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Yu-Hui Chang

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Yu-Hui Chang (Chinese: 張玉慧; born 1970) is a Taiwanese composer based in the United States. She received awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009, and the Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2017. She is the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Music at Brandeis University. Education Yu-Hui Chang began studying music with a focus on piano, voice and music theory at six years of age. By the age of fourteen she was actively following a path toward a career in composition. She graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University, and in 1994 came to the United States to study music composition. She received her Masters of Music degree from Boston University and a Ph.D from Brandeis University. From 1996 until 2006 Chang was on the faculty of University of California, Davis. Career Chang composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, vocalists and soloists. While at the University of California, Davis Chang co-directed Empyrean Ensemble where she as performed as a conductor or a pianist. In 2006 she was featured in the New York Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series. The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation commissioned Chang to compose After E

Yugo Kanno

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is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on many television dramas, anime series, and movies. Biography Kanno was born in Saitama, Japan. He attended junior high school in Kawagoe before later moving to Takanezawa for university. While attending school, he was fascinated by Impressionist Music. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music, department of composition, film scoring course and started providing music for movies, commercials, and artists while he was still a student. On December 14, 2007, Kanno held his first orchestral concert which, according to his website, “started with a strong desire to listen to live music.” His first orchestra concert was held at Suntory Hall’s Blue Rose in 2007. His first 2-day Valentines concert was held at Bunkamura Orchard Hall in 2014, Yupoto Hall in 2015, Mielparque Hall in 2016, Hitomi Memorial Hall in 2017/2018, and Sakura Hall in 2019, and was well received. He also participated in several collaborations such as 2014 “Yugo Kanno x Junichi Hirokami x Kyoto City Symphony Orchestra”, “Yugo Kanno x MOZU Concert”, “Gunshi Kanbei Talk & Concert”, 2015 “Kizuna Concert”, and amongst others. Furthermore, in 2016, “Symphony No. 1 ~

Yuka Kitamura

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is a Japanese composer. She is best known for her compositions for various games by the Japanese development studio FromSoftware, most notably serving as the lead composer for Dark Souls III. She left FromSoftware in 2023 to pursue freelance work. Biography Kitamura was born in Hokkaido. After graduating from Sapporo Visual Arts College with a degree in music production, she began working at FromSoftware in 2011. There, she composed music for several of the studio’s successful games, including Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Elden Ring. She also took the place of Motoi Sakuraba as lead composer for Dark Souls III. Additionally, she was a member of FreQuency, a band composed of members of FromSoftware’s sound team and led by Tsukasa Saitoh. In August 2023, she announced that she was leaving FromSoftware and would be working as a freelancer from then on. Since then, she has composed music with fan artist Alex Roe, and has announced that she is working on music for The Touhou Empires, a video game which is as of November 2024 unreleased. Works Film and television Videogames FreQuency Musical style Kitamura is noted for not only composing her music, but occasionally performi

Yukihiko Haida

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was a composer, ukulele player and steel guitarist. He and his brother Katsuhiko Haida founded the Nihon Ukulele Association. Early life and education Haida was born in Honolulu on 24 April 1909, to parents who were Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. In 1923, while in Japan to place his late father’s ashes in the family grave, Haida was caught up in the chaos after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, during which his family home was burgled and his passport was stolen. Being unable to return to Hawaii, Haida enrolled in in Tokyo. He later studied for a while at Chuo University and Keio University, leaving the latter without graduating. Career In 1928 Haida formed the Moana Glee Club, a Hawaiian music group, with his younger brother Katsuhiko Haida. The band popularized the ukulele in Japan. In 1933 Haida temporarily returned to Hawaii to study with M.K. Moke. Haida began writing and arranging songs, and taught guitar in Koenji, Tokyo in 1935. Some of his students included Fumimaro Konoe’s daughter and Kaneko Kentaro’s grandchild. He signed with Victor Records and began recording and publishing music. In 1979 Haida was honored for his career and achievements at the 21st Japan Record Awards

