Yasutomo Ogitani

Larsen Strings for Violin

About Yasutomo

​Yasutomo Ougitani started studying music at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1998 and completed his studies in 2000 after studying at Toho Gakuen Music High School (co-educational) and in the Music Department of Toho Gakuen College. While at Toho Gakuen College, he won a prize in the 62nd Music Competition of Japan.

Mr. Ougitani served as concertmaster for the Royal Chamber Orchestra, where he was also a soloist. During his time in Brussels, he established a chamber orchestra at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and led successful concert tours in Germany in 2000 and in Japan in 2002 as concertmaster.

In the field of chamber music, he formed the Crystal Quartet. As a violist, he won the Paper de Música international competition in Spain in 2001, and has performed in Belgium, Spain, and elsewhere. Mr. Ougitani returned to Japan in 2002, and assumed the post of concertmaster for the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra in July 2004. Since April 2006, he has also been serving as solo concertmaster for the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, making him solo concertmaster for both orchestras.

Aside from that, he performs in the Miyazaki Music Festivals, the JT Art Hall Chamber Music Series, the Saito Kinen Festivals, and others. Mr. Ougitani has studied under Hidetaka Murayama, Masami Tomioka, Yukari Fukushima, Tsugio Tokunaga, and Igor Oistrakh.