Yoshihiro Hanno

Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968 Yoshihiro Hanno 半野喜弘 is an internationally renowned musiciancomposer whose field of work has been expanding from movie soundtracks to orchestral pieces as well as electronics music In 1997 he was highly acclaimed for his electronic music releases in Europe which led him to move to his homebase to Paris since 2000 His creation style which is boundaryfree for any genre has made him unique in the music scene With his score for Hou HsaioHsien film Flowers of Shanghai which was highly praised as discovery of a new talent of movie soundtracks HANNO has collaborated with leading Asian directors such as Jia Zhangke Yu Lik Wai etc He was nominated as best composer in Asian Film Award 2009 Also He composed his first orchestra piece called WAKE 2007 committed by 32 Winterthur Musikfestwochen in Switzerland His subtle yet rich elegant music has gained a strong fan base and is constantly evolving As HANNO says My music is a universal hymn to the primitive pain and pleasure of being human his sounds keep giving the audience sensational emotions