(For a complete profile and list of achievements, please refer toResearchmap.)

Academic Background

1985: Born in Kanazawa City

2007: Graduated from the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. Graduation Thesis: Charles-Valentin Alkan's Piano Transcriptions

2009: Completed the Master's Program, Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. Master's Thesis: 'Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman and Piano Education at the Paris Conservatoire during the July Monarchy: Focusing on the Problems of Technique and "Expression"'

2010: Traveled to France as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (DC2)

2013: Completed the Master 2 program at Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV)

2015: Received the Ikushi Prize from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the first music researcher to do so.

2016:

• March: Completed the Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts

• Doctoral Dissertation: 'Education in the Piano Department of the Paris Conservatoire: Institutions, Repertoire, and Aesthetics (1841–1889)'

• September: Completed the Doctoral Program at Paris-Sorbonne University (unanimous decision of the jury, with mention très honorable avec félicitations du jury)

• Doctoral Dissertation: Pierre Joseph Guillaume Zimmerman (1785-1853) : l’homme, le pédagogue, le musicien

• Active in Japan since October.

Educational Activities

2017:

• April: Research Assistant, Department of Musicology, Tokyo University of the Arts
• Lecturer (part-time), Kunitachi College of Music

Research Activities

[Published Papers and Essays] (Peer-reviewed)

2011:

• 'Embodied "Classical Music": A Study on F. Kalkbrenner's Guide-Mains and Piano Method,' Ongaku Bunka-gaku Ronshu (Collected Papers on Music Culture Studies), Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, No. 1, pp. 1-10.
• 'Piano Education at the Paris Conservatoire in the Late 19th Century: On the Problems of "Style" and "Mechanism",' Mediterranean Studies, The Mediterranean Society of Japan, No. 34, pp. 47-66.
• Ibid., 'Around Masterpieces,' Mediterranean Society of Japan Monthly Report, No. 339, April 30.

2012:

• 'A.-F. Marmontel and Musical Aesthetics: A Study on the Reception of E. Hanslick's On the Musically Beautiful and Piano Education at the Conservatoire in the Late 19th Century,' Ongaku Bunka-gaku Ronshu (Collected Papers on Music Culture Studies), Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, No. 2 (in preparation).

[Research Presentations] (Oral Presentations)

2007:

• UEDA, Tai, 'Charles-Valentin Alkan's Piano Transcriptions' (51st Presentation of Undergraduate, Master's, and Doctoral Theses, Department of Musicology, Tokyo University of the Arts, Room 5-109, March 23).

2009:

• 'Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman and Piano Education at the Paris Conservatoire during the July Monarchy: Focusing on the Problems of Technique and "Expression"' (53rd Presentation of Undergraduate, Master's, and Doctoral Theses, Department of Musicology, Tokyo University of the Arts, Hall 6, March 23).

2010:

• 'Piano Education at the Paris Conservatoire in the Late 19th Century: Focusing on the Problems of "Style" and "Mechanism"' (61st National Conference of the Musicological Society of Japan, Aichi Arts Center, November 6, 2010).

2012:

• « Le salon de P.-J.-G. Zimmerman à travers les périodiques musicaux français de 1833 à 1852 », Collectif de Recherches sur la Presse Musicale Français (CRPMF) de la Sorbonne Paris IV, le 4 février 2012.
• Ibid., « Autour de Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman dans ses dernières années : les études de piano adoptées au Conservatoire national de musique de Paris, 1851-1854 », Piano français du Second Empire, Observatoire musicale français, Université Paris-Sorbonne, le 2 février 2012.

Social Activities

• Standing Committee Member, General Secretary, Musicological Society of Japan (2009-2010)

[Affiliated Societies]:

• Musicological Society of Japan, The Mediterranean Society of Japan.
• Researcher, 'Committee for Research on Japanese Music Materials,' Musicological Society of Japan (concurrently), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (2010-2011).

