Tokyo Music Competition
HOZAKI Yu
Bassoon
Born in: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
3rd place, Wind Section, The 19th Tokyo Music Competition 2021
Musical Study Experiences
March 2012 Graduated from the music course of Toho Daini Senior High School affiliated to Toho College of Music
March 2016 Graduated from the Instrumental Music course of the Bachelor of Music program, Tokyo College of Music as a scholarship recipient
March 2020 Received master's degree from the Winds and Percussion field under the Instrumental Music course of the Master of Music program, Tokyo College of Music (recipient of a scholarship second to the full tuition waiver)
September 2021 Continues his study in the doctoral program for music at Tokyo College of Music (recipient of a scholarship second to the full tuition waiver)
Teachers
Previously, studied bassoon under YOSHIZAWA Shinichi, SUZUKI Hitoshi, and Volker TESSMANN.
Taught chamber music by NAKANO Mari, SHINOHE Seiki, YASUHARA Riki, MIYAMOTO Fumiaki, while learning basso continuo with WATANABE Yoshio.
Took master classes of Matthias RACZ and Sophie DERVAUX.
Currently, studies bassoon under MIZUTANI Kazusa and musicology (for dissertation advices) under TAKEISHI Midori.
Musical Careers
| 2011 | 5th Place, Wind Category, High School Male Division, the 21st Japan Classical Music Competition 3rd Place, Wind Category, High School Division, the 21st Junior Classical Music Competition in Japan Kawagoe Mayor Award, the 7th Japan Solo Competition for The Stringed, Wind, and Percussion Instruments organized by Toho College of Music |
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| 2012 | 2nd Place, Bassoon Category, High School Course, the 14th Japan Junior Wind and Percussion Competition |
| 2015 | 3rd Place, Wind and Percussion Category, the 14th Tokyo College of Music Competition |
| 2021 | 3rd Place, Wind Section, the 19th Tokyo Music Competition |
Further Activities
During his university years, Hozaki performed in solo and chamber subscription concerts.
He joined Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XV as well.
Since 2019, he has been assigned as a teaching assistant (chamber and symphony orchestras) at Tokyo College of Music.
He studied in Berlin receiving grants from the Hironao Seki Memorial Culture and Arts Foundation and German Academic Exchange Service in 2018.
Other scholarships he received include: The Fukushima Foundation for master's degree in 2018 and 2019, and for doctoral degree from 2020 to present.
Other than his performing careers, he has written program notes for concerts and some of his dissertations have been published, including "Bassoon concertos by the musicians related to Count Morzin" on Bulletin of the doctoral programs, Tokyo College of Music (peer reviewed journal).
Repertoire
Mainly I have been doing a research (master's and doctoral dissertations) on bassoon concertos of Bohemia area in the 18th century. As to solo, chamber, and orchestral music, I have been working on various pieces ranging from Baroque to the 20th century and later. Those pieces include early music using harpsichords and works containing jazz elements.