Takeda-shi Sogo Bunka Hall Grants Takeda｜Takeda Version Artist Support Program Valentine's Day Concert: Masterpieces of Love Sung by Viola

2021.03.31 classical music

Date	February 10, 2021 (Wed)

venue	Grants Taketa Citizen's Lounge

Grants Taketa holds lobby concerts for parents and children of child-rearing age, as well as for those who just want to drop by and enjoy live music. This project was born out of the desire for everyone, from children to adults, to feel free to come to Glanz at any time. This time, we welcomed Masaki Ikuno, a young viola player who is attracting the most attention at the moment, and held a Valentine's Day concert filled with sweet sounds.

The entire program (including encores) is included in this website.
[Contents of the recording]
New Cinema Paradise / Ennio Morricone
On the Wings of Song / Mendelssohn
No. 8 from The Book of Mute Songs / Mendelssohn
Ray of Water / Yoko Kanno
The Moon of Arashiro / Rentaro Taki (arr: Fu Fukagawa)
Tooriyanse (arr: Fu Fukagawa)
Second movement from Viola Sonata No.2 op.120-2 / Brahms
Moon Desert / Suguru Sasaki (arr: Fu Fukagawa)
Burn (Japanese title: Purple Flame) / Deep Purple

CAST & STAFF

Masaki Ikuno (Viola)
Born in Oita Prefecture, Masaki Ikuno began playing the viola at the age of 14. Born in Oita Prefecture, Masaki Ikuno began playing the viola at the age of 14, and after graduating from Oita Prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School, he graduated at the top of his class from the instrumental music department of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and completed his graduate studies there. She won the second prize at the Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition. He passed the audition of the Japan Federation of Performers and performed with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared at the Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Tokyo Spring Music Festival, MUSICFUTURE, Seiji Ozawa Music School, Obuse Music Festival, Koshi-no-Ruby Music Festival, and Yokose Music Festival, and has performed with Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Joe Hisaishi, Zakhar Bron, Wadim Repin, and Svetlana Zakharova. She has participated as a guest principal in major orchestras throughout Japan, including the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, and Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. He has also toured and recorded with the Ishida Gumi, 2cellos, Taro Hakase, Chisako Takashima, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masayoshi Yamazaki, Ikimono-gakari, etc. He was the solo viola player in the orchestra for the 2019 Emperor's Accession Ceremony. She is a member of the Pleasure 21 String Quartet and Trio AXIS.
Hideki Goto (Piano)
Hideki Goto graduated from Oita Prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School and Oita Prefectural Junior College of Arts and Culture, majoring in instrumental music. He won the Mozart Prize at the Summer Mozart Week 2003 and the 43rd Kitakyushu Art Accompaniment Prize, and has performed with the Seele Symphony Orchestra, the Beppu Citizen Symphony Orchestra, the Oita Symphony Orchestra, and others. Beppu Citizen's Symphony Orchestra, Oita Symphony Orchestra, etc. He is also a part-time lecturer at Oita Prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School. He is also a part-time lecturer at Oita Prefectural Geijyorigaoka High School, and the conductor of the Oita Prefectural Uenooka High School Music Club. He is the conductor of the Oita Citizen's Chorus Wisteria Call, and the permanent conductor of the HAPPY SUNS MAMA BAND. Fu Fukagawa (Composition and Arrangement)
Fukagawa graduated from the composition course of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. As a composer, Fukagawa has been commissioned to compose chamber music, and his works have been selected for the PTNA All Japan Piano Teachers Association Piano Steps for Japanese students (2011, 2014). As a composer, he has provided commissioned works mainly for chamber music. He has also made arrangements for stage performances such as concerts and CD recordings. He is also a part-time lecturer at Nishi-Kyushu University.

MESSAGE

Mr. Masaki Ikuno (viola)
Mr. Masaki Ikuno (viola)

Hideki Goto (piano)
Hideki Goto (piano)
The role of the soloist and piano ensemble is to help and enliven the soloist, so I hope that the audience will be able to see how the two of us create music together while leaning on him (Mr. Ikuno).

(In the future) （

In the future, I hope that the audience will be able to see how the two of us create music together while staying close to him (Ikuno-san).

The basic principle of arranging is to take a melody that you know from the original and add melody and accompaniment with the viola and piano (as in this case). I'm hoping to be able to do this without destroying the goodness of the original, and to what extent I can bring out its interesting charm and give it a different taste.