Tatsuki Sasanuma is a cellist from Tokyo, born in 1994. He palyed cello at the age of seven and start at full swing at 9.
In the 65th All Nippon Student Music Competition 2011, he got No. 1 in the Cello Division for High School Student and the Japan Broadcasting Corporation Association Award.
Winner of the 10th Viva Hall Cello Competition and Audience Award in 2012. First place in 2013 Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition 2013.
Participated in the 2011 Courchevel Summer International Music Academy, guided by Mr. Christoph Henkel. Appear on student concerts.
2010, 2012, 2013 participated in the Kirishima International Music Festival, participated in student concerts.
In 2010, entered "Toho Gakuen Music Department Arts Education Improvement Expenditure Fund and Scholarship by Regulation of Scholarship", entrance to Toho Music School (Coeducational Gender). Appeared in high school graduation concert.
Received "Cello Ensemble · Saito" scholarship in 2013, entered the Soloist Diploma Course at Toho Gakuen University, entered the Faculty of Letters Department of Gakushuin University and was in the first grade.
So far he studied chamber music, Tsutomu Togei, Norio Tokunaga, Hamao Fujiwara, Keiko Mikami, Ryo Sasaki, Koichiro Harada, Hakuro Mohri, Hisaya Copper Bank. Performed at Toho Gakuen Chamber Music Concert, Project Q Chapter 11.
Tomoya Kikuchi graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He received the encouragement prize at the 6th and 8th Kirishima International Music Festival, received the Akasei Prize at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He got first place in the 60th Japan Music Competition, Masuzawa Prize, Special Prize Winner. He won first place in the 4th Japan Chamber Music Competition, and also won the Tokyo Governor Prize. First place in the 1st Japan Biva Hall Cello Competition. He also participated in the Kirishima International Music Festival, Miyazaki International Music Festival, etc.
Currently, he is a member of Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo Solo Cellist and a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen Art College.
Yoshida Shu graduated from Tokyo College of Music in 1986. After joining the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1991, he became the principal player of the university orchestra research department. In the field of chamber music, he co-starred with Augustin Dumay, Pincus Zuharman, Liner Kuhill, Maria João Pirès, Wolfgang Svaldsch, Malta Argerich. He also works as a member of the Oiros Ensemble, Tokyo Sinfonietta, Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, KYoshida Shu graduated from Tokyo College of Music in 1986.
He participated in Kirishima International Music Festival, Miyazaki International Music Festival and others. He is an associate professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, visiting Professor at Tokyo College of Music, Part-time lecturer at Kyoto City University of Arts and College of Liberal Arts.
1984 Hirota Tomoyuki went to National Music College. He joined the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra while he was studying here. From 1988 to August 2000 he had served as the chief principal oboe player.
He made a solo debut in September 2000 and received a high reputation in memorial concerts at Casals Hall, Osaka Izumi Hall in Tokyo. After that, in 2003 he played Oboe Recital in Kyoto: Citizen Hall Arti. In 2005, he performed at Hakusui Hall, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall in Tokyo. All gained high reputation.
Since 2006 he has served as the principal oboe player of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
He is a member of Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra, also a member of the Eiros Ensemble.
So far, he has participated in the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic, the Milano / Scala String Orchestra, the Czech Chamber Soloists, the Salzburg Room Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, and many other domestic and international orchestras, also a large number of concerto and orchestra collaboration. He frequently appeared at the NHK art theater and FM recital.
Along with busy orchestral activities, in recent years he has been making remarkable progress in the field of music video, genre-less activities such as pops and jazz.
Solo CD "Romeo and Juliet" "Dublin Cafe" "Blue universe" from J Vector Entertainment, JS Bach's work collection "Partita", "Mozart Opera Duo" from Octavia Records, JS Bach's work collection "Afetu Orso" "Morceau de Salon - Famous Oboe famous sonatas collection", "Fantasy · Pastoral - 20th century oboe art collection -", "R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto, 4 last songs and others", "Mozart: Oboe quartet & quintet "Songs", "Oboe Ensemble HAIM", "Singing Reed - Japanese Oboe Works Collection", "Chameleon Bach Chameleon Bach" has been released from Japan Acoustic Records.
