Toyoaki Matsuura

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Toyoaki Matsuura (born October 5, 1929 in Toyonaka ; † August 16, 2011 ) was a Japanese classical pianist.

life and work

Matsuura started playing the piano at the age of eight. He studied at the Ueno Children's Music School with Nagai Susumu. He began studying piano at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music , but soon left the university. In 1948 he won first prize and a special prize in the piano section of the 17th Japanese Music Competition.

In 1950 he made his public concert debut with the 3rd Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofjew and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. In 1958 he won a prize (7th place) at the 1st International Tchaikovsky Competition . Between 1960 and 1962 Matsuura made a major tour of the Soviet Union.

In 1958 he studied with Helmut Roloff at the University of Music in Berlin. He completed further studies with Wilhelm Kempff , Artur Rubinstein and Nadia Boulanger . In 1959 he won first prize at the Long Thibaud Competition in Paris. In 1960 he performed at the Royal Monaco Music Festival . As a soloist he then accompanied the NHK Symphony Orchestra on a worldwide concert tour.

In 1969 Matsuura returned to Japan. In addition to his concert performances, he worked as a lecturer for the NHK concert program and was responsible for the commercial NHK music program. He has taught as a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts , Osaka College of Music , Ueno Gakuen University, and Nihon University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . He was also the director of the Japan Piano Education Federation and the Japan Chopin Association .

Toyoaki Matsuura has worked as a reviewer at numerous international piano competitions.

Toyoaki Matsuura died of heart failure on August 16, 2011.

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  • 1948 winner of the 1st Japanese music competition
  • 1958 7th place at the 1st International Tchaikovsky Competition
  • 1959 winner of the Long Thibaud competition

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daily life data according to the Library of Congress.
  2. ↑ The article is based on the information in the corresponding article in the Japanese-language Wikipedia.
  3. ^ NHK Symphony Orchestra: NHK Symphony Overseas Performance in the Soviet Union (Recorded Live 1960). Retrieved September 13, 2018 . , Soloist: Toyoaki Matsuura
  4. ↑ Long-Thibau-Crespin Competition: laureates (1959, piano section, Toyaki Matsuura, the first prize winner). Retrieved September 13, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Matsuura, Toyoaki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese classical pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Toyonaka
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2011