Shinsuke Kamikura

Shinsuke Kamikura

Violoncello

Born in Osaka. Shinsuke Kamikura began playing the cello at the age of six and has studied under Mami Ota, Toshiaki Hayashi, K. Sturk, Masaharu Karita, Fumiaki Kono, and Kenji Nakaki. First prize winner at the Wakayama Music Competition and the Sapporo Junior Competition. After three years studying music alone in Germany from the age of eleven, he stepped away from the cello for a decade. Following three years working as a company employee, he returned to the cello and completed the special course, master's program, and doctoral program at Tokyo University of the Arts. He has received the Graduate School Acanthus Award, the Toride Mayor's Award, and the Geidai Music Emerald Award. He also performs in a duo with pianist Yuka Kurozumi, having studied with Toshiaki Hayashi and Yukako Hayashi. He serves as a contracted performer at Toho Gakuen School of Music and as an orchestral research fellow at Showa University of Music.