Coaching Faculty
- Academy Director
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©Naruyasu Nabeshima Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
(Cello, President of Suntory Hall)
- Coaching Faculty
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©Rikimaru Hotta Koichiro Harada
(Violin)
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©Naoya Ikegami Kikuei Ikeda
(Violin)
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Kazuhide Isomura
(Viola)
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Hakuro Mori
(Cello)
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©Michiharu Okubo Shigeo Neriki
(Piano)
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©makiTAKAGI Wakako Hanada
(Violin)
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- Assistant Faculty
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©Kosuke Atsumi Aoi Trio
(Piano trio)
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- Past Faculty
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Coaching Faculty
2010 − 16 Akira Wakabayashi (Piano), Quartet Excelsior (String section) Guest Faculty
January 2011 Leon Fleisher (Piano) June 2011 Menahem Pressler (Piano), Pacifica Quartet (String quartet) September 2011 Nicholas Kitchen (Violin), Yeesun Kim (Cello) *Member of Borromeo String Quartet October 2011 Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano) November 2011 Carmina Quartet (String quartet) February 2012 Kyoko Takezawa (Violin) March 2012 Radek Baborák (Horn) June 2012 Mario Brunello (Cello) February 2013 Tokyo String Quartet (String quartet) March 2013 Reiko Watanabe (Violin) May 2013 Claire Désert (Piano) January 2014 Radek Baborák (Horn) January 2014 Miró Quartet (String quartet) March 2014 Kikuei Ikeda (Violin), Kazuhide Isomura (Viola) June 2014 Radek Baborák (Horn), Pacifica Quartet (String quartet) March 2015 Kyoko Takezawa (Violin), Momo Kodama (Piano) June 2015 Kuss Quartett (String quartet) June 2016 Cho-Liang Lin (Violin) October 2017 Menahem Pressler (Piano) December 2017 Kyoko Takezawa (Violin) June 2018 Trio Wanderer (Piano trio) November 2018 Le Quatuor Voce (String quartet) June 2019 Kuss Quartett (String quartet) February 2020 Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin) June 2021 Jerusalem Quartet (String Quartet) June 2022 Atrium String Quartet June 2023 Mihaela Martin (Violin), Nobuko Imai (Viola), Frans Helmerson (Cello) June 2025 Schumann Quartett (String Quartet) December 2025 Nobuko Imai (Viola)
Achievements
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- Aoi Trio, 1st prize, ARD Competition 2018, Piano Trio category / Winner, 2018 Aoyama Music Awards, Barocksaal Prize / Winner, 29th Nippon Steel Music Awards, Promising New Artist Award / Hotel Okura Music Award in 2021
- Quartette Soleil, Prizewinner at Internationale Sommer-Akademie für Kammermusik Niedersachsen, 7th Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (France)
- Quartet Integra, 1st prize, Bartók World Competition 2021 for string quartets / 2nd prize & and the Audience Award, ARD Competition 2022, String Quartet category / 3rd prize & the Sidney Griller Award, 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition / The 76th Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists
- HONO Quartet, 2nd prize & “Ambassador Ensemble of the 12th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition” Award, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, 2023
- Quartet Fugue, 2nd prize & "Bordeaux String Quartet Festival Award", Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, 2026
Alumni
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September 2010 − June 2012
- Individuals
- Violin: Haruna Kitami, Tomoko Kobayashi, Keiko Suzuki, Yuya Fukuzaki, Nao Maeda, Masanobu Yoda
Viola: Moeko Ogura, Azusa Takahashi, Tomomi Tsuru
Cello: Yoshihiro Uchida, Ryo Onoki, Fumie Kato, Ayano Kamimura, Park Hyun Ah
Piano: Ayako Imai, Kae Ozawa, Chikage Takehana, Yuri Nishihara
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September 2012 − June 2014
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Quartette Soleil (Etsuko Hirano, Kanako Higashiyama, Azusa Takahashi, Yoko Ota)
