Born in 1985, Tomonori TAKEDA is Japanese clarinet player based in Brussels, Belgium. ​

After graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008, he moved to Paris to study with professor Alain Damiens at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional d'Aubervilliers - La Courneuve (2008-2010). Then he moved to Brussels to study with professor Benjamin Dieltjens at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (2010-2012), where he obtained his master diploma with great distinction. After that he continued his study at the Conservatory Ghent following the advanced master course under the guidance of the Ensembles Ictus and Spectra, where he obtained a diploma in 2015.​

To understand and search the language of contemporary music, Tomonori participated in the Ensemble Modern Summer Academy (in 2010 and 2014), Lucerne Festival Academy (in 2011 and 2012), and Lucerne Festival Academy Alumni Ensemble in 2017. He also participated in many rehearsals and concerts in the presence of composers such as Allain Gaussin, Michael Jarrell, Pierre Boulez, Dietrich Eichmann, Péter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Georges Aperghis, Philippe Manoury, Wolfgang Mitterer, Johannes Schöllhorn and Keiko Harada.​

Tomonori has been a bass clarinet teacher at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel since 2017. Besides, he has been working as freelance with ensembles and orchestras such as Ictus Ensemble, I Solisti, Spectra Ensemble, Nadar Ensemble, Het Collectief, the Belgian National orchestra, the Antwerp Symphony orchestra, Vlaams Opera and the Royal Theatre of the Mint. He plays (almost) all the clarinet family, from the Eb clarinet to the contrabass clarinet.

​Instruments:
Buffet Crampon RC Eb clarinet
Buffet Crampon RC Prestige Bb/A clarinet
Buffet Crampon RC Prestige Bass clarinet (Green Line)
Leblanc Contrabass clarinet