Horomona Horo is a composer, practitioner and cross genre collaborator, fusing the traditional instruments of the Maori, taonga puoro (singing treasures), within a diverse range of cultural and musical forms.  Horo continues to emerse himself in the unique sounds, techniques and intrinsic significance and practises of taonga puoro. 

Not only of musical significance, the instruments are part of the holistic culture of all life, birth, death and nature, to which he was born.  Each instrument has a specific use within rights of passage, storytelling and daily life of the Maori peoples.  This daily life-breathing of the instruments is the distinguishing mark of his work and recent compositions and collaborations with Nga Tae, the NZTrio, UK Composer Paul Lewis and Italian Flautist, Luca Manghi, bear witness to this fact in a strong, audible manner, combined with a sound knowledge of contemporary musical techniques.

Source: http://www.horomonahoro.com/