Artist Profile
Shinji HirabaruBorn in Fukuoaka, Japan in 1987, Shinji Hirabaru graduated from the University of North Texas in 2011 with degrees in Jazz and Anthropology.
After relocating to Tokyo, he went on to compose, perform, and design countless pieces of music and other sound design works, and in 2017 he founded UnLike Sound Production.
In recent years, he has been exploring new areas of musical expression through cross-disciplinary collaborations and novel uses of technology.
His 2022 performance, Requiem for the People in Disarray, has received widespread acclaim.
2005 Winner of the Gibson Jazz Guitar Competition as the youngest runner-up 2020 Setagaya-ku Art Award
2021-2022 Kanazawa Citizen's Art Village Resident Artist.