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 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 Flyer |
| 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 |
