Ricardo Kanji

Ricardo Kanji (1 March 1948 – 24 February 2025) was a Brazilian recorder player, flutist, conductor and luthier. He was a professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague for 12 years. He was a founding member of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Back in Brazil, he promoted historically informed performance there as a teacher and as director of Vox Brasiliensis choir and orchestra. He was artistic director of a project History of Brazilian Music, to explore the music of colonial Brazil. He died in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 1 March 1948, five days before his 77th birthday.

Category:1948 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Brazilian musicians
Category:Conductors
Category:Flutists