Curated category
21st-century Japanese composers
- Mitsuto SuzukiIn the early 1980s, Mitsuto Suzuki's life changed when his older brother brought home a synthesizer. The instrument became a playground for the young boy who…
- Naoshi MizutaNaoshi Mizuta was born in Kōchi, Japan, during the year 1972. His fascination with music started when he was a child in the second or third grade of…
- Masashi HamauzuMasashi Hamauzu entered the world in Munich, Germany, during 1971. His mother taught piano while his father Akimori Hamauzu sang opera.
- Tappi IwaseTappi Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music before that institution closed in 1991. This training provided the foundation for his…
- Kumi TaniokaKumi Tanioka was born in Hiroshima, Japan. Her childhood there included studying music and composition while attending school.
- Yoko ShimomuraYoko Shimomura was born on the 19th of October 1967 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She began playing piano lessons at the age of four or five years old.
- Nobuo UematsuNobuo Uematsu began playing the piano at age twelve in Kōchi, Japan. He never took formal lessons despite having an older sister who played the instrument.