Kōichi Kishi

Japanese composer, conductor and violinist Koichi Kishi (1909–1937) spent his childhood in Osaka. Following the example of his mother, he learned to play the violin. At the age of 18, he went to Europe to complete his training as a violinist at the Geneva Conservatory and the Berlin School of Music. He then studied composition with Paul Hindemith and conducting with Wilhelm Furtwängler. In 1934, at the age of 25, he conducted the Berlin Philharmonic.
As a composer, Kishi's composition includes orchestral works, stage works, chamber works, film scores and songs. In 1935, he went back to Japan. In 1937, the 28-year-old Koichi Kishi died of a heart condition in Japan.