Piano trio: ARC Trio (Masanobu Yoda, Ryo Onoki, Kae Ozawa)
- Individuals
- Violin: Kyo Ogata, Haruna Kitami, Yuya Fukuzaki, Moeka Hokazono
Viola: Kazuhide Iino, Moe Fukui
Cello: Mariko Kamata, Miho Naka
Piano: Ayako Ishizuka, Yui Naito
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September 2014 − June 2016
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Quartet Arpa (Kyoko Ogawa, Nao Tohara, Ayane Koga, Yu Ito), Glanz Streichquartett (Souki Kirihara, Eriko Nagayama, Ryo Takamiyagi, Shoko Mashiyama), L’espace String Quartet (Gentaro Kagitomi, Kyo Ogata, Moe Fukui, Takuya Yuhara)
Piano trio: ARC Trio (Masanobu Yoda, Naoki Yamamoto, Kae Ozawa)
- Individuals
- Violin: Saki Ishida, Maho Irie, Yuri Miyamoto
Viola: Sakuya Watabe
Cello: Airi Niwa, Ayu Matsumoto
Piano: Kosuke Akimoto, Asaki Inoh
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September 2016 − June 2018
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Amicus String Quartet (Nana Miyagawa, Yuri Miyamoto, Shu Yamamoto, Ayu Matsumoto), Alnair Quartet (Ikune Yamagata, Yuka Imataka, Takuto Kawakami, Tadashi Shimizu)
Piano trio: Trio Del Arte (Yukako Uchino, Yosuke Kaneko, Natsumi Kuboyama), Rheia Trio (Kyoko Ogawa, Yoko Kato, Asaki Inoh)
- Individuals
- Violin: Yoko Ishikura, Mayu Shirai, Yuriko Takemoto
Viola: Yugo Inoue
Cello: Mizuki Akitsu, Aya Kitagaki, Anna Kusakabe
Piano: Rina Takahashi
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September 2018 – September 2020
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Thaleia Quartet (Kako Yamada, Hiromi Futamura, Sakuya Watabe, Miu Ishizaki), Quartet Integra (Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno, Itsuki Yamamoto, Anri Tsukiji), Quartetto Cercatore (Tomotaka Seki, Saki Tozawa, Shiiko Nakamura, Haruka Mutaguchi), Quartetto Poirier (Rina Miyagawa, Chisato Wakasugi, Mari Sagawa, Hiroko Yamanashi), Amicus String Quartet (Nana Miyagawa, Yuri Miyamoto, Shu Yamamoto, Ayu Matsumoto)
Piano trio: Trio Musica (Kanako Yanagida, Junichi Tanabe, Maasa Iwashita), Trio Del Arte (Yukako Uchino, Akitoshi Kono, Natsumi Kuboyama)
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September 2020 – June 2022
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Quartet Integra (Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno, Itsuki Yamamoto, Anri Tsukiji), Donumusa String Quartet (Maho Irie, Mai Kinomura, Kai Morino, Hiroko Yamanashi), Quartet Paulownia (Ryota Higashi, Natsuki Kishi, Yuri Horiuchi, Miho Kobayashi), Quartet Re NADA (Hina Maeda, Asako Fukuda, Kanau Ariga, Eito Sugai), Leporem Quartet (Minori Yoshida, Haruno Fukatsu, Sara Furuichi, Haruka Nakayama, Yuzumi Wada*) *Guest Artist, Regulus Quartet (Mio Yoshie, Taiga Tojo, Shu Yamamoto, Yusuke Yabe)
Piano trio: Trio Miyako (Miyako Arishima, Ikune Yamagata, Mizuki Akitsu)
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September 2022 – June 2024
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Quartet Infinito (Mako Ochiai, Kentaro Konishi, Moeko Kikuta, Soichiro Matsutani), Quartet Felice (Kei Saotome, Yohei Shimizu, Soichiro Kawabe, Mami Warabino), Quartet Primavera (Mio Ishikawa, Yukari Oka, Toko Tago, Kei Oe), HONO Quartet (Honoka Kishimoto, Shuga Hayashi, Kenshi Nagata, Yoshiyuki Kanie)
Piano quartet: Crear Quartet (Ryota Higashi, Sara Furuichi, Hiroko Yamanashi, Maika Miura)
Piano trio: Trio Andantino (Seira Jono, Yuho Takagi, Yurika Watanabe), Portus Trio (Junnosuke Kikuno, Michiko Yoshimura, Aika Kimura)
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September 2024 – June 2026
- Ensembles
- String quartet: Quartet Iris (Aiko Korai, Sayaka Inada, Futaba Suzuki, Yota Miyanohara), Quartet Sturm (Seira Jono, Yuri Matsukita, Hirofumi Haseyama, Yuho Takagi), Quartet Fugue (Mako Ochiai, Kentaro Konishi, Soichiro Kawabe, Soichiro Matsutani), Quartet Primavera (Mio Ishikawa, Saki Shimizu, Toko Tago, Hiroko Yamanashi), HONO Quartet (Honoka Kishimoto, Shuga Hayashi, Kenshi Nagata, Yoshiyuki Kanie), Quartet Luce (Sara Watanabe, Mizuki Nakashima, Tomoaki Mori, Kaya Harada)
Piano trio: Trio Fidelis (Mio Yoshie, Yuki Sayama, Kota Momose)
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