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Tsugio Tokunaga, Violin |
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Born into a family of musicians, Tsugio Tokunaga began studying the violin with his father, Shigeru Tokunaga, at the age of five. In 1966, he became the youngest-ever concertmaster in Japan when he joined the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Two years later, Tokunaga received a government scholarship to study overseas and left Japan to learn with Michel Schwalbe in Berlin.
In 1976, he was appointed concertmaster of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. He subsequently took on the position of principle concertmaster and later the important role of solo concertmaster of the orchestra. During his appearance as the concertmaster in the orchestra, his outstanding celebrity and huge popularity had lasted for many years, which was exceptional among all the past concertmasters of NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Since leaving the orchestra in 1994, Tokunaga has established a solid reputation
in chamber music circles, which has included working as the musical director
of the JT Arts Hall Chamber Music Series since 1995 and the general producer
of Miyazaki International Music Festival since 1996. He also participated
in La Folle Journée au Japon in 2005. In addition, he has given
numerous solo recitals and earned plaudits from many fields.
Tokunaga is one of today's representative violinists in Japan.
Tokunaga teaches a violin at Kunitachi College of Music and also at Toho Gakuen School of Music, as a guest professor.
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