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Yoshihisa Hirano

Born (December 7, 1971) Is a Japanese Composer and Arranger, Yoshihisa started to study composition by himself as an elementary student on 1981, because of his interest for Baroque music. He then discovered Jazz in high school, and this enthusiasm has shaped his career in music. On 1983 He mentioned having listened to [a=Miles Davis], [a=Thelonious Monk], [a=Eric Dolphy] and [a=John Coltrane], among others. In 1985 his admiration of them once gave him dreams of becoming a Jazz musician, but he then discovered Contemporary music. In 1987 he gained interest in the works of [a=John Zorn] one of the musicians who had the biggest influence on him in his youth. On the other hand, Symphonies by Shostakovich also greatly impressed him, and helped him make up his mind to study composition seriously on 1989, He moved to the United States in 1990 and studied composition at Juilliard School, in 1992, with Stanley Wolfe. He later entered Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Christopher Rouse and Joseph Schwantner. Some of the awards he has received include first prize in the Axia Tape Competition, in Japan, during his Elementary School years and High School years, and New York's New Music for Young Ensembles on 1994, Yoshihisa made his first debut as a composer on 2001, On the album [r=20466625] = Explosive Shoot Beyblade Mr. Chief Sound File. After that, he made the music for Tokyo DisneySea's 2002 and 2004 countdown celebrations. In 2002, Hirano paired with pianist [a=Masako Hosoda] to form the unit Bleu, releasing 3 albums since then. Hirano was also responsible for some of the orchestration and arrangement for a number of Ali Project's albums. Since then, Hirano has composed for many anime series, as well as music for concert, dance, film and radio, with compositions ranging from Classical to Pop and Contemporary music. He is known on albums as in the past Death Note Ouran High School Host Club Kotetsu Shin Jeeg Hunter X Hunter and Edens Zero as his present albums

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