was a

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-born French composer.

Biography

Yoshihisa Taïra was born in Tokyo in 1937. Initially, he studied at the

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. He arrived in France in 1966 where he then studied at the

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. Among his teachers were

André Jolivet André Jolivet (; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influe ...

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and Olivier Messiaen. He was a composition lecturer at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. Among his best-known students at École Normale were Chien-Hui Hung,

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and Malika Kishino. Taïra died in

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, in March 2005.

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 percussionists *''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 *''Clea'' for 12 strings *''Dimorphie'' for 2 percussions *''Fu-mon'' for 4 flutes *''Ressac'' for 13 instruments *''Pénombres I'' for 2 guitars and 12 strings *''Pénombres II'' for double bass and piano *''Synchronie'' for 2 flutes or flute and shakuhachi *''Pénombres III'' for harp and small ensemble *''Pénombres V'' for viola and piano (1996) *''Pénombres VI'' for alto saxophone and piano *''Flautissimo'' for 32 flutes *''Aïalos'' for G flute and harp *''Synergie'' for 2 double basses

Instrumental

*''Sonate'' for violin *''Sonate'' for viola *''Sonomorphie I '' for piano *''Sublimation'' for harp *''Hiérophonie IV'' for 4 flutes (one performer) *''Maya'' for bass flute in C or alto flute in G *''Convergence I'' for marimba *''Convergence II'' for double bass *''Convergence III'' for violin *''Cadenza I'' for flute *''Monodrame I'' for percussion *''Monodrame II'' for bassoon *''Monodrame III'' for guitar *''Monodrame IV'' for vibraphone

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