Founder, Nagata Acoustics International
Dr. Yasuhisa Toyota is founder, of Nagata Acoustics International. With over 40 years of experience in designing some of the world’s finest performance venues, Dr. Toyota is an established international authority in the field of concert hall design.
Dr. Toyota began his professional career in 1977, joining Nagata Acoustics immediately following his academic studies. In 2001, Dr. Toyota spearheaded launching an office in Los Angeles, and in 2008 Nagata Acoustics International, Inc. was formed. Over his career, Dr. Toyota has been project leader for more than 80 concert hall and multipurpose hall projects. His expertise focuses on hall configuration design and the design of acoustical spaces for orchestral, chamber music and other non-amplified musical genres.
Dr. Toyota received honorary doctorates of science from Bard College, NY and the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, in 2004. Other awards include:
Sound Engineers & Artists Society of Japan Award (2012)
Richard Colburn Award (Colburn School) (2018)
WATANABE Akeo Music Foundation Special Award (2020)
Among Dr. Toyota’s completed projects, some of the best known are:
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan (1986)
Sapporo Concert Hall (Kitara), Sapporo, Japan (1997)
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA (2003)
MUZA Kawsaki Symphony Hall, Kawasaki, Japan (2004)
Mariinsky Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia (2006)
Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Radio France Auditorium, Paris, France (2014)
Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China (2014)
Philharmonie de Paris. Paris, France (2015)
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany (2017)
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany (2017)
Zaryadye Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia (2018).
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