Hideyo Shinagawa

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. After studying at the Paris Conservatory, they earned first prizes in both chamber music and clarinet. They also won first place at the European International Music Competition and the Leopold Bellan Music Competition. In 2013, they joined the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. They have participated in various prestigious music festivals, including the Les Azur Festival, La Canourgue Music Festival, Kyoto Arts Festival, Miyazaki International Music Festival, Affinis Summer Music Festival, and Beppu Argerich Music Festival. In January 2017, they performed as the soloist in the Japanese premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's Clarinet Concerto "Metamorphosis" with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama as part of the Discovery Series. They studied clarinet with Tadashige Takeda, Isamu Omori, and Michel Arrignon, chamber music with Jean-François Benatti, and conducting with Yasufumi Tokitomi. They are currently a Principal Clarinetist with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, a Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University Faculty of Education, and a Part-time Lecturer at Elisabeth University of Music and Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University. They also serve as a consulting instructor for Buffet Crampon Japan.