Hiroki Takahashi
Biography
Hiroki Takahashi (b. 1979) is a Japanese composer and pianist.
He studied general music with Kiyoshi Yumoto while a student at Kita-Tama High School. He learned “image music” and jazz in an arranging and composition course at Pan School of Music. He has been playing piano more than ten years and trombone for eight years.
His compositions received awards in the Zoorasian Brass Arranging Contest, the Sakura Island Image Song Contest, and a special prize from the Tottori Folk Song Arranging Contest. A work has also been selected as a required piece for the All Japan Band Competition. Leading compositions include British Folk Song March, Street Performer’s March, and Moon Forest Suite.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Auld Lang Syne (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- Higher than the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1990/2018)
- Marche Militaire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1818/2016)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2014)
- The Only Flower in the World (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2018)
- Sukiyaki (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
- Suite for Small Band (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Suite for Small Band No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (c. 2015)
- Three Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
- Two Traditional Songs (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Variations on St. Nicholas (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Waltime Line (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
All Wind Works
- Auld Lang Syne (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2016)
- British Folk Song March (2003)
- Higher than the Sky (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1990/2018)
- Marche Militaire (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1818/2016)
- Moon Forest Suite (2002/2021)
- Mozartesque March (2017)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2014)
- The Only Flower in the World (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2003/2018)
- Street Performer’s March (2005)
- Sukiyaki (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1963/2014)
- Suite for Small Band (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Suite for Small Band No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (c. 2015)
- Three Folk Songs (Flex instrumentation) (2014)
- Two Traditional Songs (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Variations on St. Nicholas (Flex instrumentation) (2019)
- Waltime Line (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2013/2014)
- Waltz for Horns (2006)
Resources
- "Hiroki Takahashi." Bravo Music. Accessed 16 December 2017