The 5th Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument
Academy & Festival
We are proud to announce the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival will be held in Hamamatsu City this summer. The 23 faculty members are internationally renown professors from Europe and America, as well as Japan. Participating students will attend classes under the instruction of these faculty members for a period of five days.
Each class of the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival is open to eight participants ranging anywhere from students to professional musicians. The lessons are mainly given in a one-to-one basis lesson.
In addition, Festival Concerts will be held during the period of the Academy featuring performances by the international guest faculty in programs specifically for wind instruments. The number of applicants to the Academy is increasing annually the Academy has gained an impressive reputation worldwide, and Foreign students are welcome.
Applicants who have accomplished an excellent progress will be given an opportunity to perform at the Debut Concert which will be held on the 4th day of the Academy. We are looking forward for your application to the Academy.
Guide to Academy | Faculty | Schedule | Audition Repertoire
Festival Concerts | The office for reference and application
< A few students selected by the faculty Guide to Academy >
| [Time] | 23rd. Jul(Fri)~27th. Jul(Tue)'99 | |||
| [Venue] | Hamamatsu Act City 111-1 Itaya-machi, Hamamatsu City Shizuoka 430-7790 Japan |
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| [Sponsors] | Hamamatsu City HAMAMATSU ACT City Academy of MUSIC ACT City Hamamatsu Management Foundation Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Music Foundation |
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| [Support] | Lufthansa German Airlines | |||
| [Academy] | Instruments | Brass | (Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba) | |
| Woodwinds | (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone) | |||
| Requirements | Student : | any musician who is 15 years old or above | ||
| Auditor : | open to any person who is above 12 years old * Students will be drawn from an international pool of applicants. Additionally, home-stay accommodations are available for foreign students. Availability is limited to approximately 10 students. |
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| Schedule | July 23, 11:00a.m.-July 27, 1:00p.m. | |||
| Number to be admitted | Brass : a total of 88 students | 5 classes for trumpet, 3 classes for trombone. 2 classes for horn, 1 class for tuba. |
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| Woodwinds : a total of 96 students | 2 classes for flute, 1 class for oboe, 4 classes for clarinet, 1 class for bassoon, 4 classes for saxophone |
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| Auditors : a total of 200 auditors | ||||
| Tuition fees | Student / | ¥56,000(including the Festival concerts admission but not accommodation charges) | ||
| Auditor / | 1 day : ¥5,000, 5days : ¥20,000 (include the Festival concerts admission) |
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| *High school and junior high school students will be charged ¥3,000/1 day, ¥12,000/5days. | ||||
| Term for application | Saturday April 1, 1999 through Thursday May 20, 1999 | |||
| Application | The application form should arrive at the following address with all necessary information (name, age, address, telephone number, school or occupation, music career and a cassette tape of the audition repertoire) Please be aware that the submitted tape will not be returned. |
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| Notification | All participants will be notified by return mail of their acceptance into the Academy by the end of June. | |||
Lessons
The lessons will be given in two forms. Both one to one basis lessons and group lessons will be given to each student.
The individual lessons will be given for 45 minutes per student.
Students will be allowed to audit the lessons of other students. In addition, practice rooms will also be provided.
The group lesson will be given to all members of each class.
During the lesson period, 3 individual lessons and 2 group lessons will be given to each student.
All lessons will be open to the other students and auditors.
Debut Concert
This concert will be performed by selected students.
Announcement of the repertoire and which students have been chosen will be made during the Festival.
The Debut Concert will be held on July 26, Monday from 6:00 p.m. at the 21 Music Seminar Room located in the Seminar and Exchange Center.
