Nobuhisa Yamagami Official Site
Composer profile
Nobuhisa Yamagami
Born in 1980. Live in Kamakura City. From around the age of 20 to my late 20s, I studied classical guitar at Ishida Conservatory. In my mid-20s, listening to Astor Piazzolla's "Adios Nonino" impressed me from the bottom of my heart, and I wanted to write a song for my soul, so I decided to compose. At the age of 29, entered the composition department (movie / broadcast music course) of the Tokyo College of Music, majoring in composition and direction, and graduated in 2014.
Performer profile
Violin
Shiori Nishihara
She started playing the violin at the age of four, and completed the graduate school at Tokyo College of Music High School and then at the same university. Participated in the Mozarteum University of Music Summer International Music Academy as a short-term study abroad scholarship student. Studied under Jar Cress during the period. Received a special prize at the Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition 2016. 2015 Tokyo College of Music Graduate School Scholarship Student. Currently, she is actively instructing younger generations as well as performing. She is also active in the pop world, including live support and recording for Tatsuya Ishii, Yuki Kashiwagi (AKB48), Eisaku Yoshida, Anly, etc. She has studied violin under Kiyoshige Houda, Yoshio Unno and Toshiro Yokoyama, and chamber music under Takaya Urakawa, Masaharu Kanda, Machia Saito, Hidemi Suzuki and Yuki Hyakutake.
Violoncello
Midori Kiyokawa
Started playing the cello at the age of three. After graduating from Tokyo College of Music High School, she graduated from the same university and graduate school. Received the Excellence Award in the stringed instrument category of the Miyani Music Competition. Toho University of Music performance assistant. Focusing on classical music such as orchestras and string ensembles, she is active in various genres such as live support for artists, movies, TV, and CM recording. A member of the Japanese and Western musical instrument band "Hachiman's". She has studied cello under Akitsu Chisho, Masaharu Kanda, Hidemi Suzuki and Dmitry Fagin, and chamber music under Takaya Urakawa, Kaoru Ohno, Machia Saito and Yuki Hyakutake. Live support Tatsuya Ishii, Shoko Inoue, Canon, Satoshi Kishida, Park Jung Min, Yukio Hashi, Yui Makino, Hiroyuki Matsugashita, Ryu Siwon, Goodbye holiday, GALNERYUS, etc.
Piano
Maika Nohara
Started playing the piano at the age of four. Completed the Tokyo College of Music Graduate School Keyboard Instrument Research Area (accompaniment) after completing the Tokyo College of Music High School and the Tokyo College of Music Piano Player Course. Study abroad at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the UK as a short-term study abroad scholarship student. While studying abroad, studied under Ronan Ohora, Pamela Lydiad, and Noriko Ogawa. Selected for the F-class category of the Pitina Piano Competition. Received the Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition Special Award. Appeared in a chamber music concert by an on-campus audition. Appeared in a piano graduation concert by a person with excellent grades. Take the master class of Eric Tabastielna and Edwald Delgard. Active as an accompaniment pianist for vocal music and string / wind instruments, including chamber music. Performances at events and parties and lounge performances at five-star hotels. She has studied piano solo under Mari Takeda, Naomi Ebihara, Hiroko Takeda and Yasuko Hirata, accompaniment under Eisuke Tsuchida, Mariko Mizutani, Nobuyuki Hirose and Takehiko Yamada, and chamber music under Takaya Urakawa and Daiki Kadowaki. https://maikanohara.amebaownd.com/
Clarinet
Megumi Wakabayashi
Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.She graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music with an award for excellence. She performed at a graduation concert and a Yamaha wind instrument rookie concert.She studied clarinet under Akira Tsunoda and Hirotaka Ito, and chamber music under Kimio Yamane.She made her major debut from King Records in 2010 with the first prize in the 5th Clarinet Ensemble Competition (sponsored by the Japan Clarinet Association), and has released 4 albums from King Records and 3 albums from Universal Music. All songs tie-up sheet music publication. JASRAC associate member. She published a clarinet instructional book, EWI songbook "ELECTRIC COLORFUL".She has contracts with Buffet Crampon, AKAI professional (EWI Endorser), and Doterra makers.Members of the unit "Megumi ♡ Kei" and "JPCO" with the leader of "Woodwind Quintet Colorful" and violin Megumi Amano, and the ocarina unit "Kimitsuka Trio" led by Hitoko Kimitsuka.She has appeared on TV / CM, recorded as a studio musician, and is active in brass band, live and tour.
