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Kikuko Kanai (金井 喜久子, Kanai Kikuko, née Kawahira, 13 March 1911 – 17 February 1986) was a Japanese composer and one of the first Japanese women to compose classical music in the Western tradition.
From Okinawa to the World: The Music of Kikuko Kanai. Groundbreaking research, supported by The Arts And Humanities Research Council, brings the music of Japanese composer Kikuko Kanai (1906-1986) to new audiences via recordings and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.
Apr 3, 2024 · Via the link below you can listen to Okinawan composer Kikuko Kanai’s ‘Capriccio Okinawa’, a work from one of the first Japanese women to compose in a western style, and its first performance in the UK.
Symposium: Kikuko Kanai and her World. The RCM’s Dr Maiko Kawabata is undertaking groundbreaking research on the music of Japanese composer Kikuko Kanai (1906–86), one of the first women to compose Western classical music in Japan.
The purpose of this award was to research the music of Kikuko Kanai, a Japanese woman composer who, despite her significant contributions to Western Classical music, is not well known.
Kikuko Kanai (1906~1986, Japan)金井喜久子: バレエ音楽「龍神祭り」序曲Hitomi Takara (p)Recorded: November, 2005
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Feb 25, 2011 · Kikuko Kanai (金井喜久子, Kanai Kikuko, March 13, 1906 – 1986) was a composer of classical music, born as Kikuko Kabira (川平喜久子) on Miyako Island, which today belongs to the Okinawa prefecture of Japan.