[Concert Planning]

• 'Another "Piano Poet" E. Prudent (1817-1863) Public Recording Session,' Organized by: Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan (PTNA), Sugamo, To-on Hall, June 2, 2009, 10 pages, Performed by: Satoshi Matsushita, Junko Nakamura.
• 'Notable Figures of the Paris Conservatoire: The Young Henri Lavina (1818-1906) - 2nd Public Recording Session,' Organized by: Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan (PTNA), Sugamo, To-on Hall, June 2, 2009, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita, Takashi Hayashikawa.
• 'Salon Concert "Mémoires de Paris" ~ Featuring Works by Émile Prudent, a Parisian Composer from Chopin's Era ~,' Organized by: Kunitachi Gakki, Kunitachi City, Salon de Nohant, June 21, 2009, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita.
• 'Giants of 19th-Century French Piano Music: Chopin and His Contemporaries,' Okurayama Memorial Hall, Yokohama City, November 23, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita, Takashi Hayashikawa.

Cooperation for Music-Related Projects:

• Special Lecture 'Busoni in the 19th Century, Part 1' (Organized by: Department of Musicology, Tokyo University of the Arts, Venue: University Hall 2, Lecturer: Osamu Kanazawa, September 14, 2005).
• Special Lecture 'Busoni in the 19th Century, Part 2' (Organized by: Department of Musicology, Tokyo University of the Arts, Venue: University Hall 6, Lecturer: Osamu Kanazawa, November 16, 2005).
• Exhibition 'Chopin Exhibition in Tokyo Marunouchi' (Organized by: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Venue: Marunouchi Building Hall, Period: April 30 – May 5, 2010).
• Special Exhibition 'The World of Brahms and Liszt: Titans of Late Romanticism' (Organized by: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Venue: Marunouchi Building Hall, Period: April 29 – May 5, 2011).
• TV Program 'Kintoku Special: In Search of Lost Music' (Produced by: NHK Kanazawa, Broadcast Date/Time: July 30, 2010, 20:00-20:45, Rerun: BS-hi 'Kintoku Hokuriku Special - From Hometown, To You - In Search of Lost Music' September 7, 2011, 09:15-10:00, September 16, 01:00-01:45).

Series

• 'Piano Education in Chopin's Era,' PTNA Website

• Table of Contents: http://www.piano.or.jp/report/02soc/ued_chpn/

[Composer and Piece Explanations on Web]

• PTNA Website, Piano Encyclopedia

• List of Contributed Articles: http://enc.piano.or.jp/en/writers/detail/8/

Concert Program Notes

2007:

• 'Haydn Series 2007,' Organized by: Performing Arts Center, Tokyo University of the Arts & Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, Sogakudo Concert Hall, Tokyo University of the Arts, November 3 (Program notes written, 2 pages, Performed by: Quartett Kreisel)

2008:

• 'Jakob Rosenhain (1813-1894),' Organized by: PTNA, Sugamo, To-on Hall, December 8 (Composer and program notes written, 3 pages, Performed by: Osamu Kanazawa).
• Ibid., 'Osamu Kanazawa 4th Public Recording Session: Camille Stamaty (1811-1870),' Organized by: PTNA, Sugamo, To-on Hall, April 22 (Composer and program notes written, 5 pages, Performed by: Osamu Kanazawa).

