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青木昂

東京都羽村市出身。2014年に国立音楽大学を卒業。卒業時に矢田部賞を受賞。在学中の2013年に東京都交響楽団に入団。2018年まで1番、2番トロンボーン奏者を務め、東京メトロポリタン・トロンボーン・クァルテットのメンバーとしても活躍。これまでに、ソリストとしてアッペルモントのトロンボーン協奏曲「カラーズ」で幾つかの吹奏楽団と共演し、好評を博した。読売新人演奏会に出演し、東京・春・音楽祭やレゾナンス〈鎌倉の響き〉音楽祭などにも参加。トロンボーンを小田桐寛之、箱山芳樹、池上亘、下島昌史の各氏に師事。スライドジャパン、メンバー。現在、読売交響楽団において首席トロンボーン奏者を務める。

Kou Aoki

Kou Aoki was born in Hamura City, Tokyo. He graduated from Kunitachi College of Music with Yatabe prize in 2014. He joined the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in 2013 while in college. He was the first and second trombone player until 2018 and also performed as a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Trombone Quartet. (So far, )He has performed Appermont’ Trombone Concerto “Colors” with several wind orchestras, and these performances received well deserved applause. He also performed at the Yomiuri Rookie Concert and participated in the Spring Festival in Tokyo and the Resonance Concert Series in Kamakura. He studied the trombone with Hiroyuki Odagiri, Yoshiki Hakoyama, Kou Ikegami, and Masafumi Shimojima. He is a member of Slide Japan and currently is a principal trombonist at Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.