Toho Gakuen School of Music
| 桐朋学園大学 (音楽部門) | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1948 |
| President | Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi |
| Principal | Ikuo Oshima |
| Location | Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website |
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Toho Gakuen School of Music (桐朋学園大学 (音楽部門) Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku (Ongaku Bumon)) is a private music school in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
History
Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan (Tokyo) as the Music School for Children,[3] and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior College and in 1961 the Junior College becomes the Toho Gakuen College Music Department.[4] The College of Music was a pioneer in offering university-level degrees in music in Japan. In 1995 the Toho Orchestra Academy was established in Toyama and in 1999 opened the Toho Gakuen Graduate School, which offers postgraduate degrees.[1]
Studies
Through its high school, college and graduate school, Toho Gakuen offers studies from preparatory diplomas to master's degrees in all orchestral instruments, piano, composition, conducting and musicology.[5]
Notable staff members
- Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor[6]
Notable alumni
- Seiji Ozawa, conductor[7]
- Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor,[8]
- Tadaaki Otaka, conductor[9]
- Hiroko Nakamura, pianist[10]
- Tōru Yasunaga, violinist[11]
- Koichiro Harada, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[12]
- Sadao Harada, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[12]
- Kazuhide Isomura, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[12]
- Yoshiko Nakura, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[12]
- Akiko Suwanai, violinist[13]
- Nobuko Imai, violist[14]
- Mayuko Kamio, violinist[15]
- František Brikcius, cellist[16]
- David Currie, conductor[17]
- Aimi Kobayashi, pianist [18]
- Kokia, singer, composer[19]
- Yukie Nishimura, pianist[20]
- Yoko Nozaki, pianist[21]
- Eiji Oue, conductor.[22]
- Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor[23]
- Yūji Takahashi, composer, arranger, and pianist[24]
References
- 1 2 "Message from the president". Toho Gakuen School. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ↑ "Toho Gakuen School of Music". Japan Cultural Profiles Project:Cultural Profile. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ↑ "School Outline". Music School for Children. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "TOHO GAKUEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Tokyo, Japan)". Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ↑ Yasuko Todo. "Toho Gakuen". IAML. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ↑ "Biography". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Seiji Ozawa". Naxos. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Kazuyoshi Akiyama Conductor Laureate". Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ↑ "Biography". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Persons related to Chopin". Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Berliner Philharmoniker:Musicians:Tōru Yasunaga". Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 "Full 2009-1010 Biography". Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ↑ "Biography". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Nobuco Imai". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Profile (in japanese)". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "CV". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "David Currie, School of Music". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Biography".
- ↑ "Kokia - Group at Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Profile". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Reflections". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Eiji Oue, bio" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Heiichiro Ohyama, Music Director and Conductor". Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ↑ "Yuji Takahashi". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 35°39′35.59″N 139°35′00.91″E / 35.6598861°N 139.5835861°E