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Tadatoshi Miyagawa

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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, Kyuhoji as the second son (illegitimate child) to Hidemaro Konoye of the Konoe family. His mother was Fumiko Tsuboi (坪井文子). His father, Hidemaro, registered his birth certificate at the East Ward (Higashiku) city hall in Osaka on 22 July 1937. On 19 October 1939, he was adopted by the youngest brother of his father Tadamaro Miyagawa (水谷川忠麿) and he was renamed Tadatoshi (忠俊). In 1963, he studied in the Berlin Municipal Conservatory of Music (which is now the Berlin University of the Arts, or UdK). His first daughter, Yoko, was born in Berlin, West Germany. In 1968, he returned to Japan just before his second daughter, Yuko, was born. His brother Hidetake Konoe is also a composer and conductor. His wife, Sakiko, is the daughter of viscount Suefusa Ano (阿野季房) from the Ano family of Northern Fujiwara clan. Sakiko was a classmate of his from the Gakushūin Elementary School in Tokyo where the children of the Imperial aristocracy (Kuge) were educated. Movies Folk song Summer Festival them son

Tadeusz Baird

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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 Russian. In 1944 at the age of 16 he was deported to Germany as a forced labourer, and after a failed escape attempt was imprisoned in a concentration camp. After liberation by the Americans he spent six months recovering at the military hospital in Zweckel before returning to Poland. Between 1947 and 1951 Baird studied composition and musicology in Warsaw under Piotr Rytek and Kazimierz Sikorski, and piano with Tadeusz Wituski. In 1949 he founded Group 49 along with Kazimierz Serocki and Jan Krenz. The aim of Group 49 was to write communicative and expressive music according to socialist realism, the dominant ideology in the Eastern Bloc at the time. After Stalin’s death in 1953 he increasingly turned to serialism. In 1956, along with Kazimierz Serocki, he founded the Warsaw Autumn international contemporary music festival. In 1974 he began to teach composition at the National College of Music (currently the Music Academy) in Warsaw. In 1977, now a full professor, he was offered a post t

Tadeusz Szeligowski

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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 Gentlemen, the ballets The Peacock and the Girl and Mazepa ballets, two violin concertos, chamber and choral works. As a music teacher, Szeligowski was very well established in Vilnius, Lublin, Poznań and Warsaw. He was also a respected music writer who frequently wrote for journals and magazines specialized in music such as the Kurier Wileński, Tygodnik Wileński, Muzyka and the Kurier Poznański. His achievements include the creation of the Poznan´ Philharmonic, where he served as its first director between the years 1947–1949, and the founding of the Poznań Musical Spring, one of the most important festivals of contemporary music at the time. Life and work Musical education Tadeusz Szeligowski was born on 13 September 1896 in Lemberg, then in Austro-Hungarian Galicia and now in western Ukraine. Szeligowski’s first music and piano teacher was his mother. Later he began studying music at the Conservatory of Music of the Polish Society in L’vov in the years 1910–1914, where he studied piano u

Tadeusz Wojciech Maklakiewicz

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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, being his brothers John and Francis composers. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University between 1945 and 1949, and then musical composition under the direction of Tadeusz Szeligowski at the National Academy of Music in Warsaw between 1954 and 1958. He worked at the State Music Publishing House in Kraków, in the Office Live ARTOS, at the Central Clinic Amateur Artistic Movements (CPARA) in the 1950s, and in the 1960s at the Polish Radio in Warsaw. He was chairman of the jury of the Soldier Song Festival in Kolobrzeg, juror of the International Song Festival in Sopot and the Soviet Song Festival in Zielona Gora. His compositional output includes works for vocal voices and for choir. He is the author of the “Highland Mass” and the “Kurpie Suite” performed by most Polish choirs. He also worked on arrangements of patriotic songs and carols for vocal ensembles. He is buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw (klin-4-5). References

Taeyang

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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 BigBang. Following the release of several albums and extended plays with his group, Taeyang pursued a solo career in 2008, releasing his first extended play, Hot. The EP was acclaimed by critics and went to win the award for Best R&B & Soul Album at the 6th Korean Music Awards. Hot was followed by his first full-length studio album Solar (2010), which was released in July 2010 and peaked atop the Gaon Album Chart. Taeyang’s second studio album Rise (2014) peaked at number 112 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the highest ranking album by a Korean soloist in the chart, while its lead single, “Eyes, Nose, Lips”, peaked at number one on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100. “Eyes, Nose, Lips” was one of the most popular songs in South Korea during 2014 and was awarded Song of the Year at the MAMA Awards, Melon Music Awards and Golden Disc Awards. His third studio album, White Night, released in 2017, debuted at number one on the Billboards World Digital Albums and remained atop for two weeks, making T

Taeyong

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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 NCT under SM Entertainment, having debuted in the group’s first sub-unit, NCT U, in 2016 and becoming the leader of its second sub-unit, NCT 127, later that year. In 2019, he debuted as a member of the South Korean supergroup SuperM, a joint project under SM Entertainment and Capitol Records. As a songwriter, Taeyong has participated in writing over 70 songs in four languages, released mostly by NCT’s various units and himself as a soloist. He made his official solo debut in June 2023 with his EP Shalala, making him the first soloist from NCT. Life and career Early life Lee Taeyong was born on July 1, 1995, in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul. 2012–2016: Pre-debut activities In 2012, Taeyong was scouted on the street by an SM Entertainment recruiter and joined the company after successfully passing the audition by singing the South Korean national anthem. In the same year, he participated in the poster shooting of the SBS television se

