Fontech Kenichi Tsujimoto / Trumpet Works (CD) FOCD9849/Piano: Rinji Matsushita

Kenichi Tsujimoto is the principal trumpet player of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
After 25 years of building a career in orchestras, Tsujimoto is finally ready to release his first solo album.
The program he chose for his debut is a serious and serious program that he has been carefully developing throughout his career.
The program will feature a wide variety of works by four composers from the UK, France, the US and the former Soviet Union, spanning a wide range of eras and styles, providing a satisfying and satisfying performance.
With the piano provided by the highly successful composer Rinji Matsushita, who possesses deep insight into music and rock-solid technique, Tsujimoto's rich musicality and advanced technique, backed by his experience, come to a beautiful fruition here.


Peter Maxwell Davis: Trumpet Sonata Charles Chêne: Trumpet Concerto Joseph Turin: Four Pieces Vladimir Peskin: Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in C minor

Kenichi Tsujimoto, trumpet; Rinji Matsushita, piano


Kenichi Tsujimoto (trumpet)
He entered the Department of Instrumental Music at the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts in 1994. He won second place and a special prize at the 65th Japan Music Competition, and second place at the 13th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. He joined the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997. From 2000 to 2001, he studied in Hamburg, Germany on a scholarship from the Affinis Cultural Foundation, where he won first place at the Elise Meyer Competition. He became principal trumpet player of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2004, and has been principal trumpet player of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra since 2016. He has studied trumpet under Hirofumi Noma, Genzo Kitamura, Mineo Sugiki, Yoshiaki Fukuda, and Matthias Hoefs.
He is a member of Brass Hexagon and Tokyo Trumpet Quartet, and is a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo College of Music, and Showa University of Music.


Tomohito Matsushita (Piano) After graduating from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, he completed his Master's in Composition at the same university's Graduate School in 2009. He received the Geidai Doseikai Award upon graduation. In 2014, he completed his Master's in Accompaniment at the Tokyo College of Music Graduate School. His numerous awards include the 29th Japan Symphony Foundation Composition Award, the Grand Prize at the 5th Kitamoto Piano Competition, second place in the piano category at the 22nd Takarazuka Vega Music Competition, a finalist in the composition category (general category) at the 19th Sogakudo Japanese Song Competition, and the 51st JBA Shitaya Award.
As a composer, his works for ensembles and wind bands have been performed all over the country, and he has published numerous scores and CDs. In recent years, he has been involved not only in instrumental music but also vocal and choral music, as well as arrangements. He has released many CDs as a pianist, and has performed both solo and with numerous other musicians, earning him high trust and acclaim. In addition to composing and performing, he is also active in a wide range of fields, including wind band and choral instruction and competition judging.
He is a part-time lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and Tokyo College of Music. He is also a member of the 21st Century Wind Orchestra Kyoen.



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