Akiko Tatsumi
Violin
About
Akiko Tatsumi, distinguished Japanese violinist and pedagogue, is President of Toho Gakuen University and the Toho Gakuen Graduate Institute of Music.
She studied with Saburo Sumi, Hideo Saito and Saschko Gawriloff in Berlin, and made her solo debut with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Her distinctions include the German Music Critics’ Prize. She has performed with leading orchestras internationally.
A dedicated advocate of contemporary music, she gave the world premiere of Isang Yun’s Violin Concerto No. 1. As an acclaimed pedagogue, she leads international masterclasses and serves on major competition juries. Since 2005, she has directed the International Music Academy Courchevel in Kasama and, since 2009, Violin Festa Tokyo.