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Cello: Runo Hitotsumoto

Rune Hitsumoto, cello

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He began playing the cello at the age of 10. In his third year of junior high school, he joined the Super Kids Orchestra with Yutaka Sado, serving as Chief cello. He won first place in the high school and above division at the 11th Izuminomori Junior Cello Competition. He placed third in the high school division at the 65th All-Japan Student Music Competition. He won first place in the university division at the 66th All-Japan Student Music Competition. He was selected for the final round of the 86th Japan Music Competition (cello division) and received the Iwatani Award. He also won second place and the Audience Award at the 8th Viva Hall Cello Competition.

In 2014, he performed with the Siena Wind Orchestra under the baton of Sado Yutaka on TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert." He was a recipient of the Aoyama Foundation Scholarship in 2015, and a recipient of the Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship in 2018-2019. He graduated with Chief from the Paris Regional Conservatoire in 2021. He will be an academy student at the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris from 2021-2022. He was selected to perform in the "Kyoto Kitayama Matinee Series Vol. 10" in August 2022, where he received favorable reviews.

In 2023, she will release her debut album "Le Grand Tango" on the Nippon Columbia Opus One label, which was selected as a special selection by Record Geijutsu. In April 2024, she will appear on NHK-FM's "Recital Passio."