About
When Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi won the International Casals Competition in Budapest in 1963, the press called him a musician "whose discovery is comparable to that of David Oistrakh in the Brussels Competition in the 1930's." Born in Tokyo, Mr. Tsutsumi's early training with Hideo Saito (Japan's great master teacher, and founder of the Toho Conservatory) led him to his debut at the age of 12 with the Tokyo Philharmonic, performing the Saint-Saëns concerto. Appearances with Japan's leading orchestras followed, as did several major prizes, including Japan's most prestigious - the Mainichi Music Competition. At 18 he made his first international tour as soloist with the NHK Symphony Orchestra to India, Russia, and Europe. Following his Tokyo recital debut, a special Fulbright Foundation grant brought him to the United States to study with Janos Starker at Indiana University. Audiences have since heard Mr. Tsutsumi's solo appearances with the ORTF in Paris, the Berlin Radio Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Concertgebouw, Warsaw Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, and London's Philharmonia Orchestra; the Chicago, Indianapolis, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphonies; the Czech Philharmonic (with which he recorded the Dvorak Cello Concerto for Sony), and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, with which he toured Japan in 1985. He has also toured the USSR and has appeared with Seiji Ozawa and the Toho Gakuen Orchestra at the United Nations, a concert that was telecast worldwide. Mr. Tsutsumi's frequent festival appearances with Canada's important orchestras include the Algoma Fall Festival, the Banff Festival of Arts, the Guelph Spring Festival, Ontario Place, the Stratford Festival, and in annual CBC broadcast concerts and recitals. In 1990, he appeared as soloist at the Vancouver Symphony's new summer home in Music Mountain and appeared at the Ravinia Festival in August 1991. Mr. Tsutsumi has appeared with the New Japan Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, in London and Paris with the Tokyo Philharmonic, and in Avery Fisher Hall with the NHK Symphony. Mr. Tsutsumi's world premieres of Japanese and Canadian works include the Miyoshi Cello Concerto with the Tokyo Yomiuri Orchestra and Takemitsu's "Orion and Pleiades" with the Tokyo Philharmonic. In October 1990 he performed the latter with the Boston Symphony for the composer's 60th birthday. Mr. Tsutsumi has toured North America and Japan as a founding member of Quartet Canada, appearing with Canada's best known soloists. He has appeared in joint recital with such artists as Gervase de Peyer, Ronald Turini, Adele Marcus, and James Campbell. He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Western Ontario, served as Guest Professor at Toho, and has taught at the University of Illinois. In the fall of 1988, he joined the permanent faculty of Indiana University as Professor of Music. Mr. Tsutsumi has recently recorded (for Sony) the Haydn C and D Major Concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra, performed at the Bratislava Festival, toured with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and the Austrian Broadcasting Symphony, and appeared with the Academy of Santa Cecilia under Sinopoli. He was a soloist in the opening concert of Tokyo's new Suntory Hall, and appeared with Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony in 1992. In 1994 he made his South American debut with the Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela, performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto to great acclaim. He has recently returned to both the Banff Festival and Orford Arts Centre for repeat engagements. Mr. Tsutsumi is a recipient of the prestigious Suntory Award for his contributions to music in Japan. He was also given the rare honor of performing for His Majesty, the late Emperor Hirohito of Japan. He was presented National Academy of Arts Prize in Music on May 31, 1993 by the Emperor. |
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