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Born in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2017, he graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts.
While in high school, he won second prize in the 12th TIAA All Japan Composition Competition [Solo Division] (no one qualified for first prize).
In 2015, he provided music for “Seimei Ryoku No Odoriba(Dancing Ground of Vitality) vol. 2 - Mori No Ongakusai (Forest Music Festival)-” organized by Kitagawara Lab of Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music.
Presented an orchestral piece in “PLANET TERRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA” organized by PLANET-TERRA, a general incorporated association.
Composed music for “Geidai Arts Special 2015: Disability and Arts Music Theatre ‘Hoshi Ga Hikaru Toki (When the Stars Shine)’” organized by Tokyo University of the Arts.
Composed music for the 3rd graduation project “Sawanobori” at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image in 2016.
In 2017, he held a solo exhibition concert “Nagai Shuwa No Sekai (The World of Shuwa Nagai) 1st Concert”.
Performed a new piece at the dam concert held at the Kura-no-uchi Dam in Shinbata City, organized by “Dam wo Kanaderu Kai” (Society to Recite the Dam).
Composed music for “Small Theater Opera: Izumo no Okuni” organized by the Camerata project.
Since 2017, he has been in charge of arranging school songs for a project sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, “Nurturing Children through Arts and Culture” by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Music director of “Aru Nihon No Ekaki Shounen (A Japanese Painter Boy)” which received numerous awards, including the Runner-up Grand Prix and Gemstone Award Winner at the PFF Awards 2018.
Since 2018, he has participated as an arranger in “Tales of Orchestra Concert 2018” organized by Bandai Namco Entertainment/Warner Music Japan.
In the same year, he participated in “Hatsune Miku Symphony 2018-2019” organized by Warner Music Japan as an arranger.
In 2019, he formed “N nulls”, a project that aims to reweave traditional Japanese music in more accessible ways while offering a brand new worldview that goes beyond the framework of classical music. Their music was made available on various streaming websites.
In 2020, under the auspices of Arts Innovator Japan, Inc., he arranged the orchestrations for “Uchi de Odorou(Dancing on the Inside)” by Gen Hoshino and “Hoshikage no Yell” by GReeeeN which became a major trend during the declared state of emergency.
Directed the music for the web commercial commemorating the release of “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 5” released in 2021.
In December of the same year, he composed the entire act of the opera “Box” organized by Space Imagination Oto as a project adopted by ARTS of the future!
From 2023, he participated in “Yuya Tegoshi Symphonic Concert 2023” Vol.1 & Vol.2 as an arranger.
Since 2017, he has been the pianist for the band “Yuranfune” formed by Itaru Uchimura, a singer-songwriter who interprets classic rock, folk, and country music in his unique way and delivers original quality music to the audience.
In addition to providing music for numerous concerts and videos, he also participates in ensembles as a pianist. He is musically active beyond genres with his unique style.
He produces designs and has been producing the manga “Gakuman” (pseudonym: Eskom), a bimonthly comic strip, since the September 2016 issue of Piano Monthly. Currently, he pursues activities beyond the framework of music.
He has studied composition under Miwa Okusada, Hidehiko Hinohara, and Tatsuya Hayashi, solfège under Fumiko Kubota and Yasuko Hikita, and piano under Noriko Ishiguro and Yoshihiro Ota.

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Born in Chiba, Japan.
After graduating from the Department of Conducting at Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied conducting at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, Italy, graduating in 2022 with the highest marks.
He was mentored by Masanori Mikawa, Ken Takaseki, Kazufumi Yamashita, and Vittorio Parisii and attended master classes taught by Ryusuke Numajiri, Daniele Gatti, and Fabio Luisi to further his skills.
In 2019, he participated in several performances at the New National Theatre, Tokyo as an assistant conductor.
In 2021, he won the top prize at the 9th Luigi Mancinelli International Opera Conducting Competition.
He then conducted a new opera performance at Teatro Coccia (Novara) as a supplementary prize.
In 2022, he received the Ichikawa City Culture and Arts Encouragement Award.
In 2023, he attended Riccardo Muti’s course at the Spring Festival in Tokyo, after winning a competitive audition that attracted applicants worldwide.
So far, he has performed with the New Japan Philharmonic, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, and others.
With a wide musical background in both symphonic and operatic fields, he is highly regarded by performers and audiences for his music-making centering his unique rich musical expressions.

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Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, and later also graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
Composed “Yosakoi” and “Mihara Yassa” for alto saxophone and piano, “Kompira Funafune” for saxophone quartet, and “Nanbu Ushi Oi Uta” for euphonium and piano on NHK-FM’s “Hibiki: The Wind Music Program”.
Commissioned work for recorder quartet by Minoru Yoshizawa, “Aru Nemuri No Naka Deno Koto(Once in a Dream)”, published by Vorn Musik.
Published a two-part chorus version of “Sweet Memories” for female voices in the magazine “Hanna”.
While attending the University of Tokyo, he won a special prize in the piano section of the Kanagawa Music Competition for Senior Pianists and a special jury prize at the Tokyo International Art Association Newcomer Audition.
He is currently active in both composition and performance.

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He grew up listening to Queen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue, Gary Moore, Novella, Yin-Yang-Za, and Sex Machine Guns through his parents’ influence and was especially fascinated by Queen, who awakened his passion for music.
He suddenly developed an interest in classical music at the age of 10 and taught himself to play Chopin’s “Revolution”.
He then started to dream of composing his own piano concerto just like Rachmaninoff.
In junior high school, he listened to Toru Takemitsu’s “November Steps” on a daily basis which broadened his interest in Takemitsu’s choral and film works, which are also tonal in nature.
Although he loved large late-Romantic works by Wagner, Mahler, and R. Strauss, popular music such as Sukanchi, aiko, and L’Arc~en~Ciel was also a favorite of his in high school.
In college, he found interest in the Hollywood music of Korngold.
Having grown up interested in a wide variety of music in this way, he now creates music across multiple genres.
His favorite painting is “Ashita No Shinwa(Myth of Tomorrow)” by Taro Okamoto.

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Taichi Chishaki is a composer, pianist from Tokyo, Japan. He started playing the piano at the age of 6.
When he was young, he had many opportunities to come into contact with Japanese traditional music through “Noh” (a form of Japanese traditional theater) which his grandfather performed.
He started composing classical music at the age of 18 and entered Tokyo University of the Arts.
In college, he produced contemporary classical music and was also involved in film music.
He can write anything from piano pieces to orchestral pieces.
From 2021, he started releasing his own piano pieces on various music platforms.
In composing, he places the most importance on simple melodies and sound reverberations, and specializes in works that incorporate classical music composition methods.
He is influenced by L.V.Beethoven, D.Shostakovich, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

In 2023, “Harmonism I” was released under the label of “1631 Recordings”.
On Christmas Day, 2024, “The Garden” was released by the first Japanese label dedicated to post-classical music, “NEXTVIEW Labels”.