Born in Osaka 1968, Yoshiro Hanno is an internationally renowned musician/composer 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 album released in Europe, which led him to move to his homebase to Paris since 2000. His creation style, which is boundary-free for any genre has made him unique in the music scene. With his score for Hou Hsaio-Hsien (侯孝賢) film “Flowers of Shanghai”(海上花), which was highly praised as “discovery of a new talent of movie soundtracks”. Hanno has collaborated with leading Asian directors such as Jia Zhang-ke(賈樟柯) and Yu Lik Wai (余力為)etc... 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. He is also director of Cirque, op.disc
