Takao Hyakutome

Takao Hyakutome - violin

Takao Hyakutome was born in Sapporo, Japan. He started his violin lessons at the age of 4 in the Murayama Violin School. From 2001 he continued with Ms. Eiko Ichikawa and with Prof. Sachika Mizuno in Tokyo until he met a violinist Maestro Roby Lakatos, with whom Takao performed concerts together in Tokyo. Maestro Lakatos recommended Takao to Prof. Dirk Verelst, who by 2003 had taken him on as a violin student at Koninklijk Vlaams Conservatorium, Antwerp, Belgium and Conservatorium Maastricht, the Netherlands, where he has obtained the Bachelor Diploma in 2006 and the Postgraduate Diploma in 2008. While he studied also composition with Prof. Wim Henderickx, he has received the Academic Master of Music Diploma with great distinction in violin at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp in 2011.
Takao won prizes in international competitions such as: Canetti International Violin Competition 2004. Cremona. Italy (special prize) 6th Music Award Maastricht 2006. Maastricht. the Netherlands (2nd prize) 3rd Henri Koch International Violin Concours 2006. Liege. Belgium (2nd prize) 12th International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music 2008. Cracow. Poland (soloist 3rd prize) 1st International Violin Solo Competition 2008, Cremona, Italy (2nd prize and special prize "Premio Luppi") 3rd Premio "Francesco Geminiani" 2008. Verona. Italy (1st prize with mention of honour) 2nd International Violin Solo Competition 2010, Cremona, Italy (1st prize)
He was a solo violinist of the Gala Concert 2005 in Conservatorium Antwerpen, performed "Tzigane" by Maurice Ravel with the Gala Concert Orchestra. In 2008 summer, he made a recording of solo violin repertoire including works by Bela Bartok and Marta Ptaszynska as well as personal interview for the Radio Kielce in Poland.
Takao is devoted to contemporary music. From 2005 to 2008 he has performed regularly in annual contemporary music festival "Klanken" in the Netherlands. In summer 2005 he had a concert tour in Mallorca, Spain as a member of "Maastricht Resonance", during which he premiered "Monochrome Time I" for violin solo, the first piece written and dedicated to Takao by Kayoko Morita. In 2006, Belgium he appeared in the Japanese musical theatre "Nagomi", which included modern dance and improvisation. During the season 2008-2009, he has worked together with the performance artist Merlin Spie in the art performance project "Josaphat". In 2010 and 2011, he was invited to a summer course in Monthureux-le-sec, France, where not only he was appreciated by many other composers for the performance of new compositions but gave lectures on effective use of extended violin techniques in composition. In March 2011, after the successful concerts and recording sessions, Takao was assigned for cooperation with Antwerp based contemporary music ensemble, ChampdAction, and has given numbers of concerts. In 2012 summer, he has attended the International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt where he gave lectures on extended violin techniques as well as performances of newly written compositions.
Currently Takao does research on the extended violin techniques, such as sub-harmonics which allows the violin to sound below the viola's register, and exploring the possibilities of 5 string violin, as well as being artist in residence in the Antwerp based contemporary music ensemble, ChampdAction.
He performs on the violin, Edoardo Marchetti, Torino, 1910, and the electric 5 string violin made by John Jordan.

Takao Hyakutome - violin

Born in Sapporo, Takao Hyakutome started violin lessons at the age of 4. He studied at the Conservatory of Maastricht (Bachelor degree) and the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp (Master degree with high honours) with Prof. Dirk Verelst (violin and chamber music) and Prof. Wim Henderickx (composition). After having won several prizes at international competitions, he is now preeminently a solo violinist and violist, and regularly premieres works for both violin solo and ensemble. He also works with ChampdAction and many other chamber music groups. He has performed in festivals like Ultraschall in Berlin, Biennale Musiques en Scène in Lyon, ME_MMIX in Palma de Mallorca, Mixtur in Barcelona, Forum Wallis in Leuk, and many others.

Besides being active as a performer, Takao also does research on extended violin techniques and 5 string violin/viola. He is often invited to give masterclasses and workshops lecturing on these subjects. Furthermore, he is a member of the research group performance practice in perspective at the Conservatory of Antwerp. Takao performs on the violin, Edoardo Marchetti, Torino, 1910; the 5 string violin, Stefan Jarosz, 2013, Antwerp; and the electric 5 string violin, John Jordan, Concord, 2011.

Takao Hyakutome - violin

Takao Hyakutome is a Japanese violinist from Sapporo. Having won several prizes in international competitions during his study in Holland and Belgium, currently Takao regularly premiers works for both violin solo and ensemble. He also does research on extended violin techniques and 5 string violin, besides being artist in residence of the Antwerp based experimental contemporary music ensemble, ChampdAction and many other chamber music groups.