Naomi Munakata

Naomi Munakata
宗像 直美
Naomi Munakata (2011)
Born(1955-05-31)31 May 1955
Hiroshima, Japan
Died26 March 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 64)
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupations
  • Choral conductor
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
Japanese name
Kanji宗像直美
Hiraganaむなかた　なおみ
Transcriptions
RomanizationMunakata Naomi
Kunrei-shikiMunakata Naomi
Nihon-shikiMunakata Naomi

Naomi Munakata (宗像 直美[1][2], Munakata Naomi, 31 May 1955 – 26 March 2020) was a Japanese-born Brazilian choral conductor and academic teacher based in the city of São Paulo. She was conductor of Coro da OSESP, the choir of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, from 1995 to 2013, and then principal conductor of Coral Paulistano Mário de Andrade at the Municipal Theatre. She was among the choral conductors in South America who "have contributed to the strengthening and stimulation of choral music", according to The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music.[3]

  1. ^ Takahashi, Jo (5 April 2011). "S.O.S JAPÃO". JOJOSCOPE (in Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ "￭ Fuhō ￭ Munakata Naomi-san korona de byōshi – San Pauro shūritsu kōkyō gakudan gasshō-dan no shikisha" ■訃報■宗像直美さんコロナで病死＝サンパウロ州立交響楽団合唱団の指揮者 [(Obituary) Naomi Munakata died from coronavirus disease – Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Choir]. Nikkey Shimbun ニッケイ新聞 [Nikkei Newspaper] (in Japanese). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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