Sound
Kitaro
Born 1953-02-04 · Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Kitaro (喜多郎 Kitarō), born Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori) (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 a record 16 nominations in the same category) and a Golden Globe Award for the Heaven & Earth (1993) original score. Kitaro was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and is a graduate of Sahid University. After graduating, 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". 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 left home without telling them. He supported himself by taking on several part-time jobs such as cooking and civil service work, while composing songs at night. In the early 1970s, he changed completely to keyboards. He joined the Japanese music group Far East Family Band which was formed in 1965, and toured with them around the world. While in Europe, he met the German electronica and former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. Schulze produced two albums for the band and gave Kitaro some tips for controlling synthesizers. In 1976, Kitaro left Far East Family Band and travelled through Asia (China, Laos, Thailand, India). [Wikipedia]
Acting credits
NRA music documentary from Hà Anh Tuấn.
The Glorious Horizon
2025
NRZen - Live In Katsuyama was recorded in November 2023 at the Daishizan Seidai-ji Temple in Fukui, Japan. The performance by Kitaro and his ensemble commemorated the 35th anniversary of the temple's founding. The concert features Kitaro's most acclaimed and well-known compositions as well as rarely played classics.
Zen - Live in Katsuyama
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7.8An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.
State of Emergency
2020
NRHiroyuki Nakano combines relaxing nature and surreal humor to connect with the world: "nothing better than this, right?"
Pace
1990
NRShort film in which a village is terrorized by a monster. The local police investigation seems to be getting nowhere. This idiosyncratic film examines social conventions, interaction and bureaucracy.
The Monster and the Woman
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
郑少秋 汪明荃 喜多郎 新纪元2011香港红馆演唱会
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6.0No synopsis available yet.
Kitaro: The Light of the Spirit
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8.0An Enchanted Evening is a live album recorded during Kitaro's world tour in 1995. It features music from his studio album, Mandala, and music from his original score for Oliver Stone's movie, Heaven and Earth. Resonant with exotic Japanese instrumentation along with the more familiar guitar, flute and drums, it shimmers one minute and rumbles the next by turns soothing and stirring, rhythmic and dramatic, yet surprising intimate. It is a unforgettable event with contrasts that takes its cue from nature and spirit drawing refrains of the East and West together.
Kitaro: An Enchanted Evening
1995
NRFrom Domo Records comes this live concert performance by Buddhist musician Kitaro. Kitaro: Daylight, Moonlight - Live in Yakushiji was shot at Japan's Yakushiji Temple and features renditions of such songs as "Silk Road," "Water of Mystery," "Free Flight," "Heaven and Earth," and several others.
Kitaro: Daylight, Moonlight - Live in Yakushiji
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kitaro: An Enchanted Evening Volume II
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5.9Kitaro has long been one of the leading lights of new age music. This program captures him in a 1990 live appearance from one of his increasingly rare concert tours, performing selections from Kojiki: A Story in Concert, a musical adaptation of legends from traditional Japanese folklore
Kitaro: Kojiki - A Story in Concert
1990