芥川也寸志 Japan
Biography
Yasushi Akutagawa (July 12, 1925—January 31, 1989) was a Japanese composer and conductor. He was born and raised in Tabata, Tokyo. His father was Ry?nosuke Akutagawa. Akutagawa was taught composition by Hashimoto Kunihiko and Ifukube Akira at the Tokyo Conservatory of Music. He was one of the members of Sannin no kai (The Three) along with Dan Ikuma and Mayuzumi Toshiro. In 1954, when Japan did not have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union yet
