
We are proud to announce the Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival will be held in Hamamatsu City this summer. The 22 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] | 22nd. Jul(Sat)~26th. Jul(Wed)2000 | ||
| [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] | All Nippon Airways | ||
| [Academy] | Instruments | Brass | (Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba, Euphonium) |
| Woodwinds | (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone) | ||
| Others | (Marimba) | ||
| 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 ten students. |
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| Schedule | All instruments : July 22, 11:00a.m.-July 26, 1:00p.m. | ||
| Number to be admitted | Brass instrumentss : a total of 56 students |
3 classes for trumpet, 1 class for trombone. 1 class for horn, 1 class for tuba, 1 class for euphonium. |
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| Woodwinds : a total of 112 students |
2 classes for flute, 2 classes for oboe, 4 classes for clarinet, 1 class for bassoon, 5 classes for saxophone. |
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| Marimba : 1 class. | |||
| 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, 2000 through Saturday May 20, 2000 | ||
| 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 three types of forms. One-to-one basic lesson, group lesson and ensemble 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.
The ensemble lesson will be given to each group which is organized among all students for this class.
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 25, Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. at the 21 Music Seminar Room located in the Seminar and Exchange Center.
![]() Timothy Morrison(Tp) |
![]() Wenzel Fuchs(Cl) |
![]() Roger Bobo(tub) |
![]() Tatsuzo Akasaka(Cl) |
![]() Nobuya Sugawa(Sax) |
| Brass | |
| Trumpet | Timothy Morrison Former Principal Trumpetist of the Boston Symphony , Soloist |
| Konradin Groth Former Principal Trumpetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Mineo Sugiki Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music |
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| Trombone | Thomas Horch The Principal Trombone at The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Horn | David Ohenian Former Hornist of Canadian Brass |
| Tuba | Roger Bobo Soloist |
| Euphonium | Shoichiro Hokazono The Central Band of the Japan Air Self Defense Force |
| Woodwinds | |
| Flute | Andrea Lieberknecht The Principal Flutist at The Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Andras Adorjan Soloist |
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| Oboe | Diethelm Jonas Professor at The Musikhochschule Trossingen |
| Hitoshi Wakui Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra |
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| Clarinet | Wenzel Fuchs The Principal Clarinettist at The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Jean=Michel Bertelli Clarinette Solo de l' Orchestre de l' Opera de LYON |
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| Hiroshi Uchiyama NHK Symphony Orchestra |
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| Tatsuzo Akasaka Soloist |
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| Bassoon | Daniele Damiano The Principal Bassoonist at The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Saxophone | Nobuya Sugawa Instructor at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music |
| Jean=Yves Fourmeau Professor at C.N.R.de Cergy Pontoise |
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| Pierric Leman Director at the Garches Conservatoire |
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| Stephane Laporte Soloist |
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| Joel Batteau Professor at I'E.N.M de Roubaix |
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| Marimba | Keiko Abe Professor at Toho Gakuen School of Music |


| Instrument |
Composer | Piece |
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| Trumpet | Haydn Kopprasch |
Concerto 60 Selected Studies |
| Trombone | David Saches |
Concertino Concerto |
| Horn | Mozart R.Strauss |
Concerto No.3 Concerto No.1 |
| Euphonium | J.Horovitz E.Boccalali |
Euphonium Concerto Fantasia di Concerto |
| Tuba | Hindemith Bordogni |
Sonata 43 Bel Canto Studies |
| Instrument |
Composer | Piece |
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| 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 |
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Composer | Piece |
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| Marimba | K.Abe | Wind Sketch Wind in the Bamboo Grove |
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 |
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| Opening Concert Concert Hall |
22 July (Sat.) 6:30pm |
| Ensemble Concert Concert Hall |
23 July (Sun.) 6:30pm |
| Solo Concert 21 Music Seminar Hall |
24 July (Mon.) 6:30pm |
| Debut Concert 21 Music Seminar Hall |
25 July (Tue.) 6:00pm |

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