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Japanese Violinists’ Birthdays in October

Japanese Violinists’ Birthdays in October

  • 1st October 2016

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…

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Japanese Violinists’ Birthdays in May

Japanese Violinists’ Birthdays in May

  • 1st May 2016

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…

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