 Allen Vizzutti(Tp) |
 Wenzel Fuchs(Cl) |
 Roger Bobo(tub) |
 Tatsuzo Akasaka(Cl) |
 Nobuya Sugawa(Sax) |
| Brass | ||
| Trumpet | Professor | Timothy Morrison Former Principal Trumpetist of the Boston Symphony , Soloist |
| Toshio Itakura Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra |
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| Yoshikazu Kubo Principal Trumpetist of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra |
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| Mineo Sugiki Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music |
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| Allen Vizzutti Soloist |
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| Adviser | Yuji Shibata Instructor at Highschool attached to Fukuoka Institute of Technology |
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| Taizo Okuyama Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra |
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| Trombone | Professor | Kiyoshi Ito Former NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Alain Trudel Soloist |
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| Thomas Horch The Principal Trombone at The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
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| Adviser | Yoshie Higo Lübeck Academy of Music |
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| Takeshi Hatano Soloist |
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| Tuba | Professor | Roger Bobo Soloist |
| Adviser | Kiyoshi Sato Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra |
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| Horn | Professor | Kozo Moriyama Associate Professor of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music |
| Thomas Bacon Professor of Music at Arizona State University |
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| Adviser | Otohiko Fujita Instructor at Nihon University |
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| Clarinet | Professor | Wenzel Fuchs The Principal Clarinettist at Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Claude Faucomprez The Principal Clarinettist at Lile National Symphony Orchestra |
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| Hiroshi Uchiyama NHK Symphony Orchestra |
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| Tatsuzo Akasaka Soloist |
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| Adviser | Katsuya Yoshinobu Instructor at Osaka College of Music |
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| Ayako Oura Soloist |
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| Flute | Professor | Philippe Pierlot The Principal Fluteist at France National Symphony Orchestra |
| Jeffrey Khaner Principal Flutist at The Philadelphia Orchestra |
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| Adviser | Chiharu Tachibana Instructor at Ueno Gakuen Junior College |
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| Jun Kubo Cincinnati Conservatoire School of Music |
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| Oboe | Professor | Gernot Schmalfuß Professor at Dortmold Academy of Music |
| Adviser | Jun Takahashi Former Principal Oboist at Hamburg Symphony Orchestra |
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| Bassoon | Professor | Richard Galler Principal Bassoonist at Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
| Adviser | Satoshi Sakaguchi Co-Principal at Sapporo Symphony Orchestra |
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| Saxophone | Professor | Jean=Yves Fourmeau Professor at C.N.R.de Cergy Pontoise |
| Eugene Rousseau Distinguished Professor of Music at Indiana University |
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| Nobuya Sugawa Instructor at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music |
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| Masato Kumoi Instructor at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music |
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| Adviser | Atsuyasu Kitayama Associate Professor at Shizuoka University |
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| Keiji Ueda Instructor at Hiroshima University |
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| Instrument |
Composer | Piece |
| Trumpet | Haydn Kopprasch |
Concerto 60 Selected Studies |
| Trombone | David Saches |
Concertino Concerto |
| Horn | Mozart R.Strauss |
Concerto No.3 Concerto No.1 |
| Tuba | Hindemith Bordogni |
Sonata 43 Bel Canto Studies |
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Composer | Piece |
| Flute | Mozart Faure |
Concerto in D Major Fantasie |
| Oboe | J.S.Bach Mozart Schuman |
Sonata in g minor Concerto in C Major 3 Romanzen Op.94 |
| Clarinet | Mozart Weber Weber Saint-Saens |
Concerto in A Major Concerto No.1 Concertino Sonata Op.167 |
| Bassoon | Weber Telemann Mozart |
Concerto Sonata in e minor Concerto |
| Saxophone | Glazunov Ibert Ferling Denizov |
Concerto Concertino de Camera 48 Etudes Sonata |
A series of concerts exclusively for wind instruments, The Festival Concerts will be held twice during the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy.
They feature an impressive lineup of international Artists appearing variety of ensembles.
At this forthcoming Festival Concert, we are pleased to present a co-performance by the pipe organ and the wind instruments.
Along with the organ and wind instrument concert, the Gala Concert, performed by all the professor members and advisory members, is another highlight of this event.
| Concerts | Schedule | Content | Admission Fee |
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| Opening Concert Concert Hall |
23 July (Fri.) 6:30pm | Wind instruments and organ Guest : Naomi Matsui |
All unreserved seats "Adults:¥4,000" "Junior or high school students:¥2,000" |
| Gala Concert Concert Hall |
25 July(Sun.)6:30pm | Performance by top world artists | All unreserved seats "Adults:¥4,000" "Junior or high school students:¥2,000" |
| Debut Concert 21 Music Seminar Room |
26 July(Mon.)6:00pm | Concert by students | Not open to the public |
| The office for reference and application Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy & Festival c/o YAMAHA CORPORATION Domestic Sales Department Band & Orchestral Instruments Division 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8650 JAPAN * TEL : 81-53-460-2821 FAX : 81-53-466-1804 MANAGEMENT : NASA INC. |
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