Yüksel Koptagel

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Yüksel Koptagel (born 27 October 1931) is a Turkish composer and pianist. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey, granddaughter of General Osman Nuri Koptagel, a commander in the Turkish War of Independence. Her maternal great grandfather Abdul Karim Khan Tareen, a physician, had migrated from Multan, British India (now Pakistan) and had settled in Istanbul, adopting the name Abdul Karim Bey. Her father Baha Koptagel was a dentist and her mother Hikmet Koptagel was a teacher. Yüksel was brought up in a musical environment at home. She started playing the piano with Rana Erksan at five years old. From 1948 to 1955 she studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and fugue under composer and conductor Cemal Reşit Rey. Koptagel gave concerts with Istanbul Municipal Orchestra between the years 1951 to 1954. In 1955 she went to Spain on a grant from the Spanish government. She studied in the Madrid Royal Conservatory with José Cubiles, Joaquin Rodrigo. In 1957 she was accepted to the Conservatoire de Paris where she worked with Tony Aubin, Alexandre Tansman, and Lazare Levy. Invited by the Ministry of Culture in Spain, she attended a number of courses in the city of Santiago de Compostela and worked

Yulia Tsibulskaya

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Yulia Tsibulskaya (, , , born 15 June 1933) is a Moldovan-Russian composer. Biography Yulia Tsibulskaya was born in Leova, Romania. She graduated from the Chișinău musical school (1954), the faculty of the theory and composition of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad Conservatory (1960). She studied folklore themes in the works of Karol Szymanowski and Frédéric Chopin. The teachers of the conservatory who determined Yulia Tsibulskaya’s further creative way were V. N. Salmanov (orchestration, composition), Alla Petrovna Maslakovets (Maria Yudina’s disciple, piano), Theodosius Antonovich Rubtsov (folklore), Alexander Naumovich Dolzhanskiy (polyphony). From 1960 till 1974, Yulia Tsibulskaya was a teacher at the Chișinău conservatory (the G. Musicescu College of Arts), from 1974 till 1977 — a scientific collaborator at the department of ethnography and art studies, attached to the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. From 1977 till 1988, she was a musical editor in the “Literatura artistică” publishing house. At present she resides in Nuremberg, Germany. Decorations and titles * A member of the USSR Union of Composers (1977). * The N. K. Krupskaya prize from the Ministry of Educat

Yuliy Meitus

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Yuliy Serhiyovych Meitus (; 28 January 1903 – 2 April 1997, Kyiv), was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. His early style was modernistic, later he used more traditional neo-Romantic idioms. Meitus was born in Yelysavethrad to a Jewish family. In 1919 he graduated from the School of Music in piano from Heinrich Neuhaus, and from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama in the composition class of C. Bogatyrenko in 1931. During World War II he was evacuated to the Turkmen SSR. Meitus made his debut in film in 1932. He is famous for his 18 operas, a number of orchestral works and about 300 songs on Ukrainian and Russian classical poems, among them Stolen Happiness, the epic Yaroslav the Wise, Daughter of the Wind, Leila and Majnun, The Young Guard and Abakan. He was buried in the Baikove Cemetery. Awards and honors * Honored Art Worker of the Turkmen SSR (1944) * Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1948) * Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1951) * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1960, 1971) * People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1973) * Order of Friendship of Peoples (1983) * Shevchenko National Prize (1991) * Medal “For Labour

Yuliya Veysberg

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Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg (Yuliya Rimskaya-Korsakova) (Julia Weissberg) (b. 6 January 1880 , d. March 1, 1942) was a music critic and composer. Life and career Yuliya Veysberg was born in Orenburg, Russian Empire. She studied at the Women’s University, and in 1912 graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory where she studied composition under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. From 1912 to 1914 she continued her studies in Berlin with Engelbert Humperdinck and Max Reger. She returned to St. Petersburg and subsequently married Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov, musicologist and son of Rimsky-Korsakov, and from 1915 to 1917 served on the editorial board of, and contributed reviews to, the first Russian music magazine, Muzïkal’nïy sovremennik, which the couple founded. She and her son, Vsevolod Rimsky-Korsakov, died in World War II during the Siege of Leningrad conducted by Nazi German troops. Works Veysberg’s compositions included vocal works, a symphony, a scherzo, and a fantasia. Selected works include: *At Night (symphonic poem for orchestra) *Chinese songs *Chanson d’automne: Les sanglots longs, op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 (Text: Paul Verlaine) *Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit, op. 2 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1

