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Yair Elazar Glotman

Yair Elazar Glotman is a composer and musician based in Berlin. He releases his own music and composes film scores, most recently Netflix's "Reptile", A24's "False Positive" (co-composed with Lucy

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Yakamoto Kotzuga

Giacomo Mazzucato (born 10 January 1994), known by his stage name Yakamoto Kotzuga, is an Italian musician, composer and record producer. Biography The eclectic young artist studied at the

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Yakhiel Sabzanov

Yakhiel Rafaelovich Sabzanov (Tajik: Якуб Рафаэлович Сабзанов; Russian: Яхиэль Рафаэлович Сабзанов) (February 20, 1929 – September 10, 2013) was a Soviet Bukharian composer of Bukharan Jewish

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Yakiv Stepovy

Yakiv Stepanovych Stepovy (; ; 20 October 18834 November 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, music teacher, and music critic. Biography Early life and education Stepovy was born on 20 October 1883 as

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Yang Jing (composer)

Yang Jing (; born Dec.1963) is a composer based in central Switzerland, a legendary concert pipa soloist and Bandleader. Early life and education Yang was born in Anyang in Henan province, China.

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Yankel Talmud

Yaakov Dov (Yankel) Talmud (; 18 December 1885 – October 1965) was a Hasidic composer of Jewish liturgical music and choirmaster in the main synagogue of the Gerrer Rebbes both in Ger, Poland, and in

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Yann Tiersen

Yann Pierre Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer from Brittany. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting.

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Yanni

Yiannis Chryssomallis After touring with Chameleon from 1980 to 1984, Without financial backing, Yanni risked $2 million of his personal fortune in the Acropolis production Yanni later related that

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Yannis Markopoulos

Yannis Markopoulos (; 18 March 1939 – 10 June 2023) was a Greek composer. Biography Early life and education Yannis Markopoulos was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete. Born into one of the old families

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Yardena Alotin

Yardena Alotin (Hebrew: ירדנה אלוטין; October 19, 1930 in Tel Aviv – October 4, 1994 in New York City) was an Israeli composer and pianist. As a pianist and teacher, Alotin also wrote educational

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Yared

Saint Yared (Ge'ez: ቅዱስ ያሬድ; 25 April 505 – 20 May 571) was an Aksumite composer, hymnwriter and scholar. He was credited with inventing the traditional music of Ethiopia, he developed the music of

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Yasuaki Fujita

is a video game composer and sound designer. Best known for his work with Capcom, he normally went by the alias of Bun Bun. During the NES era, he worked on the music for Mega Man 3 (in lieu of

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Yasuhiko Fukuda

is a Japanese composer and keyboardist. History and career Born in Tokyo's Itabashi prefecture, Fukuda began playing piano at the age of 4, and while at school became interested in anime ("We were

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Yasuhiko Fukuoka

Yasuhiko Fukuoka is a composer for concerts, film, and television. A native of Japan, he studied Film Scoring and Music Synthesis at Berklee College of Music. His works have been performed in North

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Yasuji Kiyose

Yasuji Kiyose (清瀬 保二 Kiyose Yasuji, 13 January 1900 – 14 September 1981) was a Japanese composer. He studied composition privately with Kōsaku Yamada and Kōsuke Komatsu and in 1930, took an active

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Yasunori Mitsuda

is a Japanese composer. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the Chrono, Xeno, Shadow Hearts, and Inazuma Eleven franchises, among various others. Mitsuda founded a music

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Yasuo Kuwahara

Yasuo Kuwahara (, Kuwahara Yasuo; December 12, 1946, in Kobe, Japan – December 6, 2003) was a Japanese mandolin player and composer for mandolin orchestra. He was chairman of various musical

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Yasushi Akutagawa

was a Japanese composer and conductor. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Biography Akutagawa was born and raised in Tabata, Tokyo, the son of writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, who died when he was two

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Yasushi Ishii

is a Japanese musician from Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He specializes in experimental, jazz fusion and hard rock. He is famous for his work with anime scores. He composed music for and

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Yaya Sherfedinov

Yaya Sherfedinov (, ; 16 March 1894 — 29 January 1975) was a Soviet-Crimean Tatar composer, musician, and poet. Born to a poor family in Feodosia, he began playing the violin at a young age. He was a

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