Kan Ishii
Kan Ishii was a Japanese composer. His father, Baku Ishii, was a prominent Japanese ballet dancer, and his brother Maki Ishii was also a composer. His Symphonia Ainu won a prize at the 1958 Art Festival, inspiring him to do further work inspired by nationalist primitivism.
Kan Ishii
富樫康 · 『日本の作曲家』1956年4月25日 · Public domain
- Name
- Kan Ishii
- Born
- 9 November 1927
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 22 January 2008
- Place of death
- Yokohama, Japan
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Japan and Empire of Japan.
- Fields
- opera.
- Education
- Musashino Academia Musicae.
- Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Kan Ishii was a Japanese composer. His father, Baku Ishii, was a prominent Japanese ballet dancer, and his brother Maki Ishii was also a composer. His Symphonia Ainu won a prize at the 1958 Art Festival, inspiring him to do further work inspired by nationalist primitivism.
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Kan Ishii (1921–2009) was a Japanese and Japanese composer. Born in Tokyo, the composer died in Yokohama. Kan Ishii studied at Musashino Academia Musicae.
Genres include opera. Languages used include Japanese. The composer received Medal with Purple Ribbon.
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His musical style appeals directly to the emotions, and shows the influence of Carl Orff. In addition to orchestral and vocal music, he has written extensively for the stage, including 6 operas, 3 ballets and 9 film scores, including the 1962 science-fiction film Gorath. Ishii accepted a position as professor at Shōwa College of Music in 1986.
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• Name — Kan Ishii • Native Name — 石井 歓 • Born — 9 November 1927 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Died — 22 January 2008 • Place of death — Yokohama, Japan • Occupation — Composer • Father — Baku Ishii • Relatives — Maki Ishii (brother)
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Selected works
• Marimo (ballet) • Sinfonia Ainu for soprano, chorus and orchestra • Suite from Marimo for orchestra • Going in a Wide Plain for wind orchestra • Music for Percussions by Eight Players • Sonata for viola and piano (1962) • Preludes for piano • The Music for Flute (flute solo) • Songs of a Withered Tree and the Sun for male chorus and piano • Japanese Folk Songs for voice and piano • Gorath (film score) • Kesa and Morito (袈裟と盛遠) (opera, 1968)
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1921
Kan Ishii born at Tokyo.
2009
Kan Ishii died at Yokohama.
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Kan Ishii is recorded as having received Medal with Purple Ribbon.
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