Tatsuyoshi Mikai

Born in Tokyo. He studied the clarinet under Hidemasa MIKI, Yusuke Noda, Masaharu YAMAMOTO, Masashi TUKAME and Kei ITO. He completed a master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts after completing the Department of Instrumental Music. He received the Acanthus Music Award and the Co-op Award upon graduation from the university faculty. Appeared in the concert of the new guy. Received the Graduate Acanthus Music Prize upon completion of graduate school. 3rd prize in clarinet at the 90th Japan Music Competition. Semi-finalist at the 6th Jack Lancelot International Competition. Salvatore Sciarrino's Clarinet Concerto, "O Night Watch, What Do You Know?" Japan Premiere at Hiroshiki Discovery Performance. He has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra of the University of the Arts and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. 2018 Seki Art Foundation Overseas Trainee. He is currently a part-time lecturer at the Elisabeth University of Music, a part-time lecturer at Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University, a member of The Narmen Clarinet Ensemble, and the principal clarinetist of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra.