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KUSATSU International Summer Music Academy & Festival

Fumiaki Kuriyama

Chorus Conductor

Fumiaki Kuriyama

Fumiaki Kuriyama (b.1942) is one of the most active and famous choral conductors in Japan. He has gained his reputation by excellent performance of contemporary Japanese works, his energetic commission activities, and his phenomenal marks in the All Japan Chorus Competition. He was awarded the Grand Prix in Tolosa International Choral Contest (Spain) in 1994, and European Grand Prize of Choral Chant at Arezzo (Italy) in 1995, with Coro Kallos. He was invited to the Oregon Bach Festival (USA) in 1992, to Polyphonic Choir Meeting in Citta di Fano (Italy) in 1993, to the third World Symposium on Choral Contest in 1998 to sit on the jury. Now he is a professor at Musashino Academia Musicae.

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