Toyomi Kitagaki

Born in 1960.

In 1979 graduate from Tokyo metropolitan high school " Kunitachi ",　from 1980 I studied at Seijo Univ. of Tokyo, and I started play the violin with "L'estro Armonico Orchestra" of this university.

At this time I studied violin and orchestra performing under Maestro Toshimichi Nakanishi (he is one of the disciples of Hideo Saito) and violinist Toshio kamei, they are the members of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Also under Madame Tsunemitsu, also she is one of the disciples of Hideo Saito, and concert-maîtrise of New-Japan Philharmonic,

then in 1983, I played as a concert-master of L'Estro Armonico.

And at Seijo-Univ. I studied the History of the classical music and musicology.

In 1984 after the university, I started luthier's career at a violin workshop in Meguro-city, Tokyo. -- in this workshop I worked with several violin makers, they learned under Masato Sato, Yukio Maeda, etc., and I learned on the repair, adjustment-tuning and maintenance of instruments (also of bows).

In 1991 I go around in Europe and United States, visiting Beare's shop of London, Pierangelo Balzarini of Cremona, Bein&Fuscie of Chicago, Pascal & Bernard Camurat and Jean-François Raffin in Paris. etc...

After this tour 1991 I joined in the luthier & dealer " Violin Research " of Tokyo, and learned violin making and restoration (also of bows) under the celebrated principal maestro luthier in Japan & technical director "Fumio Owkawa".

(and from 1984 I also join for many adult-orchestras and 1993 - 2004 I played violin as a concert-master of one of them. And 2002-2005, I participated in the Masters of the Federation of Japan Amateur Orchestra Corp., then I was scented by Madame Yuko Mori, the soloist and organizer of the Nagaoka-Kyo Ensemble. She is a famous violinist and also she is a disciple of Hideo Saito, and for about 30 years she played in Paris.

At the same time, I performed in support of many orchestras of society and performed also chamber music concerts. )

In 2006 I moved in Italy for violin making and bow-adjustment, and joined International Triennial Competition of Stringed Instrument Making Antonio Stradivari in 2009 and 2012.

(In Italy, while making and adjusting instruments and bows I associate with many violin makers , Lorenzo Rossi of Milan, Piccinotti, Scrollavezza&Zanrè of Parma, etc. … At the same time, I worked on production and study while watching the music world in Paris, London, Frankfurt and other places. )

In 2017, I produced a 5-string viola commissioned by Yoshio Nakayama, a violist of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. It was shown at his recital in Tokyo of the same year and I received a lot of praise.

And, in October 2018, I moved in Paris,France with the aim of "completion of the harmony of musical instruments and bows". Interacting with famous Vatelot et Rampal, J.F. & Sandrine Raffin, J.J.Millant et Le Canu, Bernard Sabatier, Gilles Chancereul, etc.

now a member of the Japan Stringed Instrument Makers Association.

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