Ko Iwasaki

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Kō Iwasaki (* 1944 in Japan ) is an American cellist and music teacher of Japanese origin.

Iwasaki studied cello with Hideo Saito and won the National Music Competition of Japan in 1960. After graduating from Toho Conservatory in 1963, he continued his education at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose . In 1965 he made his New York debut with the Young Concert Artists Series . He later completed his training with Harvey Shapiro and Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico.

In 1971 he received the Arts Minister Award for Young Artists and the Arts Festival Record Prize for his performances of contemporary Japanese music . The following year he gave his debut concert in Europe with the London Symphony Orchestra under André Previn . He has lived in the USA since 1974. From here he went on concert tours as a soloist and chamber musician through Europe, the Soviet Union and Japan and took part in the festivals of Marlboro, Aspen, Santa Fe, Lockenhaus and Kuhumo. He has won several international cello competitions and is the founder of the Tokyo Chamber Soloists and the Okinawa Moon Beach Music Camp & Festival in Japan. From 1995 he recorded a cycle of all of Ludwig van Beethoven's string quartets as a member of the Japan String Quartet .

From 1974 to 1995 Iwasaki taught as a performing artist at Illinois State University , after which he moved to Southern Methodist University . He has also given master classes at the Cleveland Institute of Music , the World Cello Congress , several universities and summer music festivals. He is currently Associate Professor at Toho Conservatory in Tokyo and a regular faculty member at the Institute for Strings in Dallas.

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SURNAME Iwasaki, Kō
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cellist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1944