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Kawagoe Fuji Taiko was founded in 1993 as a taiko class for young children and elementary school students. Current membership number is 70 people. Last year they added junior courses and traditional performing arts courses to five classes: early childhood, elementary school student, junior high and high school student, adult department, shinobake club, and a wide team from 3 years old to 65 years old.
Challenging various genres such as Acer, Ryukyu dance, Creative dance, as well as creative drums. Main activities are event performance in Kawagoe city, but also challenging overseas performances and Japanese drum junior contest (small, medium and high). In "The 10th Japan Taiko Junior Competition National Championship" as Saitama prefecture representative, they participated in the finalist held in Ishikawa Prefecture in March 2008. Voluntary performances are held at a rate of once every two to three years.
Ai Okumura was born in Amsterdam, where she started learning violin at the age of four, and stayed there until she was 7. She graduated from the Toho Gakuen University with the Diploma of Soloists. She has studied with Akiko Tatsumi, and has taken open master class lessons given by such renowned artists as Isaac Stern, Augustin Dumay, György Pauk and Itzhak Perlman.
In 1994 she won the first prize at the 48th Japan National Music Competition for Students in the middle school category. In October 1996, she appeared in a special event titled "Yo-Yo Ma, 1996 Bridging" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Suntory Hall. In 1997 she won the second prize at Tama Fresh Music Competition. In 1999, on top of winning the first prize in the violin division of the first Super Classic Audition, she was awarded the semi-grand prize at the final round of the all division competition. She also won the second prize in the violin division of the 68th Japan Music Competition.
In December 2001, she gave a first solo recital at Tokyo Toppan Hall. In January 2002, she performed with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra under Jiří Bělohlávek to a critical success.Also, she was toured with Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyväskylä Sinfonia) with Patrick Gallois in December 2004.
In cooperation with Yokohama City Opera and the capital city opera, it has been working on opera, and in recent years, it also provides performances for the collaborative project of Biwako Hall and Kanagawa Prefectural Hall. It also held classical music concert, romantic music concert, Kanagawa Phil as a pops orchestra as well as concert programming.
The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra s a classical orchestra based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1970.
Koji Oikawa began studying the piano at the age of four. In 1984, he was awarded first prize at the Viotti-Valsesia Concorso Internazionale de Musica. In 1985, he entered the Kunitachi College of Music and, in the following year, 1986, studied at the Bulgarian State Conservatoire. While attending the master class of Alexis Weissenberg in 1987, Oikawa was given a special prize established by Weissenberg himself and a grand piano for his personal use. In 1990, he won the first prize at the Marsala International Music Competition and, in the same year, received an Honorable Mention at the Chopin International Piano Competition. In 1992, he was awarded the second prize at the International Music Competition of Japan.
Oikawa held his debut recital at Suntory Hall, Tokyo in 1995. In the same year, he debuted in Paris, having been invited to perform at a subscription concert of the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (Yutaka Sado, conductor; Salle Pleyel). Since 1997, he has been violinist Midori Goto’s partner pianist in the educational music programs of Music Sharing (formerly Midori and Friends) and has toured elementary schools and schools for disabled children in Japan with Goto. In 1998, he performed at the Sapporo PMF (Pacific Music Festival).
In 1999, Mr. Oikawa held a nationwide tour under the title, “Chopin no tabi” (Chopin Journey), to commemorate the 150th year of Chopin's death. His tour drew as many as 35,000 people to become a major event of Chopin Year. From 2002 to ‘04, he again enjoyed occasions to perform throughout Japan: in June 2002 with the Staatskapelle Weimar as the Japan tour soloist, in July 2003 as a soloist with the PMF Orchestra, and in 2004 as a guest of the Yutaka Sado Young People’s Concert.
Koji Oikawa is a highly accomplished, popular performer who is counted among Japan’s foremost pianists. His “Debut 10th Anniversary Concert” held at Suntory Hall in 2005 sold out and became a major success, and from 2008 to ‘11, he undertook a concert series project simultaneously in Tokyo and Osaka, “Koji Oikawa 10 Great Concerto Series.” In 2013, he appeared as the Japan tour soloist for the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Yuri Simonov, conductor), performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and thereafter launched a nationwide recital tour, “Beethoven’s Five Great Piano Sonatas and Fur Elise.” In 2014, he joined the Berlin Symphony Orchestra as its Japan tour soloist, performing Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto,” and as summer began, he embarked on a recital tour performing an all-Chopin program.
