Who is HIM?
WHO IS HIM?
Makoto Akatsu was born in Japan. He studied with Akira Morioka at the Kunitachi Music college in Tokyo. At the same time, studied baroque violin with Mari Ono, chamber music and viola da gambe with Shige Sennari. Alongside his studies, he conducted several choirs and orchestra.
1987, he started baroque violin studies with Sigiswald Kuijken st the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. 1990, he founded the orchestra “Van Wasseraner” with which he has performed on numerous occasions. In 1993 he obtained his soloist's diploma. He won second prize(with Affetti Musicali) in the 1991 International Early Music Ensemble Competition in Utrecht, and he was playing and leading at several important international groups “La Petite Bande”, “Tafelmusic of Toronto”, “Les Arts Florissants”, “Dutch Bach Society”, “Concerto Currende”, "Bach Collegium Japan" and more. He started to teach at LUCA Campus Lemmens Leuven(Belgium) since 2011 as a Guest professor of baroque violin and viola. Also, he is active for teaching in Japan, as well as chamber music performances.
Director of vocal ensemble "Atonalité Choeur".
In the middle of difficulty
lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein~
赤津眞言
東京に生まれる。国立音楽大学にてヴァイオリンを守岡輝、学外にてバロックヴァイオリンを小野萬里、室内楽とヴィオラダガンバを千成千徳各氏に師事。
1987年よりオランダ、ハーグ王立音楽院にてバロックバイオリンと室内楽をシギスバルト・クイケン氏に習い研鑽を積む。1991年国債古楽アンサンブルコンクール( ユトレヒト)で第2位を受賞。1993年にソリストデュプロマを得て卒業。在学中よりヨーロッパ内外の団体、「ラ・プティットバンド」、「レザール・フロリッサン」、「レタラン・リリック」、「ターフェルムジーク・トロント」、「オランダバッハ協会」、「コンチェルト・クレンデ」、「バッハコレギウム・ジャパン」等で演奏をする。またコンサートマスターとしても幾つかの団体に招かれている。
1990年にオーケストラファンヴァセナールを主催し、ヨーロッパ各地で演奏、ラジオ公演やCD録音等を行なっている。教育活動にも力を入れ、アントワープ、ミュンヘンの音楽院等でのマスタークラスをはじめ、日本国内での公開レッスンを定期的に催している。
現在ベルギー、ルーヴァン市のルカレメンス音楽院でバロックバイオリン、ヴィオラの客員教授を務める。声楽アンサンブル「アトナリテ・クール」指揮者を務める。
What is Orchestra Van Wassenaer
Founded in The Hague in 1990, the Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer' unites players who have been particularly influenced by the style of Sigiswald Kuijken. This common musical background gives the group a strong, unified sense of style and its own particular identity. The orchestra plays on period instruments, exploring the rich, surprisingly unknown repertoire of the high baroque and owes in name to the Dutch composer and statesman Count Unico Wilhelm van Wasseaner, whose 'Concerti Armonici' form the core of its repertoire. Having performed extensively in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany and Japan(1999 & 2014), the orchestra was invited to perform two times during Van Wassenaer Concours in The Hague, the 1997 Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, the 21st Festival de Musica Antiga in Barcelona(1998) as well as in the 1999 Bach Week in Bruges, 800 years Commemoration of family Van Wassenaer(2000). Since 1999, started Japan tour every year with chamber music form. The Orchestra 'Van Wassenaer' consists of four violins, one viola, two violoncellos and harpsichord as a basic form, and can reduce forces for chamber music productions, or enlarge them for opera s and symphonies. As well as working together with several chorus groups for Passions and Cantatas.
The orchestra has recorded complete 'Concerti Armonici(2002, but unfortunately could not send to the market)'.
Other recording with BIS,
CD-984 / M.E.Heinsius 6 Sinfonies op,2 & N.Lentz 2 Concertos for Harpsichord and strings.
CD-985 / English recorder concertos with Dan Laurin
CD-1057 / L.Leo 6 cello concertos with Hidemi Suzuki