Taghi Zarabi

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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 Association and the choir leaders of the Iranian Music House. Life and career Taghi Zarabi was born in 1938 to a religious family in Tehran. Encouraged by his older brother, he entered the Conservatory of Music at the age of 15. After entering the Conservatory of Music, he received a diploma in music with the rank of an excellent student. After 4 years as a first bassoonist, he began his collaboration with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Heshmat Sanjari. He also won first place in the entrance exam to the Higher Conservatory of Music and was admitted to the composition and conducting departments. He benefited from the training of artists such as: Yousef Yousefzadeh, Mostafa Kasravi, Houshang Ostavar, Hassan Radmard, Heshmat Sanjari, and Hossein Nasehi, as well as the “Cadets” from Germany. In 1964, for the orchestra conducting project, he performed the overture to Giuseppe Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at the Farhang Hall, and during

Takahiro Izutani

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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, “Toscco” on Cuneiform Records in the U.S. (http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/happyfamily.html) “Happy Family” collaborated with many underground artists in Japan, New York and Europe. Afterwards Izutani began to work for major Japanese labels. He remixed (occasionally as Brent Mini) and produced the songs of many pop artists (Ayumi Hamasaki is the most famous one). In 2006, he started his personal band “DUGO”, and the track “Dublin” was used in an episode in Season 3 of CSI: Miami. Dugo released the first album “Lingua Franca” from Brave Wave Productions in 2017. Works Video games *Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (2006) *Yakuza 2 (2006) *Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (2007) *Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) *Ninja Blade (2009) *Otomedius G (2009) *Bayonetta (2009) *Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) *The Eye of Judgment: Legends (2010) *Otomedius Excellent (2011) *Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011) *Shinobi 3D (2011) *Bayonetta 2 (2014) *Bayonetta 3 (2022) *Resid

Takahiro Konagawa

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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. His first solo album The first tears was released in July 2006. He played guitar on the Puffy AmiYumi song Tokyo I’m on My Way Profile * Nickname: Kona * Blood group: A * Birthplace: Ōita Prefecture * Education: Graduation from Keio Senior High School and dropping out Keio University * Height: 5 ft. 6in. (168 cm) * Family: Parents and a younger brother * Favorite musicians: Green Day, Bon Jovi, Guns N’ Roses, U2, Weezer, The Beatles * Main use guitar: Fender Custom Clapton Stratocaster Discography The first tears (July 19, 2006) # tears # Stop Magic # Inori (祈り, Prayer) # Melody # Mokutekichi (目的地, Destination) # Mercy Drive Composition Konagawa is composing all of his songs and many of Charcoal Filter’s songs. For example, Sotsugyō (卒業, Graduation), BY MY SIDE, Niji (虹, Rainbow). In addition he composed the following songs for Takashi Tsukamoto and Satomi Yoshida. * Boku no Koe (僕の声, My Voice) by Takashi Tsukamoto * Grapefruit Moon (グレープフルーツムーン) by Satomi Yoshida * Quatre Saisons (キャトル

Takahiro Moriuchi

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, 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! magazine placed him at number 27 on their list of the “50 Greatest Rockstars in the World”. He was also listed by Rock Sound magazine as one of “50 Most Influential Figures in Rock”. Prior to One Ok Rock, he was in the boyband NEWS throughout 2003 until he left the group and the agency. He performs in English and Japanese. Personal life Taka was born on April 17, 1988, the eldest son of famous Japanese singers Masako Mori and Shinichi Mori. He has two younger brothers named Tomohiro Moriuchi who works at TV Tokyo, and Hiroki Moriuchi who is the lead singer of the band My First Story. His sister-in-law is model and actress Maika Yamamoto. He attended Keio Elementary School and graduated in March 2001, then continued his studies at Keio Middle School in April 2001. He joined soccer club in his first year of middle school. In April 2004, he attended Keio High School until his first year of high school (March 2005). He then dropped out to pursue his musical career, which his parents opposed

Takahito Eguchi

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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 became interested in music when he was six years old after hearing his neighbor playing the piano. He attended the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi where he acquainted Matsueda. Eguchi worked at Square Enix from 1998 to 2003 and currently works at Sega. He created mostly electronic music in the early part of his career but now focuses on orchestral composition and arrangement, along with performing keyboards. Biography Born in Nagasaki, Japan, Eguchi became interested in music at the age of six when he heard his neighbor playing the piano. While his father, a judo athlete, initially tried to push him into pursuing sports, he eventually agreed to let him take piano lessons, as long as he agreed to study with his sister. Eguchi enrolled at the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi, Eguchi joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1998; his first job was composing the 1999 title Racing Lagoon alongside Matsueda. Although his role was minor compared to Matsueda’s, he was responsible for the opening and ending themes, t

