Tokyo Music Competition
MIZUNO Toki
Double bass
Born in: Aichi Prefecture, Japan
1st place, String Section, The 21st Tokyo Music Competition 2023
Musical Study Experiences
March 2022 Graduated from Tokai Senior High School
March 2026 Graduated from the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
Teachers
Previously, studied under SAKAKIBARA Toshinobu, YOSHIDA Shu, IKEMATSU Hiroshi, and ISHIKAWA Shigeru.
Musical Careers
| 2019 | Grand Prix (overall winner of all categories), The 1st Izuminomori Contrabass Competition |
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| 2023 | 1st Place, String Section, the 21st Tokyo Music Competition 2nd Place, Strings Category, Age-U Division, the 24th Osaka International Music Competition |
| Present | Principal double bass of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Core member of the Japan National Orchestra |
Further Activities
Mizuno won the Acanthus Music Prize, Fukushima Prize, Ataka Prize, and the MIYATA Ryohei Scholarship at the University.
He is also a scholarship recipient of the Aoyama Music Foundation in the fiscal year 2024.
He performed as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, and the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra.
Other appearances in public include the following:
⁃ La Folle Journée TOKYO
⁃ Spring Festival in Tokyo
⁃ Miyazaki International Music Festival
⁃ Kitakyushu International Music Festival
⁃ Aoi umi to mori no ongakusai (Music Festival of Blue Sea and Forests)
⁃ Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
⁃ Morning Concert at the Sogakudo Concert Hall of Tokyo University of the Arts.
⁃ Geidai Chamber Music Concert No.51
⁃ NHK-FM radio program “Recital Passio”
As to his recitals, Mizuno has held at the Nippon Steel Kioi Hall and the Makomanai Rokkatei's Hall to mention a few.
Repertoire
BOTTESINI: Double Bass Concerto No.2
KOUSSEVITZKY: Double Bass Concerto
ROTA: Divertimento concertante
GLIÈRE: 4 Pieces
SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata
PAGANINI: Moses Fantasy
SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro
and more
Further Profiles
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