Summary
Toho Gakuen School of Music (桐朋学園大学, Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku) is a private music school in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
桐朋学園大学 | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1948 |
| President | Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi |
| Principal | Ikuo Oshima |
| Location | , Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
History edit
Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Ichigaya (Tokyo) as the Music School for Children,[3] and two years later moved to Sengawa (current address at Wakabacyo, Chōfu-shi, Tokyo) and opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. Nov.1954 moved to Sengawa (Wakabacyo, Chōfu-shi, Tokyo). 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 edit
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 edit
- Hiroshi Wakasugi, conductor[6]
- Hitomi Kaneko, composer[7]
Notable alumni edit
- Seiji Ozawa, conductor[8]
- Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor,[9]
- Tadaaki Otaka, conductor[10]
- Hiroko Nakamura, pianist[11]
- Tōru Yasunaga, violinist[12]
- Koichiro Harada, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[13]
- Sadao Harada, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[13]
- Kazuhide Isomura, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[13]
- Yoshiko Nakura, founding member of the Tokyo String Quartet[13]
- Akiko Suwanai, violinist[14]
- Nobuko Imai, violist[15]
- Mayuko Kamio, violinist[16]
- František Brikcius, cellist[17]
- David Currie, conductor[18]
- Aimi Kobayashi, pianist [19]
- Kokia, singer, composer[20]
- Yukie Nishimura, pianist[21]
- Yoko Nozaki, pianist[22]
- Eiji Oue, conductor.[23]
- Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor[24]
- Yūji Takahashi, composer, arranger, and pianist[25]
- Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cellist and later President of Toho Gakuen School of Music
References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "桐朋学園音楽部門" [Toho Gakuen School Of Music]. www.tohomusic.ac.jp (in English and Japanese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "TOHO GAKUEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC (Tokyo, Japan)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ Yasuko Todo. "Toho Gakuen". IAML. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "Hitomi Kaneko". Hitomi Kaneko. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "Seiji Ozawa". Naxos. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "Kazuyoshi Akiyama Conductor Laureate". Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. 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. [dead link]
- ^ a b c d "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)". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "CV". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "David Currie, School of Music". Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06.
- ^ "KOKIA - CDJournal" アーティスト・プローフィル (in Japanese). CDJournal. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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 edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
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