Recommended Study
Distinguished visiting performers often give master classes at TCM. This experience enhances performance skills and helps promote the students’ abilities. All majors and minors have opportunities to attend master classes. Some distinguished artists that have given master classes at TCM since 2008 are:
Federico Agostini, Moshe Atzmon, Felix Ayo, Boris Belkin, Michel Béroff, Artem Chirkov, Barry Douglas, Vladimir Feltsman, Robert Howes, Peter Jablonski, Isabelle van Keulen, Zygmunt Krauze, Wieland Kuijken, Albrecht Mayer, Cristina Ortiz, Isabelle Perrin, Johannes Schöllhorn, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Erik Tawaststjerna, Maxim Vengerov, and Eliso Virsaladze.
| April 8 | Composition Masterclass | Ensemble intercontemporain InstagramPhotoFlyer |
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| April 15 | Cello Lecture | Dr. Tomas Jamnik InstagramFlyer |
| April 16 | Cello Masterclass | Dr. Tomas Jamnik InstagramFlyer |
| April 18 | Piano Masterclass, Workshop & Lecture | Christos Marantos InstagramFlyer |
| May 19 | Oboe Masterclass | Matthieu Petitjean InstagramFlyer |
| June 17 | Cello Masterclass | Lluis Claret Instagram Flyer |
| June 30 | Voice Masterclass | Giuseppe Sabbatini Flyer |
| April 10 | Composition Master Class | Ensemble InterContemporain InstagramFlyer |
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| June 17 | Euphonium Master Class | David Childs InstagramFlyer |
| July 8 & 10 | Musicology Special Lecture | Barbara Dobretsberger InstagramFlyer |
| November 10-11 | Traditional Korean Instruments Workshop | Aufwind InstagramFlyer |
| November 15 | Clarinet Master Class | Nicolas Baldeyrou InstagramFlyer |
| November 21-22 | Cello Master Class | Dai Miyata InstagramFlyer |
| November 25 | Horn Master Class | Szabolcs Zempleni InstagramFlyer |
| November 26 | Strings Master Class | Les Volques String Trio InstagramFlyer |
| November 27 | Voice Master Class | Armin Zanner InstagramFlyer |
| December 5 | Saxophone Master Class | Fabrice Moretti InstagramFlyer |
| December 16 | Voice Lecture | Yasushi Matsui InstagramFlyer |
| December 17 | Voice & Piano Master Class | Klaudia Tandl & Gisela Jobstl InstagramFlyer |
| December 18 | Tuba Master Class | Yasuhito Sugiyama InstagramFlyer |
| January 10, 2025 | Voice Master Class | Nicola Mottaran InstagramFlyer |
| January 14, 2025 | Voice Master Class | Luca Gorla InstagramFlyer |
| February 28, 2025 | Vocal Lecture & Lesson | Takumi Oomae InstagramFlyer |
| April 5 | Guidance | TCM Professors |
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| April 12 | Lecture on the Mikimoto Method | Mitsuyo Yamamoto |
| April 19 | Lecture on Mozart and performance | Kikuko Ogura |
| April 26 | Lecture on mental training | Masaomi Iyo Photos |
| May 10 | Lecture on academism in the US | Noriko Ohtake |
| May 17 | Chamber music masterclass and performance | Rieko Suzuki, Akira Wakabayashi Photos |
| May 24 | Performance and lecture on Chopin | Ewa Poblocka |
| May 31 | Lecture on accompaniment | Nobuyuki Hirose |
| June 5 | Piano performance and masterclass | Eliso Virsaladze |
| June 14 | Lecture on concert production | Jun Sawahashi |
| June 21 | Lecture on composition | Celeri Haruhata |
| June 28 | Lecture on Messiaen and performance | Masaaki Yasuda |
| July 5 | Lecture on tuning | Shinya Saito |
| July 12 | Forum on evaluation of music | Tomoaki Yoshida and TCM professors |
