An exhibition of a Western-style painter (introduced in August 2021 on this blog) was again held at the Hankyu Department Store of Umeda...

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...

The piano class's annual recital (summer concert) was held on August 6th (at Takarazuka Bunka Sozokan - the former Takarazuka Music...

Chapter 8 Alexander P. Borodin (1833-1887, died at 53 years old) Born in a Georgian aristocratic family, and a trained chemist who became...

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...

My piano trio group, MONATS-Trio, performed at ”The Avant,” a retirement home in Palo Alto yesterday afternoon (Sunday, May 22). We...

Chapter 6 Antonín Dvořák (1841～1904, died at 62 years old) Born in Nelahozeves (Mühlhausen) near Prague in the Czech Republic, after...

Chapter 5 Ferencz（Franz）Liszt (1811 - 1866, died at 74 years old ) Liszt was born in Raiding, a deserted village in the Kingdom of...

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...

After two years of not performing in public, amid the Corona, MONATS-Trio concert at a nearby church was satisfactorily completed on...

Encounter with Saxophone About 20 years ago, when I retired from the life as a businessman, I started playing saxophone. Soon after, I...

My "Classic Film Theory" Many old movies are masterpieces, but with the generations change, it is usually difficult to convey it. I...

On October 15, 1825 Mendelssohn finished his first indisputable masterpiece, the Octet in E flat Major op.20, when Mendelssohn was...

It has been another challenging year for many people. I hope you and yours are safe and well, and settling in for a happy holiday season!...

Chapter 3 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi (1809-1847, died at 38 years old) Although various literature states that Mendelssohn was born in...

Chapter 2 Peter Tschaikowsky (1840-1893, died at 53 years old) Tchaikovsky had a strong interest in music from an early age, but his...

Received an invitation to the "35th Anniversary Japan-Western Exhibition (2021)" at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts. On July 21st, I...

It is August in midsummer from today. Tokyo Olympic Games are on, and Japan is in the gold-medal rush. There is only one week left for...

Well over 80 years old, for more than a decade after retiring from my corporate life, I have been listening to classical music mainly on...

I resumed rehearsal with my piano trio group “Monats-Trio” at home for the first time in a year after we began “stay-at-home” (due to...