A classical saxophonist active in Japan and internationally, Masanori Oishi received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Tokyo University of the Arts and is also a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His solo album “Smoke: Japanese Solo Saxophone Works” won the Agency for Cultural Affairs National Arts Festival Award for Excellence in 2019. In 2024, Oishi released “Toshio Hosokawa: Works for Saxophone” on the Austrian label Kairos. He is currently a specially appointed associate professor at Osaka College of Music, a visiting professor at Elisabeth University of Music, and a lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts and Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.