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Takeaki Iida
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...
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Emi Igarashi / Editor
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...
Takeaki Iida
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
3/12/2024 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Sibelius
Chapter 12 Jean Sibelius (1865～1957, died at 91) After studying law at the University of Helsinki, Jean Sibelius later turned to music,...
Takeaki Iida
3/11/2024 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Fauré
Chapter 11 Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1846 ～1924, died at 79) Born in Pamiers in the southwestern part of France, Fauré studied under Camille...
Emi Igarashi / Editor
12/16/2023 Play Brahms piano trio op 114 at Musashino City Hall, Kichijoji
Performed Brahms piano trio op.114 with Ms. Motoko Koizumi (Piano) and Mr. Hajime Saito (Cello) at Musashino City Hall in Musashino,...
Takeaki Iida
3/28/2023 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Rachmaninoff
Chapter 10 Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов) (1873～1943, died at 69) Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (Сергей...
Kyo Nakatsukasa
1/23/2023 Akira Fuse Concert "Reviving the Passion of the Old Days"
On January 23rd, I had the opportunity to go to Akira Fuse's live tour concert held in Chofu City. As soon as my wife found it, I made a...
Takeaki Iida
1/9/2023 Kyohei Sorita, The Chopinist's Musical Ideas and Actions
When I catch a glimpse of recent music programs, I often get special interests in pianist Kyohei Sorita’s* (28 years old) point of views...
Kathy Price
10/31/2022 Film Review "TÁR"
Drama/Music Rated: R for language and brief nudity Stars: Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer Director: Todd Field...
Takeaki Iida
9/26/2022 Landscape with a Story (Exhibition held during the COVID-19 Crisis)
An exhibition of a Western-style painter (introduced in August 2021 on this blog) was again held at the Hankyu Department Store of Umeda...
Takeaki Iida
9/25/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Händel
Chapter 9 George Friedrich Händel (1685-1759, died at the age of 74) Born in 1685 in Halle, Germany, the same year as J.S. Bach, he first...
Takeaki Iida
9/3/2022 Midsummer Recital; August 6, 2022
The piano class's annual recital (summer concert) was held on August 6th (at Takarazuka Bunka Sozokan - the former Takarazuka Music...
Takeaki Iida
6/16/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Borodin
Chapter 8 Alexander P. Borodin (1833-1887, died at 53 years old) Born in a Georgian aristocratic family, and a trained chemist who became...
Takeaki Iida
6/15/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Smetana
Chapter 7 Friedrich Smetana (1824-1884, died at 60 years old) Born in a house of brewer in Litomyšl, Czech Republic, he went to Prague...
Emi Igarashi / Editor
5/23/2022 Performing at ”The Avant,” a retirement home, in Palo Alto, CA
My piano trio group, MONATS-Trio, performed at ”The Avant,” a retirement home in Palo Alto yesterday afternoon (Sunday, May 22). We...
Takeaki Iida
5/22/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Dvořák
Chapter 6 Antonín Dvořák (1841～1904, died at 62 years old) Born in Nelahozeves (Mühlhausen) near Prague in the Czech Republic, after...
Takeaki Iida
5/5/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Liszt
Chapter 5 Ferencz（Franz）Liszt (1811 - 1866, died at 74 years old ) Liszt was born in Raiding, a deserted village in the Kingdom of...
Takeaki Iida
4/12/2022 Personal Thoughts about Composers and Their Works - Schubert
Chapter 4 Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828, died at 31 years old) Why did I choose Schubert for Chapter 4? The year before last, 2020, is...
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