Naomi Munakata

Transcriptions
Japanese name
Kanji	宗像直美
Hiragana	むなかた　なおみ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Munakata Naomi
Kunrei-shiki	Munakata Naomi
Nihon-shiki	Munakata Naomi

Naomi Munakata
Naomi Munakata
宗像直美
	Naomi Munakata (2011)
Born	31 May 1955; Hiroshima, Japan
Died	26 March 2020 (aged 64); São Paulo, Brazil
Occupations	Choral conductor; Academic teacher;
Organizations	Choir of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo; Coral Paulistano Mário de Andrade;

Naomi Munakata (宗像直美^[1]^[2], 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.^[3]

^ Takahashi, Jo (5 April 2011). "S.O.S JAPÃO". JOJOSCOPE (in Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "￭ Fuhō ￭ Munakata Naomi-san korona de byōshi – San Pauro shūritsu kōkyō gakudan gasshō-dan no shikisha" ■訃報■宗像直美さんコロナで病死＝サンパウロ州立交響楽団合唱団の指揮者 [(Obituary) Naomi Munakata died from coronavirus disease – Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Choir]. Nikkey Shimbun ニッケイ新聞 [Nikkei Newspaper] (in Japanese). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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[1] Takahashi, Jo (5 April 2011). "S.O.S JAPÃO". JOJOSCOPE (in Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese). Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[2] "￭ Fuhō ￭ Munakata Naomi-san korona de byōshi – San Pauro shūritsu kōkyō gakudan gasshō-dan no shikisha" ■訃報■宗像直美さんコロナで病死＝サンパウロ州立交響楽団合唱団の指揮者 [(Obituary) Naomi Munakata died from coronavirus disease – Conductor of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra Choir]. Nikkey Shimbun ニッケイ新聞 [Nikkei Newspaper] (in Japanese). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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