Oikawa’s critically acclaimed performances are distinguished by a dynamic technique and exquisite sensitivity of touch that speaks directly to our innermost feelings. They have earned him a broad following. His teachers have included Sachiko Kodama, Minako Yoshimoto, Konstantin Ganev, Julia Ganeva, and Jean-Marc Luisada. He is currently a specially-appointed professor at the Department of Music, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University.
His CD discography includes collections of works by Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, all of which are rated highly. His 2007 Beethoven: Pathetique, Appassionata, Waldstein and 2010 Chopin Ballades were both selected for the special recording prize of Record Geijutsu magazine. In 2011, he released a CD of recordings from his past albums, Koji Oikawa BEST.
Together with Oikawa Koji x Osaka Phil, I will draw a magnificent Russian scene!
The orchestra was founded in 1962 by the Yomiuri Shimbun, Nippon Television, and the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. Its first principal conductor was the American conductor Willis Page, who served while on leave from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Hiroshi Wakasugi became the orchestra's first Japanese principal conductor in 1965.
In May 2018, the orchestra announced the appointment of Weigle as its next chief conductor, effective 1 April 2019, with an initial contract of 3 years.
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Eberle who inherited Mozart 's spirit and wrote works that looked at Romanticism. Especially in the early work there is something reminiscent of Mozart's style, the work published in the name of Mozart rather than his nam. After all, Eberl has to struggle to rectify that error. It also becomes a proof that there is something similar to both works.
In this performance we compare with Beethoven "Toccata", born from the sonata of Eberle's work 1, Vienna of piano music, written in 1992, which was published under the name Mozart "The Last Great Sonata" by Altaria Violin Sonata. From Mozart's work we will deliver two song violin sonatas.
Mozart was greatly influenced by JS Bach's works he learned through Baron van Svetten. This Bach experience focused on "the seventh", but this time we will focus on Mozart and Bach's works centered on the relationship with Tangerentenflugel (Tangenten). Tangenthen is a tone color similar to harpsichord, and it was loved in Germany in the 18th century as a "expressive harpsichord" because of the strength of the sound by touching. C
Bach 's "Little Roman Clavier song collection" "Partita" that made Mozart obsessed. In Salzburg, Mozart used to favor Tampenten made by Speet. A new early sonata image will emerge.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum opened the mansion built as a museum of Asaka Palace in 1933 as an art museum. It was used at a temporary period after World War II, the Foreign Minister's Official Residence, the National Guest House, etc. In October 1983, it opened as an art museum. Its buildings were added with the unique feeling of Japan of the Imperial Household dormitory on the interior and exterior of the Art Deco style which is European decorative art.
There is also the appearance of Koji Oikawa
He won first prize at the 1984 Bioty Valseisia International Music Competition and Chopin International Piano Competition Best Performing Award, Marsala International Music Competition, etc.Oikawa held a national tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his debut. In recent years, he has performed many collaborations with overseas orchestras, and he currently is professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women's University Music Department. He has released CD collections of works such as Chopin, Beethoven, List, Rachmaninoff, both of which received high praise.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum opened the mansion built as a museum of Asaka Palace in 1933 as an art museum. It was used at a temporary period after World War II, the Foreign Minister's Official Residence, the National Guest House, etc. In October 1983, it opened as an art museum. Its buildings were added with the unique feeling of Japan of the Imperial Household dormitory on the interior and exterior of the Art Deco style which is European decorative art.
There is also the appearance of Keisuke Toyama (Toyama Keisuke)
After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he completed a graduate course at the Tokyo National University of the Arts in 2011. Keisuke was a part-time lecturer at the Senzoku Gakuen Music University. His debut recital was performed in various places including Suntory Hall. His CD "Exhibition drawing in 13 years" has been elected as a special edition of "Record Arts" magazine. Keisuke had16 years participating as a soloist in the Berlin Symphony Orchestra Japan Tour.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum opened the mansion built as a museum of Asaka Palace in 1933 as an art museum. It was used at a temporary period after World War II, the Foreign Minister's Official Residence, the National Guest House, etc. In October 1983, it opened as an art museum. Its buildings were added with the unique feeling of Japan of the Imperial Household dormitory on the interior and exterior of the Art Deco style which is European decorative art.
There is also the appearance of Kanon Matsuda.
