Person

Hikaru Hayashi

Hikaru Hayashi (林 光, Hayashi Hikaru, October 22, 1931 – January 5, 2012) was a Japanese composer, pianist and conductor. Hayashi is considered to be one of the most renowned and accomplished Japanese composers of the postwar period. In particular, Hayashi was noted for his choral suite Scenes from Hiroshima (1958–2001).

In exploring the possibilities of Japanese language opera, Hayashi composed mo…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Japan
Born
October 22nd, 1931
Died
January 5th, 2012
Genres
Labels
Barclay
Onyx
avex-CLASSICS
EXTON
Toho Records
Last updated: May 20th, 2013·MusicBrainz

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