桐朋学園大学  | |
| Type | Private | 
|---|---|
| Established | 1948 | 
| President | Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi | 
| Principal | Ikuo Oshima | 
| Location | ,  Japan  | 
| Campus | Urban | 
| Website | www | 
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]
History
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
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]
 - Hitomi Kaneko, composer[7]
 
Notable alumni
- 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
- 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.
 - ↑ "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.
 - 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)". 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.
 - ↑ "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)