Background
Takuo Yuasa was born in Osaka, Japan, where he studied piano, cello, flute, and clarinet.
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Takuo Yuasa
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Education
Later on, he moved to Europe to study conducting at the Hochschule in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, after which he studied with Igor Markevitch in France and Franco Ferrara in Siena.
Career
At age 18, he received a scholarship to study in the United States of America at the University of Cincinnati, eventually completing a bachelor"s degree in Theory and Composition. He then became assistant to Lovro von Matačić, working with him in Monte Carlo, Milan, and Vienna. Since winning a Special Award at the Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice, Poland, Yuasa has frequently conducted the major orchestras there, including the Warsaw National Philharmonic and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestras.
Back in his home of Japan, Yuasa conducts several major Japanese orchestras.
In the United Kingdom, Yuasa has worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the British Broadcasting Corporation Scottish Symphony Orchestra (as principal guest conductor), and the Ulster Orchestra (as principal guest conductor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, British Broadcasting Corporation National Orchestra of Wales, Halle Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic amongst others He has also conducted orchestras throughout Europe and Far East such as.
Oslo Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, Lahti Symphony, Iceland Symphony, National Symphony of Ireland, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Recently Yuasa has appeared with Orchestre National de France, Brussels Philharmonic. The Permanent Conductor of Osaka Symphonic Choir, amateur chorus group.
