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Ryosuke Hatanaka

はたなか りょうすけ

Hatanaka Ryosuke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1922-02-12 (Moji City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
Died
2012-05-24 (Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan) age 90
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
vocalist, music educator, choral conductor, opera singer, music critic, composer, poet, translator, essayist
Active Years
1942-2012
Affiliations
Tokyo Music School, Tokyo University of the Arts, Kunitachi College of Music, Toho College of Music
Memberships
Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
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Education

Tokyo Music School (Former)
Vocal Music Department / Vocal Department
Period: 1941-1943
Year of Graduation: 1943
Country: Japan
Tokyo Music School (Former)
Graduate Course
Period: 1946
Year of Graduation: 1946
Country: Japan

Awards

Medal with Purple Ribbon
1985
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Mainichi Art Award
1990
Organization: The Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
1994
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Mobil Music Award
1997
Organization: Mobil
Result: 受賞
Kanagawa Culture Award
1999
Organization: Kanagawa Prefecture
Result: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
2000
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 選出
Imperial Prize and Japan Art Academy Prize
2006
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Japan Essayist Club Prize
2007
Work: Opera Singer Birth Story
Organization: Japan Essayist Club
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class (posthumous)
2012
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 追贈
Junior Fourth Rank
2012
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 叙位

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • Interstitial pneumonia
    Cause of death

Legacy

He made significant contributions to the development of Western music in Japan.

Quotes

  • Before art comes delicious food.
    Source: Interview

Trivia

  • He was nicknamed 'Bull-sensei' due to his dog-like friendliness and tendency to snap at things he disapproved of