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          Hisatada Otaka.

        1. (b Kamakura, Nov 8, ).
        2. (b Tokyo, Sept 26, ; d Tokyo, Feb 16, ).
        3. 尾高忠明 discography and songs: Music profile for 尾高忠明, born 8 November Genres: Modern Classical, Orchestral Music, Romanticism.
        4. By the musical practices and ideas of the old North Chinese civilization.

          5. (b Tokyo, Sept 26, ; d Tokyo, Feb 16, )..

          Hisatada Otaka

          Japanese composer and conductor (1911–1951)

          Hisatada Otaka (Japanese: 尾高尚忠; 26 September 1911 – 16 February 1951) was a Japanese composer and conductor.

          He was the conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1951.

          Otaka was born in Japan and studied in musical arts early, however he dropped out of high school and moved to Vienna for six years for conducting and composing, during his studies in Vienna he became friends with Andrzej Panufnik and started composing works.

          In 1940, Otaka moved back to Japan where he took the role as conductor for the NHK Symphony Orchestra, become a music teacher and compose most of his significant works such as his Symphony and Cello Concerto, however his life came to an abrupt end at the age of 39, leaving an unfinished Flute Concerto rewrite which one of his students, Hikaru Hayashi, would take on and complete.

          When Otaka died he left behind three children, all of whom play his work regularly particularly the youngest