Yukihiro Ikeda
Japanese musician
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| Intro | Japanese musician | |||
| Places | Japan | |||
| is | Musician Tuba player | |||
| Work field | Music | |||
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| Instruments: | Tuba | |||
| Birth | 1975, Shimada, Japan | |||
| Age | 50 years | |||
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Biography
Yukihiro Ikeda (池田 幸広, Ikeda Yukihiro, born 1975) is a Japanese tubist.
Biography
After graduating from Kunitachi College of Music, he joined Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band in 1998.
In 2003, he auditioned for NHK Symphony Orchestra, who was seeking a new tubist to replace the retiring tubist, Ikuzo Tado, who had played for 38 years. As a result of the tryout, he was officially accepted as a tubist of NHK Symphony Orchestra on May 1, 2005.
As of 2010, Ikeda is also a member of Japan Tuba Soloists, Tokyo Brass Symphony and Nagisa Brass Solisten.
Awards
- Japan Wind and Percussion Competition (Category Tuba): 1st Prize (1998)
- International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen (Category Tuba): 4th Prize (2000)