Yasuaki ITAKURA
Music Director
After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he received a scholarship from the French Government to continue his studies of clarinet in France with Guy Deplus, and graduated from the Conservatiore Municipal de Paris and conservatoire Natinal superieur de Musique de Paris.
He was also formed as a complete musicien by Madame Henriette Puig-Roget.
Since his return to Japan in 1984, he has performed extensively in recitals, chamber music,contemporary music concerts and concerti with orchestra all over in Japan.
He appears regularly at the Summer Festival by the Suntory Music Foundation with Tokyo Sinfonietta, of which he is director and conductor.
He has also invited to several international music festivals including "Music from Japan" in New York(1992), "October in Normandy", ISCM in Seoul, Brisbane Music Festival, Alicante Music Festival(2000) and Schreyahn Herbest(2004).
Actually he is music director and conductor of "Tokyo Sinfonietta".