Nagako Konishi facts for kids

Nagako Konishi is a talented Japanese composer. She was born on September 16, 1945. Composers are people who write music. Nagako Konishi has created many different kinds of music.

About Nagako Konishi

Nagako Konishi was born in a town called Agematsu, Nagano, in Japan. She loved music and studied hard. In 1971, she finished her studies at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

She continued to learn even more about music. She went to the University of California at Berkeley in the United States. Later, she became the head of the Japan Federation of Women Composers. This group helps women who write music.

In 1971, Nagako Konishi won a big award. She got the 1st Prize for Composition in the All-Japan Chorus League. This shows how good she was at writing music!

Her Music

Nagako Konishi has created many musical pieces. Here are some of her well-known works:

• The Memory from the Wind (1990) – for two recorders
• 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 and piano
• Poetry of Autumn
• Ballade “Love of Melfa”
• Robin Hood Fantasy – for two pianos
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