Tsuji Isao

Marigaux Oboe

1959 Born in Tokyo.

1978 Graduated from the Music High School attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.

1982 Graduated from the Music Department of the Tokyo University of the Arts. He has studied oboe with Takehiko Nitori, Yoshio Umehara, Seizo Suzuki, Yoko Kojima and Winfried Liebermann.

He won the Music Competition of Japan in the same year.

1985 Won 2nd place at the First International Oboe Competition. (No 1st place offered).

1986 Favorable debut in Tokyo at the 1st Performance Today hosted by Sony Music Foundation.

1987 Graduated from Hochschule für Musik Detmold as a top of the class. Studied with Helmut Winschermann and Gernot Schmalfuss during his school years.

1992 Held a Recital at Suntory Hall.

1995 Held a Recital at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall.

1999 Held a Recital at Casals Hall.

As a member of Tokyo Symphonietta, he has performed in Japan, France, Germany, Spain etc.

Currently he is a principal of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, and a guest professor at Sen zoku Gakuen College of Music.