Taro Hakase’s famous and popular songs

BirthHakasé Tarō

Taro Hakase with Yukie Nishimura – Birth [誕生]

It’s a deeply poignant performance that really touches the heart.

From the very first notes of the violin, it’s so moving that it brings tears to your eyes, and you can’t help but be captivated.

It’s the kind of piece that makes you think of your hometown each time you listen to it.

It’s amazing how it can be performed to express so many different emotions.

Wind ChildrenHakasé Tarō

Wind Children — Taro Hakase ("Kaze no Kodomotachi" by "Hakase Taro")

In a refreshing forest, you can picture children energetically running around.

What’s distinctive is that every sound carries a light, bell-like trill—chiri-ri—that gives the piece a playful, delightful character.

Be sure to listen to the end.

At the close, birds chirp—piyo-piyo, riri-ri.

Naturally, all within Hakase’s hands.

I was startled, thinking, “So a violin can make sounds like this.”

La Gitane ~A Capricious Woman~Hakasé Tarō

[PV] Taro Hakase “La Gitane — The Capricious Woman” (from VIOLINISM III)

Just when you think it’s heading in a dark direction like the film Forbidden Games, what appears instead is astonishing virtuosity.

The protagonist is a man nursing a broken heart, and the melody is a plaintive cry to his lover.

Within a little over five minutes, a host of characters appears—yet they are all facets of a single person.

The syncopation in the latter half deepens the sense of tragedy.

Is it the sad end of a capricious woman? Or the sorrow of the man she rejected? It’s fun to let your imagination roam.

The Eternal IchijodaniHakasé Tarō

Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins PV and Theme Song “Eternal Ichijodani”

It’s a relaxed, unhurried melody, fitting for the tranquil Ichijodani.

Unusually for a piece by Hakuase, a fleeting, dreamlike sadness flickers through it.

I’d love to listen to it in a quiet, dark space, illuminated only by candlelight.

Pay attention not only to the violin, but also to the soft, shimmering sound of the bells.

Look up and see the stars in the night sky.Hakasé Tarō

Taro Hakase Charity Concert “Look Up at the Stars in the Night Sky”

Listening to this piece on the violin makes it sound so poignant and moving.

I remember the first time I heard it, my eyes filled with tears.

The performance of that bittersweet melody, which seems to remind me of something important, really touches my heart.

Nagasaki NocturneHakasé Tarō

Taro Hakase “Nagasaki Nocturne”

Irresistible for Nagasaki locals.

The opening builds like the start of a journey into space.

In the latter half, just when it feels like you’ve been whisked into a chic nighttime bar, you’re suddenly transported into a planetarium.

It’s fun to listen while imagining yourself in different places.

Massenet/Tchaikovsky’s Meditation from ThaïsHakasé Tarō

Meditation from Thaïs

Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer, renowned as an opera composer.

Méditation is an intermezzo heard in the opera Thaïs.

The emotionally expressive violin is performed here by Taro Hakase.