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MIKAI Tatsuyoshi
Clarinet
Born in: Tokyo, Japan
1st place, Wind Section, The 23rd Tokyo Music Competition 2025
Musical Study Experiences
March 2019 Graduated from the clarinet course of the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, winning Acanthus Music Prize and Doseikai Prize
March 2021 Received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, winning the Acanthus Music Prize for the graduate school
Teachers
Studied under MIKAI Hidemi, NODA Yusuke, YAMAMOTO Masaharu, TOGAME Masashi, and ITO Kei.
Musical Careers
| 2021 | 3rd Place, Clarinet Category, the 90th Music Competition of Japan |
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| 2023 | Semifinalist, the 6th Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition |
| 2025 | 1st Place, Wind Section, the 23rd Tokyo Music Competition |
| Present | Principal clarinet of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra |
Further Activities
In 2018, Mikai performed Kalevi AHO’s clarinet concerto with the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo; led by YAMASHITA Kazufumi; in the morning concert at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2022, he performed Salvatore SCIARRINO’s clarinet concerto “Che sai guardiano, della notte?” as Japan premiere at the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra’s Discovery Series concert, conducted by SHIMONO Tatsuya. Added to these activities, he has also joined the Saito Kinen Orchestra.
As to his grant history, he became a recipient of the overseas training grant of the Hironao Seki Memorial Culture and Arts Foundation in 2018.
Currently, Mikai is a part time teacher at Elisabeth University of Music and Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen, as well as a member of The Narmen Clarinet Ensemble and the principal clarinet of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra.
Repertoire
Mikai has been working on a wide range of repertoire from works written by Romantic composers, such as Mozart and Beethoven, to those written by contemporary composers, including Jörg WIDMANN and Kalevi AHO. He excels in clear expressions of harmony and rhythms, led by his base of musicality, which is layers of his childhood experiences of playing percussion, piano, and guitar.