Takanori Arisawa

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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 began to learn piano at the age of 20. After graduating from Senzoku Gakuen College, Arisawa started his career in 1980 by composing “Shinjuku Transfer”. He worked for the Tokyo Broadcasting System and wrote several TV dramas. From the 1990s until his death, Arisawa began composing for anime series exclusively. His work on Sailor Moon was initially based on pop music, but gradually began to change to those found in classical music. Sailor Moon was successful and Arisawa won several awards for his work. After Sailor Moon, Arisawa composed music for several shows, including the Digimon series, until his death from bladder cancer in 2005. Biography Arisawa was mostly self-taught, having been interested in music from childhood. He started to learn piano when he was 20 years old, and entered Senzoku Gakuen College when he was 22, eventually graduating with degrees in Composing and Orchestral Music. He studied jazz and pop arrangement with arranger Norio Maeda. In 1980, Arisawa’s song “Shinju

Takashi Yoshimatsu

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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 musical training while growing up. Yoshimatsu was a fan of The Walker Brothers and The Ventures when he was 13, but symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky fascinated him when he was 14. When he entered Keio High School, he had hoped to go to medical school, but eventually changed his aspirations to become a symphony writer. While studying at the Faculty of Engineering at Keio University, he became an apprentice of Teizo Matsumura. Although he says that he was not influenced in any way by Matsumura’s style, his 1974 solo piano piece, To the companion star of Sirius (Op. 1), shows a strong influence of contemporary music, including Matsumura’s. He was introduced to Manabu Kawai, a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, who encouraged him to study harmony and counterpoint, but he gave up taking lessons after a few months and left the university in March 1974. At this time, while composing music as art music, he was also fascinated by progressive rock music suc

Takeaki Kunimoto

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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 Star Soldier, Milon’s Secret Castle, Mickey Mousecapade and Robowarrior. In recent years, he has dedicated his time to performing video game music at live venues in the Shibuya area, as well as releasing several albums containing his video game music material. Kunimoto is noted as one of the first to write accompanying lyrics to the music featured in the video games he composed for, printed in the instruction booklet supplied with the game software. Biography Kunimoto began his career after attending college and being scouted by Hudson Soft staff member Sasagawa Toshiyuki who visited the musical instrument store Kunimoto was working at, often coding the pre-composed melodies in keyboard software. Sasagawa assigned him to compose for Challenger on the Famicom. He went on to compose the majority of Hudson Soft’s earlier hits. Most of his work was done on the YAMAHA CX-11 (MSX) + SFG-01 module. In 1987, Kunimoto made the move to Tokyo in order to begin a career as a live musician and session

Takeharu Ishimoto

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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 was promoted to the role of composer, beginning with World Fantasista, and composed for several large-budget games, such as The World Ends with You, the Final Fantasy series, and the Kingdom Hearts series. In addition to his work for Square Enix, he is a composer and guitar player for the band The Death March. He left Square Enix at the end of 2017, becoming a freelancer. Biography According to Ishimoto, he first got into music due to living in the country, where there was nothing else to do. He first worked as a synthesizer programmer, beginning with Legend of Mana in 1999, before becoming a composer starting with the PlayStation 2 soccer game World Fantasista. In 2004, he began to compose for games in the Final Fantasy series, which he had previously worked on as a synthesizer programmer for Final Fantasy X. His last work as a synthesizer programmer was for Kingdom Hearts II in 2005; since then, he worked exclusively for Square Enix as a composer. Ishimoto was also a member of the Jap

Takehisa Kosugi

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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 in 1962. Early musical influences Kosugi first became drawn to music listening to his father play harmonica and listening to violin recordings of Mischa Elman and Joseph Szigeti while as a child in post-war Japan. His later influences as a university student included the 1950s musical experimentation occurring in Europe and the US. He was also influenced by jazz, citing Charlie Parker’s “spontaneity and freedom.” Musical career Group Ongaku He started Tokyo-based seven-member ensemble Group Ongaku with his first improvisation partner Shuku Mizuno, which was active from 1958 to 1962. The group explored the limits of music by using the noises of ordinary objects and eschewing conscientiousness of the other members’ sound. Their first concert was the “Concert of Improvisational Music and Sound Object” at the Sōgetsu Art Center on September 15, 1961. Along with Natsuyuki Nakanishi and Jiro Takamatsu of Hi-Red Center and the sculptor Hiroshi Kobatake, Kosugi participated in “Kuroku fuchidora

Takekuni Hirayoshi

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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 Yoshio Hasegawa (長谷川良夫) and Yoshiho Ikuma (伊熊良穂). He was the 1969 recipient of the Otaka Award (尾高賞). Subsequently, he was a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts, and professor at Toho Gakuen School of Music and Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. The compositions of Hirayoshi encompass many genres, among which his many popular choral works are notable. In his later years, he focused on piano music for children. Selected works The compositions of Takekuni Hirayoshi are published mainly by the Japan Federation of Composers, Ongaku-no-Tomo Sha and Edition Kawai. ;Orchestral * Composition (コンポジション) for orchestra * Ballade (バラード) for orchestra * Epitaph (エピタフ) for string orchestra (1971) * Symphonic Variations (交響変奏曲) * Umi no aru fūkei (海のある風景) ;Band * Composition for symphonic band (シンフォニックバンドのためのコンポジション) * Rhapsody for symphonic band (シンフォニック・バンドのためのラプソディ) * High School Festival Prelude (高校祝典序曲) (1978); commissioned for the 70th anniversary of Hyōgo High School ;Concert

