Seigen Ono is a composer, musician, also a recording and mastering engineer. Seigen has worked as an engineer for many project with renowned artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence/1983), Sadao Watanabe (Parker's Mood/1985, Elis/1988, etc.),Manhattan Transfer, Joe Jackson, The Lounge Lizards, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, and David Sylvian.
Founder of Saidera Records, Saidera Mastering and Recording (studio). 
 
As a Composer/Recording Artist, his latest release in Japan : "COMME des GARÇONS SEIGEN ONO" 30 years anniversary remastered SACD/CD and vinyl records. Also new album :"CDG Fragmentation". “Memories of Primitive Man / Seigen Ono and Pearl Alexander” (2015 Sony Music Japan Int’l). He has performed at a number of European jazz festivals including the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival (1993, 1994, 2008 and 2013). “Montreux 93/94 Seigen Ono Ensemble” more.

2019 ADC (TOKYO Art directors club) grand-prix winner

 
 
As a Composer/Recording Artist

Latest release in Japan :"COMME des GARÇONS SEIGEN ONO" 30 years anniversary remastered SACD/CD and vinyl records. Also new album :"CDG Fragmentation", “Memories of Primitive Man / Seigen Ono and Pearl Alexander” (2015 Sony Music Japan Int’l). He has performed at a number of European jazz festivals including the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival (1993, 1994, 2008 and 2013). “Montreux 93/94 Seigen Ono Ensemble”, Besides among those, "Bar del Mattatoio", “Olive Tree for Peace", “Maria and Maria”,“Dragonfish Live/Seigen Ono Quintet”, “ Seigen Ono Ensemble at the Blue Note Tokyo", “Seigen Ono Septet 2003 Live”, “ So peaceful, simple and strong”, “ I probably will notremember you”, “La Movida (3CDs)”, “forty days and forty nights”, “NekonoTopia NekonoMania”, “ The Green Chinese Table”, his first album 1984 on JVC had been remastered “SEIGEN” available HR cutting CD, also 20CD Box set” Saidera Paradiso 20CDs BOX”, etc. 

He has also worked for various theater and dance companies including Jean-Christophe Maillot (Les Ballets de Monte Carlo) and Philippe Decouffle (DCA), was the director and composer for “Le petit ballets des Rolly” (2008, Swiss).The project 2008 : Le petit ballets des Rolly, And a few TV commercials such Toyota “Alphard debut”「最高の自分を楽しむ人へ」


As a Recording/Mastering Engineer 
 
Seigen Ono started as an assistant at "ONKIO HAUS"(Tokyo) 1978, then freelance since 1980. Seigen Ono has worked with a wide range of musical talent including Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence/1983), Sadao Watanabe (Parker's Mood/1985, Elis/1988, etc.), Manhattan Transfer (Vocalies live/1986), Joe Jackson (Live1980/86/1988), The Lounge Lizards (Big Heart/1986, No Pain for Cakes/1987), Arto Lindsay, John Zorn (Spillan/1987), King Crimson (Live in Japan, Three of a Perfect Pair/1983), Golden Palominos (Visions of Excess/1985) and David Sylvian (Weatherbox 1989). Naked City (torture garden/1991),Jaco Pastorius (Holiday for Pans/1993), Oscar Peterson (The quintet live featuring Joe Pass/1986),Steps Ahead (live/1987), Kazumi Watanabe (mobo club, etc.)
1991, Audio Supervisor for HDVS, SONY CORP (the first demo for Sony HD-TV demo) Remixed “FESTIVAL DE JAZZ MONTREUX” including Miles Davis with Gil Evans orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones. Gal Costa, Le Mystrere des voix Bulgares, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Deee Lite with Bootsy Collins, Elvis Costello and Rude five, The B.B. King Blues Band, Dianne, Reeves, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, George Benson and Count Basie Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stanly Clarke, Omar Hakim, David Sanborn, Henri Salvador, Touring as PA engineer with Golden Palominos, Toshinori Kondo, Sadao Watanabe, etc. As the audio supervisor, demonstrator for Pro-Audio such DSD technology. 2011, AURO 3D presentor for music recording (Galaxy Studio, Belgium).Verve 60th Anniversary Supreme Sound Edition SACD: The Oscar Peterson Trio – We Get Requests, others
 
Also for Sony's HDVS in 1991 and an endorser of Sony SONOMA DSD Audio Workstation and the reverberator Sony DRE S777 Sampling Digital Reverb. Seigen is a strong advocate for high resolution audio (DSD). 

He has been involved in R&D and marketing for the high end pro technologies of digital audio equipments developed by Sony, KORG and Yamaha, other. Often asked by developers to test report test reports of prototypes, as an endorser. So he experience the most advanced auditory technology.