Biography

A recipient of the BMI Film Scoring Scholarship, Roland Award, Berklee World Scholarship and other awards, Yasuhiko was born in Nara, Japan. He studied classical piano, composition and percussion with various prestigious professors in Japan. At the age of 15, his self-published CD caught the attention of a producer at Kintetsu Cable Network (Japan), and he began his career in music. By the time he graduated from high school, he had already written and produced music for TV and film, as well as composed for various bands and concerts.

At 18, he was granted a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music and moved to the US. While working with great musicians from all over the world, he learned different genres of music including classical music, contemporary music, computer music, film music, and music from different countries.

During his schooling years, he received numerous awards such as an Award for Excellence at both the Kyoto Piano Competition and the Yamaha PTC Concert, Berklee World Scholarship, the BMI Scholarship, Roland Award, to name a few. In 2005, Berklee Film Scoring department commissioned Yasuhiko to compose an orchestra piece to represent the department at the PWD Concert. The premier of the piece was enthusiastically received, and he received publicity from both local and Japanese media.

After graduating Berklee with the highest honor, he moved to New York and started working as a freelance composer. He has been writing for television, film, theater, as well as arranging / producing for various artists internationally. He also works with world-renowned producer / DJ Kazuhiko Gomi on many projects. In 2010, he was chosen to be one of the nine emerging film composers to participate in the BMI filmscoring workshop with Rick Baitz.

He has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Webster Hall, Berklee Performance Center and David Friend Recital Hall in Boston and many other venues in Japan. His credit includes TV, Film, Theater, Commercial videos, as well as concert pieces. His works have been played in the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Germany.

He studies include: composition with Yukiou Maeda, John Bavicchi and Dr. Richard Boulanger; conducting with David Callahan; classical piano with Kazutaka Kanazawa and Yoko Nakamura, jazz piano with Laszlo Gardony and Bob Winter, and master class with Oxana Yablonskaya.
- IMDb mini biography by: Yasuhiko Fukuoka