Masanori Taruya
Biography
Masanori Taruya (b. 1978, Choushi City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer and conductor.
Taruya is a graduate of the Musashino Academic Musicae, where he studied composition under Hiroshi Sato and Yoshiki Miyamoto. Since graduating, he has worked as a wind band conductor and freelance composer. He was a lecturer and conductor at the Choushi City High School 2014-2018. Currently [2020] he is a conductor and music director of the Belmonte Wind Orchestra, and is highly regarded as a leader.
Taruya has written over twenty works for band/wind ensemble, frequently derived from historical events.
Works for Winds
- Aim of the Great Figures (2016/2017)
- Amelia, Flight Eternal (2021)
- Archangel Raphael Who Leaves a House of Tobias (2008)
- Atlantis
- The Bell of the Atri
- The Boat of the Moon of Orion which Illuminates a Night Sky
- A Golden Apple of Hesperides
- Jubilation
- King Arthur and Three Maidens of a Lake
- The Last Letter from Murdoch (2009/2010/2015/2021)
- Le Petit Prince
- Liberty Guiding the People (2004)
- Magellan’s Voyage to Unknown Continent (2004)
- The Minstrel Boy Variations (2011)
- A Mirror of Gerda
- Noah’s Ark
- Princess KAGUYA (2013)
- Raising of Lazarus (2005/2013)
- Stabat Mater Dolorosa
- Tom Tit Tot
- When the Saints Go Marching In (as arranger)
Resources
- Keck, Thomas. "Archangel Raphael Who Leaves a House of Tobias." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 699-705. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
- "Masanori Taruya." Foster Music. Web. Accessed 29 April 2020
- Masanori Taruya, Wikipedia Accessed 19 June 2018