Ko Matsushita (松下耕, born 16 October 1962) is a Japanese conductor and

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.André de Quadros ''The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music'' 2012 1107493390 p.156 "There has been a marked increase in choral compositions since the founding of the JCA ... Notable choral composers are Chihara Hideki, Hosakawa Toshio, Suzuki Teruaki, Kanno Shigeru, and Matsushita Ko; ..." Ko Matsushita was born and raised in

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. He studied composition in the

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and chorus conducting in the Kodály Institute in

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, Hungary. He conducts in 2009 10 choir groups, and has won international Choir prizes with some of them.

Works

* 狩俣ぬくいちゃ (Karimatanu Kuicha) * O lux beata Trinitas (for mixed choir) *"Tanpopo" ( ja), song to lyrics by ( ja) Hourai Taizou

References

Official website
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