He has served as a jury of major competitions such as the Japanese Music Competition and Nippon Koji Percussion Competition. Currently, he is working as a professor at Ueno Gakuen University and a special professor at Toho Gakuen University for his guidance. He is also the Japan Oboe Association permanent director.
Mami Hagiwara has garnered attention as a rising pianist after becoming the first Japanese national to win first prize at the 65th Geneva International Music Competition, held in Autumn 2010. The prestigious competition does not award first prize every year, and Mami’s victory attracted attention in various circles, as first place had not been awarded in eight years.
Born in Hiroshima (Japan), Mami Hagiwara began her piano studies at age five. After winning numerous prizes in Japanese competitions, she became, at age 13, the youngest winner of the 27th Palma D’Oro International Piano Competition.
After graduating from the Hiroshima Music High School, Mami entered the Conservatoire de Paris upon the unanimous recommendation of the panel of judges, receiving a scholarship from the Agency of Cultural Affairs as part of the Japanese Government’s Overseas Study Program for Artists.
Having studied under Jacques Rouvier and Prisca Benoit, she completed the Master’s programme at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating top of her class. In the same year, she won the Geneva International Music Competition, and at the finals, she performed with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Pascal Rophé.
In 2011, Mami has been invited to perform at the New Year Music Festival in Gstaad and at the Jura Music Festival in Switzerland, at the Périgord Noir Music festival in France, as well as at an earthquake relief concert for Japan at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. She also performed in Geneva, Paris and Munich on a concert tour in May for winners of the Geneva International Music Competition. Following this, she performed at a solo recital in Tübingen, Germany.
In 2011, her solo recital will be held again in Geneva. Her future activities in Japan for 2011/12 include performances with Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic in July, a hoped-for solo recital in Tokyo and co-starring with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in November, as well as the Ensemble of Tokyo in December.
Mami currently studies chamber music under Itamar Golan and Eric Le Sage at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Regional Conservatory of Paris as a scholarship recipient of the Rome Music Foundation. She is based in Paris, and continues to perform while pursuing her studies.
In the past, Mami Hagiwara has studied under Kazu Takamatsu, Mihoko Tanaka, Motoko Kojima and Claudio Soares; she has also taken master classes with Henri Barda, Jörg Demus and Boris Petrushansky.
Mami Hagiwara has been the recipient of the Hiroshima Phoenix Award and Maple Award in 1996 and 1998 respectively. In 2001, she received a cultural award from the city of Finale Ligure, Italy, as well as being presented with the Hiroshima Citizen’s Award, the Hiroshima Special Phoenix Award, as well as the new artist award by the Music Pen Club.
Award history
1992 - Mihara Junior Piano Competition for 5 to 6 years old pianists. Special prize (whole).
1996 - China Youth Music Competition Gold Award- Best Award.
2000 - The youngest victor in history (13 years old) in the piano section of the Italian Palmaudoro International Competition .
2010 - First Japanese victor in the piano section of the Geneva International Music Competition.
2012 - 13th Hotel Okura Music Award
2012 - The 22nd Idemitsu Music Prize.
2012 - Commissioner for the Agency for Cultural Affairs (International Arts Department)
Pierre Amoyal (born in Paris, 22 June 1949), is a French violinist and the artistic director of the Conservatory of Lausanne.
He owns the "Kochanski" Stradivarius of 1717. It was stolen from him in 1987 and recovered in 1991.