Violin
Tomomi Iwasaki
After graduating from the Tokyo College of Music High School, she studied at the Kayalei Violin Academy in Switzerland and then at the Royal College of Music in London, where she graduated with the highest honors in 2011. She has participated in the Baudouin Summer International Music Festival, Keshet Eilon Music Festival, Affinis Summer Music Festival, the Klangspuren Schwaz International Music Festival organized by Ensemble Modern, the "Moments Musicaux" chamber music seminar, etc. In 2013, she won third place in the Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition.
From 2012, she worked at the Rainbow Hall in Obihiro City's Tokachi Plaza for two years, planning concerts and teaching string instruments as a resident artist. After serving as a member of the Teatro Giglio Showa Orchestra, she became a violinist for the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra in 2016.
In addition to the orchestra, she is also actively involved in chamber music, recitals, and music workshops. In the "Ken and Tommy's Music Room" project, which she launched with pianist Kentaro Nagai, she holds experiential concerts where children from the age of 0 can experience music. In the "Saezuri Band," an ensemble that combines early music and modern music, she plays early music repertoire and is also deepening her approach to period music.
【Official website】www.tomomi-vn.com
Classic Guitar
Fumihiko Iwasaki
Graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School.
Graduated at the top of his class in classical guitar from the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany.
Completed his master's degree at the same university with the highest score.
Obtained a guitar teacher qualification certified by the same university.
He taught guitar and ukulele at the German National Music School for five years.
In 2017, he won the top prize in the Honour category at the 44th Japan Guitar Competition.
Returned to Japan in 2020.
Formed "Duo Roccia" with his sister, a violinist.
In addition to performing as a sister-brother duo, he also performs solo and currently teaches over 50 students.
Member of the Nerima Ward Musicians Association in Tokyo.
Wrote the feature article "German Basic Training" for the January 2025 issue of "Gendai Guitar Magazine."
Fumihiko Iwasaki Music School Home! Iwasaki Musikschule
https://iwasaki15gitarrens.wixsite.com/guitar
Piano
Chie Takenaka
Born in Tochigi Prefecture, she began playing the piano at the age of four. She completed the Virtuoso Course within the Virtuoso Department at Musashino Academia Musicae and subsequently finished the Master’s program (Virtuoso Course) at the same institution, receiving the Kreutzer Prize upon graduation. After serving as a part-time lecturer at Musashino Academia Musicae, she moved to Germany to enroll in the State Concert Performer program at the State University of Music and the Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK Stuttgart), graduating with top honors and receiving the State Concert Performer qualification.
In 1999, she performed at Orchard Hall in the Yamaha JOC UNICEF Charity Concert alongside notable figures such as Agnes Chan and Yukie Nishimura. She won the Grand Prize at the 12th Tochigi Prefecture Piano Competition (sponsored by Shimotsuke Shimbun) and placed third in the piano division of the 8th Concert Marronnier. She also took first place at the 2007 Rose Piano Competition. During her studies at Musashino Academia Musicae, she was awarded the Naoaki Fukui Memorial Scholarship and the Meiji Yasuda Quality of Life Cultural Foundation Scholarship for music students. In 2014, she participated in the "Forum Musikae" masterclass in Madrid, Spain; she studied under Michael Leuschner and was selected as the top student, receiving a scholarship.
She placed third at the 22nd Rome International Piano Competition ("Rome 2012") in Italy and was awarded the Steinway Prize Classic 2016 (Stuttgart, Germany) by Steinway & Sons. As a soloist, she has performed concertos by Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Brahms with orchestras including the Musashino Academia Musicae Orchestra, Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, and Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic Orchestra. She holds recitals both in Japan and abroad and appears frequently in concerts as both a soloist and a chamber musician. Former répétiteur at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden (Germany) and former staff pianist for the K-BALLET Group. Studied piano under Emiko Nakayama, Michiko Ta, and the late Elena Ashkenazy, and studied piano and chamber music under Péter Nagy.