Yun Seok-cheol

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Yun Seok-cheol (; born April 10, 1985) is a South Korean jazz pianist, composer and record producer. Coming to prominence in the Korean jazz scene as part of the Yun Seok Cheol Trio, he is also a member of the band Temperature of Saying Hi, as well as a producer under the name The Blank Shop. He has appeared in various radio and television programs in South Korea including You Hee-yeol’s Sketchbook, Sunny’s FM Date, and The EBS space. Biography Yun Seok-cheol was born in Seoul, South Korea. He attended Daejin High School and majored in jazz at JEI University. He began playing in local jazz clubs at the age of 20, hosting a jam night at Club Evans in Hongdae, Seoul for more than seven years. He won first place at the Ulsan Jazz Festival in 2005 and won third place at the Jarasum International Jazz Festival competition in 2008. Along with bassist Kim Sang-yee and drummer Kim Yong-jin, he is a member of the Yun Seok Cheol Trio, which was formed with the desire to “create a jazz group that felt like a rock or indie band”. In 2018, they released the D Flat in April, an EP containing new tracks as well remakes of old songs. Yun is active in the K-pop scene as a producer and session music

Yuna (singer, born 1992)

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Seo Yu-na (; born December 30, 1992), better known by the mononym Yuna, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actress and yoga instructor. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group AOA and its sub-groups, AOA Black and AOA Cream. Early life Seo Yu-na was born on December 30, 1992. She began playing the piano when she was seven years old, causing her to take interest in becoming a singer as an adult. At the age of 18, she traveled to Seoul alone after getting consent from her parents. She transferred schools and stayed at her uncle’s house while she went to auditions and practised singing. Her younger sister Yu-ri made her debut in 2014 with girl group Berry Good under Asia Bridge Entertainment, adopting the stage name “Seoyul”. Career Career with AOA On July 30, 2012, Yuna made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet’s M! Countdown with their debut single album, Angels’ Story and the title track “Elvis”. AOA has released three EPs and nine singles as of June 22, 2015. She is part of AOA’s subunit “AOA Black”. In 2015, AOA traveled to Hainan where they filmed One Fine Day, a variety program in which idols/idol groups go on a “healing” vacation. They were the seventh idol gro

Yuniya edi kwon

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yuniya edi kwon (stylized in lower-case; born 1989), is an American violinist and composer. She is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. Biography kwon was born and raised in Minneapolis, to Korean immigrant parents. She began studying the violin at the age of ten. She graduated from University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music as a jazz studies student. In 2021, she performed the piece Seep as part of a Bang on a Can event; David Wright said that “whistling, vocalizing, and folk-inflected violin effects evoked woodland spirits in” the piece. She was featured in The Washington Posts “22 for ‘22” series, with nominator Wang Lu saying that Kwon’s works have a “naturally musical” quality and “don’t make me feel that they are too much ‘carved’”. In a May 2023 review of her piece Earth Iridescence/Sorrow Churn, performed by Sun Han Guild, Vanessa Ague called her voice “a moment of catharsis”. kwon won a 2023 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Award in Music/Sound. She was a 2023-2025 Princeton University Arts Fellow. She performed violin at the 2024 Monheim Triennale. She performed as violinist on Stephan Crump’s 2024 album Slow Water; Thomas Conrad of Stereophile said

