Kazuo Fukushima

Kazuo Fukushima (1930-2023) was a Japanese composer, born in Tokyo. Largely self-taught, he studied gagaku and noh, and his mostly chamber music joins Western and Japanese elements. He is best known for his writing for the flute, above all Mei (1962) for solo flute. Kazuo Fukushima took part in the Tokyo artists' collective Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop), where he met Toru Takemitsu. Igor Stravinsky praised his Ekagra for flute and piano. His other works for unaccompanied flute include Shun-San.