Takeo Watanabe

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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 and Cub, Candy Candy, and Mobile Suit Gundam. Tomei Tengu BGM written and performed by Takeo Watanabe was used in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation fourteen years after his death. In 2008 Takeo Watanabe posthumously received an Award of Merit from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. He died at the age of 56. Biography Eldest son of . Graduated from Musashi(?) University he studied music in Paris, France. Works Television Animation * * * - See The Little Mermaid * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (In the English version of this series as well as in adaptations based on the English version, Watanabe’s score was replaced with one by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy.) * * * TV dramas * Historical dramas * * * * Theatrical releases Movies * (ja) Hakuja komachi (1958) Actor * * The Ninja: A New Beginning (1966) * (ja) Nemuri Kyoshiro 9: Burai-Hikae masho no hada (1967) * (ja) Waka oyabun o kese (1967) * (ja) Waka oyabun senryū-hada (1967) * When the Cookie Crumbles (1967) * (ja) Bakuto r

Takeshi Abo

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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. After KID declared bankruptcy in December 2006, he has joined 5pb. Works *Anonymous;Code *Chaos;Child *Chaos;Child Love Chu Chu!! *Chaos;Head *Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu! *Close to ~Inori no Oka *Dunamis 15 *Disorder 6 *Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club *Famicom8BIT - momo-i *FlixMix (NEC PC-98 version) *Gear Works (NEC PC-98 version) *Gokujyou Seitokai *Infinity series **Never 7: The End of Infinity **Ever 17: The Out of Infinity **Remember 11: The Age of Infinity **12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral *Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb (NEC PC-98 version) *Iris ~~Irisu~~ *King’s Bounty (NEC PC-98 & FM Towns versions) *Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (NEC PC-98 & FM Towns versions) *Legend of Kyrandia I (NEC PC-98 & FM Towns versions) *Legend of Kyrandia II: The Hand of Fate (NEC PC-98 & FM Towns versions) *Lord of the Rings (PC-98 version) *Mabino x Style *Marionette Mind *Megadimension Neptunia VII *Memories Off *Memories Off 2nd *Omoide ni Kawaru Kimi ~~Memories Off~~ *

Takeshi Furukawa

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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 raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles after moving to the United States at the age of three. As a child, he studied the piano, then, later on, the viola. Furukawa was inspired to pursue composition after seeing Jurassic Park and hearing John Williams’ score, Career In 2016, Furukawa composed the score for Fumito Ueda’s The Last Guardian. The performance of the soundtrack was conducted by Furukawa with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Trinity Boys Choir, and London Voices, and was recorded at Lyndhurst Hall. On February 16, 2023 it was confirmed that Takeshi Furukawa was attached to the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender project as its composer. Works References External links * *

Takeshi Hayama

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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 becomes the main arranger of Japanese singer-songwriter Maki Ohguro. Along with Masao Akashi they were the most busy arrangers during 90s. During the same period time he provided arrangements for another Being artist as Zard, Deen or Wands as is under charge of arranging famous million-sells hits as Makenaide, Kono Mama Kimi Dake wo Ubaisaritai, Motto Tsuyoku Kimi wo Dakishimetara or Anata Dake Mitsumeteru. After the establishment of Giza Studio, he continued providing arrangements for artist as Aiuchi Rina, U-ka Saegusa in dB or Aya Kamiki. Takeshi appears sometimes as a supportive guitarist in Hills Pan Kōjō Live. Since 2012, he’s a music teacher of rock and pop department in Senzoku Gakuen of Music. In celebration of his 60 birthday, he held special live with former vocalist of Field of View, U-ya Asaoka. He is active as of 2021. List of provided works as an arranger Maki Ohguro *Harlem Nights *La La La *Natsu ga Kuru *Atsuku Nare *Anata Dake Mitsumeteru *Chotto *Da Da Da *Shiroi Gr

Takeshi Kobayashi

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, 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 such as Yosui Inoue, Misato Watanabe, and Anri, he came into prominence as a musical collaborator for the Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata’s eponymous 1988 solo album. Although his own leader albums failed to receive public attention, Kobayashi garnered commercial success in collaboration as producer or songwriter with other artists. As an arranger of his own composition “Anata ni Aete Yokatta” co-written and performed by Kyōko Koizumi in 1991, Kobayashi won the 33rd Japan Record Awards for Best Arrangement category. In 1992, he undertook the production work with the Japanese pop-rock band Mr. Children on their debut album entitled Everything. The producer and the band have gone on to record together to date, achieving mainstream success with cumulative sales of over 58 million copies albums and singles as of March 2013. In 1995, Kobayashi formed another multi-million selling pop group My Little Lover fronted by his then-girlfriend and first spouse Akko, and remained as a full-ti

Takis Mousafiris

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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 Sakellariou and Tolis Voskopoulos, among others. He sometimes used two pseudonyms for his works, Antonis Zannas () and Nikos Michael (). although he later moved to Athens, feeling great affinity for both cities. Mousafiris was an ethnic Aromanian, with his parents originating from ethnic Aromanian villages. Mousafiris stated on an interview that traditional Aromanian music influenced him and that both of his parents played musical instruments. from a cancer he had been fighting against for 6 months. He had been diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly before and managed to recover from it prior to his death, according to a statement from Mousafiris’ family. References

