Hiroyuki Yamamoto was born in Yamagata Prefecture and grew up in Zushi, Kanagawa.
He studied composition with Akira Kitamura, Jo Kondo, and Isao Matsushita.
Yamamoto was invited to participate in the Forum 91 in 1991 at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
After he won the third prize of the Competition BMW Musica Viva in 1998, his selected work Canticum Tremulum I was premiered with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Munich in 2000.
[1] As a composer, Yamamoto has written for all genres, including works for orchestra, band, chorus, vocal music and opera.