

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


3/13/2024 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Grieg
Chapter 13 Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843~1907, died at 64) Grieg’s grandfather immigrated to Norway from Scotland. Grieg studied at the...

Takeaki Iida