Author, Researcher and Lecturer with a Passion for History, Music and Japan
Birthday violinists in October include SUZUKI Shin’ichi 鈴木鎮一 (1898-1998) on 17 October, Midori (b. 1971, known in Japan as GOTÔ Midori 五嶋 みどり) on 25 October and TAKEZAWA Kyôko 竹澤恭子 (b. 1966) on 30 October. Suzuki Shin’ichi, is of course, best known for his development the “mother tongue” method of…
TÔGI Yûji 東儀祐二 (1928–1985) on 11 May ÔNO Tadasuke 多 忠亮 (1895-1930) on 3 May Both of this month’s violinists come from traditional gagaku families. Gagaku (court orchestra music) originally came to Japan from China and is closely associated with the imperial court. So it is hardly surprising that it was reorganized soon…