Background
The son of a haiku poet, Ikenouchi traveled to Paris in 1927, where he studied composition with Henri Büsser and piano with Lazare Lévy.
池内 友次郎
composer music educator musicologist
The son of a haiku poet, Ikenouchi traveled to Paris in 1927, where he studied composition with Henri Büsser and piano with Lazare Lévy.
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse.
His music is influenced by French Impressionist music He returned to Japan in 1933. Ikenouchi taught at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music beginning in 1947.
His notable students include Isang Yun, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Maki Ishii, Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Makoto Shinohara, Akira Miyoshi, Akio Yashiro, Roh Ogura, Kōhei Tanaka, Teizo Matsumura, Masato Uchida and Ryohei Hirose.
Along with several of his students, he formed the Shinshin Kai group in 1955.