Tsuyoshi Wakabayashi

Born 23 January 1995, he joined a brass band at the age of 9 and started playing the euphonium, then the tuba at the age of 10. After attending a private high school attached to the Tokyo College of Music, he graduated from the Tokyo College of Music in 2017.In 2018, he completed the conservatoire diploma course at Shobi Music College.In 2014, he participated in the Saito Kinen Chamber Music Study Group. （Winner of the Grand Prize in the brass instrument category at the 30th Nerima Ward Newcomer Concert Audition organised by the Nerima Ward Cultural Promotion Association. Performed the Tuba Concerto by R.V. Williams with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the 30th Nerima Ward Newcomer Concert. Second prize at the 7th Akiyoshidai Music Competition. First prize at the 36th Japan Winds and Percussion Competition, as well as the 'Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award' and the 'Governor of Tokyo Award'. Second prize in the brass section of the 18th Tokyo Music Competition. Studied tuba under Hidehiro Fujita, Shinsuke Tanaka and Shinpei Tsugita, and chamber music under Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Mizuno and Naohiro Tsuken. He is a member of the Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo. Member of Zurasian Brass, Polar Bear Buddies and Libertas Brass Quintet. Part-time lecturer at Shobi Music College. Polar Bear Friends, member of Libertas Brass Quintet. Part-time lecturer at Shobi Music College. Photo by Kazuhito Shimoyama