Kitaro
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Kitarō playing in Tehran, October 2014
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| Background information | |
| Native name | 喜多郎 |
| Birth name | Masanori Takahashi |
| Born |
February 4, 1953 Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan |
| Genres | Electronica, world, folk, classical, new-age |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer, arranger |
| Instruments | Keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, Japanese flutes, drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1975–present |
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| Associated acts | Far East Family Band |
Kitarō (喜多郎?), born Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則?) (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of New-age music. He is the winner of a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album (Thinking of You (1999); with record 16 nominations in the same category) and a Golden Globe Award for the Heaven & Earth (1993) original score.
Masanori Takahashi was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and is a graduate of Sahid University. Kitarō, which is his boyhood name meaning "man of love and joy", a practicing Buddhist himself, was born in a family of Shinto-Buddhist farmers. After graduating his parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. In an effort to maneuver him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. In return, he did not show for the job without telling them, and managed to convince them to work on something he loves.
In the high school Kitarō was electric guitarist in a band that played American rhythm and blues of Otis Redding and covers by The Beatles. After graduating, and learning to play drums and bass, Kitaro moved to Tokyo to experience and become a part of the music scene, and it was there that he discovered the synthesizer. His first synthesizer was analog, and he recalls having "just loved the analog sound that it made compared to today's digital sound".
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