Geitan Festa 2020: An Evening of Beethoven Piano Concertos with Professor Emeritus Junko Isozaki

2021.12.02 classical music

Date	December 2, 2021 (Thu)

venue	Junior College of Arts Music Hall Building Music Hall

The 15th annual Geiten Festa is a festival of arts and culture.

With the aim of promoting art and culture as well as the appeal of Geiten College, students, faculty and staff put together a variety of events including exhibitions, concerts, stage performances and lectures. This year's event featured Professor Emeritus Junko Isozaki on piano, performing music by Beethoven in the 250th anniversary year of his birth.

In this site, some parts are edited and recorded.

[Contents of the recording]
Beethoven "Victory at Wellington or Battle of Vitoria (War Symphony)" Op.91
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58

CAST & STAFF

Junko Isozaki (Piano Solo)
After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music with a degree in piano, she completed the Meister Class and Soloist Course at the former West German State University of Music Freiburg with highest honors. She studied piano and chamber music with Edith Picht-Axenfeld, Aurel Nicolle, Heinz Holliger and Peter Lukas Graf. During this period, she won the third prize at the Viotti International Competition and the first prize at the Monza International Competition, earning her a national performance certificate. He has performed recitals, chamber music, and concertos throughout Europe. In 2005, he became a professor at Oita College of Arts and Culture, where he teaches younger students. He is currently professor emeritus at the same college.

Shinji Moriguchi (Conductor)
Born in Osaka. Born in Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, he completed the Graduate School of Conducting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1995. Immediately after completing the graduate school, he won the third prize (without the first prize) in the Conducting Division of the "Prague Spring" International Music Competition, and at the same time, he appeared in the Prague Spring International Music Festival and conducted the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has been visiting orchestras all over Japan. He served as the Resident Conductor of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa for two years from 2003. As an opera conductor, he has conducted more than 30 operas nearly 100 times. After serving as a lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and the Nikiikai Opera Training Institute, he was appointed to the Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture in 2008. In 2008, he was appointed to the Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, where he has been conducting many important performances since moving his base to Oita. He is currently a professor of music at Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, a board member of the Oita Niki-kai, and a part-time lecturer at Oita University.

Oita College of Arts and Culture Orchestra (Orchestra)

MESSAGE

Professor Emeritus Junko Isozaki

Students
We had a lot of practice outside of class with the students and we were able to get together and practice individually. We have been actively practicing for each part and section with the students. It's been a long time since we've been able to perform, and we've been practicing from a distance, but we're going to do our best for the show, feeling the joy of being able to play music more than ever.