Yoshihisa Taïra

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Yoshihisa Taira (平 義久, Taira Yoshihisa?, 3 June 1937 in Tokyo – 13 March 2005 in Paris) was a Japanese-born French composer. Biography "Taira studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He arrived in France in 1966 and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his teachers were André Jolivet, Henri Dutilleux and Olivier Messiaen. In 1971 he won the Prix Lili Boulanger, in 1974 the Grand Prix de Composition de la SACEM, in 1985 the Prix Florent Schmidt from the Académie des Beaux Arts. His works have been performed by the main institutions and festivals of contemporary music: Royan, Metz, Orleans, Strasburg, Avignon, Tokyo, New York, Darmstadt, Berlin, Amsterdam, Tanglewood and many others."[cite this quote] He was a composition lecturer at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. Works Taira's works are partially published by Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques. Orchestra * Hiérophonie III * Stratus for flute, harp and strings ensemble * Chromophonie * Sonomorphie III * Méditations * Trans-apparence * Erosion I for flute and orchestra * Moksa, vimoksa * Tourbillon for 6 percussionists and orchestra * Polyèdre Chamber music * Hiérophonie I for 4 cellos * Hiérophonie II for 15 instruments * Fusion for 2 flutists and 3 percussionnists * Stratus for harp and flute * Dioptase for three strings * Radiance for solo piano and 13 instruments * Eveil for oboe and harp * Interférences I for and cellos

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The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

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Percussions Rhizome - Oevres Pour Percussions

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Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

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Percussions Rhizome - Œuvres pour percussions

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Percussion XX

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The Japanese Saxophone

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Yoshihisa Taïra - Penombres I-IV, REM edisions REM 311261

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Percussion(s)

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Natsuda, Masakazu - West, or Evening Song in Autumn

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Penombres I-IV

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Yoshihisa Taïra - Meditations and Maya, Stil 1312 SAN 78

Taïra: Oeuvres pour Percussions

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