Ken’ichi Masakado
Born in October 1966 in Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture, I started to play trombone at the age of 12. I studied musicology at the Musashino Academia Musicae, Tokyo, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in 1989. Afterwards I played trombone and conducted a community band in Fukuoka prefecture and started to compose and arrange music. In 1998, I was selected for the "9th Asahi Composition Award (Band Music)", and my selected piece, "EMBLEMS, Militaly March", was selected as the required piece for the All Japan Band Competition in 1999. This piece was also a contest piece in Taiwan in 2009 and 2013.
Between 2003 and 2005 I was music director and conductor for the “Band of Kitakyushu City Fire and Disaster”, conducting a total of around 500 concerts and ceremonies. In 2006, I was appointed music director and conductor of the “Oita Prefectural Police Band” and conducted them at around 500 concerts and ceremonies until I retired in 2017. Also during my tenure, in 2008, I produced the ceremonial music for the “63th National Sports Festival” held in Oita Prefecture, and also conducted the ceremonial band and chorus.
Currently based in Oita City, I not only compose and arrange music, but also conducts, judges national and international competitions, teaches music and contributes to various media.
Between 2003 and 2005 I was music director and conductor for the “Band of Kitakyushu City Fire and Disaster”, conducting a total of around 500 concerts and ceremonies. In 2006, I was appointed music director and conductor of the “Oita Prefectural Police Band” and conducted them at around 500 concerts and ceremonies until I retired in 2017. Also during my tenure, in 2008, I produced the ceremonial music for the “63th National Sports Festival” held in Oita Prefecture, and also conducted the ceremonial band and chorus.
Currently based in Oita City, I not only compose and arrange music, but also conducts, judges national and international competitions, teaches music and contributes to various media.
