Masahara Kanda
Masahara Kanda was principal cellist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony from 1982 until 1990. He won first prize in the 42nd Japan Music Competition and received the 11th Kenzo Nakajima Music Award in 1992.
Masahara Kanda (cellist with the Saito String Quartet) graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music where he studied with Saburo Date, Yoritoyo Inoue and Hideo Saito. He was principal cellist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony from 1982 until 1990. He won first prize in the 42nd Japan Music Competition and received the 11th Kenzo Nakajima Music Award in 1992.
Masahara Kanda is a member of
Saito String Quartet
Japanese string quartet consisting of Machia Saito, Kiyo Kido (violins), Yuki Hyakutak (viola) and Masahara Kanda (cello).
