Ikegaku Mandolin Class

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Professor Hisae Takema

Profile Started playing the mandolin after entering Kobe University.
2004: Won 1st place at the 19th Japan Mandolin Solo Competition.
In the same year, she took lessons from Marga Wilden-Husgen and Caterina Lichtenberg at the University of Music Wuppertal in Cologne, Germany, and continued to improve her skills.
2005: Held his debut recital at Aoyama Baroque Saal in Kyoto.
Since then, he has been involved in a wide range of performance activities, including solo and ensemble concert appearances, and extra appearances with professional orchestras around the country.
Currently, he is based in Tokyo and is also teaching younger students in Tokyo and Kobe.
In addition to serving as a mandolin instructor at Ikegaku and Iguchi Music Schools, he also runs mandolin classes in Nerima Ward and Nishinomiya City, Tokyo.
So far, he has studied mandolin with Kozo Onishi, Masayuki Kawaguchi, and Takayuki Ishimura.

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Instruments: mandolin, mandola

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Professor Chiaki Masukawa

Profile Born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture. 1st place in the 18th Japan Mandolin Solo Competition in 2002. In 2008, he participated in the semi-finals of the Yasuo Kuwabara Solo Competition held in Germany. He is involved in a wide range of performance activities, including solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and participation as an extra in orchestras. He is in charge of the ``Practical Mandolin Course'' in Japan's only mandolin specialty magazine, ``Play! Mandolin,'' where he explains various mandolin playing methods and techniques. Studied mandolin solo with Ikuko Takeuchi.

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Instruments: mandolin, mandola

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Mr. Masaki Hori

Profile Studied mandolin, conducting, and harmony under Takashi Kubota. Studied mandolin under Mr. Juan-Carlos Muñoz as a 2011 Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Training Program for Emerging Artists. 2014: 1st place at the 10th Raffaele Carache International Mandolin Solo Competition. He has appeared as a soloist at music festivals in Japan and abroad, such as "Kobe International Music Festival 2013" and "Suntory Arts Foundation Summer Festival 2015."
The album ``PRELUDIO'' released in 2015 received rave reviews from composer Shinichiro Ikebe, who said, ``It is obvious that it will cause fresh ripples not only in the mandolin world, but in the wider music world.'' In addition to conducting, he also composes and arranges the mandolin ensemble "EUPHORIA" that he presides over. In addition, he is further expanding his activities by working with the fusion band ``Mandolicks'' and hosting the concert series ``Il Mandolino Giapponese - Another Italian Culture'' as a producer. Serialized ``Strategies by theme'' in the mandolin magazine ``Play! Mandolin.'' Endorser from string manufacturer OPTIMA.

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Instruments: Mandolin, mandola, mandoroncello

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Professor Tomoko Ono

Profile Graduated from Japan Women's University. Studied mandolin under Takami Endo.
He has been a core member of the Crystal Mandolin Ensemble (led by Tadashi Aoyama) since its inception in 1984.
Performed with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
Participated in the Royal Ballet's performance in Japan by Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Appeared in "Romeo and Juliet" performed by K Ballet Company led by Tetsuya Kumakawa. He is the concertmaster of the Aoyama Central Mandolin Ensemble on the CDs ``Mandolino Romantico III'' and ``Mandolino Romantico V''. He also played the second mandolin in the Tadashi Aoyama Mandolin Ensemble in ``Mandolino Romantico IV'', ``Gensiro Romantico'', ``Dou II'' to ``Dou 18''. Since 2001, he has appeared in many concerts as a mandolin player with Tadashi Aoyama Mandolin Ensemble.

Instruments: mandolin, mandola

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Professor Takayuki Ishimura

Profile Belonged to a mandolin club through middle school, high school, and university, and was active as a conductor.
In 1984, he won first place in the 9th Solo Competition sponsored by the Japan Mandolin Federation, and held commemorative recitals in Fukuoka and Kyoto. In 1986, he went to Italy to study at the Cesare Pollini Conservatory of Music in Padova, where he not only performed but also studied mandolin historical materials. In 1993, he won first place in the guitar, lute, and mandolin categories at the international instrumental music competition sponsored by Alassio City. In the same year, he graduated from the Conservatory of Music at the top of his class and returned to Japan with a diploma.
He held his debut recital in Tokyo and Osaka in 1994, and organized ESTUDIANTINA PHILODOLINO di KYOTO in December of the same year. Studied under Jiro Nakano, Masayuki Kawaguchi, and Ugo Orlandi.
Currently engaged in a wide range of activities including performance, conducting, arranging, publishing, and research.
Judge of the National Guitar and Mandolin Festival, technical advisor for Doshisha University Mandolin Club and Konan University Mandolin and Guitar Club.