Kanon Matsuda studied piano under Toshiko Hosoda at the age of four. In the autumn of 2002, she went to Moscow at the age of 6 and studied under Elena Petrovna Ivanova. In 2003, she entered the first place in the piano department of the Moscow Municipal Güncin Memorial Secondary (higher) Music College. Afterwards she won first prize at many competitions. In February 2013, she won the first student award for foreign students at the Moscow Municipal Güncin Memorial Secondary (higher) Music College. Next, in June 2014, Kanon graduated from the same school piano department as chief. In September, she entered the Moscow Conservatory as the first Japanese student special scholarship for the Russian government. In 2017, Kanon released the latest album "Exhibition no kuni".
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum opened the mansion built as a museum of Asaka Palace in 1933 as an art museum. It was used at a temporary period after World War II, the Foreign Minister's Official Residence, the National Guest House, etc. In October 1983, it opened as an art museum. Its buildings were added with the unique feeling of Japan of the Imperial Household dormitory on the interior and exterior of the Art Deco style which is European decorative art.
There is also the appearance of Mari Fujiwara (cellist)
In 1959 Mari entered the Toho Gakuen 'Music School for Children', and after that she studied under Hideo Saito for 15 years. In 1971 she won first prize and a grand prize in the 40th Japan Music Competition and Cello division. After that she studied under Fluniet and Lostropovich. Mari won the second prize at the 6th Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1978. Since then, she has worked nationally and internationally as a representative of Japan. Her new recording of JS Bach unaccompanied cello suite released from Naxos Japan in October 2014 (J. S. Bach 6 Suites a Violoncello solo senza Basso) has been selected as a recordboard art magazine special selection board, and it gets very popular.
Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest city after the Special Wards of Tokyo. Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup final was held in June at the International Stadium Yokohama. In 2009, the city marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port and the 120th anniversary of the commencement of the City Administration.
In November 2010, Yokohama hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.
Japan Century Symphony Orchestra (Nihon Century Symphony Orchestra) is a professional orchestra, a public utility corporation based in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture (in Hattori Fudo Park ). It is also a regular member of the Japan Orchestra Federation . In 1989, it was established as Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra in the form of developing as a professional brass band of Osaka's administration(at that time, the only brass band managed by the prefecture). After that, it has operated the current name since April, 2011.
Japan Century Orchestra was founded in 1989 under the management of Osaka Prefecture Government as the name of Century Orchestra Osaka. In April 2014, Norichika II MORI became Chef conductor.
Their subscription concert series are held at The Symphony Hall 10 times a year.
Additionally, they participate the joint operation of new concert hall in Toyonaka called Toyonaka Performing Arts Center. From 2017 they will be held famous classical series 4 times a year at the hall.
Besides concert activities as above, they have a friendship agreement with Toyonaka city since 2012 about music activities. The city hold a music festival with them every autumn. They actively promote music appreciation classes aimed at refining the sensibilities of the younger generation, who will be tomorrow's leaders.
They are dedicated to fulfilling their mission to become an orchestra that is loved and respected by not only classical music lovers but also all the people in every walk of life.
He studied piano with Nakagawa Kazuyoshi, Nishikawa Kiyoko, Motoobashi Mieko, Voice music Fusa Ryuji, Viola da Gamba with Masako Hirao.
After that, Sato started studying fundamentally under Mr. Hiroki Koizumi.
While studying at university, he organized the choir "Collegium · Vocal Tokyo" and conducted. In addition, he regularly held concerts even after graduation with Mr. Michio Kobayashi, Mr. Jun Watanabe and many others co-star.
Besides, he organized and performed the "NENDO Orchestra" by young professional musicians.
In 1999, Yuichi Sato studied at the Paris Ecole Normar Conservatory, Conducting Department in order to further develop his research and expand the limited place of activities. After studying under Professor Dominique Ruitz, after one year he graduated with a high school diploma at the first graduation level, which was the first time in the Conservatory, and was awarded the Jury Special Award to the highest score of the music school history.
After returning to Japan in 2003, he is leading a number of orchestras regardless of professional and amateur.
Sinfonia Dramatique (Sanfonia Dramatique / so-called "Dramatic") is an amateur orchestra formed with 76 people who gathered for the full text version of "Swan Lake" under the conductor Mr. Yuichi Sato. Their aim is to expand the range of music and convey it. They will take up ballet music and concert music series in spring and symphonic poems and symphonies of various composers in autumn. At first, Sinfonia Dramatique was thought that it was just a single shoot but it already started for the third concert "Sleeping Beauty" full songs. It seems that it will go on twice a year at the pace all the way, so the song candidates are available until about three years ago.
Yūichi Satō (佐藤祐市 , Satō Yūichi, born August 18, 1962 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director.