音楽家・サウンドアーティスト
欧米のメディアで世界のアンビエント＆ニューエイジ・ミュージック・シーンを代表するアーティストの一人として紹介される。 ’90年にKlaus SchultzeのIC Digit(独)でキャリアをスタート。現在は自主レーベルと共に米国のレーベルDomoで活動。 エレクトロニックサウンド、伝統音楽、ワールドミュージックなどのジャンルの壁を超え地球意識、宇宙意識、祈りをテーマに演奏、作曲活動を展開。 現在までにソロ、グループの作品として30作以上のアルバムを発表している。 世界の聖地にて演奏活動を行うほか、世界的な音楽家、喜多郎氏をはじめ国内外で活躍するアーティ ストとのコラボレーションも多数展開。 2017年秋には皇太子御出席の『第41回 全国育樹祭香川』 2018年全国公開の映画『PEACE NIPPON』(中野裕之監督)のテーマ音楽を担当。 平成29年香川県文化芸術選奨受賞。英国One World Music Awards 2020 Best New Age Album 第2位受賞。 名古屋芸術大学 特別客員教授。
HIROKI OKANO Musician, Sound Artist
HIROKI OKANO has been introduced in the European and American media as one of the leading artists in the global ambient and new age music scene. He started his career in 1990 at KLAUS SCHULZE’S IC Digit Germany . He is currently working with the US label DOMO as well as his own label. He performs and composes music that transcends genres such as electronic, traditional, and world music, with themes of earth consciousness, cosmic consciousness, and prayer. He has released over 30 solo and group albums. In addition to performing at sacred sites around the world, he has collaborated with many artists active in Japan and abroad, including world-renowned musician KITARO. In the fall of 2017, he performed at the 41st National Tree Planting Festival in KAGAWA, which was attended by Imperial Highness the Crown Prince. In the fall of 2017, he wrote the theme song for the movie “PEACE NIPPON” directed by HIROYUKI NAKANO, which will be released nationwide in 2018. In 2009, he was awarded the KAGAWA Prefecture Cultural and Artistic Encouragement Award, and winner of second place at the One World Music Awards 2020 Best New Age Album in the UK. He is a special visiting professor at Nagoya University of Arts.