Matsumi Ogihara
SIENA Wind Orchestra and Percussion Group PHONIX Reflexion - Japan
Graduated at Kunitachi College of Music. His talent was chosen by SIENA Wind Orchestra while he is undergraduate. He organized “Ensemble nos Mains” with 2 percussionists and 2 pianists and received high reputation specially playing the first performance of “CLOTHES” by F. Donatoni. After graduation, he was invited to play with Vivid Brass Tokyo and Tomoyuki Okada Percussion Ensemble. He actively performed with the famous musical groups ie. “Four Seasons”, Tokyo Tkarazuka Theater, and even Latin groups. Currently he is distinguished as SIENA Timpani player and percussionist of “Phoenix” with Shinichi Ueno Percussion Group. He teaches at Komoro High School, Nagano on part time basis.