Composer, musical artist, practitioner and cross genre collaborator, Horomona Horo (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou, Taranaki, English Devon, MacGregor Scotland) has fused the traditional instruments of the Māori, taonga puoro, within a diverse range of cultural, musical and educational forms. Mentored by tohunga (experts), Dr Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns, Horo is one of the international Māori faces of taonga puoro. He has developed his mastery and skill of not only the performance practice of taonga puoro, but, has continued the vision of the renaissance of the traditional Māori musical instruments by his mentors and has extended his knowledge and skills across diverse music and art genres.