| Name |
Profile |
| Tastuzou Akasaka (Japan) |
Appearance was canceled due to sudden illness. |
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| Name |
Profile |
Naoko Ishibashi
(Japan) Piano |
She studied piano at Toho High School and
Toho Music College with Ms. Yoko Kitamura
and Ms. Henriette Puig-Roget.
After receiving BA degree, she started her
career as an ensemble pianist and her performances
are broadcasted by NHK both in TV and radio
as well as CD recordings.
She received the best accompany pianist award
for 3 times at Lake Biwa International Flute
competition and since then she is invited
as an official pianist for Japan Woodwind
Competition, International Oboe Competition,
Japan Flute Convention
Competition and Kobe
International Flute Competition
for more
than 10 years. She is also
invited several
music festivals including
ClarinetFest 2005
Tama and others such as
Kirishima, Hamamatsu
and Ohgaki music festivals
as well as in
Taiwan and Korea. She will
appear on 29th
to accompany Mr. Bokun
and Mr. Balogh, on
30th Selmar Gala and 31st
Musica Ceramica
recital.
・Aug.29th Jan Jakub Bokun and Jozsef Balogh
・Aug.30th 18：00〜 Concert Selmer
・Aug.31th 17:00〜 Mugecaseramica Concert |
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Profile |
Kei Itou
(Japan) |
He was born in Miyagi in 1977 and received
BA from Tokyo Music and Arts University in
2001.
He started his career from recital in 1999
at Tokyo Ueno Bunka-kaikan and in 2001 he
joined Opera project II by Seiji Ozawa.
He won 1st prize in chamber music at JILA
music competition, 6th JCS Clarinet Competition
and awarded in the 75th Japan Music competition.
He studied clarinet with Mr. Susumu Sengoku,
Hiroyuki Hibino, Yusuke Noda, Masaharu Yamamoto,
Hidemi Mikai and Yuji Murai and chamber music
with Koji Okazaki and Seiki Shinohe.
He now plays in Tokyo Metropolitan
Symphony
orchestra and teaches at
Tokyo Music and
Media Arts Shobi.
Aug.31st 19:00〜JCS final consart |
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Profile |
| Im-Soo Lee (Korea) |
Im-Soo Lee, a soloist, and chamber musician,
formal co-principal clarinetist of Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra, graduated from Seoul
National University school of music and continued
his education at University of Southern California(
USC) where he received Diploma of Music.
He was a visiting professor at USC.
As the first prize winner of the 23rd Dong-A Competition, Im- Soo Lee has continued
to be the honoree of many
important awards
such as Ye-Eum Award, and
the Bruce Zalkind
Memorial Endowment Award.
In 1992,he was selected as one of Korean’s
leading musicians for the
21st century by Shin Dong-A magazine.
He has given solo recitals
in Los Angles,
Seoul, Berlin, Beijing,
Portugal etc.
He has also been featured
as a soloist with
orchestras such as the
Seoul Philharmonic
Orchestra, Beijing Central
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Seoul Symphony Orchestra,
Sungnam Symphony
Orchestra, Kangnam Symphony
Orchestra among
others.
Im-Soo performed at the International Clarinet
Festival of Texas(97’),
Belgium(99’),New
Orleans(01’) Tokyo (05’)
Atlanta (06’) Porto festival(98’) in Poltugal, Brisbane(02’) in Australia and had a recital
and master class at 98’
Beijing International
Clarinet Festival.
He has released solo albums from Sumit, Sinnara
and Aulos label.
Currently, he is a professor
of Dongduk women’s
University, member of the
Korea Festival
Ensemble and the chairman
for Korea of the ICA.
Aug.29th 16:30〜Overseas clarinettist recital |
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Joo hee Park(Piano;Korea)
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Ms. Joo Hee Park is an excellent accompanist
and a chamber musician.
She has received her Bachelor's and Master's
of Music Degree in Yonsei University in Korea.
She is also a research scholar of University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (U.S.A.).
She has appeared in many recitals in Korea
and in the U.S. including Chapel Hill Chamber
Music Workshop (USA), Performing Assistant
/ The University Chamber Players, Hill Hall
Auditorium / 16th Annual Chapel Hill Chamber
Music concert / China International Clarinet
& Saxophone Music Festival / An Evening
of German Chamber Music / Carol Woods assembly
Hall / The University Chamber Players, Hill
Hall Auditorium.
She has won prizes in competitions including,
The Cours International de Musique (Switzerland),
The 12th International Piano Duo Competition,
Japan 3 Sponsor Prize, The 5th&7th Piano
Duo Competition, Seoul 1st Prize. |
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Profile |
| Junko Ootani (Japan) |
Ms. Ohtani met Mr. Michel Arrignon in 1998
at Euro-Japan Music camp and she transferred
to Paul Dukas Conservatoire of Paris from
Kunitachi Music College and awarded grand
premier in clarinet and chamber music from
the conservatoire.
