Shiho Toyonaga
Shiho Toyonaga, originario de Japón, ha estado tocando la viola con orquestas en el área de Chicago. Es la violista principal asistente de la Sinfónica del Noroeste de Indiana y sus interpretaciones de música de cámara han sido transmitidas en vivo por WFMT. Actualmente forma parte del cuerpo docente de la Universidad de North Park en Chicago y tiene una maestría en interpretación de viola del Instituto Peabody de la Universidad Johns Hopkins.
Actualizado en abril de 2009
Historias de Este Autor
The Clear Sounds of Tetsuo Matsuda
30 de abril de 2009 • Shiho Toyonaga
The first time I heard of Tetsuo Matsuda was in 1992 in Tokyo. I was a violin student at a music conservatory in Tokyo and had just discovered and become infatuated by the dark rich sound of the viola. This is an often overlooked instrument of the string family. The viola is larger than a violin with a different set of strings but still played on the shoulder. A Japanese professor from the Julliard Conservatory in New York City was …
