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Tadatoshi Miyagawa

is a Japanese composer, a Gagaku performer and researcher, as well as a music arranger. His former last and first name was Konoe Toshitake (近衛俊健). Career He was born in the city of Osaka, Higashi-ku,

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Tadeusz Baird

Tadeusz Baird (26 July 19282 September 1981) was a Polish composer. Biography Baird was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, in Poland. His father Edward was Polish, while his mother Maria (née Popov) was

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Tadeusz Szeligowski

Tadeusz Szeligowski (13 September 1896 – 10 January 1963) was a Polish composer, educator, lawyer and music organizer. His works include the operas The Rise of the Scholars, Krakatuk and Theodor

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Tadeusz Wojciech Maklakiewicz

Tadeusz Wojciech Maklakiewicz (20 October 1922, Mszczonów – 24 March 1996, Warsaw) was a Polish composer, music educator, activist and jurist. Maklakiewicz came from a family of musical traditions,

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Taeyang

Dong Young-bae (; born May 18, 1988), better known by his stage name Taeyang () or SOL, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He made his debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean boy band

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Taeyong

Lee Tae-yong (; born July 1, 1995), known mononymously as Taeyong (stylized in all caps), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and dancer. He is a member and leader of South Korean boy band

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Taghi Zarabi

Taghi Zarabi (, born 1938) is a composer, conductor, university lecturer, and a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Music House. He is also the president of the Iranian Composers

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Takahiro Izutani

is a video game music composer and guitarist. He is notable for his work in the Metal Gear Solid series. Profile In 1997, his avant-garde rock band Happy Family (Japanese band) released an album,

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Takahiro Konagawa

is a Japanese guitarist, singer, and musical composer from Kashiwa, Chiba. He came out as a guitarist of Charcoal Filter in November 1999. He has also performed as a solo artist since December 2003.

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Takahiro Moriuchi

, known professionally as Taka, is a Japanese singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. Moriuchi is the band's main lyricist and composer. In 2017, Kerrang!

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Takahito Eguchi

is a Japanese composer, orchestrator, and musician. He is best known for collaborating with Noriko Matsueda on Final Fantasy X-2 and with Tomoya Ohtani on several Sonic the Hedgehog games. Eguchi

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Takanori Arisawa

was a Japanese composer and arranger best known for composing the Sailor Moon and Digimon (Seasons 1-4) anime series. He wrote music for the series, including its video games. Born in Tokyo, Arisawa

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Takashi Yoshimatsu

is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the score for the 2003 remake of Astro Boy. Biography Yoshimatsu was born and raised in Yoyogi, Tokyo. He did not receive formal

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Takeaki Kunimoto

is a former composer of video game music. He used to work for the Japanese video game developer Hudson Soft. With them he would go on to compose several of their most famous early hits, including

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Takeharu Ishimoto

is a Japanese video game composer and musician. Formerly employed by Square Enix, he joined them in 1999 as a synthesizer programmer on Legend of Mana, working for them on several games. In 2002, he

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Takehisa Kosugi

was a Japanese composer, violinist and artist associated with the Fluxus movement. Early life Kosugi was born in Tokyo in 1938, and studied musicology at the Tokyo University of the Arts, graduating

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Takekuni Hirayoshi

was a Japanese classical composer. Biography Takekuni Hirayoshi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Music in 1961 and completed his graduate work there in 1967. He studied with

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Takeo Watanabe

was a Japanese musician and composer. In addition to composing the well known theme song for Cutie Honey he has also composed music for multiple anime television series and films including Lone Wolf

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Takeshi Abo

is a Japanese video game composer. He joined the industry through developer StarCraft, Inc. in the early 1990s, mainly working on conversions of Western video games. In the mid-1990s, he joined KID.

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Takeshi Furukawa

is a Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns. Early life Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and

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Takeshi Hayama

is a Japanese musical arranger and guitarist under Being Inc. records. Biography In 1978, he debuted with his own blues band under Trio Records. In 1990s he entered to Being recording agency. Takeshi

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Takeshi Kobayashi

, is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and record producer. History Kobayashi started his professional career in the late 1970s. After working in the backing bands for singers

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Takis Mousafiris

Takis Mousafiris (; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita

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Taku Iwasaki

is a Japanese composer and arranger. His hometown is Tokyo, Japan. He is a graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Works Anime *The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (OVA series

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Tali Esen Morgan

Tali Esen Morgan (28 October 1858 – June 1941), born Taliesen Morgan, was a Welsh-born American conductor, composer, and publisher. He was the musical director at Ocean Grove, a large Methodist

