Ken Namba


Ken Namba is a Japanese composer, performer and researcher.

Biography

Namba was born in Hamamatsu, Japan. He studied at Toho College of Music. He studied with Kazuaki Ogikubo, Jun Nagao, Tomiko Kohjiba, Carlo Forlivesi and René Staar. His works have been performed by many players not only in Japan, but also in Vienna and Kosovo. He received various prizes at national and international competitions including Japan national composition competition iic Tokyo 2008, Tōru Takemitsu Composition Award and his selected to the finalist of UNIQUE FORMS OF CONTINUITY IN SPACE INTERNATIONALCOMPOSITION COMPETITION 2010.
He is a lecturer at the Toho College of Music.