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ArtsJournal: music
2016-09-13 15:30:02
Remember ‘Japan’s Beethoven’, Who Was Really Neither Deaf Nor A Composer? His Ghostwriter Is Making His Name On His Own
“On Feb. 6, 2014, Takashi Niigaki faced a crowd of reporters … in Tokyo and took a deep and apologetic bow. He had just revealed that he was ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, who was celebrated as ‘Japan’s Beethoven’ before being exposed as a fraud . In Hiroshima on Aug. 15 of this year, Niigaki found himself again bowing before a crowd, but this time it was on a stage in acceptance of a warm shower of applause.”
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ArtsJournal: music
2015-03-04 17:32:03
The Sad, Sorry Story Behind The Fraudster “Japanese Beethoven”
“The irony is that Mamoru Samuragochi didn’t have to lie. His story was compelling without embellishment. He was the child of Hiroshima survivors; he did have hearing problems; his brother did die young. If he and Niigaki had simply billed themselves as a team, they might have still shared fortune and fame. Instead, Samuragochi cultivated the image of a solitary genius.”
2014-02-11 21:21:10
Epic Hoax Reveals Japanese Composer as Major Douche
[…] a recent New York Times article, Mr. Samuragochi revealed that he had hired a ghostwriter to write some of his most famous compositions. Sorrow and disbelief turned to major and justifiable anger when the ghostwriter came forward to say that Mr. Samuragochi isn’t even deaf! Fans of Resident Evil will know his work as his so-called composition, “Hiroshima” was featured as the game’s theme song. Yup, he didn’t write that one either. The ghostwriter, Mr. Niigaki had been plagued by guilt for several years while trying to hide Mr. Samuragochi’s hoax and stayed silent because the liar cried and begged like a 5 year old, even threatening to commit suicide. According to Niigaki, Samuragochi, “listened to and commented on his compositions…the deafness was, ‘just an act that he was performing to the outside world.”(New York Times print article, “Beloved Deaf Composer Seems None of the Above” 2/7/14) The biggest apology […]
2014-02-06 21:36:45
Popular Japanese Composer Confesses Musical Fraud
An NPR article today cites that famous “Beethoven for the digital age” Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragochi has had all of his compositions done by a ghost composer by the name of Takashi Niigaki. Samuragochi went deaf at the age of 35 and has become synonymous with contemporary classical music in Japan. Niigaki stepped forward recently, however, and revealed Samuragochi’s secret. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images via NPR This revelation raises several questions I think are important for arts managers and artists everywhere to ask: Why would Niigaki ghost write for Samuragochi for so long in silence? Why would Samuragochi fake his talent and even perhaps the extent of his disability? Is the relationship between Niigaki and Samuragochi masterful marketing, or does it characterize the lack luster reception of classical music throughout the world? In other words, do we need such a story of woe, hardship, and survival to pay attention to […]
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