ITAKURA, Yasuaki

"Born in 1960 in Tokyo. He started his musical education by his mother who was very high-level amateur singer for the singing and the piano playing.
After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he received a scholarship from the French Government to continue his studies of clarinet in France with Guy Deplus, and graduated from the Conservatiore Municipal de Paris and Conservatoire Natinal superieur de Musique de Paris.
He was also formed as a complete musician by Madame Henriette Puig-Roget.
Since his return to Japan in 1984, he has performed extensively in recitals, chamber music, contemporary music concerts and concerti with orchestra all over in Japan and worldwide as a clarinet soloist.
In 1994,he created the Tokyo Sinfonietta, a chamber orchestra who devotes  himself to create contemporary music in Japan. 
He appears regularly at the Summer Festival by the Suntory Music Foundation with Tokyo Sinfonietta, of which he is director and conductor. 
He has been also invited as a conductor to many international music festivals including ""Music from Japan"" in New York(1992), ""October in Normandy"", ISCM in Seoul, Brisbane Music Festival, Alicante Music Festival(2000)  Schreyahn Herbest(2004).Festival Presences(2008,Paris),Gaudeamus music festival(2006,amsterdam),Festival A tempo (2006 Caracas)Week end of Radio France(2012,Paris) and Producer of Suntory summer festival(2016).
And also he collaborated with Maestro Seiji OZAWA at his “Saitou Kinen festival”
His activities as a guest conductor are very extended, among these, the concert with Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine had a great success with French repertories.
And he takes regularly his responsibility with NHK(Japanese broadcast) to create new orchestral works with Tokyo Philharmonic orchestra.
For lyric repertory, with his acknowledgement of French,he conducts “Carmen”.
But also he teaches at the college the class of “Coaching opera singers-corepetiteur)” shows his ability as an opera conductor.Of course,he created Operas in Japanese.
For ballet,he has a lot of experience as a pianist.
His repertory has no border, he conducts at the concert of vary famous Japanese popular singer (Noriyuki MAKIHARA) for his concert with an orchestra.
He respects always the music and text to give a life in actual society. And his human relationship between France,Austria,Germany, and Japan will help the development of musical seance.
As a autodidact composer,he composed over 10 works,among these,”The morning at the Sea” for Japansese instruments ensemble commissioned by NHK is now on hire by Zen-On
Actually, he is music director and conductor of ""Tokyo Sinfonietta"" from 2001.
Invited professor to Kunitachi college of music(Toikyo)
Formateur of PESMD Bordeaux-Nouvelle Aquitaine.