After graduating from Osaka College of Music with top honors in woodwind instruments, Hikaru Nakatsugawa went on to graduate from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Master’s degree in Music, receiving the Acanthus Music Award. He got the Outstanding Laureate Award in the World’s Best Musicians Competition. Also he won first prize in the Sakai Wind and Percussion Competition, the Great Wall Cup International Music Competition, the Nagoya Saxophone Competition in the chamber music division, and the Fanny Mendelssohn International Online Competition in the chamber music division.
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