Tuba
2nd place (Top prize) , and Audience Award, Brass Section, The 14th Tokyo Music Competition 2016

Musical Study Experiences

2011 Graduated from the Music Department of Ibaraki Prefectural Mito 3rd High School
2016 Graduated from the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo College of Music

Teachers

Studied tuba under Kubo Kazunori, Tanaka Shinsuke and Tsugita Shinpei
Studied chamber music under Yamamoto Takashi, Hokazono Shoichiro, Andre Henry, Tsuken Naohiro and Mizuno Nobuyuki

Musical Careers

2016	2nd Place (Top Prize) and Audience Award, Brass Section, the 14th Tokyo Music Competition 2016 2nd Place, Tuba Category, the 33rd Japan Wind and Percussion Competition

Further Activities

Kimura is actively working on not just orchestra and solo performances but also chamber ensembles including brass quintets, sextets, decets, and quartets with tuba and euphonium.

Repertoire

Major pieces including tuba solos, chamber music, concertos, and orchestra music.
I am studying compositions written for other instruments from the Baroque to contemporary and also working on program creations covering pop and musicals for the audience with wide range of generations.

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