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Composers whose names start with KO.

Post-War

Koço Uçi

Koço Uçi (21 January 1923 – 7 April 1982) was an Albanian composer and conductor. Musicologist George Leotsakos stated in Grove Music Online that Uçi's "large output, almost exclusively vocal,

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Entry

Kodály Seminar

The International Kodály Seminar was named after the famous Hungarian musician, Zoltán Kodály, who was a composer, pedagogue, ethnomusicologist. He is well-known around the world as the creator of a

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20th Century

Koharik Gazarossian

Koharik Alis Gazarossian (Goharik Alis Łazarosian, ) (21 December 1907 – 29 October 1967) was an Armenian composer and pianist. She was born in Constantinople (Istanbul) and entered the Paris

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Post-War

Kohei Tanaka (composer)

is a Japanese composer, arranger, conductor and singer-songwriter. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. He has created numerous musical scores for anime television series,

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Post-War

Kōhine Pōnika

Kōhine Tewhakarua Pōnika (; 28 June 1920 – 25 November 1989) was a New Zealand composer known for her Māori waiata (songs). Early life and family Pōnika was born in Ruatoki on 28 June 1920, where she

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21st Century

Kohta Yamamoto

(stylized in all caps) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and lyricist who has worked on the soundtrack of many anime series. He is best known for composing the soundtrack for Attack on Titan: The

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21st Century

Koichi Domoto

is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, voice actor. Along with Tsuyoshi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of the

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Post-War

Koichi Sugiyama

was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop

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Classical

Koide Ichijūrō

Koide Ichijūrō (湖出市十郎, died 29 October 1800) was a Japanese kabuki composer-performer (唄方 uta-kata) of "long songs" (長唄 naga uta) of the Edo period. He was at first a student of Yoshizumi Kosaburo

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Post-War

Koili Devi

Koili Devi Mathema (c. 1929–2007) was the first woman lyricist as well singer and composer in the Nepali music industry. She is also referred to as 'Cuckoo bird', a title derived from the meaning of

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21st Century

Koji Kondo

is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros.

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Post-War

Koji Shitara

is a Japanese composer and former actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in 1951, he appeared in 30 films before transitioning to composing, inspired by his uncle, Tōru Takemitsu. Life and

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20th Century

Kōmei Abe

was a neo-classical Japanese composer who specialized in string quartets. He performed both as cellist and clarinetist. Biography He was born in Hiroshima in a military family, and became interested

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Late Romantic

Komitas

Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas (; 8 October 186922 October 1935), was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is

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21st Century

Koncept

Keith Michael Whitehead (born October 10, 1985, in Queens, New York City, United States), popularly known by his stage name Koncept, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. A former employee at

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Post-War

Konrad Boehmer

Konrad Boehmer (24 May 1941 – 4 October 2014) was a German-Dutch composer, educator, and writer. Life Boehmer was born in Berlin. A self-declared member of the Darmstadt School, he studied

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20th Century

Konrad Pałubicki

Konrad Józef Pałubicki (1910–1992) was a Polish composer, musicologist, teacher, cultural activist and animator in Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz. He created the hymn of Bydgoszcz and taught at the Academy of

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21st Century

Konstantia Gourzi

Konstantía Gourzí (Greek Κωνσταντία Γουρζή, born 31 March 1962 in Athens) is a Greek composer and conductor. She is professor of ensemble conducting and new music at the University of Music and

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Late Romantic

Konstantin Eiges

Konstantin Romanovich Eiges (surname sometimes spelt Eyges; ; 5 June 1875 – 2 December 1950) was a Russian composer, teacher, and pianist. Early life Eiges was born in Bogodukhov (now Bohodukhiv in

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21st Century

Konstantin Meladze

Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze (; ; born 11 May 1963) is a Georgian-born Ukrainian and Russian composer and producer. He is the older brother of singer Valery Meladze and co-founder and co-producer

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Post-War

Konstantin Orbelyan

Konstantin Aghaparonovich Orbelyan (; ; July 29, 1928 – April 24, 2014) was an Armenian pianist, composer, head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR

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Post-War

Konstantin Petrossian

Konstantin Petrossian (; ; born 12 August 1946 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a composer, pianist and conductor. Petrossian graduated from the Romanos Melikian Music College and then earned a master's

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Late Romantic

Konstantin Türnpu

Konstantin Jakob Türnpu (August 13, 1865 – April 16, 1927) was an Estonian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the most important figures in Estonian choral music. Türnpu was born in

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21st Century

Konstantin Vassiliev

Konstantin Vassiliev ( (born 1970)) is a German composer and guitarist. Life Born in Novoaltaysk, Vasilyev studied guitar at the Novosibirsk Conservatory with Arkadi Burchanow and composition with

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Romantic

Konstantin von Stackelberg

Konstantin Nikolai Freiherr von Stackelberg (, tr. ; 15 June 184830 March 1925) was a Baltic German composer and cavalry general in the Imperial Russian Army. Stackelberg was best known for his

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Late Romantic

Konstanty Gorski

Konstanty Antoni Gorski () (Lida, 13 June 1859 – 31 May 1924, Poznań) was a Polish composer, violinist, organist and music teacher. Life Gorski began attending school in Grodno and continued at the

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21st Century

Koo Jun-hoe

Koo Jun-hoe (, born March 31, 1997), also known by the stage name Ju-ne, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of boy group iKon under 143 Entertainment. He has made appearances on

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21st Century

Korede Bello

Korede Bello ( ; born 29 February 1996) is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He signed a record deal with Mavin Records in 2014. Bello is best known for his hit single "Godwin", a semi-gospel and pop

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Romantic

Kornelije Stanković

Kornelije Stanković (, ; 23 August 1831 – 16 April 1865) was a Serbian composer, melographer, conductor, pianist and musical writer. He is notable for his four volumes of harmonized Serbian melodies,

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20th Century

Kōsaku Yamada

was a Japanese composer and conductor. Name In older Western reference sources, his name is given as Kôsçak Yamada. Biography Born in Tokyo, Yamada started his music education at Tokyo Music School

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Post-War

Kostas Tournas

Kostas Tournas (; born 23 September 1949 ) is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock. He is a singer and composer of many hits in the '70s including Ti Na Mas Kanei I Nychta (What Can The Night Do

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20th Century

Kosti Vehanen

Kosti Vehanen (31 August 188713 March 1957) was a Finnish pianist and composer. As a pianist he performed in more than 3,000 concerts on four continents. While he did perform as a concert soloist

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20th Century

Kostiantyn Dankevych

Kostiantyn Fedorovych Dankevych (December 24, 1905 – February 26, 1984) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1954.

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21st Century

Kostya Leontovich

Kostyantyn Kostyantynovych Leontovich (born October 13, 1985), better known as Kostya Leontovich, is a Ukrainian film score composer, record producer, musician, mixer, singer-songwriter, founder of

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21st Century

Kota Hoshino

(born April 23, 1975) is a Japanese composer and sound designer. As part of FromSoftware's sound team, Hoshino is best known for composing multiple games in the Armored Core series and as the bassist

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Entry

Koti (composer)

Saluri Koteswara Rao, known professionally as Koti, is an Indian composer and singer who predominantly works in Telugu films . He has composed music for over 528 films. The son of veteran composer S.

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