| July 19 | Lecture and masterclass on Mozart | Yuka Imamine |
| September 13 | Guidance | TCM professors |
| September 20 | Piano Masterclass | Ronan O’Hora |
| September 25 | Lecture on concert | Masashi Nishimaki |
| September 27 | Lecture on music therapy | Kaoru Sekine |
| October 2 | Lecture on improvisation | Chika Nagisa |
| October 11 | Forum on Chopin | Artur Szklener |
| October 18 | Piano performance and masterclass | Gustavo Romero |
| October 25 | Piano masterclass | Frank Braley |
| November 1 | Piano performance and masterclass | Alex Alguacil |
| November 8 | Lecture on hand and arm issues | Aya Kanazuka |
| November 22 | Lecture on piano and computer | Yoshihiro Kanno |
| November 29 | Lecture on music students’ careers | Paul Hughes |
| December 20 | Piano masterclass | Gerald Fauth |
| January 10 | Piano Masterclass | George Vatchnadze |
| January 17 | Lecture on Piano Technicians | Akira Ochi |
| April 10 | Voice Master Class | Adrian Eröd InstagramPhotoFlyer |
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| April 19 | Piano Master Class | Ronan O’hora Photo |
| May 24 | Composition Lecture | Chun-Hao Ku Flyer |
| June 6 | Violin Master Class | Kyung Sun Lee InstagramFlyer |
| June 7 | Piano Concert | Eliso Virsaladze InstagramFlyer |
| June 19-20 | Cello Master Class | Lluís Claret InstagramPhotoFlyer |
| September 8 | Voice Master Class | Mitsuko Shirai InstagramFlyer |
| September 11 | Voice Master Class | Carlo Colombara InstagramFlyer |
| November 8 | Horn Concert | Přemysl Vojta InstagramFlyer |
| November 21 | Brass Concert | Septura InstagramFlyer |
| November 24 | Percussion Master Class | Franz Schindlbeck InstagramFlyer |
| January 9, 2024 | Vocal Lecture | Takumi Oomae PhotoFlyer |
| January 19, 2024 | Vocal Master Class | Makiko Kinoshita InstagramFlyer |
| February 15, 2024 | Piccolo Master Class | Jean-Louis Beaumadier InstagramFlyer |
| March 4, 2024 | Musical Master Class | Jiro Takano InstagramFlyer |
| April 5 | Guidance | TCM Professors |
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| April 19 | Piano Master Class | Ronan O’hora Photo |
| May 10 | Piano Master Class | Martin Stadtfeld |
| May 17 | Piano Master Class | Eckart Heiligers |
| May 24 | Piano Master Class | Masataka Takada |
| June 7 | Piano Concert | Eliso Virsaladze InstagramFlyer |
| June 21 | Piano Master Class | Yuma Osaki |
| July 12 | Piano Master Class | Henri Sigfridsson |
| July 19 | Piano Master Class | Yuka Imamine |
| September 20 | Piano Master Class | Naoya Otsuka |
| October 4 | Piano Master Class | Pascal Devoyon |
| November 8 | Piano Master Class | Miroslav Kultyshev |
| November 22 | Piano Master Class | Stephan Moller |
| May 25 | Horn Master Class | Saal Berger Flyer |
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| June 8 | Conducting Master Class | Boris Davidovich Belkin |
| June 21 | Conducting Lecture | Isao Takashima/Mansai Omori/Yasuhiro Kondo |
| July 2 | Violin Master Class | Dmitry Sitkovetsky |
| July 26 | Conducting Lecture | Yoichi Nakamura |
| September 20 | Purcussion Master Class | Michael Vladar Flyer |
| October 31 | Cello Master Class | Mario Brunello |
| November 8 | Tuba Master Class | Gene Pokorny |
| November 24 | Tenor Master Class | Arnold Bezuyen |
| November 30 | Piano Master Class | Eliso Virsaladze |
| December 21 | Violin Master Class | Simon Blendis Flyer |
| January 24 | Cello Master Class | Ayumu Kuwata |
