Born in Tokyo in 1936, Hoshina graduated from that city's National University of Fine Arts and Music as a composition major, where his thesis won the Mainichi Music Composition Contest. Aside from his FuMon (1987), two additional works have been commissioned for the All Japan Band Contest. In addition, his opera regarding Hiroshima’s atomic bomb experience has received worldwide acclaim. Hiroshi Hoshina is a venerable artist of his country; his composition, while traditionally reflective at times, is clearly expressive and visual in contemporary terms.

    Active as a conductor, clinician and author, Mr. Hoshina is currently professor at Hyogo University of Education.

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