Masashi Kitabatake

Tuba

Player of the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra,Part-time lecturer at Nara Prefectural Koen High School,Part-time lecturer at Soai University,Part-time lecturer at Kobe College

Graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University, Department of Liberal Arts, Music Course. Completed the graduate course in arts and culture at the same university. Performed at the university's graduation concert and the 52nd Kansai Newcomers Concert. Studied tuba under Tatsuki Yoshino and Shigeo Takesada. Has taken lessons from Rex Martin, David Zambon, Andreas Martin Hofmair, Roger Bobo and Shinpei Tsugita, and will travel to the USA in 2019 to study with Yasuhito Sugiyama of the Cleveland Orchestra. He is a part-time lecturer at the Music Department of Nara Prefectural Koen High School, Soai University and Kobe College. Tuba player in the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra, member of the N.I. Brass Quintet, The Osaka Brassters and the Tuba Trio "FuToMe".