Yoshiyuki Ishikawa

Professor of Bassoon

Email: ishikawa@colorado.edu
Websites: http://ishikawa.colorado.edu,
http://www.idrs.org/
Office Location: Room C182, Imig Music Building
Office Phone: 303-492-7297
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301

Professor of Bassoon Yoshiyuki (Yoshi) Ishikawa is active as a soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. His performance activities include solo and chamber music recitals and master class presentations in Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, South America and the South Pacific. He has performed and presented master classes in the most reputable conservatories of the world, including St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, Royal Northern Conservatory of Music in England, Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, and Northwestern University. His participation in festivals extends from the Tokyo Double Reed Festival to Australia’s Townsville Chamber Music Festival. Ishikawa has served as a judge and advisor for several international competitions, including the Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Bassoon Competition and The Tokyo Wind and Brass Competition.
 
Currently, Ishikawa is the editor of online publications for the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) (http://www.idrs.org). From 1994-1998, he held the position as the president of this organization. Ishikawa has been the professor of bassoon at the University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Music since 1991. A native-born Japanese, Ishikawa received his musical training in the US. He attended The University of Michigan, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Bassoon Performance, and Northwestern University, where he earned both Master of Music in Bassoon Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees.

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