Tomoki Natsume

Born in Osaka, Japan, Tomoki Natsume graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Kwansei Gakuin University in 2015, before beginning his music studies with Anne Jelle Visser at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2016. He completed both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music at the Zurich University of the Arts. From 2018 to 2020, he was a recipient of the Yamaha Music Foundation Scholarship.

During his studies, Natsume participated in several orchestra academies and festivals, including the Asian Youth Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy, Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, and the Pacific Music Festival.

He joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Principal Tuba in February 2020. He has also appeared as a guest performer with orchestras such as the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, and Collegium Winterthur, among others.

As a soloist, Natsume was a finalist at the Città di Porcia Tuba Competition in 2016, won Second Prize at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Tuba Competition in 2017, and received Third Prize at the Japan Wind and Percussion Competition in 2019.

In addition to his performing activities, he serves as an Adjunct Lecturer of Tuba at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore.