Hisaishi Hits New Heights - Legendary Japanese composer’s Deutsche Grammophon debut delivers stunning chart success around the world, with multiple classical No.1s and impressive pop rankings in the US and UK too
Composer, Conductor, Dreamer
There’s more to Joe Hisaishi than the wide-eyed, symphonic-melodic splendour of his Studio Ghibli scores. Musically he transcends what we might typically associate with Japanese music, indeed while Hisaishi’s art honours his country’s musical heritage (both ancient and modern), it also draws inspiration from the western symphonic tradition, pop, jazz, electronic and new age music, not to mention minimalism.
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The Telegraph
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The Guardian