Yoichi Sugiyama (producer/conductor)
Studied composition under Akira Miyoshi, Franco Donatoni and Sandro Gorli, and orchestral conducting under Emilio Pomárico and Morihiro Okabe. His work includes commissions for Festival di Milano Musica and the Venice Biennale; chamber music by Tokyo Gen’On Project and artists like Kuniko Kato; traditional Japanese works for both Kazue Sawai and Nanae Yoshimura; and choral pieces for the Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo. Recipient of the Italian Composer’s Society Award (Premio SIAE), Suntory Foundation for Arts, the Keizo Saji Prize; and the 68th Geijutsusensho Shinjinsho. As a conductor he has worked domestically with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others, as well as conducted premieres etc. for new operatic works at REGGIO EMILIA – TEATRO CAVALLERIZZA. He teaches at Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano “Claudio Abbado.”