He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, graduating at age 12 with a First Prize (in 1961). He then won the Ginette Neveu Prize in 1963, and the Paganini Prize in 1964. At age 17, he traveled to Los Angeles for five years of study with Jascha Heifetz, which culminated in participating in chamber-music recordings with Heifetz. During this time he won the Enescu Prize (1970). He has toured extensively, made numerous recordings and played with many major conductors, such as Sir Georg Solti, with whom he made his European debut at the age of 22, Pierre Boulez, and Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic
He was violin teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris and then at the Conservatory of Lausanne, until June 2014. Then he was a teacher at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg and in Japan.
He is the artistic director of the Conservatory of Lausanne. In 2002, he founded the Camerata de Lausanne, a string orchestra. He also created and organised the "violin and piano master-classes" of the Music Academy of Lausanne since 1991.
He was made a Chevalier of Arts and Letters in 1985 and promoted to Knight of the National Order of Merit in 1995. He also received the Prix du rayonnement de la Fondation vaudoise pour la culture in 2002, and the Prix de Lausanne in 2006.
Starting cello at 6 years old.
She got silver prize at the 2nd Izumi no Mori Junior Cello Competition for elementary school student.
Silver prize of the 4th Izumi Forest Junior Cello Competition for Junior High School Student.
She got 1st place and art prizeThe 7th Japan Performer Competition Stringed Instrument for Junior High School.
The highest place in the 15th Japan Classical Music Competition National Championship for Junior High School Student.
2nd place in the 5th Tokyo Music Competition, String Music division.
She won first place in the 4th Romanian International Music Competition for String Musical Department and Romanian Embassy Award.
2nd place in the 80th Japan Music Competition.
Eliso Wilsalase (14 September 1942 -) is a Georgian women pianist. She is wel-knowned not only as a musician but also as an educator.
After receiving piano instruction from grandmother Anastasiya Wilsalase who was a famous music teacher in Georgia, she studied at Tbilisi Conservatory. After graduation she also learned from Genliff Neigaus and Jakov Zak at the Moscow Conservatory. She won the third prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1962 and won the Zwickau Robert Schumann Competition in 1966. It was also known that she had a close relationship with Sviatoslav Richter and was deeply influenced.
Co-star with the world's leading orchestras, with renowned conductor such as Rudolph Barshai, Cyrillic Condoracin, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Svaldsch, Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri · Temirkanov, Antoni Vito Then, she continues her performing career. She is also active in the field of chamber music and has performed with Oleg · Kagan, Natariya · Gutman, Borodin String Quartet, Tannev Quartet, and also has recorded recordings.
Works of European composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Brahms, and Russian music including Tchaikovsky as the main repertoire. Especially for the interpretation of Schumann's work there is a reputation, Richter hailed Wilsalase as "the best Schumann player in the world".
Sascha Goetzel (1970 -) is a conductor of classical music born in Vienna, Austria.
After joining as a violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, he turned to the conductor, studied under the Zubin meter, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, and also studied at Jeuroma Panura at the Sibelius Conservatory.
Afterwards, he was the guest at the Vienna Ton Kyunstler Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra and the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In the opera, he has also appeared at the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Volksoper.
Currently he is appointed Bolsan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra art director / principal conductor, principal conductor of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra.
In addition, he served as the lead conductor of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra from April 1, 2013 to March 2017.
Shoumura Shinzo (Masumi Tanamura, August 31, 1948) is a viola player from Kyoto Prefecture. He is a professor of Tokyo College of Music, professor at Toho Gakuen University. He began playing violin at the age of 6. After studying with Pioro Faruli who was a viola player of the Italian String Quartet, he was appointed Riccardo Muti and served as Principal Viola player of Florence City Opera Orchestra. After returning to Japan in 1984, he became a solo viola player of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
Since 2001 he has served as the principal soloist of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. In June 2011, he was a special chief player of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is Mito Chamber Orchestra, Saito Kinen Orchestra member. From September 2012 he worked as Kyoto City Symphony Orchestra Solo chief viola player.
Born in France on July 1, 1968.
