Mr Masanori Kato is a composer / pianist, graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a first-class honors degree and then finished the master’s degree. He has written lots of works such as opera, orchestral works, chamber music works, songs and chorus for a various musicians, which have been highly-praised ever abroad.
He released the first piano solo album titled “SOLO” in 2001 and the music books of that CD also came out. “Five Sonnets” for a female chorus, and “ASHITA NO UTA”, a suite for chorus, words by Masumitsu Miyamoto and his other pieces also have been published in Japan. Mr Kato composed “Slovakian Rhapsody for Alto saxophone and Orchestra” commissioned by a fantastic saxophone player, Mr Nobuya Sugawa in 2005. It took a world premiere at Suntory Hall in Tokyo performed by Mr Sugawa and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr Sugawa recorded this Rhapsody in his album as a soloist (Seikyo Kim, conductor and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra). This work was also performed in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2009 and got a highly acclaim by full audience there.
Mr Kato’s first opera “YAMATANOOROCHI” (2006) had a great reputation on mass media such as Nikkei newspaper. Recently his new opera “Byakko” (2012) as a tribute to Fukushima recovery project won the 11th Yoshio Sagawa Music Award. His works have always beautiful and fresh lyricism inside keeping a distance from contemporary music and have broadcasted many times by NHK-FM radio. His producing ability and lecture skill have been highly praised so he deserves to be called a multi artist. He has appeared in many concerts so far as a pianist playing with so many famous musicians, too.
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Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学 , Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku) or Geidai (芸大 ) is an art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju, Adachi, Tokyo. The university owns two halls of residence: one (for both Japanese and international students) in Adachi, Tokyo, and the other (for mainly international students) in Matsudo, Chiba.
The university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the Tokyo Fine Arts School (東京美術学校 , Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō) and the Tokyo Music School (東京音楽学校 , Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō) , both founded in 1887. Originally male-only, the schools began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. After the National University Corporations were formed on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ((国立大学法人東京藝術大学 ) . On April 1, 2008, the university changed its English name from "Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music" to "Tokyo University of the Arts."
The school has had student exchanges with a number of other art and music institutions such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), the Royal Academy of Music (UK), the University of Sydney and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (Australia), the Korea National University of Arts, and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.