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Talia Amar

Talia Amar (; born 1989) is an Israeli composer and pianist. Since 2017, she has been a composition faculty member at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where she serves as the Head of

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Tālivaldis Ķeniņš

Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (April 23, 1919 – January 21, 2008) was a Latvian-Canadian composer and teacher. He was forced to emigrate from Latvia when it fell under Soviet occupation after World War II,

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Tamar Diesendruck

Tamar Diesendruck (; born August 3, 1946) is an American composer of classical music. A 1999 Guggenheim Fellow, she is also a professor at Berklee College of Music. Biography Tamar Diesendruck was

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Tamar Muskal

Tamar Muskal (; born 1965) is an Israeli-American composer. She received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her 2005 piece The Yellow Wind. She was composer-in-residence for the Westchester Philharmonic

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Tamara Vakhvakhishvili

Composer Tamara Nikolayevna Vakhvakhishvili (23 December 1893 – 10 October 1976) was born in Warsaw, but lived much of her life in Georgia, where she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the

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Tamayo Kawamoto

Tamayo Kawamoto (河本 圭代), also simply known as TAMAYO, is a Japanese video game music composer. During her time at Capcom, she wrote music for games. After leaving Capcom in 1988, she joined Taito and

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Tan Dun

Tan Dun (, ; born 18 August 1957) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a

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Tan Yan Wei

Tan Yan Wei (28 January 1975 – 27 April 2011), or simply known as Yuan, was a Malaysian composer. He is known for his film scores for the films Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004), the 2005 Burmese film Kyan

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Tania León

Tania León (born May 14, 1943) is a Cuban-born American composer of both large-scale and chamber works. She is also renowned as a conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations. Early years

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Tansy Davies

Tansy Davies (born 29 May 1973, Bristol) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. She won the BBC Young Composers' Competition in 1996 and has written works for ensembles such as the

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Tanya Anisimova

Tanya Anisimova (born February 15, 1966) is an American cellist and composer of Russian descent. Tanya Anisimova was born in the Chechen city of Grozny into a family of scientists: her father Dr.

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Tanya Ekanayaka

Tanya Ekanayaka (born 6 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan-British contemporary virtuoso composer-pianist, classically trained and with a background in Asian and World music as well as a record producer,

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Tapani Puranen

Tapani Puranen (born 1 October 1957 in Juva, Finland) is a composer, arranger, orchestra conductor, recording engineer, and a producer. Since 2018, Puranen has lived in Benalmádena, Spain. Major

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Tappi Iwase

, sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Metal Gear and Suikoden franchises. Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at

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Tarik O'Regan

Tarik Hamilton O'Regan (; born 1 January 1978) is a British and American composer. His compositions are partially represented on numerous recordings which have been recognised with two Grammy

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Tariq Hisny

Tariq Hisny, simply known and credited as Tariq, is a Sri Lankan composer, record producer and singer who primarily works on soundtracks and background scores. Early life and education Tariq was born

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Taro Hakase

is a Japanese musician who specialises as a violinist and composer. Biography Career Hakase was involved in a Japanese band called Kryzler & Kompany which formed while he was in college. He played

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Taro Kudo

is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the Mario role-playing games. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then

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Tarquinio Merula

Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of

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Tarsicio Herrera Zapién

Tarsicio Herrera Zapién (born 1935) is a Mexican writer, researcher and academic, specializing in the culture and classical literature. He studies the works of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz, as well

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Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes

Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes (born 8 January 1977 in Narva) is an Estonian-Russian composer. In 2000s, she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in composition speciality. Works Chamber

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Tatsiana Zelianko

Tatsiana Zelianko (born 1980) is a composer and pianist in Luxembourg. Originally from Belarus, she was trained at the Academy of Music in Minsk, where she obtained a Master's in instrumental

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Tatyana Chudova

Tatyana Alexeyevna Chudova (; 16 June 1944 – 23 November 2021) was a Russian composer. Life and career She was born in Moscow and studied at the Central Music School in Moscow and then at the Moscow

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Taylor Brook

Taylor Brook (born 1985) is a composer of contemporary classical music who currently resides in Victoria, BC, Canada. Education Brook was born in Edmonton but grew up in Toronto, where he attended

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Taylor Scott Davis

Taylor Scott Davis (born 1980) External links * * * Taylor Scott Davis (management) Percius * The Compositional Process of Taylor Scott Davis podcasts.apple.com

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