Yuno Avshalumov

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Yuno Zakharyevich Avshalumov ( ; 1934–1981) was a Soviet composer, conductor, and teacher of Mountain Jewish descent. In recognition of his contributions to Soviet culture, he was honored with the titles of “Honored Worker of Culture of the Dagestan ASSR” (1967) and “Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR” (1981). Biography Yuno Avshalumov was born in Derbent, Dagestan ASSR, into the family of Zakharyo Avshalumov, the director of the Judeo-Tat Theatre. When the Great Patriotic War began, Yuno Avshalumov was seven years old. His house grew quiet and empty as his father and friends left for the front. Life became very difficult. In Derbent, as in the rest of the country, hunger prevailed. Zakharyo Avshalumov, Yuno Avshalumov’s father, died during the war. Despite the hardships of war and famine, Yuno Avshalumov dreamed of learning to play a musical instrument. In 1943, his mother sent him to study under the talented clarinetist Mukhoil, who taught him to play the tar. In 1952, he enrolled in the Makhachkala Music College, specializing in choral singing and conducting. During his third year, Yuno Avshalumov was called up for service in the Soviet Army, where he served in a musical plat

Yuri Arnold

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Yuri Karlovich Arnold, also Jury, Georgy, Yourij, and Arnol’t, Arnol’d (; November 13, 1811 – July 20, 1898), was a Russian composer, musicologist, music critic, choral conductor, theorist and music educator. There is some speculation that he was employed by the tsarist police and that some of the writings attributed to him were actually written by Peshenin, who was paid to keep it a secret. Also that some of his theories on the history of Russian church music are now seen as false. Among his students were Allemanov and Yu Mel’gunov. He studied political economy at the German University in Dorpat, Estonia, and served in the army from 1831–38 during the Polish campaign. After this, he decided to focus on a career in music and went to study harmony with Johann Leopold Fuchs and counterpoint with Joseph Hunke. In 1839, he won a Philharmonic Society award for his cantata Svetlana. Starting in 1841, he contributed to numerous journals including the S.-Peterburgskiye vedomosti, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, Literaturnaya gazeta, Severnaya Pchela (Northern Bee), and Panteon under a variety of pseudonyms, including Meloman, Karl Karlovich, A. Yu., Harmonin, and Karl Smelïy. He moved to Leipzig

Yuri Falik

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Yuri (Yury ) Alexandrovich Falik (; July 30, 1936, Odessa, USSR – January 23. 2009, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian composer, orchestral conductor, cellist, a board member of the Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) branch of the Composers’ Union, and People’s Artist of Russia. Biography Childhood and youth Yuri Falik was born into a family of orchestral musicians. His father Alexander Efimovich Falik played percussion in the Odessa Opera’s orchestra and his mother Yevgenia Mikhailovna worked at the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre. During his early childhood, Falik was often present at orchestra rehearsals and opera productions, easily memorising and humming the music he heard. He and his mother were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan during World War II, while his father volunteered on the front lines of the war until he was killed in 1942. The family tragedy and traumatic experiences of his early childhood strongly influenced not only Falik’s personality but also his art. After returning to Odessa in 1944, he started his cello studies under the guidance of David Abramovich Mevzhinsky, his late father’s friend from the Odessa Opera House symphony orchestra. The following year, Falik entered h

Yuri Kasparov

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Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov (born 8 June 1955, in Moscow, —his name is variously transliterated) is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied for his doctorate under Edison Denisov. Under the patronage of Denisov, he founded the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1990 and is its artistic director. He is the chairman of the Russian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music. Life In 1978, Kasparov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute with a degree in engineering. He graduated with a second degree in music from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (usually called simply the Moscow Conservatory) in 1984 and went on to complete his post-graduate studies there in 1991. Between 1985 and 1989, he worked for the Russian State Central Studio of Documentary Films as editor-in-chief for music. His music has been recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Radio Orchestra of Romania, and Ensemble Contrechamps of Switzerland, and has featured on CDs released on the Olympia and Harmonia Mundi labels. In 2007, Kasparov was awarded Honored Art Worker of Russia by order of the Russian Preside

Yuri Khanon

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Yuri Khanon is a pen name of Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov (), a Russian composer. Prior to 1993, he wrote under a pen name Yuri Khanin, but later transformed it into Yuri Khanon, spelling it in a pre-1918 Russian style as ХанонЪ. Khanon was born on June 16, 1965, in Leningrad. In 1988, he became a laureate of the European Film Awards (Felix Award), and in 1989, he won the Nika Award, a Russian cinematographic award. Due to his numerous concerts throughout Russia, as well as to TV and cinema appearances, Khanon reached the peak of his popularity in 1988–1992, but in 1993, decided to stop performing in public. Yuri Khanon is not just a composer; he is also a writer, a philosopher, a painter, a studio pianist, and a botanist-selectionist. Khanon is author of libretto and texts of almost all his works. His grandfather was Mikhail Savoyarov, a comic actor and composer, who was very famous in St.Petersburg (Petrograd) on the eve of the Revolution of 1917. Khanon became famous in 1988–1991. During this period he composed soundtracks to three films, gave numerous concerts, had several appearances on TV and published a series of articles and interviews. Many of his performances yield