Taku Iwasaki

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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 (theme songs composition, etc.); 1995, 1996) *Now and Then, Here and There (1999) *Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999) *R.O.D -Read or Die- (2001) *The SoulTaker (2001) *Sadamitsu the Destroyer (2001) *Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001) *Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land (2001) *GetBackers (2002) *Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe (2002) *Witch Hunter Robin (2002) *R.O.D the TV (2003) *Yakitate!! Japan (2004) *Black Cat (2005) *Angel Heart (2005) *Binchō-tan (2006) *Ōban Star-Racers (2006) *Kekkaishi (2006) *009-1 (2006) *Gurren Lagann (2007) *Persona: Trinity Soul (2008) *Soul Eater (2008) *Black Butler (2009) *Katanagatari (2010) *C (2011) *Heaven’s Memo Pad (2011) *Ben-To (2011) *Jormungand (2012) *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency (2012) *Gatchaman Crowds (2013) *Noragami (2014) *The Irregular at Magic High School (2014) *Akame ga Kill! (2014) *Magic Kaito 1412 (2014) *Gatchaman Crowds insight (2015) *Noragami Aragoto (2015) with Kayo Konishi, Yukio Kondoo (MOKA☆) and ELECTRO

Tali Esen Morgan

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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 summer resort on the New Jersey shore, for almost twenty years. Early life Taliesen Morgan was born at Llangynwyd, Glamorganshire, one of ten children of Thomas Llyfnwy Morgan and Gwenllian Beven Morgan. He attended schools in Maesteg, and held an apprenticeship with a printer. He settled with his family in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1876, for three years. Although he was very young, he published a Welsh-interest newspaper, The Cambro-American, while there. Career In 1897, Morgan directed choirs for a summer concert at Ocean Grove. The following year, he became the resort’s musical director. Conductor Walter Damrosch encouraged him to use “Tali Esen” rather than the original version of his first name. As musical director, he worked with visiting artists such as Enrico Caruso, John Philip Sousa, Lillian Nordica, and Louise Homer. He was responsible for a thousand-voice children’s chorus, and a 63-piece orchestra. He oversaw the purchase and installation of the Robert Hope-Jones organ in the Gr

Talia Amar

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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 Innovation and Technology in Pedagogy. Many of her works focus on the connection between music and technology and their points of interaction. Biography Amar was born in Jerusalem. Her mother and grandmother are piano teachers who immigrated to Israel from Paris. She began playing the piano at five, studying under Luisa Yoffe. She commenced composition studies at fourteen with composer Mark Kopytman. Career From a young age, Amar participated in international competitions. At seven, she won the Shostakovich International Competition in Germany; at eleven, she secured first place in the International Piano Competition in Vicenza and the national competition in Paris. Amar earned her Bachelor of Music with honors in composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, studying under professors Mark Kopytman, Ari Ben-Shabetai, and Yinam Leef. She also studied piano at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music under prof. Emanuel Krasovsky. Between 2007 and 2013, she received scholarships from the

Tālivaldis Ķeniņš

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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, moving to Canada in 1951. He is credited by Canadian musicologist Paul Rapoport with having introduced many European idioms to Canadian art music. CBC Music described him as a “pioneering Canadian composer” Ķeniņš’ secondary school studies were at the Lycée Champollion in Grenoble, France, but he returned home with the outbreak of World War II. From 1940-44, he studied counterpoint and composition at the Latvian Conservatory under Jāzeps Vītols and Ādolfs Ābele in Riga. Ķeniņš made his way to France in the aftermath of the war, He was the recipient of the Périlhou, Gouy d’Arcy and Halphen music prizes. Upon graduating in 1950, he was awarded the Grand Prix Laureate in composition for his Cello Sonata. That same year, he received a scholarship from the UNESCO International Music Council to pursue postgraduate work. Career Ķeniņš’ Septet was performed in 1950 at the Darmstadt New Music Festival, conducted by Hermann Scherchen; the following year, he moved to Toronto, Canada, where he was named

Tamar Diesendruck

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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 born in August 3, 1946 in Tel Aviv, In 1968, she obtained her BA at Brandeis University, In 1989, Diesendruck’s piece Such Stuff premiered at Carnegie Hall; Carmen Eisner of the Wisconsin State Journal praised it for “hold ing plenty of close calls for ears that don’t like to take chances”, while John Rockwell of The New York Times criticized it for its perceived incoherence. In 1990, she started her series of Tower of Babel-inspired pieces, with Susan Larson of The Boston Globe calling it “the framework for Diesendruck’s search for a personal language”. One of these pieces, On That Day, when performed by the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble in 1991, was called “determinedly un-mysterious” by Richard Buell of The Boston Globe, Robert Croan of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called How/Feel the “most substantial and interesting work” of its respective 1993 Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble concert. In 1997, Buell praised her next piece The Grief That Does Not Speak (in lower-case) for its quality but