She studied with Mr. Thomas Friedli at Geneva
from 2001 and received grand premier and
special award for solo and orchestra play.
She was an assistant for Mr. Friedli from
2004 to 2006. Also she studied with Mrs.
Seiji Sagawa, Shigeru Ikushima, Alessandro
Carbonare and R. Guyot.
In 2004, she won first prize at Marco Fiorindo
International Competition.
She also received second prize without first
prize at Japan Wind-Percussion competition
in 2001, the third prize at Japan Clarinet
Competition in 2000, the first prize at Japan
Young Clarinetist Competition in 1999 and
other competitions in Switzerland, France
and Japan.
She played with Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo City
Philharmonic and other orchestras and in
2006 she played the world premier of clarinet
concert by Balduin Sulzer.
She is an active clarinet player in both
solo and chamber music both in Japan and
Europe since 2003 and from 2005 she is a
trainee at Zurich Opera house and principle
clarinet at Biel/Bienne Symphony of Switzerland
from
2007 and appointed as a
principle at Bergen
Philharmonic at Norway
from 2008 autumn season.
Aug.31st 19:00〜JCS final consart |
Original Photograph: Masaki Hirooka
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| Name |
Profile |
| Yoshinobu Kamei (Japan) |
Soon after finishing music high school of
Toho Gakuen in 1994, he entered Paul Dukas
Conservatoire in Paris and then transferred
to Conservatoire Nationale de Region'CNR'de
Aubervillier-La Courneuve and from both schools
he received grand premier.
He won Prix SPEDIDAM at international competition
at Toulon in 1997 and 1st prize at Japan
wood wind competition in 2003.
Also he is awarded the 16th Idemitsu Music
award and in 2005 receives Alion Music Award.
He was highly evaluated by Mr. P. Boulez
and joined the world tour of Zingaro from
1999 to 2002 as a solo clarinet.
He returned Japan in 2003 and since then
he performed recitals, Solo player with Nagoya
Philharmonic, Kansai Philharmony, Tokyo Philharmony
orchestra, Saito-Kinen Orchestra and others.
He now teaches at Tokyo Music and Arts University
and Tokyo Music College and the director
of Ensemble R.
Aug.29th 19:00〜Crampon Gara consart |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Naoko Kotaniguchi (Japan) |
Born in Hyogo and graduated from Tokyo University
of the Arts with master degree.
She won the first prize of Nerima Culture
Foundation Audition in 2000 and thereafter
she began her career as a solo player and
played with Tokyo New City Philharmonic.
In 2001 and 02 she won 2nd prize and 1st
prize in Japan Woodwind competition, Takarazuka
Bega Music competition and won 1st prize
in the 71st Japan Music Competition and awarded
Masuzawa memorial prize and E. Nakamichi
prize.
At ClarinetFest2005 Tama, she received high
reputation by playing Takemitsu’s piece.
She also played with several orchestra and
wind orchestras and join KizugawaYamanami
International Music camp, Miyazaki International
Music Festival and so on.
She studied clarinet with Mrs.
Kazuo Fujii, Yuji Murai, Masaharu Yamamoto
and Shin-ichi Kawabata.
She is now a principle of Kyoto City Philharmonic
and also plays as a solo and chamber music
player.
She is one of the top clarinet players in
young new generation and receive high reputations
for her technique as well as beautiful sound
and fine nuances in music.
〈She plays YAMAHA YCL-950
& 940 Ideal)
Aug.31st 15:00〜YAMAHA Concert |
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| Name |
Profile |
Sauro Berti
(Italy) |
SauroBerti, bass clarinet in the orchestra
of the “Teatrodell´Operadi
Roma”, has
Collaborated with the most
important Italien
orchestra( TheatroallaScala
of Milan and
National Symphony Orchestra
of RAI) and also
the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra.
He has been conducted by
G.Pretre, R.Chailly, G.Shinopoli,
M.W.Chung,
W.Sawallish,V.Gergiev,R.Maael,R.Muti
e P.Boulez; he has
participated in disc,radio
and video recordings
for Sony FonitCetra, Bongiovanni
as well
as in television for Rai
3 and Rete 4. He
took part in the DVD of
the Serenata “Grand
Partita” diW.A.Mozart
with the Philharmonic
orchestra of Scala Conducted
by RiccardoMuti.
