～Wind and Wood - Concert by woodwind ensemble

Familiar pieces supervised and delivered for woodwind ensemble.
A large ensemble of woodwinds only, including some instruments that are only occasionally used in brass bands and orchestras.
Each piece is a premiere in terms of composition.
Please come to the hall and enjoy the unique sound of "that piece" by woodwind ensemble alone.

Conductor: Kento Takeuchi
Born in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Takeuchi began playing the piano at age 4 and the saxophone at age 10.
After graduating from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music with a major in saxophone, he graduated from the Department of Conducting, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.
He won the Gold Prize in the JBA Solo Contest Fukuoka Prefecture with saxophone.
He was selected for the 10th All-Japan High School Selected Brass Band and performed at the Vienna Opera House.
Selected as a finalist for the 2016 WMC-WBAS Intercontinental Conducting Course in conducting.
In 2018, he conducted a performance of "The Magic Flute" organized by Tokyo Opera.
In 2019, he is the Assistant Conductor of the Blue Island version of "The Magic Flute" organized by Hiroshi Aoshima.
He performed with the Kitakyushu Grand Philharmonic, the first permanent orchestra in Kitakyushu.
In 2021, he will conduct the Blue Island version of "Die Fledermaus".
Attended several master classes by Tadaaki Otaka, Jolt Naji, László Tihany, and Douglas Bostock.
He has studied piano with Yumiko Kamioka, Soichiro Tobaase, and Masaru Yoshitake; saxophone with Noriko Eguchi and Masato Ikegami; chamber music with Yoshiyuki Hattori; and conducting with Tsunanobu Kawamoto, Hideomi Kuroiwa, Kazushi Yamashita, and Ken Takaseki.

She has studied conducting under Tsunanobu Kawamoto, Hideomi Kuroiwa, Kazushi Yamashita, and Ken Takaseki, and concert mistress and soloist Ayaka Nakajima.
Born in Gunma Prefecture, Nakajima began playing the trumpet at the age of 9 and the clarinet at 12. Studied clarinet under Osamu Chiba, Kenichiro Matsuo, and Stefan Neu Bauer. He also studied chamber music under Kenichiro Matsuo, Kazushi Suzuki, and Shuhei Isobe.
Graduated from Toho College of Music. Completed the Advanced Course at Toho College of Music. While a student, he made a concert tour in Austria, Germany, and Hungary.
Worked as a soloist for the clarinetist of the Orchestre dell'Opera Italia in Japan.
Performed a joint recital by two clarinetists.
While promoting music as a member and trainer of the Gunma Academy of Music and Arts Wind Orchestra, she performed as a representative soloist of the Gunma Academy of Music and Arts at the Lake Haruna Music Festival.
Currently, she is a member of the Toho College of Music's practical and performance staff. She is also a member of the Toho College of Music Wind Orchestra Special Unit. She has appeared on a CD of free compositions in competitions.