Norihito Nishinomura

Norihito Nishinomura was born in 1986 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and began playing the bassoon at the age of 15. From 2004 to 2008 he studied at Aichi University of the Arts. After his bachelor's degree, he continued his studies in 2009 with Prof. Matthias Racz (bassoon) and with Gerd Vosseler and Hans Agreda (contrabassoon) at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. In 2011 he completed the Master of Arts in Music Performance with the concert diploma, followed by the soloist diploma in 2014.

In summer 2008 he took part in Seiji Ozawa's opera project “Die Fledermaus” and played in the “Opera for Young People” at the Saito Kinen Festival. While still a student he became an accredited extra player with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Since the 2012/2013 season he has been associate principal bassoon and contrabassoon of the Berner Symphonieorchester.

Since 2014 he has taught contrabassoon at the Bern University of the Arts.