Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi ( Japanese 堤 剛 , Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi , born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese cellist and music teacher.

Tsutsumi began playing the violin at the age of six, but switched to the cello two years later. After a year of lessons with his father, he became a student of Hideo Saito , who taught him for ten years. He made his first appearance with Camille Saint-Saëns ' Cello Concerto with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of his teacher. He undertook his first international tour as a soloist, which took him to India, Russia and Eupa, when he was eighteen with the NHK symphony orchestra .

He came to the USA in 1961 as a Fulbright scholarship holder and continued his studies at Indiana University with Janos Starker . After two years he became Starker's assistant, and after graduating, he became artist in residence at the university. He then taught at Western Ontario University and the University of Illinois and returned to Indiana University in 1988 as a professor.

Tstutsumi has appeared as a soloist with the most important Japanese, American and European orchestras. In addition to the standard classical literature for the cello, his repertoire also includes works by contemporary musicians. He played the world premieres of Akira Miyoshi's Cello Concerto and Tōru Takemitsu's Orion and Pleiaden . As a member of the Quartet Canada , he went on concert tours through North America and Japan.

For his services to Japanese music he was awarded the Suntory Prize and the Prize of the National Academy of Arts awarded by the Kaiser. In 1997 he became President of the Japanese Cello Society, in 2000 musical director of the Kirishima International Music Festival and President of the Suntory Music Foundation. He also taught at the Tokyo Conservatory for nine years. In 2009 he became a member of the Japanese Academy of Arts and received the Japanese Medal of Honor on the Violet Ribbon . In 2019 he was awarded the Mainichi Art Prize .

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• Kajimoto Music - Tstutsumi Tsuyoshi
• Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at Allmusic (English)
• Internet Cello Society - Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi