
| Piano Recital | Yuji Takahashi : Ludwig van Beethoven • Olivier Messiaen • Igor Stravinsky | 1975 | Album |
| Three Keyboard Concertos | Yuji Takahashi : Johann Sebastian Bach | 1974 | Album |
| Y. Takahashi + M. Sato | Yuji Takahashi + Masahiko Satoh | 1974 | Album |
| Visions De L'amen (For Two Pianos) | Olivier Messiaen - Peter Serkin / Yuji Takahashi | 1973 | Album |
| Orphika / "Kyō-Sō" Für Schlagzeuggruppe Und Orchester | Yuji Takahashi / Maki Ishii | 1972 | Album |
| Plays Bach | Yuji Takahashi | 1971 | Album |
| New Music For Piano(s) | Iannis Xenakis, Roger Reynolds, Yuji Takahashi, Earle Brown | 1970 | Album |
| Transformation Of Piano | Toshiro Mayuzumi, Joji Yuasa, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Shinichi Matsushita | 1970 | Compil. |
| Space Theatre | Toru Takemitsu / Yuji Takahashi / Iannis Xenakis | 1970 | Album |
| Sonatas And Interludes Vol. 1 | Yuji Takahashi Plays John Cage | 1966 | Album |
| Sonatas And Interludes Vol. 2 | Yuji Takahashi Plays John Cage | 1966 | Album |
| Miniatur Ⅲ / Art Of Toru Takemitsu | Toru Takemitsu, Yuji Takahashi | Album |
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