He went to the dance school every week until 12 years old and specialize in Latin dance around the time he graduated from high school. One of his teachers encouraged him to go to Paris' Ecole Jacques Lecoq. In 1990 he went to see Cirque du Soleil and the destiny became definitive. The spotlight hitting his face when the crown sat down in his knees in the audience looked like the light of fate.
1986: Conservatoire de Theater Montpellier (South France)
1987-1988: Theater Populaire des Cevennes (South France) 1988-1990 Ecole Jacque Lecoq - Paris
1990: "Hola He Sganarelle"
1990-2001 Doriane, Moretus (Theater Dance)
1991: Collaborations
1991: La vie est un songe (Life is a dream)
1995: Toubib or Not (To doctor or Not)
2000: Les Precieuses Ridicules
2000: Le Boxing Express
2001-2008: Cirque du Soleil, DRALION Cirque du Soleil "Doralion" plays the crown in USA, Mexico, Canada, Europe and Japan.
2009: Compagnie Oposito, 2009: Camera Cafe, 2009: Les Alama's Givres, 2009-2010: Cirque du Soleil, Dralion, Cirque du Soleil "Doralion" plays the crown in New Zealand, Mexico.
2010-2011: Cirque du Soleil, ZED Crown is played with "ZED" Cirque du Soleil.
Philippe occasionally returned to Paris, a crown care unit created by Caroline Simons, a part of New York's Big Apple Circus, has been conducting consolation to children fighting disease in hospitals in and around Paris. The only permanent concert in Japan by the world famous circus group Cirque du Soleil Circus headquartered in Canada was unfortunately missed at the end of last year. Many overseas performers were transferred to Las Vegas and other shows, but on the other hand, there were artists who chose to remain in Japan. Mr. Phillip, acting as a crown (clown), wanted to make his own new show on this land in Japan.
Masuho Ishino graduated from Toho Gakuen University. From January 2002 she learned about Collepti toa at the Chatelet Theater in Paris. Recently, she performe mainly as a chamber pianist and vocal co-operative pianist, and in each of them, trust has been received from the collaegues. She is also active in many fields including music staff of the opera performances at the New National Theater, etc. Currently, she is the pianist at the Bikaikai Training Center, a tower of the Toho Gakuen University, a pianist at the New National Theater Opera Training Center.
Ryotaro Ito (Ito Ryutaro, May 21, 1973 -) is a violinist from Chiba Prefecture .
He participated in various contests since elementary school students, go to Toho Music School, Toho Gakuen University .
After studying abroad in London for one year since 1992, he completed the same soloist diploma course at the same university.
He studied the violin with Toshiya Eto , George Pauk , Masafumi Hori , Kazuki Sawa .
In 1997, they formed the string quartet "ARCO" (1st violin: Ryotaro Ito, 2nd violin: Masaya, viola: Shota Yanase, Cello: Furukawa).
He won the No. 3 prize at the Osaka Chamber Music Competition in 1999, then released "Andante Cantabile" (September 2000 ) and "Haydn Emperor" (March 2002 ).
In 2002, he won the 1st Chiba City Art and Culture Freshman Prize . From 2005 to 2015 he was a concert master of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra .
In 2015, he became a concertmaster of the NHK Symphony Orchestra .
Takahashi Atsushi was born in Toyama Prefecture. He graduated from Shizuku Gakuen University. Studied trumpet with Mr. Naohiro Tsunoda, Yukihiro Sekiyama, Ms. Sakuzaki Foshisa.
He got first place in the 65th Japan Music Competition(Trumpet Division); first place in the 13th Japan Conduit Percussion Competition (Trumpet Division). Thanks to these accomplishments, he received the "Toyama Prize" and others from Toyama Prefecture Mirai Foundation.
In 1996, he joined the New Japan Symphony Orchestra (now the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra) as assistant chief player.
In 1999 he served as the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra until present. He also serves as the head trumpeter of Tokyo and Mozart Players.
He is also a member of Japan Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Brass Quintet, Nagisa Brass Solisten, TRUMPET ENSEMBLE "THE MOST" and others.
