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| Designation of Missa Johnouchi as UNESCO Artist for Peace |
21-08-2006 5:00 pm Missa Johnouchi, the Japanese composer, pianist, conductor and singer, was designated UNESCO Artist for Peace on 21 August 2006 by the Director-General at a ceremony in Tokyo. An internationally recognized musician, Ms Johnouchi is best known in Japan as a peerless composer of fi lm and television soundtracks. She has composed over four thousand pieces throughout her career, for which she has won several national and international awards.
Through her concerts, Ms Johnouchi will promote the importance of preserving cultural heritage and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. She has also agreed to donate a percentage of her CD sales to UNESCO and will participate in the commemorative project of the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital, Japan in 2010.
Ms Johnouchi began her career as a composer while attending the renowned Toho College of Music in Tokyo. She spent several years in France studying orchestration and conducting under French film and television composer Jean-Claude Petit. Her works include the latest best-selling album “Canon” and “Asian Blossoms”.
Photo (top): Ms Missa Johnouchi, UNESCO Artist for Peace, and Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, during the designation ceremony on 21 August 2006 in Tokyo.
Photo (bottom), from left to right: Mr Yoshiya Kakimoto, Governor of the Prefecture of Nara, Mr Kazuo Kitagawa, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ms Missa Johnouchi, UNESCO Artist for Peace, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Mr Yoshihisa Akiyama, Chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation and Chairman of the Association for Commemorative Events of the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital, during the designation ceremony on 21 August 2006 in Tokyo.
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