Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ghost composer asks if Japan's Beethoven can hear

Takashi Niigaki, ghost writer of well known deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi, a composer Japanese have likened to Beethoven for supposedly composing music despite a severe hearing impairment, reacts to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Niigaki said he hopes to continue composing and performing, despite the uproar over Samuragochi’s admission on Wednesday that he did not write the pieces he is best known for, such as his “Hiroshima Symphony.” (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP) — The ghostwriter for the musician lauded as Japan's Beethoven said Thursday he became fed up and ended their 18-year collaboration last year and he questioned if Mamoru Samuragochi really could hear.








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