Taku Hirano
| Taku Hirano | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Takuya Hirano |
| Born |
October 22, 1972 Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | percussionist, record producer, recording artist |
| Instruments | Percussion |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Domo Records |
| Associated acts |
Fleetwood Mac Whitney Houston Dr. Dre Stevie Nicks Bette Midler Hikaru Utada and more |
Takuya Hirano (平野 琢也 Hirano Takuya?) (born October 22, 1972, stylized as Taku Hirano) is a Japanese percussionist and recording artist with the group Tao Of Sound.
Takuya "Taku" Hirano was born in Osaka, and grew up in Fresno, California and Hong Kong. He attended Hong Kong International School and graduated from Roosevelt School of the Arts at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno), where he studied orchestral percussion, jazz, afro-cuban jazz, and salsa music. He then attended Berklee College of Music, studying under Giovanni Hidalgo and Jamey Haddad, graduating in 1995. He has also studied drum set with Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, and in Havana, Cuba with Changuito.
Taku Hirano has toured playing percussion with Fleetwood Mac,Whitney Houston,Bette Midler,Stevie Nicks,Lionel Richie,Isaac Hayes, Lindsey Buckingham,John Mayer,A.R. Rahman,Hikaru Utada, and with Cirque du Soleil on Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.
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