Violinists Toshiya Eto and Koji Toyoda were amongst the first students of the famous music educator Shinichi Suzuki after he returned to Japan from studying in Germany. At that time, Koji Toyoda was only three and a half. During World War II, his studies with Suzuki were discontinued when Koji was evacuated from Tokyo. After losing both parents during the war, Koji stayed with his uncle and worked at a sake shop. Post war efforts of Suzuki to locate his student by radio announcement brought Koji under Suzuki's care. He continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris where he studied with Professor Benedetti. He graduated there with a diploma in six months in order to study with George Enesco, as suggested by his former teacher Suzuki. By this time George Enesco was very old and weak, and died 30 months after he started teaching Koji. Later, Koji heard Arthur Grumiaux play at a concert and decided to pursue his teaching. He has then become one of Grumiaux' best students, together with another Japanese violinist, Tomiko Shida.[3]
He was the concertmaster of the Berlin Radio-Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1979, a professor at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin from 1979 to 2000, as well as one of the founders and the first music director of the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy and Festival, and the director of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra. He assumed the Presidency of the Talent Education Research Institute, (Suzuki method) after Shinichi Suzuki died in 1998.[6] Some of his compositions are published by the Zen-on Music Publishing Co., Japan.
koji, toyoda, japanese, classical, musician, born, hamamatsu, 1933, birth, nameborn, 1933, september, 1933, japan, tokyogenresclassicaloccupation, violinist, pedagogue, composerinstrument, violinbiography, editviolinists, toshiya, were, amongst, first, student. Koji Toyoda is a Japanese classical musician He was born in Hamamatsu in 1933 1 2 Koji ToyodaBirth nameKoji ToyodaBorn 1933 09 01 1 September 1933 age 90 Japan TokyoGenresClassicalOccupation s violinist pedagogue composerInstrument s ViolinBiography editViolinists Toshiya Eto and Koji Toyoda were amongst the first students of the famous music educator Shinichi Suzuki after he returned to Japan from studying in Germany At that time Koji Toyoda was only three and a half During World War II his studies with Suzuki were discontinued when Koji was evacuated from Tokyo After losing both parents during the war Koji stayed with his uncle and worked at a sake shop Post war efforts of Suzuki to locate his student by radio announcement brought Koji under Suzuki s care He continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris where he studied with Professor Benedetti He graduated there with a diploma in six months in order to study with George Enesco as suggested by his former teacher Suzuki By this time George Enesco was very old and weak and died 30 months after he started teaching Koji Later Koji heard Arthur Grumiaux play at a concert and decided to pursue his teaching He has then become one of Grumiaux best students together with another Japanese violinist Tomiko Shida 3 He received the Bach medal of the Harriet Cohen International Music Award in London and also awards at international competitions in Paris Brussels 4 5 and Geneva s Concours International d Execution Musicale 2 He was the concertmaster of the Berlin Radio Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1979 a professor at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin from 1979 to 2000 as well as one of the founders and the first music director of the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy and Festival and the director of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra He assumed the Presidency of the Talent Education Research Institute Suzuki method after Shinichi Suzuki died in 1998 6 Some of his compositions are published by the Zen on Music Publishing Co Japan See also editPedagogy Suzuki method Music education Harriet Cohen International Music AwardReferences edit https web archive org web 20040925141843 http www landesmusikakademie sachsen anhalt de 2004 AnmToyoda 2004engl pdf Archived from the original PDF on September 25 2004 Retrieved July 13 2007 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help a b Time magazine Suzuki Shinichi amp Waltraud 1983 1966 Nurtured by Love http www suzukimethod or jp English E mthd42 html Suzuki Method Website Archived September 27 2007 at the Wayback Machine Home Premiopaganini American String Teacher page 24 February 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Koji Toyoda amp oldid 1185717866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
