Author, Researcher and Lecturer with a Passion for History, Music and Japan
Japanese birthday violinists in June include KINO Masayuki 木野雅之 (b. 1963) on 1 June; KURONUMA Yuriko 黒沼 ユリ子 (b. 1940) on 4 June; SATÔ Shunsuke 佐藤 俊介 (b. 1984) on 11 June; SÔ Tomotada 宗倫匡 (or Tomotada Soh, b. 1943), KAMIO Mayuko 神尾 真由子 (b. 1986) on 12 June, and…
Last year, I was lucky to attend two Gramophone record concerts organized by Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai). The first concert was held in conjunction with the exhibition, “Double Impact” featuring art from the Meiji period. The concert was in 3 parts: 1. Traditional Japanese music (nagauta and kouta, songs…
Japanese violinists’ birthdays in April include SENJU Mariko千住 真理子 (b. 1962) on 3 April, USHIODA Masuko 潮田益子 (1942–2013) on 4 April, URAKAWA Takaya 浦川宜也 (b. 1940) on 13 April, NISHIZAKI Takako西崎崇子 (b. 1944) on 14 April, Urushihara Keiko 漆原啓子(b. 1963) on 16 April, and HARADA Kôichirô 原田幸一郎 (b. 1945) on 29…