Regularly he appeared at Kirishima International Music Festival, Miyazaki International Music Festival, Hofu Music Festival, Saito · Kinen · Festival Matsumoto, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo · Mozart Players, Japan Chamber Orchestra, Kirishima International music festival as soloists. He is also a visiting professor at Shimizu Gakuen music university, visiting professor at Ueno Gakuen University, lecturer at Tokyo College of Music.
Makito Nishiya was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. He started playing cello at Suzuki headquarters in Matsumoto from 5 years old (studied under Mr. Mizushima Ryuro). When he was 8 years old he moved to Nara with his father's transfer. At that time, because there was no Suzuki method classroom in Nara, every weekend he went to lessons in Osaka (Mr. Sugiyama Minoru, Master Kenji Morita).
After that, he entered the Faculty of Music at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts (studied under Mr. Fumiaki Kono, Mr. Tomoya Kikuchi).
After graduating from the university, he traveled to the United States and studied hard at the Indiana University, completed the Performer Diploma Course in 2004 (Mr. Tsutomu Tsuyoshi, studied under Janeos Starkel).
In chamber music, Makito Nishiya studied under Keiko Urushihara, Ichiro Nodaira, Shoumura Shinzo, Shigeru Neriki, Ikwan Bay, Federico Agostini and others.
In 2005 he finished studying abroad for 3 and a half years and returned home. Since September of the same year, he joined the Hyogo Arts Center as a first stage student at Hyogo Arts Center for the Arts and Culture (generally known as the Hyogo PAC Orchestra) led by the conductor.
With a memorial recital, he was chosen as the No. 1 artist for the 2008 Hyogo Arts Culture Center One Coin Concert.
As a soloist of Concerto, he has worked with Mr. Akiyama Kazuke, Tadayaki Otaka and Yutaka Sado, Yasuko Otani String Quartet, Band Neon Player Ranga Komatsu's Tango Orchestra, Live Imagine, Taro Hakase Violin Summit Participate in various activities such as participation.
In 2013 he hosted a pianist Mr. Shigeo NERGI as co-star, holding a recital in Tokyo and Kyoto. It received favorable acclaim, received the Aoyama music award of 2013.
In 2015, as a challenge to a new music field, he formed "Shimizunishiya" with Mr. Yasuaki Shimizu, the principal violinist of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He had a debut CD Album "KODO" by multi-track recording of all songs including original song & two performances released on November 11.
Currently since 2008, he is the principal cellist of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and a part-time lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Fumi Harumi ( June 4, 1985 -) is a Japanese composer, a pianist originally from Osaka Prefecture. She belongs to Inspire Holdings Corporation. She graduated from the National College of Music Composition department.
She is the youngest person who ever won the 36th Japan Academy Award with Excellence Music Award (" My Mother's Book ").
She is the youngest person in history of the all-time broadcasting TV drama and is in charge of music of "Saigo Dori".
She can skillfully use the tone of string instruments , wind instruments and keyboard instruments, espress expresses emotions with delicate sounds, from flashy songs using orchestras , making melodies that are intimate.
She produces music , composes and arranges music and artists with movie music, drama, CM, animation etc.
Kohta Nagahara born in 1981 is a violinist.
He was born in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 2005. He is the youngest artist participating in Saito Kinen Orchestra. From September 2004, he is Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra 's Chief Concert Master, and became Principal Concert Master from April 2006.
He has many activities such as performing concerts at jazz live houses, recording on the CD of the drama "Nodame Cantabile" and animation related (such as the characters of "Onegai My Melody" and the debut album "Keiichi Hiragi" "The Devil's Trill"). He also served as a concert master in "Nodame Orchestra". In March 2012, he retired from the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. As of October 1, 2014, he became a Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra concert master.
Yōsuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔 , Yamashita Yōsuke, born 26 February 1942) is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. Yamashita was born in Tokyo on 26 February 1942. He had violin lessons between the ages of 9 and 15, and switched to piano in his teens.
