Toyoko Braun Takami (born January 1, 1945) is a Japanese composer and music educator who teaches music in Germany.
Takami was born in Shimane, Japan, to a family which included a music teacher and a composer. She studied piano as a child, then received a B.A., a music education diploma, and an M.A. at the University of Tokyo.
Takami moved to Germany in 1971, where she studied with Harald Genzmer at the University of Munich. Takami taught music in German schools in Bruhl and Hiirth. Her composition So-Mon won an Honorable Mention in the Sixth International Women Composers’ Competition. Her compositions include:
Chamber
- Quintet (clarinet and string quartet)
- Sextet (four saxophones, marimba and vibraphone)
- So-Mon (flute, bassoon and organ)
- Wind Quintet
Orchestra
- Symphonic Movement
- Two Symphonic Movements
Vocal
- “Four Songs” (baritone and piano)
- “So” (voice, flute, cello and percussion)
- “Three Songs” (baritone and piano)
References
- Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-38790-6. OCLC 650307517.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Rothenberg, Florie (1993). Music for Clarinet and String Quartet by Women Composers. dissertation. University of Arizona.
- ^ Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
- 1945 births
- Japanese classical composers
- Japanese classical pianists
- Japanese music educators
- Japanese women classical composers
- Japanese women music educators
- 21st-century Japanese women educators
- 21st-century Japanese educators
- Living people
- Musicians from Shimane Prefecture
- Japanese women classical pianists