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Nobuya Sugawa is an internationally acclaimed saxophonist whom Japan is very much proud of. He studied saxophone at Tokyo University of Arts (formerly named Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) with the late Yuichi Omuro. He has won the highest prizes in the Wind Instrument Category in the 51st Music Competition of Japan and for the Saxophone category in the 1st Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. He has received the Idemitsu Music Award and the Muramatsu Award. He was featured in JT\u2019s Musician Series, and his appearance in its TV commercials brought him overwhelming popularity. His other activities include the performance of the theme music for \u2018Sakura,\u2019 a popular daily TV drama series broadcasted on NHK from April to September 2002: and other numerous appearances on TV and radio programs.<\/p>\n
He plays about 100 concerts every year. Additionally, he has taken himself to more than 20 countries to hold recitals and teach master classes.<\/p>\n
He has made more than 30 CD albums on different Japanese and overseas labels. These albums introduce us not only his new repertoires, but also his works with masterly musicians in various genres, like Ron Carter and Martin Taylor. There are many pieces written for him and many of them have been published. Along with his albums, they have revealed new musical horizons for the classical saxophone, having a considerable influence across the world.<\/p>\n
He has performed with almost all orchestras of Japan including NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo. Outside the country, he has performed with BBC Philharmonic, Wu\u0308rttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, and Orchestra d\u2019Harmonie de la Garde Re\u0301publicaine.<\/p>\n
Since his debut, he has actively requested many remarkable composers to write new pieces for him. Many of these works, premiered by him, have become internationally popular and been added to the important classical saxophone repertoires of the 20th and 21st centuries. Some examples among many are; \u2018Fuzzy Bird Sonata\u2019 and \u2018Cyber Bird Concerto\u2019 by Takashi Yoshimatsu, \u2018Saxophone Concerto “Esse in Anima\u201d \u2019 by Akira Nishimura, \u2018Saxophone Concerto\u2019 by Edward Gregson, \u2018Cinnamon Concerto\u2019 by Martin Ellerby, \u2018Dance of Uzume\u2019 by Piet Swerts, \u2018Concerto du Vent\u2019 by Toshiyuki Honda, \u2018La lune en paradise\u2019 and \u2018Paganini Lost\u2019 by Jun Nagao, and \u2018BIRDS-A Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band\u2019 by Toshio Mashima.<\/p>\n
Particularly, \u2018Fuzzy Bird Sonata\u2019 by Takashi Yoshimatsu has led him to the limelight in the international music arena. He has been since recognized as \u201cMr. Fuzzy Bird\u201d as well as \u201cMr. Sugawa.\u201d Hailed as a musician with an outstanding style, he has been receiving broad attention of other saxophonists across the world.<\/p>\n
He has assumed a role of the concert master of Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra for almost 22 years from 1989 through 2010. He received \u2018Hamamatsu Art and Culture Special Award\u2019 in 1996, and has been appointed as an ambassador of Hamamatsu City \u2018YARAMAIKA\u2019 in 2009.<\/p>\n
Currently along with the activities as a soloist, he performs as a member of Trouve\u0300re Quartet. He also serves as the resident conductor of Yamaha Symphonic Band, and is a visiting professor of Tokyo University of Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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