He is praised by critics for his unique piano style, which is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz. Since the late 1980s Yamashita's main group has consisted of Cecil McBee (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), and often Joe Lovano (saxophone).
Koji Ohagi (Ojohagi Yasushi, April 7, 1978) is a Japanese guitarist from Kobayashi city, Miyazaki prefecture.
He began playing guitar at the age of 9 with his mother. In 1996 after graduating from Kobayashi High School in Miyazaki Prefecture, he studied at the Ecole music school in Paris, France. In the following year 1997, he entered in Paris' Conservatoire as the chief. In 1998, he won the second prize at Havana International Guitar Competition. At the same time, he won "Leo Blowwell Movie Best Performing Award". He had his CD debut on September 21, 2000, "One day in November". After that he appeared in numerous music event at home and abroad. He also co-starred with cello player Zhao Qi and releasing an album. In 2004 he received the Hotel Okura Music Award. In 2008, he won the Idemitsu Music Award.
Miho Kazuzawa (Mr. Kabosawa Minoru, December 1, 1972) is a Japanese composer, pianist from Yokosuka city, Kanagawa prefecture. She belongs to Akashima Music Office. She graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She debuted as a pianist at Nippon Columbia in 1997 while she was in school. She has worked on numerous songs such as movies and dramas soundtracks. In addition, she has also performed with the violinist Chisako Takashima.
She celebrated the 20th anniversary in 2017 from her debut. Over 20 CDs, music notation are already on sale.
As a pianist, she performs performances nationwide including a unit "Chisa & Mino" with Takashima Chisako and a lecture concert which explained classics easily in a viewpoint of a composer.
Also, her activities are diverse and have appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including hosts such as "No title without sounds", "Recital for famous recitals", "Lala ♪ Classic" and others.
Cyprien Katsaris (Greek: Κυπριανός Κατσαρής; born in 5 May 1951) is a French-Cypriot virtuoso pianist, teacher and composer. Amongst his teachers were Monique de la Bruchollerie, a student of Emil von Sauer, who had been a pupil of Franz Liszt.
Katsaris was born in Marseilles, France. Katsaris first began to play the piano when he was four, in Cameroon where he grew up. His first teacher was Marie-Gabrielle Louwerse.
He studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Aline van Barentzen and Monique de la Bruchollerie, who had been a pupil of Emil von Sauer – one of Franz Liszt's favourite pupils. Briefly, Katsaris studied under György Cziffra. In 1969, Katsaris won the piano First Prize. As well as piano, Katsaris studied chamber music with René Leroy and Jean Hubeau, and he won First Prize for this in 1970.
Katsaris gave his first public concert in Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 8 May 1966. He performed the Hungarian Fantasy by Liszt, with the Orchestre Symphonique d'Ile-de-France conducted by René-Pierre Chouteau. Since then he has carried on to perform with many orchestras and conductors fréquentes.
Katsaris was the first musician to record the complete Liszt transcriptions of Beethoven's nine symphonies – reissued by Warner Classics in 2006 – the transcriptions are among the greatest, and most technically demanding in the pianistic repertoire. He has also recorded the music of Mozart, Chopin, Grieg, and other composers, including the rare piano version of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Brigitte Fassbaender and Thomas Moser.
In 2001 Katsaris created his own recording label, Piano 21. In 2011, he performed a concert with French baritone David Serero in Paris.
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Tomoyomi Komiyomi, July 28, 1942 -) is a Japanese cellist, professor at Toho Gakuen University , served as representative director of the Suntory Arts Foundation, director of Suntory Hall, and music director at the Kirishima International Music Festival .
He composed his first song when he was 8. After studying with Hideo Saito at Toho Gakuen Music Schoo,l he studied at the Indiana University under Janeos Starkel. Since 1963 he had served as an assistant to Starkel.