Tamar Muskal

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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 and is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow. Biography Tamar Muskal was born in Jerusalem in 1965 and obtained her BA from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Her teachers include Mark Kopytman, Martin Bresnick, Jacob Druckman, Ezra Laderman, David Del Tredici, Tania Leon, She also received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for The Yellow Wind. She composed “Mar de Leche”, the third track of Maya Beiser’s 2010 album Provenance. She and Barbara Harbach provided original scores for a 2016 Women in Film & Television screening of some of Alice Guy-Blaché’s silent films. She did the last tracks of the four-composer flute album Alive in the Studio. She composed “Where Do We Belong? A Conversation with Bach” in the album New for Violin & Piano; the American Record Guide said that “Muskal’s intellectual conversation with Bach is palpable here”. In 2017, she did a piece commemorating Sojourner Truth, commissioned by Close Encounters With Music. She spent years as composer-in-residence for the Westchester P

Tamara Vakhvakhishvili

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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 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Vakhvakhishvili studied piano and composition at the music school in Tbilisi, Georgia (today the Tbilisi State Conservatoire). From 1921 to 1923, she served as the director of the school. From 1922 to 1926, she headed the music department of the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi. In 1927, Vakhvakhishvili studied composition with Paul Vidal at the Paris Conservatoire. She met artist and set designer David Kakabadze while she was in Paris, and later worked with him at the Kutaisi-Batumi State Drama Theater. She worked at the Marjanishvili Theatre from 1928 to 1933, then moved to Moscow. In 1940, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. included: Ballet *Bacchus’ Holiday *Herb of Love Theatre *Don Khil (musical comedy) Vocal *Cantata (solo voice, choir and orchestra; text by B. Bronevsky and Nikolai Tikhonov) *Citation (solo voice and orchestra; text by Shota Rustaveli; Russian translation by Konstantin Balmont) *Ge

Tamayo Kawamoto

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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 became a member of their in-house band, Zuntata. She later joined up with Japanese singer Cyua to form the group Betta Flash. Career Kawamoto was one of the first musicians hired at Capcom. In 1989, she joined Taito as a composer, becoming a member of their house band and sound team, Zuntata. *Ghouls ’n Ghosts (Arcade) References External links *Interview by Capcom *Interview with Zuntata Members

Tan Dun

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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 pairing which has shaped much of his life and music. Having collaborated with leading orchestras around the world, Tan is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo (1996) and both an Academy Award and Grammy Award for his film score in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). His oeuvre as a whole includes operas, orchestral, vocal, chamber, solo and film scores, as well as genres that Tan terms “organic music” and “music ritual.” Born in Hunan, China, Tan grew up during the Cultural Revolution and received musical education from the Central Conservatory of Music. His early influences included both Chinese music and 20th-century classical music. Since receiving a DMA from Columbia University in 1993, Tan has been based in New York City. His compositions often incorporate audiovisual elements; use instruments constructed from organic materials, such as paper, water, and stone; and are often inspired by traditional Chinese theatrical and

Tan Yan Wei

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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 Sit Min, the Malaysian 3D English-language animated film SeeFood (also released as Sea Level in the United States), and the Malaysian action drama film Bunohan (2011). Tan worked through the production company Imaginex Studios on several of his later projects, including SeeFood, for which he was composing the score at the time of his death in April 2011; the remaining work was completed by Imaginex Studios, and the film’s soundtrack was ultimately released in October 2011, several months after he died. Sources differ on the precise nature of Tan’s contribution to Puteri Gunung Ledang. Some contemporary listings credit the film’s score jointly to Tan and singer-actor M. Nasir (who also starred in the film), while other accounts describe the score as the work of composer Daniel Yu Wai Kwok, with Tan serving as orchestrator. Filmography Awards and nominations Awards The Bunohan score award was made posthumously, two years after Tan’s death. Death Tan died at the Pantai Hospital in Kuala L

Tania León

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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 and education She was born Tania Justina León in Havana, Cuba, of mixed French, Spanish, Chinese, African, and Cuban heritage. It was her grandmother who recognized that her granddaughter liked music because of the way she reacted to music on the radio. She began studying the piano at the age of four and she attended Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory, where she earned a B.A. in 1963, and the Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory, where she studied piano with Zenaida Manfugás. Leon was one of an estimated 300,000 Cubans who left Cuba as a refugee on the so-called “Freedom Flights”. In the spring of 1967 she left Cuba and settled in New York City, continuing her studies at New York University under the tutelage of Ursula Mamlok (B.S., 1971; M.S., 1975). She also began studying conducting under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Career In 1969, León became a founding member and the first musical director of Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theater of Harlem, establishing its music department, m

Tansy Davies

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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 London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In 2023 she was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Works Collections at The Ivors Classical Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in composition. In 2019, she was listed as one of the UK’s most influential people by the Evening Standard’s Progress 1000, alongside Simon Rattle and Dave. Early life Davies started out singing and playing guitar in a rock band. She developed an interest in composition in her teens and studied composition and French horn at the Colchester Institute, followed by further study with Simon Bainbridge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and with Simon Holt. Davies has been Composer-in-Residence at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she gained a PhD, and currently teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She also worked for three years as a freelance horn player and was a member of the Moon Velvet Collective. She has rece

