Toho Gakuen School of Music

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Toho Gakuen School of Music (桐朋学園大学, Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku^?) is a private university located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. One of Japan's most prestigious music institutions, it has produced many world-renowned classical musicians.

Known for its piano, strings, and conducting majors, it first started as a Junior School in 1948.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Kentarō Haneda, composer, arranger, and pianist
• Nobuko Imai, violist
• Michiyoshi Inoue, conductor
• Hong-Jae Kim, conductor
• Yukie Nishimura, pianist
• Eiji Oue, conductor
• Seiji Ozawa, conductor
• Akiko Suwanai, violinist
• Hidetaro Suzuki, violinist and conductor
• Yuji Takahashi, composer, arranger, and pianist
• Hideyuki Tanaka, voice actor
• Chisako Takashima, violinist
• Toru Yasunaga, violinist (concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic)
• Yoshiko Ikuta, composer, arranger, and pianist
• Romi Paku, voice actor
• Kokia, singer, composer

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website