Masaaki Kishibe

Masaaki Kishibe Was Born In Osaka And Began Studying Piano At A Young Age Eventually Picking Up The Guitar By The Time He Was 14. Kishibe Learned Both Instruments At A Fast Pace And Eventually Decided He Wanted To Take Learning Music More Seriously And Throughout The Next Decade He Formally Studied In Music Schooling Under Famed Japanese Guitarist And Composer Isato Nakagawa. Masaaki Would Go Onto Learning A Variety Of Different Techniques As Well As Music Theory And Eventually Began Composing His Own Music Using The Fingerstyle Technique.
In 1990 Masaaki Kishibe Became A Student At Berklee College Of Music In Boston Massachusetts And Moved To The United States To Pursue His Studies However Having No Ultimate Objective In Where To Direct His Study Attention He Failed To Graduate And Returned To Japan Though Still Humbled By His Experiences In The US. He Continued To Self Teach Himself Fingerstyle Guitar Playing And Began Writing His Own Compositions.
In 1995 Kishibe Wrote And Recorded His First Record "Truth " To Which He Attempted To Display His Own Personality Through Guitar Composition And Playing. While The Works Included Many Pieces That Are Memorable And Are Cherished Fan Favorites It Was Considered An Album That Had Maturing To Fulfill In His Writing Style.
Over The Next Four Years Kishibe Would Continue To Improve His Playing Ability As Well As His Writing Ability And The Results Came To 1999's "Growing Up".
Kishibe Has Continued To Tour Around The World And Continue To Write And Release Music Composing 5 Albums And Eventually Began Creating Fingerstyle Arrangements Of Popular Pieces Of Music Including "Salut D'Amore" From The Film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso And "When You Wish Upon A Star" From The Disney Children's Film Pinnochio. He Has Also Released Separate Live Performance And Instruction DVDs. His Most Recent Release Was 2009's "12 Stories". read less