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Toho Gakuen School of Music
Toho Gakuen School of Music (桐朋学園大学 Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku?) is a private university located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. One of Japan's most prestigious music institutions, it has produced many world-renowned classical musicians.
Known for its piano, strings, and conducting majors, it first started as a Junior School in 1948.
Notable alumni
- Kentarō Haneda, composer, arranger, and pianist
- Nobuko Imai, violist
- Michiyoshi Inoue, conductor
- Hong-Jae Kim, conductor
- Yukie Nishimura, pianist
- Eiji Oue, conductor
- Seiji Ozawa, conductor
- Akiko Suwanai, violinist
- Hidetaro Suzuki, violinist and conductor
- Yuji Takahashi, composer, arranger, and pianist
- Hideyuki Tanaka, voice actor
- Chisako Takashima, violinist
- Toru Yasunaga, violinist (concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic)
- Yoshiko Ikuta, composer, arranger, and pianist
External links
- (Japanese) Official website
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