Instruments: Mandolin, mandola, mandoloncello, lute moderno

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Teacher Ayako Kojima

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Instruments: mandolin, mandola

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Mr. Takaaki Shibata

Profile Studied in the Mandolin Department of the Instrumental Music Education Course at the Kassel Conservatory in Germany. He has won many prizes in mandolin solo competitions in Japan and Germany. In 1997, he accompanied the Ensemble Filmica, led by the late Yasuo Kuwabara, on a European tour and performed in Germany and Spain.
Since returning to Japan in 2006, he has held recitals in various parts of the country every year, and his CDs have so far been released in Japan: ``The One Who Knows a Beautiful Rose,'' ``Chronicle: 300 Years of Mandolin Music,'' and ``Winter Elegy: Mandolin and String Trio.'' ``A collection of contemporary Japanese works'' and ``Sky Blue Flower'' in Germany. His repertoire is wide-ranging, and in the field of contemporary music, he is active as a member of the Rosetta Contemporary Ensemble and has premiered many new works.
As a soloist and speaker, he has been invited to participate in international symposiums at international music festivals in Germany, Spain, and Kobe. Since its launch in 2008, he has been widely active in both performance and research in the mandolin magazine ``Perform! Mandolin.'' He has serialized articles on the history of the mandolin and playing methods, etc.
In the field of mandolin orchestras, he presides over the Mandolin Orchestra Guild, and is guest concertmaster for Filarmonica, Mandolini, Alba, and Sapporo, as well as technical advisor for Uji Mandolin Ensemble Flora, Kyoto University Mandolin Orchestra, and 1st mandolin member for Japan Super Youth Mandolin Orchestra. Serves as a lecturer. Part-time lecturer in the guitar and mandolin department at Osaka College of Music. Judge for the Japan Mandolin Solo Competition and the Hiroshima Prefecture National High School Guitar and Mandolin Music Competition. Masaki Kinoshita, G. Wyhoven, S. Studied under Mr. Trekkel.

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Instruments: Mandolin, mandola, mandoroncello

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Professor Kiyoko Sako

Profile Born in Hiroshima.
Entered Elisabeth College of Music in 2003 as a first year student majoring in mandolin. Graduated from the same graduate school in 2009 and moved to Germany. Selected as a 2011 Nakamura Music Scholarship recipient. In 2013, completed the master's degree in mandolin solo at Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz Koln, standort Wuppertal.
He has received awards at many concerts and competitions. In 2009, he released a mandolin duet CD ``Tabidatsu no Uta'' with his teacher, Mr. Kawaguchi. In 2012, he held a solo concert featuring only original mandolin works. In November 2014, he held a literature-themed recital featuring only original mandolin works, including the first performance in Japan (classical guitarist Toshimitsu Uekakiuchi). In 2016, he held a performance with world-renowned guitarist Norio Sato titled ``Shinkyochi'' that explored new possibilities for the mandolin. In 2018, he performed "Sign of the Times" (Shintaro Imai), a commissioned work with electronics, and "Piano Phase for two pianos" (Steve Reich), the first performance of the mandolin version, at "Kyokai" for solo mandolin. .
He has performed in various countries around the world, including Japan, Germany, France, and South Korea. He actively participates in Ensemble Nomad and Contemporary Music Ensemble Rosetta, and is involved in premieres and re-performances of contemporary music.
Japan's only mandolin specialty magazine ``Kadeneru!'' He is in charge of articles introducing new songs from around the world in ``Mandolin'', and is particularly striving to introduce new songs in Japan, including concerts.
He also teaches younger students, participating in workshops for many children as a lecturer, and works as a mandolin course instructor at the Hilden Municipal Music School, and since April 2013, he has been appointed part-time instructor of the mandolin course at Elisabeth College of Music.
He has studied under Masakiyo Matsushige, Yoshiyu Arai, Masayuki Kawaguchi, Professor Caterina Lichtenberg, Annika Hinsche, Jeannette Mozos del Campo, and Silke Lisko.

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Instruments: mandolin, mandola

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Professor Kazushige Uchiyama

Profile Born in Kitakyushu in 1979. With the motto "I give back what I have learned," the two pillars of my music are playing and teaching. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music. He has studied at the Contemporary Music Festival (Tongyeong, South Korea), Orchestra Academy (Incheon, South Korea, Tokyo), Baroque Seminar (Kitakyushu), etc. In recent years, he has expanded his activities from Tokyo to Kansai and Tohoku, including a solo tour in Kyoto and Osaka (three performances), appearing at FRUE Festival as a member of Ichibere Orchestra Familia de Japan, and holding a recital in Ginza of "Kaz and Mari". ing. He also contributes ``sometimes bass stories'' to the mandolin magazine ``Play! Mandolin''. Associate member of CTQ, Kairos, Euodia Orchestra, Mandolin Ensemble EUPHORIA, Japan Super Youth Mandolin Orchestra instructor, and director of the double bass class "Souwa". Studied under Katsuki Yoshiura and Hide Yoshida.

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