Yuri Shaporin

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Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin () (8 November 1887 – 9 December 1966), PAU, was a Soviet composer. Two Stalin Prizes first degree (1941, 1946). Stalin Prize second degree (1952). Biography Shaporin was born in Glukhov in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine). His father was a painter and his mother a pianist. He received his secondary education in Saint Petersburg. He first studied philology at Kiev University and went on to study law at Saint Petersburg University. He then turned to music, starting his studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1913. His teachers there included Nikolay Sokolov (composition), Maximilian Steinberg (orchestration), and Nikolai Tcherepnin (conducting). He graduated as a composer and conductor in 1918. After the Bolshoi Drama Theater was established in 1919, he served as its musical director until 1928. He then worked with the Russian State Pushkin Academy Drama Theater — also known as the Alexandrinsky Theater — until 1934. During this period he composed a significant amount of theater music. He was a founding member of the Association for Contemporary Music in 1923. During the 1930s Shaporin turned his attention to large scale works. His opera Dekabr

Yuriy Oliynyk

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Yuriy Oleksiiovych Oliynyk (December 1, 1931 – September 13, 2021) was a composer, concert pianist, and professor of music who lived and worked in the United States. Biography Yuriy Oliynyk was born in Ternopil, Ukraine. He was the son of a Ukrainian lawyer and started studying piano at the age of seven. During World War II, his family was forced to flee from their home to Austria, and later Germany. In 1950, Oliynyk emigrated to the United States. He received a degree in piano as a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a degree in musicology as a Master of Arts from the Case Western Reserve University. Oliynyk was a trained music teacher; he worked at the American River College in Sacramento, California. He was the first president of the Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California. Works Oliynyk has composed four concertos for bandura and orchestra, a piano concerto and other pieces for piano, bandura, and voice. Together with his wife Ola Herasymenko, he has performed his works, along with other works of famous classical composers, across the US and Europe. His music has been performed by other musicians and has been recorded onto CDs. In October 2000 a Worl

Yury Chernavsky

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Yury Alexandrovich Chernavsky (; March 17, 1947 – 29 September 2025) was a Russian producer, composer and songwriter. Chernavsky was a member of performance rights organisations such as GEMA, BMI, and RAO, and had also been recognized as an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Education While living in Russia, he obtained professional musical education in the First Music College in Tambov city, the Rachmaninov Tambov State Academy of Music (class of violin), and the Tambov Branch of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (composition, arrangement). After relocation to the United States, he took master classes, SE-Hollywood (composer, producer, audio-movie business). He demonstrated a virtuosity in arrangement and in playing violin, saxophone, keyboards, flute and East Asian exotic instruments. Professional career Work in the USSR From 1969 to 1983, Chernavsky was fully involved in concert activities. In 1969–1973, Yury performed in jazz orchestras of Boris Rensky, Oleg Lundstrem, Leonid Utyosov, etc. In 1973–1975, he was a lead saxophone and arranger in the State Orchestra of Azerbaijan, which at that time was compiled of the best jazz stars in the Soviet Union. Since 1976, a new