| January 30 | Conducting Lecture | Shinji Miyadai |
| February 5 | Saxophone Lecture | Claude Delangle |
| February 14 | Orchestral Excerpts | Ayumu Kuwata |
| March 1 | Flute Master Class | János Bálint Flyer |
| March 18 | Clarinet Master Class | Florent Héau Flyer |
| April 6 | Guidance | TCM Professors |
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| April 20 | Lecture | Midori Takeishi |
| April 27 | Lecture | Srephan Moller |
| May 18 | Piano Master Class | Barry Douglas |
| May 25 | Lecture | Ichiro Nodaira |
| June 1 | Lecture | Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger |
| June 15 | Piano Master Class | Michel Béroff |
| July 6 | Lecture | Aya Kanazuka Photos |
| July 20 | Piano Master Class | Geroge Vatchnadze |
| September 21 | Lecture | Kikuko Ogura |
| October 5 | Piano Master Class | Pascal Devoyon |
| November 16 | Piano Master Class | Miroslav Kultyshev |
| November 30 | Piano Master Class | Elisso Virsaladze |
| January 18 | Seminar | TCM Professors |
| April 17 | Voice Master Class | Luca Gorla |
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| May 8 | Percussion Master Class | Simone Rubino |
| May 10 | Voice Master Class | Raffaele Cortes |
| May 23 / 24 | Violin Master Class | Lucie Robert |
| May 29 | Composition Lecture | Dogen Kinowaki |
| June 7 | Cello Master Class | Lluis Claret |
| June 9 | Lecture “What’s in a Song?” | Patricia Shehan Campbell |
| June 22 | Conducting Master Class | Paavo Jarvi |
| June 26 | Wind Ensemble Master Class | James Barnes |
| September 6 | Voice Master Class | Vincenzo Taramelli |
| September 19 | Composition Lecture | Dogen Kinowaki |
| October 3,4,5 | Conducting Master Class (Violin) | Boris Belkin |
| October 4 | Timpani Master Class | Raymond Curfs |
| October 12 | Viola Master Class | Wilfried Strehle |
| October 14 | Voice Workshop | Ricardo Tamura cancelled |
| October 30 | Voice Master Class | Ricardo Tamura cancelled |
| October 30 | Voice Master Class | Marcella Reale |
| November 11 | Violin Master Class | Shunsuke Sato |
| November 13 | Trumpet Master Class | Pierre Dutot |
| November 22 | Double Bass Master Class | Dominic Seldis |
| November 28 | Horn Master Class | Christoph Ess |
| December 7 | Piano Master Class | Elisso Virsaladze |
| April 18 | Voice Master Class | Ricardo Tamura |
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| April 18 | Flute Master Class | Patrick Gallois |
| April 28 | Composition Lecture | Ivan Fedele |
| June 9 | Cello Master Class | Lluis Claret |
| June 10 | Composition Lecture | Peter Veale |
| June 13 | Voice Master Class | Hiroshi Oga |
| June 16 | Composition Lecture | Yukiko Sugawara |
| June 27 | Percussion Master Class | Adrian Spillett |
| June 28 | Conducting Master Class | Tsugio Tokunaga |
| July 7 | Lecture “Universality and Variability of Music” | Tsuyoshi Hondou |
| October 8 | Percussion Master Class | Thomas Lechner |
| October 31 | Composition Lecture | David Eagle |
| October 31 | Voice Master Class | Akihiro Shiota |
| November 16 | Euphonium Master Class | Bastien Baumet |
| November 24 | Clarinet Master Class | Philippe Berrod |
| November 24 | Horn Master Class | Johannes Hinterholzer |
| December 9 | Conducting Lecture | Tsutomu Ougitani |
| May 8 | Tuba Master Class | Daniel Perantoni |
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| May 20 | Marimba Master Class | David C Panzl |
