Cellist Masanori Taniguchi has a Master Degree of Biology from Kyoto University, Japan, and also holds a Master of Music in Cello Performance from The Boston Conservatory. After some musical experience through playing the piano, Mr. Taniguchi began to play the cello at the age of 18, and decided to pursue music as a career when he was 23 years old. Mr. Taniguchi's former teacher is Hiroshi Kondo, the principal cellist of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchesta, Japan. Since Mr. Taniguchi came to Boston to study with Professor Andrew Mark, Chair of Strings and Cello Faculty at The Boston Conservatory, he has performed many times around Boston especially as an active chamber musician, has received many honors at the Boston Conservatory, and has performed/recorded at Symphony Hall. One of his chamber groups, Three Colors Trio, won the the first prize in the CMFoNE First International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, and performed in the First Prize Winners Concert at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in May 2005. Mr. Taniguchi is now pursing a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Boston Conservatory. Mr. Taniguchi's chamber music coaches include Roger Tapping, Rhonda Rider, Patricia McCarty, Rictor Noren, Max Levinson, and Jonathan Bass.  Mr. Taniguchi is also taking lessons with Timothy Eddy and Natasha Brofsky.