Yoichi Sugiyama

Yoichi Sugiyama (Tokio 1969) has studied orchestral conducting with Emilio Pomarico and Morihiro Okabe and composition with Franco Donatoni, Sandro Gorli and Akira Miyoshi. He is active both as a conductor and composer in Europe and Japan.
In Europe, he recently conducted Luigi Nono's opera "Prometeo" with the "Ensemble Modern Orchestra”. He has also been active in various important international music festivals, such as the "Festival Wien Modern”, “Festival d’Automne a Paris”, “Milano Musica”, “Auftakt/Alte Oper”,“Klangwege”,”Winter music/Akademie der Kuenste Berlin”,“Mittelfest”, “Settembre Musica”, “Angelica”as well as having made appearances in important concert venues such as the Philhalmonie Hall in Berlin, Wiener Kozerthaus, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, “Cite de la Musique” in Paris, “Carnegie Hall” in New York, “Teatro Regio” in Turin, “Teatro Regio” in Parme, “Teatro Giovanni” in Udine, “Teatro Bibiena” in Mantova, “Teatro Cavallerizza” in Reggio Emilia, PAC in Milan. Many of these performances have been broadcast on the "RAI SAT" and "RAI 3 FM". Sugiyama collaborates with prestigious international contemporary Ensembles, Orchestras as Orchestra Friuli Venezia Giulia, “Orchestra Milano Classica”, “Klangforum Wien”, “Remix Ensemble”(Portugal), “Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin”, “Alter Ego”(Rome), “Collegium Novum”(Zurich), “Divertimento Ensemble”(Milan), “Ensemble Europeo Antidogma”(Turin), “Fontana Mix Ensemble” (Bologna), “Icarus Ensemble” (Reggio Emilia).
Sugiyama's latest pieces have been heard in various international festivals, such as "La Biennale di Venezia 2000 ("Barcaruola” for viola and percussion commissioned by the Biennale di Venezia), “Milano Musica” (“Beyond the Frontier” commissioned by the Milano Musica 2003) and "Tiroler-Festspiel Erl 2000" ("Intermezzo III" for piano commissioned by the Tiroler-Festspiel Erl), “Angelica”, “REC Festival d’Autunno”. His "Divertimento I" for ensemble (1997) has been published by the "Casa Ricordi" (Milan). In 2001 Sugiyama has written "Divertimento II" for Bruno Canino’s piano duo. The performances are broadcast regularly on NHK-FM, RAI and ORF.
In 1994, while undertaking a summer course with Franco Donatoni at the "Accademia Chigiana", Sugiyama won the Italian Composer’s Society award ("Premio SIAE"). He has also attended master courses and workshops by Luis de Pablo (Milan,1996), Giorge Ligety (Novara, 1996), Adriano Guarnieri (Milan, 1996) and the London Sinfonietta (Tokyo, 1994).
Sugiyama was an assistant teacher in Franco Donatoni’s composition course held in Tokyo (1998) and Giacomo Manzoni’s composition course in Tokyo (1999).　In 1995, Sugiyama obtained a scholarship for composition from the Italian Government, and has been residing in Milan ever since.