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Aoi Trio

Kosuke Akimoto〈Piano〉／Kyoko Ogawa〈Violin〉／Yu Ito〈Cello〉
Regulus Quartet

Mio Yoshie〈Violin〉／Taiga Tojo〈Violin〉／Shu Yamamoto〈Viola〉／Yusuke Yabe〈Cello〉

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Presenter: Japan Arts / Nikkei Inc. / Tokai City, Tokai City Board of Education (Only the concert in Tokai-shi) / Kuji City Board of Education (Only the concert in Kuji-shi) / Ishinomaki City, Ishinomaki City Board of Education, Ishinomaki Future Creation(Only the concert in Ishinomaki)

Co-presenter：[Yokohama] Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall(Yokohama Arts Foundation) [Aichi] The Chunichi Shimbun / CBC TELEVISION CO.,LTD. ［Iwate］The Iwate Nippo Co., Ltd. / Iwate Asahi TV Co., Ltd. [Miyagi]Kaoku Shinpo Publishing Co. / TOHOKU BROADCASTING CO.,LTD.

Support: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany / Austrian Embassy Tokyo,Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo / Korean Cultural Center in Japan

In cooperation with: TOYOTA Commemorative Museum ofIndustry and Technology(Museum concert) / Kanagawa Geijutu Kyokai (Only the concert in Yokohama-shi) / Universal Music K. K

Planning and production: Japan Arts

program supervision : Yuji Numano　Atsuya Funaki

Management: [Yokohama] Japan Arts / [Nagoya] Classic Nagoya

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サッシャ・ゲッツェル

Sascha Goetzel

Conductor

Festival Orchestra

諏訪内晶子

Akiko Suwanai

〈Artistic Director of International Music Festival NIPPON / Violin〉

Festival Orchestra Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert Master Class

ベンジャミン・シュミット

Benjamin Schmid

Violin

Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert Master Class

イェンス=ペーター・マインツ

Mainz Jens-Peter

Cello

Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert Master Class

ソン・ミンス

Minsoo Sohn

Piano

Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert

白井圭

Kei Shirai

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Born in Trinidad and Tobago. After graduation from the Tokyo University of the Arts, he continued his further studies at the University of Music and Preforming Arts Vienna. He is a prizewinner such as 2.Prize with the Audience Prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
After serving as a concertmaster in the Kobe City Chamber Ensemble and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, now he concentrates on the Kugenuma Music Academy which he founded in 2023.

エミリー・ケルナー

Emily Körner

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Emily Körner was born in Canada. She studied at the Juilliard School before moving to Germany in 1995. She holds the position of principal second violin in the SWR Symphonieorchester in Stuttgart and has an honorary professorship at the University of the Arts in Stuttgart. She is an avid chamber musician and member of the Hegel Quartet.

金川真弓

Mayumi Kanagawa

Violin

Marathon Concert

Prizewinner of several international competitions, Mayumi has performed with many renowned national and international orchestras. She currently performs on the “Wilhelmj” Antonio Stradivarius violin from 1725, on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

小西健太郎

Kentaro Konish

Violin

Festival Orchestra

島方瞭

Ryo Shimakata

Violin

Festival Orchestra

島田光博

Mitsuhiro Shimada

Violin

Festival Orchestra

He is a finalist in The Ysaye International Music Competition 2022. He studied in Berlin from 2020 to 2025, and graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's degree at the Berlin University of the Arts. From 2024 to 2025, he trained as an academy member with the Munich Philharmonic.

清水健太郎

Kentaro Shimizu

Violin

Festival Orchestra

After graduating Tokyo University of the Arts,he completed the training course at the Toho Orchestra Academy. He is a core member of the Tacticato Orchestra.

清水咲

Saki Shimizu

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Saki Shimizu is currently a master’s student at Toho Gakuen School of Music. She also studies as a fellow of Suntry Hall chamber music academy.

玉井元

Tsukasa Tamai

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Tsukasa Tamai won 2nd place at the 20th Osaka International Music Competition.
He will also be a scholarship recipient of the Aoyama Music Foundation in 2020.
Tsukasa studied at Kyoto City University of Arts and Tokyo University of the Arts, and is currently active as a chamber musician and orchestral player.

松木翔太郎

hotaro Matsuki

Violin

Festival Orchestra

75th All Japan Student Music Competition, Violin Section, Junior High School Division, 1st Prize, Tokyo Competition; 2nd Prize, National Competition.
Music Academy in Miyazaki, Excellent Prize. Performed at the Miyazaki Music Festival Rising Stars Concert.
The 12th Hama no JACK Golden Eggs Soloist Audition.
1st prize in the 2022 Leonid Kogan International Competition for Young Violinists.

的場桃

Momo Matoba

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Currently a third year fellowship student at Toho Gakuen School ofMusic Highschool, where she studies under Prod.Akiko Tatsumi.　1st Prize, National Competition of 76th Student Music Concours of Japan. The 45th Kirishima International Music Festival Prize & Festival Music Director’s Prize. Jury Encouragement Prize & Audience Prize, the 9th Sendai International Music Competition.

