Biography
Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as Kitarō (喜多郎), is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. He received a Golden Globe Award for the original score to Heaven & Earth (1993).
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
1,205 releases · 148 albums · active 1978–2025
- Performance · 3,218
- Other credits · 1,059
- Engineering · 682
- Production · 405
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Hitokuchizaka Studio · Sound Design Studio, Tokyo · Kamakura Studio · Kitaro's Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ed Starink
- Katri Helena
- Dara Sedaka
- Peter Weekers
- John Tesh
- Janne Tulkki
- Bandari