In 1957, he won first prize and a prize in the cello division of the 26th Japan Music Competition. He also accompanied the NHK Symphony Orchestra's European and American tour in 1960 and won a reputation. After that, he won the second prize at the Munich International Music Competition in 1963 and the first prize at the Budapest International Music Competition, along with performed in numerous orchestras around the world. He is associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, Professor at the University of Illinois, Professor at the Indiana University, and Professor at Toho Gakuen University. From April 2004 to March 2013 he served as President of Toho Gakuen University.
He actively participates in educational activities through music as a music educator, and has also appeared in numerous business trip concerts at elementary and junior high schools. On May 22, 2005, he participated in the 1000 cello concert held at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. He served as the chairman of the Suntory Music Foundation and was appointed the director of Suntory Hall in lieu of Sadayoshi Tadashi from September 1, 2007 in accordance with the completion of renovation work. In 2009, he was a member of the Japan Art Institute , the director of the Suntory Arts Foundation.
Yuko Miwa (Mihune Yuko, August 17, 1966 -) is a concert pianist from Tokyo Metropolitan area. Her uncle is the guitarist Mikio Yoshido.
She started the piano in full swing from 7 years old. She finished studying all of Chopin's Waltz in elementary school. After returning Japan at the age of 12, she studied under Akiko Iguchi, Yoko Okumura, and Kazuko Yasukawa. After passing Kichijo Girls High School, she graduated with Toho Gakuen University. In 1988 when she was in college, she won the 57th Japan Music Competition. Since 1990 she studied at the Juilliard School of Music as a delegate of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and studied under Martin Cainin. In 1991, she won the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition. In 1992, she won the Juilliard Soloist Audition.
Noriko Kawakubo (Kawakubo Tamaki, October 10, 1979 -) is a violinist born in Los Angeles, California, USA. The record label is Avex - CLASSICS. Her parent is a dental technician who emigrated to Los Angeles. She studied piano at the age of 4, violin at the age of 5 at the Colborn Conservatory, Los Angeles. After that, she went to the Juilliard School of Music and studied under Dorothy Delay and Masao Kawasaki. In 1994, in collaboration with John Williams conducting Boston Pops, Saint-Saëns' "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso". Their performance was televised in the United States.
In 1997, she won the Evry Fisher Award, and as a first performance in Japan I played the Violin Concerto of Tchaikovsky with the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Chung Mu-hoon at the Tokyo International Forum.
In 2001, she won the 1st place at the 6th Pablo Salacert International Violin Competition, the highest in the 12th Tchaikovsky International Competition in 2002 (2nd place without first place). She co-starred with major American orchestras such as Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. She also have tours and concerts in Japan and received the Idemitsu Music Prize 2004 in 2004. In 2008, she formed a trio with Celister 's Endo Mari and Miura Tomobei, a pianist.
Megumi Ito (Ito Kei, January 6, 1959 -) is a Japanese pianist from Nagoya city , Aichi Prefecture. She is a professor of Tokyo Institute of Music, Faculty of Instrumentation. She learn at Toho Girls High School, Salzburg-Mozarteum College of Music, Hanover National College of Music. In 1983, she won the Munich International Music Competition piano division and co-starred with the Bavarian National Orchestra. She has kept many CD recordings on Fontech Label. Among them is the recording of all Schumann's piano works entitled "Shu Mania" (which was recorded over 13 CDs from 1987 to 2007).
Tomoko Kato (Kato Tomoko, September 6, 1957 -) is a Japanese violinist. She was born in Tokyo. She is professor at Toho Gakuen University.
She started playing the violin at the age of four. In 1969 when I was in elementary school (6th grade), she won first prize in the 23rd All Japan Student Music National Competition. In 1976, she entered Toho Gakuen University and studied with Toshiya Eto. In 1978, she won the first prize at the 47th Japan Music Competition, 1979, a special prize at the overseas dispatch contest.
