Takuo Yuasa (湯浅卓雄, Yuasa Takuo, born 1949) is a Japanese conductor born in Osaka, where he studied piano, cello, flute and clarinet. At 18 he left Japan to study at the University of Cincinnati in the USA, where he completed a Bachelor Degree in Theory and Composition. Later on he moved to Europe to study conducting at the Hochschule in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, after which he studied with Igor Markevich in France and Franco Ferrara in Siena. H...
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Takuo Yuasa (湯浅卓雄, Yuasa Takuo, born 1949) is a Japanese conductor born in Osaka, where he studied piano, cello, flute and clarinet. At 18 he left Japan to study at the University of Cincinnati in the USA, where he completed a Bachelor Degree in Theory and Composition. Later on he moved to Europe to study conducting at the Hochschule in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, after which he studied with Igor Markevich in France and Franco Ferrara in Siena. He then became assistant to Lavra von Matacic, working with him in Monte Carlo, Milan and Vienna. Since winning a Special Award at the Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice, Poland, Takuo has frequently conducted the major orchestras there, including the Warsaw National Philharmonic and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestras.
Back in his home of Japan, Takuo Yuasa conducts several major Japanese orchestras including the Japan Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, and the New Japan Philharmonic orchestras. Recent...
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