Composer
Yoshihisa Taira
Japanese-born French composer
1937–2005
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1937
- Died
- 2005
- Birthplace
- Tokyo
- Place of death
- 18th arrondissement of Paris
- Citizenship / historical state
- France
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Yoshihisa Taira (or Taïra) (平 義久, Taira Yoshihisa; 3 March 1937 – 13 March 2005) was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music primarily active in France. Grove Music Online remarks that "His treatment of time and space, sonority, poetic lyricism, silence [...] were derived from traditional Japanese music and art, and are compatible with a French modernist aesthetic".
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; university teacher
- Career institutions / employers
- École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot
- Instruments played
- piano
- Movements
- classical music
- VIAF ID
- 27253356
- ISNI
- 0000000108823536
- GND ID
- 129356980
- Library of Congress ID
- n82043180
- MusicBrainz ID
- 91881aa2-a827-481c-adf6-334d5c8b40fd
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Orchestra
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moksa, Vimoksa | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 27253356. Portrait: Michaud, Fernand (1929-2012). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.