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Naomi Munakata

1955 - 2020

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Naomi Munakata (宗像 直美, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Naomi Munakata is the 2,149th most popular musician (up from 2,313th in 2024), the 1,925th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,848th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Naomi Munakata ranks 2,149 out of 3,175. Before her are Cristina Branco, Josh Homme, Roger Miller, Mikel Herzog, Kelly Johnson, and Leslie Bricusse. After her are Dominic Howard, WestBam, Bill Laswell, Criss Oliva, Uri Caine, and Boris Brejcha.

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Among people born in 1955, Naomi Munakata ranks 531. Before her are Julio Cobos, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Pavel Složil, Peter McNamara, Armin Rohde, and Aleksandras Abišala. After her are Bill Laswell, Jürg Röthlisberger, Nikolay Zimyatov, Patricia Barber, Lisa Banes, and Petar Petrov. Among people deceased in 2020, Naomi Munakata ranks 717. Before her are Aytaç Yalman, Gerardo Vera, Bruno Martini, Kamala, Soumaïla Cissé, and Stephen Tataw. After her are Phyllis Somerville, Chung Hae-won, Ravi Zacharias, Kumiko Okae, Juan Sol, and Bob Kulick.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naomi Munakata ranks 1,924 out of 6,245. Before her are Oh! great (1972), Eiji Kawashima (1983), Keiji Inafune (1965), Minoru Takenaka (1976), and Makoto Takeya (1977). After her are Yoshikazu Isoda (1965), Takehiro Kato (1974), Christopher Zeeman (1925), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Hirohito Nakamura (1974), Takashi Sambonsuge (1978), and Brian Tee (1977).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Naomi Munakata ranks 30. Before her are LiSA (1987), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Ringo Sheena (1978), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), and Keiko Matsui (1961). After her are Hiromi Uehara (1979), Tsunku (1968), Heath (1968), Midori (1971), Taiji (1966), and Yasunori Mitsuda (1972).

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