The is a private music conservatory in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, Kunitachi now offers study programs in performance, music education, composition, computer music, and musicology, for bachelor's degree, post-bachelor's diploma, master's degree, and doctorate. It has signed cooperation agreements with notable music schools around the world, such as Geneva University of Music, California Institute of Arts, among others.
Notable alumni Masamichi Amano, composer Ahn Eak-tai, composer and conductor Masashi Fujimoto, actor, singer, musician, and entertainer Okuda Hiroko, inventor and composer Kohmi Hirose, singer Joe Hisaishi, composer and director Masato Honda, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Yukihiro Ikeda, tubist Ichiyo Izawa, pianist of Tokyo Jihen; frontman of Appa; dropped out Motohiro Kawashima, composer Mayumi Miyata, shō player Michiru Oshima, composer Nozomi Takeuchi, gravure idol Yōsuke Yamashita, jazz pianist Seiji Yokoyama, composer Mimori Yusa, singer-songwriter Maiko Iuchi, composer Kazumi Totaka, composer and voice actor Ooi Takashi, jazz vibraphonist Masahiro Sayama, jazz pianist; member of Prism Mari Iijima, composer, voice actor, writer, model and singer Takatsugu Muramatsu, composer, pianist Yaffle, music producer, composer, arranger
References
External links Kunitachi College of Music official site