Kikuko Kanai

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Gender	Female
Death	38 years ago
Date of birth	March 13,1906
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Born	Miyako Islands
	Okinawa
	Japan
Date of died	February 17,1986
Died	Tokyo
	Japan
Other name	金井喜久子
Job	Composer
Date of Reg.	2019-10-02 02:38:01
Date of Upd.	2023-07-22 11:03:59
ID	1348458

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Kikuko Kanai Life story

Kikuko Kanai was a Japanese composer and one of the first Japanese women to compose classical music in the Western tradition.

BBC Radio 3 to shine light on 'forgotten' composers

Jan 28,2022 7:21 pm

... Kikuko Kanai (1906-1986)One of the first Japanese women to compose Western classical music, Kikuko Kanai was a restless and inventive musician whose career encompassed more than 150 works for orchestra, choir, and stage (including ballet and opera), as well as chamber music and solo piano pieces...