Tanya Anisimova

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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. Mikhail Anisimov is a well-known physicist. Her mother was a chemist and an accomplished piano player and singer who died in 1981. Tanya Anisimova became a naturalised American citizen in 1994. Tanya began to study cello at 7 with Zoia Kamisheva and gave her first public performance the same year. After graduating with honors from the Moscow Conservatory (1989), where she studied with Igor Gavrysh, Anisimova continued her cello studies with George Neikrug at Boston University (Artist Diploma, 1992). While in Boston, she appeared regularly on WGBH Public Radio. In 1992, Anisimova was invited by Aldo Parisot to work on her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Yale. She graduated from Yale School of Music in 1995. In her doctoral thesis she focused on J.S. Bach’s works for solo violin and solo cello and their interconnectedness. Also in 1995, Anisimova and her husband artist Alexander Anufriev spent four months at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts by an invitation of the VCCA’s director W

Tanya Ekanayaka

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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, musicologist and linguist. Notably, she is among the world’s most prolific female composer-pianists. Early life She began studying the piano at the age of five, and at the age of twelve made her debut recital. At the age of sixteen, as youngest competitor and joint winner of the biennial concerto competition of the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, she performed her first concerto. Career Ekanayaka’s debut album of compositions for solo piano composed, performed and produced by her, Reinventions: Rhapsodies for Piano, was released in 2015. Each work in the album builds upon a motif inspired by the tonality of the works which preceded it in its primary concert performance and adaptations of melodies belonging to genres of Sri Lankan traditional and folk music. Twelve Piano Prisms, her second solo album of works for the piano, was released on 14 September 2018. Ekanayaka’s debut album contains adaptations of 10 of the 18 Sri Lankan Vannams while her second album contains adaptations of the rem

Tapani Puranen

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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 works * The most successful composition written by Tapani Puranen is a pop ballad called “Love Like Never Before” (using the alias Joachim Brooks), which had more than 7,000 airplays in France and was number 1 in the Top Dance chart in January 1996. The performer was Jazmine (United States/Finland). Released by Atoll Music, France. * A soundtrack for a TV documentary film Avara Luonto - “Suoerämaa” 2018 * Modern/experimental-style composition Unen ja valveen kuvia (“Pictures of the dreams and being awake”) to a similarly named multi-episode TV program including paintings of Finnish surrealist painters. This program has been broadcast several times in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Director Petri Merta. * Conducted the string parts in the recording session of “Rakkaus on lumivalkoinen” (“Love is White Like the Snow”) by the top selling Finnish rock band Yö. The song was one of the biggest hits in Finland in 2003. Released by Poko Records, Finland. * The symphony orchestra arrangements

Tappi Iwase

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, 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 the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991. Iwase is credited with composing all of the music for Metal Gear Solid, with the exception of the ending theme “The Best Is Yet to Come”, whereas the music for the cinematic scenes was composed by Gigi Meroni. This includes the well-known main theme to Metal Gear Solid, arrangements of which were subsequently used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. References External links *

Tarik O'Regan

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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 nominations. He is also the recipient of two British Composer Awards. O’Regan has served on the Faculties of Columbia University as a Fulbright Chester Schirmer Fellow, The Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University as a Radcliffe Fellow, Yale University, Trinity College in the University of Cambridge, Rutgers University, Stanford University as a Visiting Artist, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as Director’s Visitor. O’Regan’s compositions incorporate the influence of Renaissance vocal writing, the music of North Africa, British rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s, jazz and Minimalist music. His music is often rhythmically complex and employs varying approaches to tonality. Life and work 1978–2001: Beginnings, early education, and influences Tarik O’Regan was born in London in 1978. He grew up predominantly in Croydon in South London, to an English father of Irish descent and an Algerian mother, spending some of his early childhood in Algeria and Morocco, the latter where his mo

Tariq Hisny

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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 in Puttalam, North Western Province of Sri Lanka. From a young age, he had shown promise as a singer. During his early days, he sang songs as a karaoke artist. He also developed an interest in composing music. He has acknowledged Yuvan Shankar Raja, AR Rahman and Karthik as his inspirations. Tariq learned Carnatic music, western music theory and piano. Compositions In 2016, Tariq began composing music. The same year, he released his first album titled, Izhaar-e-Ishq. He worked with playback singer Yazin Nizar for a song “Bin Tere” in this album, which was featured among the youth in the Indian subcontinent and Middle-Eastern countries soon after the release. In 2017, Tariq released his first Tamil song “Hey Penne” in collaboration with Sathyaprakash. In 2019, Tariq began working on soundtracks and background scores. In 2023, Tariq composed a soundtrack, “Turkey-Syria Earthquake 2023”, for a non-profit organisation GlobalGiving to help earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria. 2024 began with Ya

Taro Hakase

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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 the violin, while Tsuneyoshi Saito played keyboards, and Yoshinobu Takeshita played bass. Their first eponymous album was released in September 1990 and sold 74,000 copies. Their second, Kryzler And Company #, sold over 81,000 copies. Steve McClure of Billboard wrote that they have become “Japan’s unlikeliest pop idols, attracting hordes of screaming fans, a far cry from the decorum and reserve usually shown by Japan’s classical music audiences.” The band provided the music for Celine Dion’s single “To Love You More” which was recorded as the theme song for the Japanese drama Koibito Yo (My Dear Lover). The song reached number one on Billboard Japan. He then joined Dion on her nationwide promotional tour making television appearances and performed the song during her 1996–1997 Falling into You Tour and her 1998–1999 Let’s Talk About Love Tour as guest violinist. When Dion went on hiatus to have her son, Hakase pursued a solo career, and Kryzler & Kompany disbanded after having produced 11

