Japan

The idea of becoming a composer first came to him at the early age of eleven. The initiative was sparked by an auditory experience of Paul Hindemith’s work, which was broadcast on the radio during a car trip with his father.

The two Japanese artists Junya Oikawa and Chikashi Miyama had a great deal to report on new developments in current electro-acoustic music – especially in their home countries.

Normandeau gave up his ambitions as instrumentalist and began experimenting with tapes and the abstraction of field recordings from their environment.