Yusef Greiss

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Yusef Greiss (; (December 13, 1899 – April 7, 1961) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation’s first generation of such composers. Greiss was of Coptic heritage. He composed orchestral works and chamber music. His patriotic work for orchestra entitled Masr (1932) is considered the first orchestral piece composed by an Egyptian. As of 2008, the Egyptian musicologist Haig Avakian is editing and preparing Greiss’s complete works for publication. Performance Solo violin and piano compositions are major parts in Greise’s compositions. He wrote 23 solo piano compositions, 14 solo violin three solo flute, six lyrical compositions with piano, and 10 orchestra compositions. Works First: Solo piano compositions * The Sudanese, 1932 * Nile Boatman, 1932 * La Galerien, 1932 * Good Luck, 1932 * A Boat Burns, 1932 * How Are You, 1932 * Truth, 1932 * Little Palestinian, 1932 * Happiness, 1932 * A Night in the Boat, 1945 Second: Solo violin compositions * The Bedouin No. 1931 of 1932 * The Egyptian Village, No. 22 of 1932 * Dance of the Palm Valley * Souvenir, No. 25 of 1932. * Son of the Valley, 1943 * Bedouin Singing, 1944 * Company of the Nile, 1944 * Desert Songs, 1944

Yuta Bandoh

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, also known as , is a Japanese composer. He is best known for his work on Belle (2021), Yuri on Ice (2016), Kaiju No. 8 (2024), and Poupelle of Chimney Town (2020), as well as his collaborations with Kenshi Yonezu. Bandoh won the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music for his work on Belle. Early and personal life Bandoh was born in Osaka in 1991. Due to his father’s work, he moved frequently in his childhood before settling in Saitama in fourth grade of elementary school. He began playing the piano when he was three years old. When he was a child, he wanted to become either an architect or a film director. In sixth grade of elementary school, his piano teacher encouraged him to become a composer. In February 2024, Bandoh announced that he had married poet in July 2023. Education and career Bandoh attended the affiliated music high school of Tokyo University of the Arts before studying composition there. He subsequently attended their graduate school. He composed the theme song “Voices” for Hōdō Station in 2021. In October 2022, he held his first solo exhibition at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall. Selected works Film Television Music Awards References External lin

Yuval Avital

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Yuval Avital (; born 1977) is a multimedia artist, composer, and guitarist based in Milan, Italy. His installations and performances have been presented in prominent museums, biennials, opera houses and cultural institutions worldwide. Avital’s multidisciplinary practice spans sound, visual art, performance, video-art and theater, often in collaboration with scientific institutes such as NASA, ethnographic archives, master craftsmen, traditional performers and entire urban communities. In 2016, his icon-sonic opera “Fuga Perpetua” received the sponsorship of the UNHCR. Biography Yuval Avital was born in 1977 in Jerusalem, Israel. His works are developed in a variety of spaces, including public venues, industrial archaeological sites, theaters and museums. Including monographic exhibitions, large-scale sound and video installations, and collective performances and compositions described as ‘icon-sonic operas’. Composed for soloists, choirs, orchestras and ensembles, sometimes involving traditional masters of ancient cultures, dancers, performers and non-musicians. In addition to technological projects, with the participation of scientists and usage of artificial intelligence. Art Av

Yuvan Shankar Raja

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Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), known officially as Abdul Khaliq, He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the “era of remixes” in Tamil Nadu which included mixed EDM and jazz. He is frequently referred to as the “BGM King” of Tamil film music. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, three Vijay Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 190 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 17, when he composed the film score for Aravindhan. He got his breakthrough with the soundtracks for the films Dheena (2001) and Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) soundtrack, becoming one of Tamil cinema’s most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 for his score in the drama 7G Rainbow Colony. In 2006, he became the only Indian composer to win the

Yuzo Koshiro

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is a Japanese video game composer. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres such as house, electro, techno, and trance. Koshiro has been cited as creating some of the most memorable game music of the 1980s and 1990s contributing for games such as Nihon Falcom’s Dragon Slayer and Ys series, as well as Sega’s The Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage series. His mother, Tomo Koshiro, was a pianist. She taught him how to play the piano at the age of three, and by the age of five, he had a strong command of it. In 1975, he began taking music lessons from Joe Hisaishi and studied with him for three years. Everything Koshiro has learned after that has since been self-taught. While he was still in high school during the early 1980s, Koshiro began composing music on the NEC PC-8801 as a hobby, including mockups of early arcade game music from Namco, Konami, and Sega. The sequencing skills and experience he gained from this would later be utilized in his early video game projects. The video games that influenced him most were The Tower