​Violinist Tatsuro Nishie, concertmaster of the New Japan Philharmonic, soloist and chamber musician, was born in Tokyo. After graduating from Toho Girls' High School of Music (co-ed), he completed the Toho Gakuen Soloist Diploma Course. He won many prizes in domestic competitions, and in 2001, at the age of just 24, he was appointed concertmaster of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed many solo works, including “Life of Hero” and “Scheherazade,” to great acclaim. He formed the Tokyo Philosquartet and the Sereno String Quartet, and has received the SPC Grand Prize, the Sendai Arts Festival Grand Prize, the Green Wind Music Award, and the Matsuo Music Grant. He studied violin with Akiko Tatsumi, the late Tibor Varga, Seiji Kageyama, Hamao Fujiwara, and Yoshio Unno, and chamber music with Toru Yasunaga, Ayumi Ichino, Gabor Takács-Nagyi, and Kiyoshi Okayama.

 

His repertoire ranges from Corelli and Bach to Miyoshi Akira and Kapustin. He is friends with Italian composer Alessandro Cuozzo, to whom he dedicated his unaccompanied violin sonata during a recital tour of Italy with Giuseppe Andaloro on piano.

He has performed throughout the world, including Japan, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Korea, and Malaysia.

 

As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras in Japan and abroad, including the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra T. Varga, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Since 2005, he has been a concertmaster of the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2007, he performed with cellist Mischa Maisky in the "M. Maisky 60th Anniversary Project". In 2009, he was selected as a soloist with the Aargau Symphony Orchestra and made his concerto debut at the Zurich Tonhalle, where he was praised on paper for his performance. World premieres include Andrea Tarantino's Sulla Via del Graal, Alessandro Cuozzo's Meditation, and Sayo Kosugi's Spiraling Sparks. In 2012, he formed the Atman Trio.

 

In 2015, he performed the world premiere of Joe Hisaishi's new “Chamber Symphony” as a soloist on 6-string electric violin, which became a hot topic. Since then, he has been the bandmaster for Joe Hisaishi's new series “Music Future,” and in 2016, he made a guest appearance with pianist Hiromi Uehara on “Daimei no Nai Ongakukai” (Concert with No Title). In '20 and '21, he performed with the Hiromi Piano Quintet in “Save Live Music Returns” at Blue Note Tokyo. And also he performed at Fuji Rock Festival with Hiromi Piano Quintet, and toured all over Japan.

In January 2022, he performed a solo concerto with Yutaka Sado for the first time since the soloist was unable to come to Japan. He also served as the soloist for the reprise of Joe Hisaishi's “Chamber Symphony.