Author, Researcher and Lecturer with a Passion for History, Music and Japan
Japanese violinists’ birthdays in March include SUMI Shirô 鷲見四郎 (1913–2003) on 6 March; SHINOZAKI Isako 篠崎功子 (b. 1943) on 8 March; TSUJI Hisako 辻 久子 (b. 1926) on 16 March; Toda Yayoi 戸田弥生(b. 1968) on 23 March; KASHIMOTO Daishin 樫本大進. (b. 1979) on 27 March; KISHI Kôichi 貴志 康一on 31 March. The violist IMAI Nobuko 今井信子(b….
Violinists’ birthdays in January include Iwabuchi Ryûtarô 岩淵龍太郎(b. 1928) on 21/I, Shimizu Takashi 清水高師(b. 1953) on 13/I, Shinozaki Fuminori 篠崎史紀 (b. 1963) on 18/1,Suwa Nejiko 諏訪根自子(1920-2012) on 23/1 and Shôji Sayaka 庄司 紗矢香(b. 1983) on 30/I. Iwabuchi Ryûtarô and Suwa Nejiko were among the first “home grown” violinists of Japan….