Nagako Konishi

Nagako Konishi (born 16 September 1945) is a Japanese composer.

Nagako Konishi
Born	(1945-09-16) 16 September 1945 (age 79) Nagano, Japan
Other names	小西 奈雅子
Occupation	composer

Biography

She was born in Agematsu, Nagano, and graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1971. She continued her education at the University of California at Berkeley and served as head of the Japan Federation of Women Composers. She won 1st Prize for Composition in the All-Japan Chorus League, 1971.^[1][2]

Works

Selected works include:

• The Memory from the Wind for 2 Recorders (1990)
• For the sea border for solo piano
• Unasaka e for solo piano
• Indigo Sky for organ
• Misty poem for alto flute and harp
• Away the White (1990)
• Edge of Sea (2004)
• Lamentation for clarinet, piano
• Poetry of Autumn
• Ballade “Love of Melfa”
• Robin Hood Fantasy two pianos
• Icicles

Links

• CiNii: Nagako Konishi

References

1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
2. Cummings, David M. (2000–2001). International who's who in music and musicians' directory.