was a Japanese

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

from Aomori, Aomori. He graduated from Kunitachi College of Music with a major in composition. His "Two Movements for Marimba", composed in 1965,School of Music (University of Michigan) publications University School of Music, Ann Arbor School of Music - 1995 "Two Movements for Marimba Movement I Toshimitsu Tanaka (b. 1927)" was awarded the Encouraging Prize of the National Arts Festival for the Centennial Anniversary of the Meiji Period (1968), and the Supreme Prize of the National Arts Festival in 1969. The piece was recorded by Evelyn Glennie in April 1990 for her 1991 album release ''Light in Darkness''. His music is typical of the Japanese marimba repertoire. Tanaka was a professor of Composition Department at Kunitachi College of Music as well as

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, uk, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History In ...

References

1930 births 2020 deaths Japanese composers Japanese male composers Academic staff of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts People from Aomori (city) {{Japan-composer-stub