Jun Chikuma

Jun Chikuma
竹間淳[nb 1]
Also known as
  • June Chikuma
  • Chiki
BornJapan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
Instrument(s)
Years active1985–present

Jun Chikuma (竹間 淳, Chikuma Jun)[nb 1] is a Japanese music composer and musician. She is most known for her various contributions to the Bomberman series, amongst other video game soundtracks.[2]

She has studied ney performance and Tunisian style composition under professors Slah Manaa, Ali Sriti and Zakia Hannashi at l'Institut Superieur de la Musique de Tunis, and studied riq under Haytham Farghaly of the same institute.[3] She currently curates arab-music.com, and has also made music for many T.V. shows, films and commercials.[3] She is also a part-time lecturer at Kokushikan University,[3] and has since performed many concerts with the classical Arabic music ensemble Le Club Bachraf, with oud player Yoshiko Matsuda and darbuka player Takako Nomiya.[4]

  1. ^ "Chikuma Jun purofiiru" 竹間ジュン・プロフィール [Jun Chikuma profile] (in Japanese). Arab-music.com. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Ten Plants (booklet) (in Japanese). Various Artists. Biosphere Records. 1998. p. 16.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Jun Chiki Chikuma, Nay player and Composer". Arab-music.com. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "Imēji no chikara - Kokuritsu Minzoku-gaku Hakubutsukan korekushon ni saguru: Kaimaku kinen ibento miru・kiku・asobu imēji no chikara uiikuendo" 「イメージの力－国立民族学博物館コレクションにさぐる」開幕記念イベント みる・きく・あそぶ イメージの力ウィークエンド [The Power of Image — National Ethnographic Museum Collection: Opening Event — See, Listen, Play — The Power of Image Weekend] (in Japanese). The National Art Center, Tokyo. 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2018.


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