Unraveling the Difference Between a 57 Million Yen Violin and a 100,000 Yen Violin with AI? 'UTokyo Style' Intellectual Entertainment Course Opens at Kunitachi Music Academy Tokyo

Kunitachi Music Academy (located in Setagaya, Tokyo), operated by GLION GROUP (Headquarters: Kobe, Hyogo; CEO: Hidetake Kikuchi), will launch a new course to experientially understand acoustic engineering and basic mathematics through experiments, production, and comparative demonstrations.

UTokyo Style: Sound x AI Workshop

This course is a challenging curriculum unique to Kunitachi Music Academy, using entertainment value—similar to the TV program 'Kakuzuke Check' (Rating Check)—as an entry point to learn acoustic engineering, mathematics, and cutting-edge AI technology experientially. The academy has invited Masahiro Akita, an AI specialist and graduate of the University of Tokyo, who is also the author of the Amazon bestseller 'Generative AI Technologies Practiced in the Marketing Domain.' The course aims to cultivate the 'ability to see the essence through data,' which is essential in the digital age, at the boundary between sensibility and science.

Instructor Introduction

Masahiro Akita Graduate of the University of Tokyo, completed a major in Applied Biotechnology at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo. CEO of LOT Co., Ltd., Representative of Platinum Streaming (a TikTok LIVE broadcasting agency). He developed media businesses centered on YouTube and e-learning training businesses for creators. After selling multiple businesses, he currently collaborates with domestic and international companies to provide digital marketing support for corporations. His supervised book, 'Generative AI Technologies Practiced in the Marketing Domain,' recorded bestseller status on Amazon and other platforms. He develops unique educational methods utilizing his deep knowledge not only in AI technology but also in music and acoustic engineering.

Implementation Overview Course Name: UTokyo Style: Sound x AI Workshop Opening Date: April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) First session (Trial class/Course orientation) Number of Sessions: 14 sessions per year (held bi-weekly) Location: Kunitachi Music Academy Tokyo Campus

Highlights of the Lecture

- Rating Check: 57 Million Yen Old Italian Violin vs. 100,000 Yen Chinese New Violin A comparison between an old Italian violin and a 100,000 yen new violin. Using 'vibration modes' and 'FFT (Fast Fourier Transform)' to visualize sound and mathematically dissect it. Providing data-backed evidence of why masterpiece instruments 'ring.'

- Rating Check ②: AI-Generated Music vs. Human-Composed Music Comparing AI music created with the latest LLM and Transformer technologies against music by humans. How AI learns and generates the 'context' of sound. Considering the future of creativity by understanding its structure.

- Experience the World of 30Hz Sub-Bass (Ultra-Low Frequency) Why do 30Hz ultra-low frequencies, difficult for the ears to catch, vibrate the body and affect psychology? Learning 'harmonic distortion' and speaker 'transient response characteristics' to verify the boundary where sound as data turns into an 'experience.'

- Making a Natural Horn with Mathematical Models Handcrafting a 'Natural Horn.' Taking mathematical models such as 'end correction' into account while calculating to experience the wisdom of craftsmen and scientists in creating accurate pitches (harmonic series).

- 'Non-Instrument Instrument' Grand Prix Found in Daily Life Operating sounds emitted by printers, MRIs, and jet engines. Reinterpreting these not merely as noise, but as 'magnetically excited sound' generated by 'magnetostriction'—the contraction and expansion of materials in magnetic fields. A completely new field work for intellectual curiosity.

- Rating Check ③: 7 Million Yen Old French Violin Bow vs. 10,000 Yen Chinese Violin Bow Approaching the fact that 'it is not just the instrument body that governs the sound.' Analyzing the response at the moment a 7-million-yen old bow bites the string using 'frequency response' and 'spectrogram analysis.' Identifying the identity of the rich harmonics produced by famous bows.

About Kunitachi Music Academy Founded in 1967, it is a music-specialized free school in Setagaya-ku for utilizing favorite music in work. It features Japan's first early childhood Eurhythmics classroom and offers practical and specialized subjects. Many famous musicians are among its graduates. Official HP: https://www.kma.co.jp/

About GLION GROUP GLION GROUP is a company primarily focused on authorized dealer businesses for 33 brands, including BMW and other imported and domestic cars. It has bases throughout Japan and overseas, handling all businesses related to automobiles. In recent years, driven by the desire to 'provide more satisfaction to more customers,' the group has expanded its fields beyond automotive-related businesses to include beverage, wedding, and inn businesses.