2009:

• 'Another "Piano Poet" E. Prudent (1817-1863) Public Recording Session,' Organized by: PTNA, Sugamo, To-on Hall, June 2 (Composition, composer and program notes written, 10 pages, Performed by: Satoshi Matsushita, Junko Nakamura).
• Ibid., 'Notable Figures of the Paris Conservatoire: The Young Henri Lavina (1818-1906) - 2nd Public Recording Session,' Organized by: PTNA, Sugamo, To-on Hall, June 2 (Composition, composer and program notes written, 11 pages, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita, Takashi Hayashikawa).
• Ibid., 'Salon Concert "Mémoires de Paris" ~ Featuring Works by Émile Prudent, a Parisian Composer from Chopin's Era ~,' Organized by: Kunitachi Gakki, Kunitachi City, Salon de Nohant, June 21 (Composition, composer and program notes written, 12 pages, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita).
• Ibid., 'Haydn Series Orchestra Concert,' Organized by: Performing Arts Center, Tokyo University of the Arts & Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, Sogakudo Concert Hall, Tokyo University of the Arts, November 7 (Program notes written, 1 page, Performed by: Geidai Chamber Orchestra, Avo KOUYOUMDJIAN [pf.]).
• Ibid., 'Haydn Series Chamber Music Evening,' Organized by: Performing Arts Center, Tokyo University of the Arts & Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, Former Tokyo Music School Sogakudo Concert Hall, November 13 (Program notes written, 2 pages, Performed by: Kikuko Ogura [Cb.], Walter Forchert [Vn.], Fumiaki Kawano [Vc.]).
• Ibid., 'Giants of 19th-Century French Piano Music: Chopin and His Contemporaries,' Okurayama Memorial Hall, Yokohama City, November 23 (Planning/Composition, composer and program notes written, 10 pages, Performed by: Junko Nakamura, Satoshi Matsushita, Takashi Hayashikawa).

2010:

• 'Osamu Kanazawa 4th Public Recording Session: Stephen Heller (1813-1888),' Organized by: PTNA, Sugamo, To-on Hall, January 21 (Composer and program notes written, 14 pages, Performed by: Osamu Kanazawa).
• Ibid., 'Spring Concert: Revival of the Greatest Master of 19th-Century German Music - Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Centennial Memorial,' Organized by: Kanazawa City Dental Association, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Ongakudo Exchange Hall, March 18 (Composer and program notes written, 7 pages, Performed by: Osamu Kanazawa).

2010-2011:

• 'Osamu Kanazawa Piano Solo: A Grand Survey of Piano Etudes - History of Etudes in the 1830s' (8 sessions in total), Organized by: Association for Exploring New Masterpieces, Co-organized by: Ishikawa Music Culture Promotion Foundation, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Ongakudo Exchange Hall (Composer and program notes written for all sessions, Performed by: Osamu Kanazawa).

• 'Guide to the Grand Survey of Etudes' (September 1, 2010, 2 pages).
• 'Scene 1: Ferdinand Hiller, Six Études en forme de Suite, Op. 15' (September 28, 2010, 6 pages).
• 'Scene 2: Frédéric Chopin, 12 Études, Op. 10; Sigismond Thalberg, 12 Études, Op. 26' (October 1, 2010, 3 pages).
• 'Scene 3: Carl Czerny, Die Kunst des Fugenspiels, Op. 400' (November 19, 2010, 4 pages).
• 'Scene 4: Ignaz Moscheles, 12 Characteristic Études, Op. 95; Adolph Henselt, 12 Concert Études, Op. 2' (November 21, 2010, 5 pages).
• 'Scene 5: Henri Bertini, Grandes Études Artistiques, Op. 122' (January 12, 2011, 6 pages).
• 'Scene 6: Wilhelm Taubert, 12 Concert Études, Op. 40; Charles-Valentin Alkan, Trois Grandes Études [Op. 76]' (January 31, 2011, 8 pages).
• 'Special Edition: Jakob Rosenhain, 12 Characteristic Études, Op. 17' (March 2, 2011, 3 pages).
• 'Scene 7: Henri Lavina, 12 Concert Études, Op. 1; Édouard Wolff, 24 Études (Book 1), Op. 20' (March 2, 2011, 8 pages).
• 'Scene 8: Theodor Döhler, 12 Concert Études, Op. 30; Franz Liszt, Six Grandes Études de Paganini (First Edition)' (March 2, 2011, 9 pages).