Marimbist
"There is always an energy and intensity which communicate very strongly
with an audience.”
＝Bob Becker （founding member, NEXUS percussion group; Steve Reich ensemble＝
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She was born in Kumamoto in 1964. She began to study the piano at the
age of three and drums at the age of ten and marimba at the age of eighteen.
And she,
- is a graduate of Kumamoto Music College and was also instructor at this
college.
-studied marimba in the United States with a subsidy from 'Kumamoto Culture
and Art Promotion Association' in 1994.
-also studied to perform marimba at Toronto University (Advanced Certificate
in Performance) under Russell Hertenberger (NEXUS) in 1999 and 2000.
-has devoted herself to marimba performance and musical studies under the
strong influence of the world-famous percussion ensemble NEXUS since 1994.
- has given solo recitals in New York (Carnegie Hall 2001and 2004), Atlanta
in U.S.A., Budapest in Hungary, Toronto in Canada, Flensburg in Germany,
St. John's in Canada and Tokyo (Ooji Hall 2001and Toppan Hall 2003), Kyoto,
Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kitakyushu in Japan.
- has performed with NEXUS, Tom Stacy (principal E. Horn player for the
NY Philharmonic Orchestra), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), the Szonbathely
Symphony Orchestra, the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, the Kumamoto Symphony
Orchestra.
- has also performed with Kakraba Lobi (Ghana, Africa), Bill Douglas, composer/pianist
(U.S.A.) and Sutomu Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan) at Todaiji Temple Grand Memorial
Service on the 1,250th anniversary of the consecrating of the Great Buddha
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- released her first CD 'Mitsue' in 1998.
- had arranged 'Tokyo / Vermont Counterpoint' and had it in the CD 'Triple
Quartet' Steve Reich, a composer, released on the Nonesuch label in 2001.
- released her second CD 'Marimba Phase' from the Monroe street label in
2003.
-received the KUMAMOTO CULTURAL AWARD in 1996.
- has been invited to PASIC 2005 to give clinic/performance.
 
BGM：「Mitsue」（Meeting place） Written by John Wyre |
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