Yukihiro Isso

Yukihiro Isso

Born in 1964, Yukihiro Isso is a Noh hayashi-kata fue-kata flutist of the Isso school. He received his initial instruction in flute playing from his father Yukimasa Isso and performed on the Noh stage for the first time at the age of nine. From his middle school years he began to listen to a variety of different kinds of music and studying new instruments including the recorder, flute and piano. In addition to performing on the traditional Noh stage, he began performing with a number of bands from his high school years and expanded his genre to include rock and jazz and performed with a variety of musicians from Japan and abroad. Since 1991 he has led a band of performers in the “Ohiyari” concert series play in primarily pieces composed by himself. In February 2006 he will perform the premiere of his own composition “Suite Flute Fantasy” with a full orchestra.