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Toru, from Hiroshima, Japan, started playing the violin at age 6, and joined the Kurashiki Junior Philharmonic Orchestra at age 9. He received his Violin Performance degrees from the University of Tulsa (BM) and the Florida State University (MM), and a Music Education degree (MME) from the University of Arizona. His main Violin teachers include Steven Moeckel, Gary Kosloski, Eliot Chapo, Derry Deane, and Mikio Ejima. 

Toru has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson Repertory , Artistic Director of the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Director of the Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra. His conducting teachers include Thomas Cockrell, Charles Bontrager, Jung-Ho Pak, and Maurice Peress. Toru made his debut at Carnegie Hall in March, 2017. 

As active violinist, he plays with the Tucson Symphony, Tucson Pops, Arizona Opera Orchestras, and has played with National Repertory (CO), Shreveport (LA), Arkansas, Tallahassee (FL), AIMS (Austria), Hiroshima (Japan) ,and Vancouver (Canada) Symphony Orchestras. Toru is the President for the American String Teachers Association of Arizona.

田川徹、指揮者、広島県広島市出身。現在シエラヴィスタ交響楽団、ツーソンレパートリーオーケストラ、キャニオンデルオロ高校オーケストラの音楽監督、常任指揮者を務める。今までに、トーマスコックレル、チャールズボントレジャー、ジョンホーパック、モリースペレス各氏に指揮を師事。２０１７年３月にニューヨークのカーネギーホールで指揮者としてデビュー。

広島県広島市出身。６歳よりバイオリンを始める。バイオリンを、安藤律子、江島幹雄、村上直子他に師事。倉敷ジュニアフィルハーモニーオーケストラに９歳で入団。１７歳で渡米、ボストンの高校を卒業しオクラホマ州タルサ大学、フロリダ州立大学院にてバイオリン演奏家卒。アリゾナ大学にて音楽院にて教育学卒。バイオリンをデリーディーン、ゲリーコスロスキー、エリオットシャポー、スティーブンモッケル各氏に師事。

バイオリン奏者として、ルイジアナ州シュリーブポート交響楽団、アーカンソー交響楽団に在籍。その後フリーランサーとして広島交響楽団、バンクーバー交響楽団、倉敷アカデミーアンサンブルなどで演奏。現在もツーソン交響楽団、アリゾナオペラオーケストラ、ツーソンポップスオーケストラなどでバイオリン演奏活動をつづける。

Some of the Articles found on website.

Dec. 2017: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/sv-composer-writes-transformer-inspired-piece/article_3da049e4-dc6a-11e7-974f-03279de9b647.html

Nov. 2017: https://us.eventbu.com/tucson/toru-tagawa-friends-cdo-hs-orchestra-fundraising-concerto/7012568

Aug. 2017: http://www.myheraldreview.com/a/socoae/sierra-vista-symphony-orchestra-artistic-director-toru-tagawa-and-tucson/image_55a44e52-8880-11e7-a61b-c3e0832f5492.html

Jan. 2017: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/live-music-for-cochise-children-a-gift-from-the-sierra/article_38765868-2d57-11e7-aac4-bfa166565c41.html

Dec. 2016: http://www.artentree.net/loveofmusic.html

Oct. 2016: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/beethoven-classic-highlights-sv-symphony-s-season-opener/article_ee39c540-90fe-11e6-9f02-aba979f1eeee.html

Oct. 2016: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/symphony-soars-in-season-opener/article_7843fe00-93f6-11e6-b01a-fbf154cc1527.html

Oct. 2016: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/make-reservations-now-for-symphony-winter-gala/article_48c4f078-9bd3-11e6-b8e8-dfdede16a0e5.html

Sep. 2016: http://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/news/article_78c5946e-79e4-11e6-b3d4-a754ff27624f.html

June: 2016: http://www.myheraldreview.com/news/sierra-vista-symphony-names-new-conductor/article_98b1e4fa-2825-11e6-8dad-8b05fae67333.html

April 2016: http://sierravistasymphony.org/toru-tagawa-named-as-music-director-conductor/

Jan, 2016 http://www.nromusic.com/2016/alumnus-co-founder-of-the-tucson-repertory-orchestra/

July, 2015: http://www.thevailvoice.com/tag/toru-tagawa/

April, 2012: http://tucson.com/news/local/east/violinist-pianist-to-perform-tuesday/article_c135f504-5f78-5873-9bdd-bd2b186d5efb.html