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Ikuma Dan
Born: 7th April 1924, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 17th May 2001, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Ikuma Dan was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo Music School in 1946. He studied with teachers including Kosaku Yamada, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Kan'ichi Shimofusa, Saburō Moroi, and Midori Hosokawa.
During his career he completed six symphonies, all recorded and released on the Decca label in Japan, and wrote seven operas as well as a number of filmscores, and many songs.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikuma_Dan
