Kaoru Wada Kaoru Wada himself participates in music creation that is very diversified, not only in purely musical symphony orchestras, Japanese traditional music, wind instruments, percussion ensembles, etc., but also in You can enjoy it in Japanese dramas, pop singers’ albums, or animation soundtracks. Kaoru Wada was born in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1962. After graduating from the Tokyo Conservatory of Music in 1981, he lived in Europe and observed the activities and operations of symphony orchestras in several countries. In 1988, the overture of his work "Folkloric Dance Suite for Orchestra" was performed in Sweden by the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, and was subsequently performed in the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, It was performed in Denmark, Norway, the United States and Japan, and was released by the German Grammaphone Bis in 1990. After Kaoru Wada returned to Japan, he devoted himself to film music and animation music, such as the music production of the Japanese animation "Inuyasha", and composed music for movies, TV, video tapes, CDs, dramas and stage plays. In 1995, the film music he composed for "Crest of Betrayal" published by Shochiku Film Company won the "Japan Film Award". In the animation section, in addition to the animation "Inuyasha" that is familiar to Taiwanese audiences, there is also the popular animation work "Three Eyes" in Japan, as well as "Saint Seiya" and "Mecha Corps" that are also loved by many people in Taiwan. ”, “New Vampire Princess Miyu”, the movie “Kindaichi Boy’s Incident Book” and so on. In addition to his famous animation soundtracks, Kaoru Wada has also produced background music for the Japanese drama "To Heart" and the movie "Secret" starring Japanese actress Hirosue Ryoko, and composed music for the famous Japanese pop female singer Yuki Koyanagi. Among his works, we You can hear the vitality produced by the collision of various social cultures, containing various flavors. In addition to his compositions for chamber orchestra and percussion orchestra, Kaoru Wada has composed for Nippon Music Group, Yomiuri Japan Symphony Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Keiko Abe, Eiichi Hayashi, Amsterdam Percussion Orchestra, and the Percussion Department of the National University of Music. A collaboration with the world-renowned xylophone player Keiko Abe also led to the opportunity to collaborate with the Zhu Zongqing Percussion Ensemble.