矢黒花枝

Hanae Yakuro

Violin

Festival Orchestra

Hanae Yakuro is currently a fourth-year student at Tokyo University of the Arts.She has won the Ataka Prize at the university.

米元響子

Kyoko Yonemoto

Violin

Festival Orchestra Marathon Concert

At the age of 13, Kyoko Yonemoto became the youngest-ever prizewinner at the 1997 Paganini　Competition in Italy. She later received numerous prizes including first prize in the Paganini　Moscow International Competition. In addition to appearing with major orchestras inside and　outside Japan, Yonemoto has earned high praise as a chamber musician. She is currently a　professor at the Maastricht Conservatorium in the Netherlands. Her CD Ysaÿe: Complete Sonatas　for Violin received the Excellence Award a recipient of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Kyoko　Yonemoto plays a 1727 Stradivarius violin, on loan from the Suntory Foundation for Arts.

キム・ジェウォン

Jaewon Kim

Violin

Festival Orchestra>

Violinist Jaewon Kim has been leading Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse as 1st Concertmaster until 2025.
Kim formerly worked with Tonhalle Orchester Zürich as 2nd Concertmaster.
Kim is taking a professorship at Ewha University in South Korea from September 2025.

柳瀬省太

Shota Yanase

Viola

Festival Orchestra

赤坂智子

Tomoko Akasaka

Viola

Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert

川邉宗一郎

Soichiro Kawabe

Viola

Festival Orchestra

Currently a second-year graduate student at Tokyo University of the Arts. Prizewinner at the 28th Concert Marronnier 21 Competition. Has performed at the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Project Q, Kiso Music Festival, Le Pont Music Festival, Kitakyushu International Music Festival, and Viola Space. Studied viola under Ryo Sasaki and Toshihiko Ichitsubo.

菊田萌子

Moeko Kikuta

Viola

Festival Orchestra

The 3rd prize in the chamber music category of the 13th Akiyoshidai Music Competition, and other awards.
Participated in Project Q Chapter 20etc.
Fellow of the Suntory Chamber Music Academy (7th term) and a student of the Welsh Academy (3rd term).
Currently studying viola under Toshihiko Ichitsubo.
Currently enrolled in the master's course at Tokyo University of Arts.

鈴木康浩

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Viola

Akiko Suwanai with Friends Marathon Concert

多湖桃子

Toko Tago

Viola

Festival Orchestra

Born in 2002.
Graduated from the Faculty of Music, Toho Gakuen College of Music, after attending the Music Department of Toho Girls’ High School (coeducational).
Performed in Kitakyushu International Music Festival, Viola Space, etc.
Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy's 7th and 8th Fellows.
Studied under Professors Yasuhiro Suzuki and Shotaro Nakamura.

村松龍

Ryo Muramatsu

Viola

Festival Orchestra

He started playing the violin at the age of 6、　and graduated from Tokyo College of Music after studying at Tokyo College of Music High School. He appeared On Okinawa International Music Festival、　Spring Festival in Tokyo、Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.
He is Vice Principal with NHK Symphony Orchestra.

辻󠄀本玲

Rei Tsujimoto

Cello

Festival Orchestra Marathon Concert

Rei Tsujimoto, principal cellist of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, is a premier prix graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts. He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy in Finland and Hochschule der Künste Bern in Switzerland. He was awarded second place as well as the Audience Award at the 72nd Music Competition of Japan. In 2007. In 2009, he was granted third place at The Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition.
Official site http://www.rei-tsujimoto.com

市寛也

Hiroya Ichi

Cello

Festival Orchestra

上野通明

Michiaki Ueno

Cello

Marathon Concert

As the winner of the 75th Geneva International Music Competition 2021, Michiaki Ueno has proven to be one of the most promising artists on the classical music scene.
Michiaki performs on two fine instruments: a 1730 “Feuermann” Stradivarius, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, and a 1758 P.A. Testore cello, on loan from the Munetsugu Collection.

佐藤晴真

Haruma Sato

Cello

Marathon Concert

In 2019, he became the first Japanese to win the first prize (violoncello) at the ARD International Music Competition Munich, and in 2018, he won the first prize and a special prize at the Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition.
He has performed with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and other major orchestras in Japan and abroad, and has received favorable reviews for his recitals and chamber music.

宮之原陽太

Yohta Miyanohara

Cello

Festival Orchestra

Winner of numerous awards in both solo and chamber music competitions, including 1st Prize at the 78th Student Music Concours of Japan. Graduated at the top of the class from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, majoring in cello.

市川雅典

Masanori Ichikawa

Contrabass

Festival Orchestra

is originally from Kawasaki, Japan. Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree, and also studied with Gary Karr in Canada. Currently Vice Principal Double Bass of NHK Symphony Orchestra, Associate Professor of Toho Gakuen School of Music and Adjunct Faculty of Ferris University College of Music.