Taro Kudo

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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 joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed UFO: A Day in the Life. Kudo worked as company director for Vanpool prior to its disestablishment. Works References External links *Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix *Developer Profile at MobyGames

Tarquinio Merula

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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 the Venetian school. He was one of the most progressive Italian composers of the early 17th century, especially in applying newly developed techniques to sacred music. Life He was born in Busseto. He probably received early musical training in Cremona, where he was first employed as an organist. In 1616 he took a position as organist at the church of Santa Maria Incoronata in Lodi, where he remained until 1621, at which time he went to Warsaw, Poland to work as an organist at the court of Sigismund III Vasa. In 1626 he returned to Cremona, and in 1627 became maestro di cappella at the cathedral there, but he only remained for four years, moving to Bergamo to accept a similar position in 1631. Alessandro Grandi, his predecessor, had died in the Italian plague of 1629–31 (which affected many cities in northern Italy, including Venice), and he faced the formidable task of rebuilding the musical institution there after many of its members had died. Unfortunately Merula got into trouble with

Tarsicio Herrera Zapién

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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 as music composition and recovery of classical musicological works. Biography Tarsicio Herrera Zapién was born 19 July 1935 in Churintzio, Michoacán, Mexico. Herrera earned a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1955. He completed his Bachelor’s (1967), Master’s (1968) and Doctorate (1970) degrees in classical literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). and president in 2000. He has been Senior researcher at the Institute of Philological Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico The first edition of this book on the Greek and Latin etymology of the Spanish language was in 1971. External links * The Journal of Roman Studies, Review of Tarsicio Herrera Zapién References

Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes

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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 works *Prisma (2001) for piano *Changeable Muutlik (2002) for flute, Estonian zither *kuumast klaasist tehtud made of hot glass (2003) for 2 flutes, alto flute, oboe, 2 clarinets/bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, horn, trombone, percussion, strings *Võilillede lumi Snow of Dandelions (2003) for 4 flutes *When I Was in Love Siis, kui ma armastasin… (2003) for violin *Circles (2004) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano *Converting into Steam (2005) for 3 saxophones, double bass *Doors 2 (2006) for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass *Doors 2a version (2007) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion *Liikumatuse dimensioon / Dimension of Quiescence (Version of the piece written in 2009) (2010) for alto saxophone (clarinet or bass clarinet), percussion *Horizontals Horisontaalid (2010) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano *Lovesong (2010) for violin, flute *Towards Inward (Dissolution) Suunaga

Tatsiana Zelianko

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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 performance (piano) and graduated as a piano teacher and chamber artist. She then worked at the Philharmonic of Brest, Belarus, as a concert pianist. After moving to Luxembourg in 2008, she turned to contemporary composition and began studying writing and musical analysis at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, of which she won two first prizes. In 2015, she won first prize in the Senior section at the International Composition Competition “Artistes en Herbes” in Luxembourg. A year later, Tatsiana Zelianko obtained governmental artist status in Luxembourg. She has to her credit several dozen diverse and varied musical creations. The composer has already carried out a large number of musical commissions in Luxembourg in collaboration with Noise Watchers Unlimited, the CAPe, National Literature Center of Mersch, :fr:Ensemble Lucilin, :fr:Ars Musica, the CID Fraen an Gender, the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg. Her partitions have been created in other co

Tatyana Chudova

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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 Conservatory. After completing her studies, she took a teaching position at the Conservatory. On 21 June 2007, she was awarded the title of Honored Master of Arts of the Russian Federation. Works Selected works include: *Symphony Ab. 1, ‘Timur and his team *O myorvoy tsaverne i semi bojatiryakh, opera, 1966-7 *Na derevnyu dedushke, opera, 1978 *Bible Suite for organ *Last lullaby with oboe solo *Three Circles for solo cello *Trombone sonata *From Russian Fairytales Suite for orchestra *Concerto for piano and orchestra No.1 *Concerto for piano and orchestra No.2 *Concerto for Orchestra *Violin sonata *Suite for organ *The Warriors Cantata *Cantata about Moscow *The Architects for chorus and orchestra *Concert Toccata for piano *Symphony No.1 *Symphony No.2 *Symphony No.3 Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including: *Organ Music by Moscow Composers - Pedagogues of Moscow Conservatory - From the Sources to the Present - Anthology Vol. 1 References External links *

Taylor Brook

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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 Etobicoke School of the Arts, a specialized arts-academic public high school. His studies included guitar and violin. He then studied at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, where he completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 2007 and earned his Master’s Degree in Music Composition. For his thesis he composed Mitya, a piece for solo clarinet with 18 musicians and live electronics. It premiered on April 14, 2010, with Mark Bradley of the Portmantô Ensemble as soloist and Denys Bouliane conducting the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble. His teachers included Brian Cherney, Denys Bouliane, Luc Brewaeys, Ana Sokolović, John Rea, and Sean Ferguson. Career and compositions In 2008, he spent two months in Kolkata studying at Bhattacharya School of Universal Music with Hindustani musician Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, studying raga on the chaturangui, a many-stringed slide guitar of Bhattacharya’s invention. The piece won the 2010 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award from Composers, Inc.,

Taylor Scott Davis

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