

5/19/2025 March 14th (Friday) APA International Chamber Music Festival, playing Schubert's Piano Trio op99 at the Musashino Civic Cultural Center
On March 14th (Friday), the 7th APA International Chamber Music Festival was held in its small hall at the Musashino Civic Cultural...

Emi Igarashi / Editor


5/9/2025 Thoughts on musicians and their works: "Mozart"
Chapter 16: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (No. 2) ( 1756~1791 , died at age 35) Opera: 1. "The Marriage of Figaro" : Carlo Maria Giulini...

Takeaki Iida


2/18/2025 Thoughts on musicians and their works: "Mozart"
Chapter 16: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 1756~1791 , died at age 35) Salzburg, Wolfgang Mozart's birthplace, was a small Roman-style city...

Takeaki Iida


12/31/2024 Book Review, "Blue Vase" by Sawako Ariyoshi (publisher: Bungeibunko)
Shozo, a shy potter, accidentally makes a blue vase and is praised by his wife.

Yuki T.


10/5/2024 Thoughts on musicians and their works: "Brahms"
Chapter 15: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897, died at age 63) Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, and learned to play the piano well from an...

Takeaki Iida


7/9/2024 At the 6th APA International Chamber Music Festival (4/13/2024), played Brahms Piano Trio op114 at Koganei Miyaji Gakki Hall, Tokyo
In this occasion I played Brahms Piano Trio op114 with Kazuyuki Torii (piano) and Dr. Steffen Luitz (cello). Steffen was visiting Japan...

Emi Igarashi / Editor


6/28/2024 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Haydn
Chapter 14 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 ~ 1809, died at 77) Haydn was Born in Rohrau, Austria. His father was a wheelwright who loved...

Takeaki Iida