Keiko Abe
Keiko Abe is a Japanese composer and marimba player. She has been a primary figure in the development of the marimba, in terms of expanding both technique and repertoire, and through her collaboration with the Yamaha Corporation, developed the modern five-octave concert marimba.
18 April 1937
Born on the same birth date (18 April 1937): Jan Kaplický
Born on the same birth day (18 April): Aleksanteri Aava • Bernard Arcand • Conan O'Brien • Eric Roberts • Gabi Delgado-López • Giuseppe Pella • Henry II of Navarre • Jaan Anvelt • James Drury • Jane Leeves • Jean Richard (actor) • Jessica Jung • John Podhoretz • Joy Davidman • Marcus Schmuck • Michael D. Higgins • Mika Zibanejad • PinkPantheress • Susan Faludi • Tina Bru • Vicente Sotto • Waldemar Hammenhög • Wojciech Szczęsny • Łukasz Fabiański
Born in the same month (April 1937): Ben Zinn • Billy Dee Williams • Bob Luman • Colin Powell • Edward Fox (actor) • Ferdinand Piëch • Gert Potgieter (athlete) • Jack Nicholson • Jan Kaplický • Jiří Dienstbier • Joe Henderson • John White (footballer, born 1937) • Jordan Charney • Joseph Estrada • Merle Haggard • Robert W. Gore • Sandy Dennis • Valerie Singleton