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Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello
Mr. Tsutsumi won the 1963 International Casals Competition in Budapest and has performed with Japan's leading orchestras (including his debut with Tokyo Philharmonic at age 12) in addition to renowned orchestras such as the ORTF, the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Concertgebouw, the Rotterdam, Munich and Warsaw philharmonics and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Vancouver symphonies. He has premiered works by Miyoshi and Toru Takemitsu, toured the USSR, and appeared with Seiji Ozawa and the Toho Gakuen Orchestra at the United Nations, a concert that was telecast worldwide. Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi returned to Japan after almost 20 years on the faculty of Indiana University, to become President of Tokyo's acclaimed Toho School. He is also the Music Director of Japan's Kirishima International Music Festival, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in July 2009.
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Credit: Suntory Hall
Credit: Don Hunstein
Credit: Suntory Hall
Role: Don Hunstein
Role: Don Hunstein