Taro Wayama is a Japanese born guitarist/composer. He is a winner of numerous competitions such as 1st place in the 2003 Aron Green/American String Teachers Association Guitar Competition and 2nd place in the Thailand International Guitar Competition.

Taro is an active soloist and a chamber musician. He frequently collaborates with clarinet, flute and voice performing music from Renaissance through 20th Century and Folk/World music.

Taro holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where he studied with Pepe Romero, William Kannengiser, James Smith and Brain Head. Currently, he is completing the graduate program as a student of Scott Tennant and Brain Head at the USC. He has performed in number masterclasses by great guitarists such as Pepe Romero, David Leisner, Scott Tennant, Benjamin Verdery, Dusan Bogdanvic, Fabio Zanon, and William Kanengiser.

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