Takahiro Fujii
Born in Kamakura, Takahiro Fujii grew up in Nakano city in Nagano, Japan.
Began singing in choir at the age of six, he started playing the oboe
when he was 13. He graduated from the Prefectural high school of
Suzaka in March 1999 and entered Tokyo University of Fine and Music to study
oboe in the instrument course. His professional training for oboe was
under the tutelage of the teaching maestros Hitoshi Wakui, Yoshiaki
Obata, Atsuko Matsuyama, Yuu Kobayashi, Jana Brozkova and Masaki
Aoyama. In addition, he studied both the baroque oboe under Masamitsu
Sannomiya and Atsuko Ozaki, and conducting under Chiyuki Murakata.
Since his high school years, he has continuously been doing volunteer
and guest work with amateur orchestras. In March, 2000 he received an
invitation as guest soloist from the George Enescu Philharmonic
Orchestra of Romania.2001
was also the year in which he founded the conceptual project 'Sweet
Classic' to give friendlier, more accessible concerts to the public.
This project has produced concerts for audiences in a number of
cities, including Yokohama, Niigata and Nagano, all of which have
given Mr. Fujii popular approbation. As for the orchestra performance,
from university forward he has been invited for performances,
including as the guest principal oboist for the Tokyo Philharmonic
Orchestra, and also for many other leading orchestras such as the
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto
Symphony Orchestra, and others. In 2004, he joined the BACH COLLEGIUM
JAPAN to perform concerts and recordings. He was the solo Cor Anglais
player during the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra's Asia/Europe concert
tour in August 2005. September 2005〜2008, he had been the oboist in
the Hyogo Performing Arts Center (HPAC) Orchestra. He gave a solo
performance in a concerto with the orchestra in April 2008 and also in
the chamber music concerts with major musicians including Ton Koopman,
Milan Turkovic, Toru Yasunaga, Hansjoerg Schellenberger and Shigenori Kudo.
His range of musical activities stretches beyond playing in full
orchestras to areas including his solo/chamber music performances and
musical directorship roles in the local orchestras groups. He is the music director of the wind ensemble 'Willow
Wind Orchestra'.Now he studies with Hansjoerg Schellenberger. He lives in Germany. |