After graduating from college in 1980, she joined the Tanglewood Music Festival and studied under Lawrence Lesser. In 1981, as a temporary trainee for the Agency for Cultural Affairs, she studied at the Juilliard School for 2 years and studied under Dorothy Delay. In 1982, she won the second prize at the 7th Tchaikovsky International Competition. The first place in this round was Victoria Murova, Sergei Stadelle and two Soviet leaders.
She returned to Japan in 1983 and opened a Japanese debut recital. In 1996, she became Toho Gakuen University Associate Professor, later Professor.
Kudo Shigeyuki (born September 26, 1954) is a Japanese flute player. He is a professor at the Tokyo College of Music and is one of the representative flute players in Japan who is active all over the world, especially solo.
He was born in Sapporo city, Hokkaido. In 1975 he studied abroad in France (after graduating from Toho) without graduation and studied at the Paris Conservatoire Rampal class. In January 1979 he joined the French National Lille Orchestra and became the principal flute player. He completed the Paris Conservatory in 1979. In 1987 he left the Lille Orchestra and moved to solo as well as being a professor at the Paris Ecole Normar Conservatory.
By 2004, he played in more than 180 cities in 40 countries, mainly recitals. He has also performed with orchestras with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, most national organizations in Japan, and over 30 overseas major organizations.
He was served as a chief flute player of the Saito Kinen Orchestra from 1987 to 2009, and a head flute player of the Mito Chamber Orchestra from 1990. In March 2013, he became the special chief player of Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa.
Shigeo Neriki ( Japanese 練 木 繁 夫 , Neriki Shigeo , born 1951 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese pianist.
Shigeo Neriki began playing the piano at the age of three and appeared at the age of five in a concert televised nationwide. After training at the Tōhō Gakuen College of Music at Masayasu Oshima , he went to the United States in 1971 to study at Indiana University with György Sebök . In 1976, he won the first prize in the Tucson Piano Competition , three years later, the first prize at the Three Rivers International Competition in Pittsburgh.
He has appeared at many orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, the Japan Symphony Orchestra, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra . On the occasion of the bicentenary of the United States, he played in Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto in front of 400,000 listeners in Boston. His appearance with Prokofiev's third piano concerto with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional in Mexico under Enrique Diemecke in 1991 was considered by the critics as the best concert of the season. In 1987 he undertook as a soloist a Japanese tour with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen. His performance, a piano concerto by Bartók with the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris, was a great success.
Since 1976, Shigeo Neriki has worked regularly with cellist János Starker, with whom he gave concerts worldwide and recorded for Dennon, Delos, Star and RCA Victor Red Seal. A recording of works by David Poppers in 1990 was nominated for a Grammy Award . He appeared as a chamber musician in Europe, Asia and North America, and was a regular guest at the Festival of the Future in Switzerland and the Kirishima International Music Festival in Japan. In 1991 he founded the quartet Tokyo Soloists with violinist Hamao Fujiwara . In 1992, he was invited to a private concert in front of the Japanese Emperor and his family, the following year it received the Suntory Music Award .
Shigeo Neriki is the professor of piano at the Music School of Indiana University in Bloomington. In addition, he regularly gives master classes at the Tōhō Gakuen College of Music and the Kunitachi Academy of Music in Tokyo, the Sōai College in Osaka and the Elizabeth University of Music in Hiroshima.
Suzuki Yusuke (Masato Suzuki, April 8, 1981 -) is a Japanese musician. He is active in a wide range of music fields such as conductor, composer, pianist, chamberist, organist, director, producer. Currently he is living in the Netherlands. His father is a conductor and keyboard instrumentist Masaaki Suzuki.
He graduated from Azabu Junior High School. After completing the composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts, he completed the Graduate School of Oriental Music. In the Netherlands, he studied at Jos van der Coy at the Royal Academy of Music at the Hague Royal Academy of Music and completed his orchestra as chief. At the Amsterdam Conservatory, hestudied harpsichord with Bob van Aspelen.
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