Hirofumi Yoshida

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Hirofumi Yoshida was born in 1968. He earned the bachelor's degree at the Tokyo College of music conducting department, as well as post graduate course. He studied conducting under Yasuhiko Shiozawa, Jun'ichi Hirokami and Yujiro Tsuda, piano under Yukiko Okafuji, double bass under Mitsuru Onozaki, and musicology with Reiko Arima and Tomiko Kojiba. Moreover, he has been involved in numerous opera productions as an assistant of Shigeo Genda.

In 1994 through 1995, he studied conducting with Hans Graf and Julius Karlman at the Vienna National University of Music, master course, receiving a diploma. In the year 1996 he studied under Myung-Whun Chung and Yuri Temirkanov at the Musical Accademia Chigiana, master course. In August, he was a laureate of the 19th Master Players International Conducting Competition in Valsolda, Italy. From 1994 to 1999, he was the assistant mainly for the Nikikai Opera Promotion Association, and was involved in masterpieces of Mozart such as "Magic Flute", "Le Nozze di Figaro", and "Cosi Fan Tutte".

In 2000 he was chosen as one of the trainees to study abroad by the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs, and moved to Europe where he studied at the Bayern National Opera Theater, Mannheim National Opera Theater, and the Malmo Opera Theater (Sweden). At the Malmo Opera Theater, he was involved mainly in Italian operas such as "Aida", "Turandot" and "Tosca". In Mannheim and Bayern Theaters, he participated in many operas as an assistant of Jun Markl.
In 2001, he was chosen as the preliminary Asian nominee at the Maazel/Vilar Conductor's Competition.
In 2002, Mr. Yoshida was awarded the Most Promising Young Talent Prize in the Opera Division of the Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award. He was the first conductor in history to receive the award, which made him do further studies in Rome.

In 2003, he earned a scholarship from Rohm Music Foundation, and as a special research trainee, he has been studying at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. As an assistant of Nello Santi, Mr. Yoshida has been involved in operas such as "La Boheme", "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", and "Tosca", and has studied with several maestros at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In May of 2005, he conducted "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Rigoletto" with the ensemble members of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and made his debut in Rome. He was engaged as a Principal Guest Conductor of Adygeya Republic National Symphony Orchestra in Russia.

Mr. Yoshida has conducted in numerous orchestras such as the Cadaques Festival Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adygeya Republic National Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Japan Symphony Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Eterna. In 2003 he was engaged as a Principal Guest Conductor of Adygeya Republic National Symphony Orchestra in Russia. His domestic activities as a conductor include performances with the Nikikai Opera Promotion Association, Nissei Theatre, Mito Theatre, Fuchu Civic Opera, Funabashi Civic Opera, Ichikawa Opera Promotion Association, Yokohama City Opera and many more. Escecially with the Ichikawa Opera, he took and important part as an assistant for the Japan premiere of "Le Villi" and "La Rondine", and performed several works by Puccini, such as "Tosca". He has been the music director of the Ichikawa Opera since 2004.

In 2005, he won the 3rd prize at the 1st International Opera Conducting Competition in Memoriam Bela Bartok in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After that, he made his debut with the Transylvania Symphony Orchestra in Romania, and performances with the Budapest Concert Orchestra(MAV Szimfonikus Zenekar). He performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in the Gala Concert of the 15th Anniversary of the Gotoh Memorial Cultural Foundation, and the transcription concerts of Toyama City Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the season of 2006, Mr. Yoshida is engaged with concerts such as the Nippon television program "Midnight Concert" with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, performances with the Narashino Philharmonic Orchestra, the opera "Magic Flute", "Suol Angelica", and the Asia premiere of Puccini's opera "Edgar", as well as performances with the Keio Wagner Society Orchestra at the Musikvereinsaal(Vienna) and Smetana Hall(Prague). In April, he will conduct the "Firebird" at the Trieste Opera House with the theTeatro dell'Opera di Roma Ballet company, and in October he will perform at the San Remo Music Festival Gala concert (with a National RAI television on air all over Italy), and moreover, in the fall, he has concerts coming up at Seoul and other international cities with theTeatro dell'Opera di Roma and Shanghai Opera house.
Mr. Yoshida is the artistic director of the Ichikawa Opera, and a special professor at the Toho College of Music and the graduate school. He currently lives in Rome.
In 2006, He will be installed as Direttore principale stabile of Teatro del Giglio di Lucca and Direttore musicale di LUCCA PUCCINI OPERA fesival. (Up dated 8 NOV 2005)