He studied composition under Tomoko Tanaka, Teruyuki Noda, Axel Seidelmann.
The main composition/arrangement of Kihara are as follows:
“Momentan (Time)” (Original) - String Quartet
“Momentan” was a winner of the Haydn Commemoration Composition Competition (2009) and was premiered by the AREA Quartet at the Esterhazy Castle in Eisenstadt, Austria.
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (Variation of W. A. Mozart’s piano music) - Orchestra
The song was premiered by the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra at its “Concert for All 2022: Let’s Play Mozart, Let’s Become a Classic Music Fan,” where I conducted the performance myself.
Commissioned music for the Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo
Scheduled to premiere in January 2025 at the 266th Subscription Concert of the Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo with my own conducting.
“The Goose of Cairo (L’oca del Cairo)” and “The Deluded Bridegroom (Lo sposo deluso)” (Completion and Piano Reduction of W. A. Mozart’s work)
Completed and made piano reductions of Mozart’s unfinished operas, “The Goose of Cairo” and “The Deluded Bridegroom” in 2023 as part of the Mozart Singers Japan (MSJ)’s project (led by baritone Masumitsu Miyamoto) to record all of Mozart’s operas. They are scheduled to be performed by the MSJ in February 2025 at Oji Hall in Tokyo.