| May 27 | Violin Master Class | Maxim Vengerov |
| June 11 | Horn Master Class | Szabolcs Zempleni |
| June 15 | Lecture “Contemporary Works and Tuba” 1 |
Shinya Hashimoto |
| June 19 | Kyoto City University of Arts & Tokyo College of Music Conducting Master Class |
Nobutaka Masui |
| June 22 | Voice Master Class | Makiko Kinoshita |
| June 26 | Flute Master Class | William Bennett |
| July 16 | Voice Master Class | Stefano Mastrangelo |
| September 14 | Voice Master Class | Katherine Paterson |
| September 18 | Composition Lecture “Exploring New Possibilities for Woodwind Quintet” |
Slowind Woodwind Quintet |
| October 7 | Trumpet Master Class | Pasi Pirinen |
| October 16 | Composition Lecture | FLUX Quartet / Eric Huebner |
| October 16 | Lecture “Contemporary Works and Tuba” 2 |
Shinya Hashimoto |
| November 10 | Clarinet Master Class | Charles Neidich |
| December 2 | Conducting Lecture | Tsutomu Ogitani |
| December 15 | Cello Master Class | Hidemi Suzuki |
| February 22 | Voice Master Class | Yuka Takara |
| April 16 | Cello Master Class | Wen-Sinn Yang |
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| May 15 | Violin Master Class | Irina Tseitlin |
| May 29 | Oboe Master Class | Filippe Tondre |
| June 3 | Violin Master Class | Maxim Vengerov |
| June 20 | Trumpet Master Class | Anthony Plog |
| June 30 | Lecture / Talk | Osvaldo Golijov |
| October 2 | Flute Master Class | Renate Greiss-Armin |
| October 10 | Composition Master Class (Accordion) | Stefan Hussong |
| November 10 | Conducting Master Class | Niels Muus |
| November 19 | Harp Master Class | Béatrice Guillermin |
| November 20 | Voice Individual Lessons | Vladimir Voronin |
| December 6 | Symposium / Concert | Doctoral Course A Wu Wei Hong Yoo |
| December 8 | Composition Lecture | Benjamin Attahir |
| December 15 | Cello Lecture | Hidemi Suzuki |
| December 16 | Cello Master Class | Hidemi Suzuki |
| December 18 | Conducting Lecture | Tsutomu Ogitani |
| Jan. 21 | Voice Master Class | Marcella Reale |
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| April 16 | Cello Master Class | Wen-Sinn Yang |
| April 23 | Violin Individual Lessons | Koh Gabriel Kameda |
| June 3 | Composition Lecture | Allain Gaussin |
| June 25/26 | Cello Lecture / Master Class | Hidemi Suzuki |
| July 8 | Composition Lecture | Michiko Hirayama / Maki Ohta |
| July 9 | Conducting Master Class | Boris Belkin |
| July 11 | Percussion Master Class / Individual Lessons | Bogdan Bacanu / The Wave Quartet |
| October 4 | Voice Master Class / Individual Lessons | Julio Alexis Munoz |
| October 18 | Composition Lecture | Zbigniew Skowron |
| October 21 | Composition Lecture | Gaku Yamada |
| October 29 | Euphnium Master Class | David Childs |
| November 14 | Percussion Master Class / Individual Lessons | Isao Nakamura |
| November 19 | Voice Master Class | Raffaele Cortesi |
| December 3 | String Quartet Master Class | Szymanowski Quartet |
| December 4 | Voice Individual Lessons | Raffaele Cortesi |
| October 12-13 | Baroque Cello Master Class / Lecture | Hidemi Suzuki |
| January 15 | Bass-Trombone Master Class / Performance | Paul Milner |
| October 25-26 | Percussion/Orchestra Master Class | Michel Vladar |
| November 4 | Cello Master Class & Individual Lesson | Luis Claret |
| November 16 | Piano Individual Lesson | Christopher Elton |
| December 6 | Conducting Master Class | Pietari Inkinen |
| January 21 | Tuba Lecture | Shinya Hashimoto |
