Takeaki Iida
3/13/2024 3/10/2024 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...
Yuki T.
3/9/2024 Book Review, “The Moon and Sixpence” by William Somerset Maugham
This book is a historical bestseller that is said to have written about Gauguin's life, largely from the point of view of the narrator,...
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,...
Kathy Price
8/15/2023 Film Review "Barbenheimer"
Some people claim that 2023 is the summer of “Barbenheimer.” This “mashup” word was created by studio marketing wizards to express the...
Emi Igarashi / Editor
4/8/2023 Play Mendelssohn op 66 in Koganei, Tokyo, and Kiunkaku, Atami
Had a lot of fun rehearsing and performing Mendelssohn op 66 with Mr. Ikko Torii (piano) and Mr. Hajime Saito (cello).