Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Biography
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (堤剛, Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi) (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a world renowned Japanese cellist. In an international career which began in 1954, he has performed as soloist with prominent orchestras and conductors in many countries and given recitals and chamber music performances with distinguished collaborators. His solo performances have extended for a period of seventy years and still continue. Tsutsumi was awarded the Artist Diploma in Instrumental Performance at Indiana University in 1965. He was Assistant Professor and Resident Artist at Western University from 1967 to 1984 and Professor of Cello at Indiana University from 1988 to 2006. He was President of Toho Gakuen School of Music from 2004 to 2014.