川野朝葉

Asaha Kawano

Contrabass

Festival Orchestra

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.Completed the Toho Orchestra Academy.

石井希衣

Kie Ishii

Flute

Festival Orchestra Marathon Concert

神農広樹

Hiroki Shinno

Oboe

Festival Orchestra

Graduated from Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen. Principal oboist of the New Japan Philharmonic. 2nd Prize, 91st Music Competition of Japan.

大上穂花

Honoka Oue

Oboe

Festival Orchestra

Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Music, Department of Wind and Percussion Music with top honors. Completed the Tokyo University of the Arts Special Course. Enrolled in the Toho Orchestra Academy training course from April to June 2024. Currently plays oboe and English horn with the Osaka Symphony Orchestra.

長哲也

Tetsuya Cho

Fagotto

Festival Orchestra

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, he began playing the bassoon at the age of 11. Graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He got a master’s at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (CNSMDL).
Upon graduation from Tokyo University of the Arts, he was appointed principal bassoonist of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Second prize in the bassoon section of the 30th Japan Winds and Percussion Competition. Awarded the Doseikai Prize. Awarded the 48th Kitakyushu Citizens' Cultural Encouragement Prize. Selected as a trainee of the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Study Program for Upcoming Artists 2019-2020 (Lyon, France).

In 2015, he appeared in the recital series "B→C" organized by Tokyo Opera City; in 2018, he released his debut CD "SOLILOQUY" from FONTEC.
As a soloist, he has performed with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

He studied bassoon under Keiko Nagae, Akira Ishikawa, Kazusa Mizutani, and Carlo Colombo.
He is currently the principal bassoonist of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

加地佑唯

Yui Kaji

Fagotto

Festival Orchestra

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and completed the graduate program at the same university.
Performed at the 27th Yamaha Newcomer Concert and the 73rd Fukuoka Performance of the Project for the Development of Emerging Artists: Orchestra Series.
10th-term member of the Geigeki Orchestra Academy for Wind.

福川伸陽

Nobuaki Fukukawa

Horn

Festival Orchestra

Principal Horn player of the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo.
Fukukawa has performed as a soloist with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Yokohama Sinfonietta, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra and more.
Eminent conductors and players both inside and outside Japan have great confidence in Fukukawa, who collaborated recently with the former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Rainer Küchl as well as the oboist and composer Heinz Holliger.
Fukukawa is invited to concert halls all over the country for various concert series and participates in numerous music festivals, “La Folle Journée au Japon” and the “Spring Festival in Tokyo” to name a few.

Not limited to the field of the French horn, Fukukawa’s activities as soloist extend to period instruments such as natural horn, Vienna horn and French-style piston horn. Most notably, he has appeared as a guest Baroque horn player with Bach Collegium Japan.
Fukukawa released his solo CD “Rhapsody in Horn”, “Rhapsody in Horn 2” and “Rhapsody in Horn 3” on King Records, Japan.

小椋陽咲

Hisaki Ogura

Horn

Festival Orchestra

鈴木優

Yu Suzuki

Horn

Festival Orchestra

西川優弥

Yuya Nishikawa

Horn

Festival Orchestra

from Kanagawa, graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and is a horn player with the Tokyo Philharmonic orchestra.

安江佐和子

Sawako Yasue

Percassion

Festival Orchestra

Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music. Special Jury Prize, ARD Munich Competition. Former percussionist, Tokyo Philharmonic (2004–2007). Producer of Prana and il Sole. Specially Appointed Lecturer at Toho Gakuen. Principal percussionist, Orchestra Japan; Guest Principal, Aichi Chamber Orchestra.

北村朋幹

Tomoki Kitamura

Piano

Marathon Concert

Tokyo Music Competition started his career when he was 14, which was followed by prizes at international piano competitions including Hamamatsu, Sydney, Leeds, and Beethoven(Bonn).
He received the Keizo Saji Prize, the most authoritative music prize of this genre. He received the 75th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologies’ Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (Category of Music, for the Japanese fiscal year 2024).
Currently, he based in Berlin.

阪田知樹

Tomoki Sakata

Piano

Marathon Concert

三浦謙司

Kenji Miura

Piano

Marathon Concert

秋元孝介〈Piano〉／小川響子〈Violin〉／伊東裕〈Cello〉

Kosuke Akimoto〈Piano〉／Kyoko Ogawa〈Violin〉／Yu Ito〈Cello〉

Aoi Trio

Marathon Concert

吉江美桜〈Violin〉／東條大河〈Violin〉／山本周〈Viola〉／矢部優典〈Cello〉

Mio Yoshie〈Violin〉／Taiga Tojo〈Violin〉／Shu Yamamoto〈Viola〉／Yusuke Yabe〈Cello〉

Regulus Quartet

Marathon Concert