Jiro Yoshioka is a Composer, Arranger, Producer and Cellist, based in Munich Germany. He especially loves Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Tōru Takemitsu and Spaghetti Carbonara.
"Recently I composed a piece for a small ensemble, with the name: 'Three years before full moon'. The piece is about a well-known japanese paraphrase for a love confession. The beloved writer Natsume Sōseki translated the sentence 'I love you' to: 'The moon is beautiful.(月が綺麗ですね。)'. There was a huge resonance and acceptance of this horribly indirect love confession, so people - inspired by the beauty in the simplicity and the diffuseness - invented a way to decline the very love confession: 'I don't see the moon (月が見えないです。)' My piece 'Three years before full moon' may have included that thought - or not." - 2025 3/13, Jiro Yoshioka
Musical Education:
from 2006-2009 Piano taught by Ayumi Janke from 2006-2010 Participating in the Tölzer Knabenchor (Boys Choir) from 2011-2019 Violoncello taught by Edgar Gredler from 2019-2020 Composition taught by Steffen Wick from 2020-2024 University of Music and Theatre Munich; degree - Composition for Film and Media
Original Soundtrack:
2020 dumplings; animated short film; directed by Johanna Xue 2020 Boys Don’t Cry; short film; directed by David Hacke
2021 Happy Family; audio book; created by URSA Story
2022 the otherside; short film; directed by Haruka Yamakawa 2022 Jako z papiru; short film; directed by Alicia Qian 2022 CYBERTAXI; computer game; created by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
2023 Wie schmeckt die Wassermelone?; short film; directed by Zhongzixia Yao 2023 nichts; short film: directed by Hana Reintges 2ß23 Seat Love; short film; directed by Leo Van Kaan 2023 Zwischen Zeit; short film; directed by Theresa Rehe 2023 MEDUSA, documentary film, directed by Elisabeth Plattner 2023 Red Lingerie; short film; directed by Haruka Yamakawa
Other Composition:
2020 Schwarze Milch (string quartet); performed by the Paranormal Quartett 2021 even tiny frogs have sweet dreams (sax quartet) ; performed by Qatar Quartet 2022 wider Wind und Wand (string quintet); performed by the Sirius Quartet and harpist Melis Çom 2023 Vollmond (for harp, cello and tape) 2023 Let the wind think before it hits (string quintet) 2023 Raining Whales (percussion and electronics); performed by Wenhui Deng and Davide Lovato 2023 a soul leaves a laughing tree (orchestra); performed by the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 2023 Careful Chaos (Trio for Saxophone, Accordion, Piano)
2024 Three years before full moon; performed by the HSO (Orchestra of the Munich University of Music and Theatre)
