One of my favorite composers-Masanori Taruya

In this post, I would like to write about one of my favorite composer, Masanori Taruya.

He graduated Musashino music college in Japan, and after he graduated, he composed a lot of pieces for wind orchestra. His pieces are often played by from school bands to amateur bands.
His pieces are usually derived from historical events. For example, "Magellan's voyage to Unknown Continent," "Raising of Lazarus," "Noah's Ark," and so on.
Magellan's voyage to Unknown Continent:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbIYWOTFfg
Raising of Lazarus:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLVL9EhJj0&feature=BFa&list=PL69761D07E068A361&lf=results_main
Noah's Ark:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlZi_4By0cM&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL67B286077DDF8238

Among his a lot of pieces, my favorite piece is "The last letter from Mardock."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdU5BMr048
Mardock was the chief officer of the titanic. He had been rescuing passengers until the titanic submerged. The composer integrated his imagination of Mardock's letter into this music.


The number of his music is too many to say at once, so please listen to one of his pieces first!