His didactic activity includes
two annual
courses in Castelfranco
Veneto and Perugia
and hehas recently published
a book of studies:
“VentiStudi per Clarinetto
basso e CornodiBassetto”
(SuviniZerboni editions)
Fuziya
Naomi (Japan) Piano
Aug.29th 15:30〜Overseas clarinettist recita |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Sylvie Hie (France) |
Principal Soloist of l´Orchestre de la Garde
Republicane de Paris, she obtained double
degree those are literature at the University
of Paris XII and music at the Conservatoire
National Superieur de Musique de Paris.
She studied clarinet with Guy Deplus and
chamber music with Chritian Larde.
She graduated the conservatoire in 1987 winning
the first prize of clarinet in unanimous
and subsequently she won the first prize
in the chamber music in 1988.
In the same year she received degree in modern
literatures after her studies in writing
with Jean-Michel Bardez. She won the First
Prize of International Competition in Tokyo
in 1988 and is the winner of International
Competition in Prague in1991,
She has given solo recital and concerts with
domestic as well as foreign orchestras.
She is regularly invited for International
Clarinet Congress (Ostend ,Stockholm, Atlanta,
Tama Tokyo)
Many composers such as Francine Aubin,Piere
Ancelin,Roger Boutry, Graciane Finzi, Aemand
Ghidoni, Richard Phillips dedicated their
composition of concertantes and chamber music
for her.
She is also active in education, and is entitled
of Aptitude Certificate and teaches at Conservatoire
Darius Mihaud in Paris, at l´Ecole Nationale
de Misique d´Orsayandalso and at l´Academie
d´ete d´Ostrava.
She is a director of collection in Edition
Combre(Paris)
Eminent musicians recognize Sylvie Hue as
an artist possessing an certain technique
and a exceptional sonority making a grand
sensibility in her playing.
She in saluted by critique like " l´une
de nos meilleures clarinettistes " (J.Bonnaure
in Repertoire )
Sylvie Hue plays with Selmer
clarinet and
uses the material of Vandoren.
・Aug.30th 18:00〜Selmer Gara Concert
・Aug.31th 19:00〜JCS Final Gara consart |
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Profile |
Johon Ｍanasse
(The United States) |
Among the most distinguished clarinettists
of his generation, Jon Manasse’s recent
solo appearances include acclaimed concerto
performances with Gerard Schwarz and the
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln
Center’s Avery Fisher Hall and the prestigious
Tokyu Bunkamura Festival in Tokyo.
He ralso made his debut in London’s Barbican
Centre, performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
with Gerard Schwarz and the Academy of St.
Martin in the Fields, and his debut with
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, as well
as appearances with the orchestras of Annapolis
and Jackson.
As a guest soloist with orchestra, he has
appeared with the Augsburg, Dayton and Evansville
Philharmonic Orchestras, Symphony Nova Scotia
and the National Chamber Orchestra in Canada,
and the Alabama, Florida West Coast, Oakland
East Bay and Princeton Symphony Orchestras.
Mr. Manasse has performed with the New York
Ensemble at major concert venues as well
as on tours of Japan and Southeast Asia and
debuts in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Osaka.
An avid chamber musician, Jon Manasse has
been featured in programs with The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center and at numerous
New York venues that include Weill Recital
Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Walter Reade Theatre
(on Lincoln Center’s Great Performers Series),
The Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, and
Merkin Concert Hall. His festival appearances
include chamber music concerts at Caramoor,
Newport, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival,
Colorado Springs, Crested Butte, the Cape
and Islands, the Tucson Winter Chamber Music
Festival and France’s Festival International
des Arts.
Among these appearances are collaborations
with Germany’s Trio Parnassus and the Manhattan,
Shanghai, Borromeo, Moscow and Ying String
Quartets.
Mr. Manasse recently served as currently
principal clarinettist of the Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra. Additionally, he has served
as guest clarinettist with the New York Philharmonic,
Mostly Mozart Orchestra, New York Pops Orchestra,
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra and the New Jersey and Seattle
Symphony Orchestras, under the batons of
Valery Gergiev, Andr? Previn, Gerard Schwarz,
Zdenek Macal, Robert Craft and Hugh Wolff.
Mr. Manasse is a graduate of The Juilliard
School, where he studied with David Weber
and was the winner of two concerto competitions
and the recipient of the prestigious Walter
W. Naumburg Scholarship.
His competition honors include a top prize
in the Thirty-Sixth International Competition
for Clarinet in Munich and being the youngest
winner of the International Clarinet Society
Competition.
His critically acclaimed CDs on the XLNT
label encompass the complete clarinet concerti
and works for clarinet and piano of Weber;
world premier recordings of 20th century
clarinet works; and Clarinet Music from 3
Centuries, which features Mozart’s Clarinet
Quintet (with the Shanghai Quartet) and music
by Spohr, Gershwin and James Cohn.
Jon Manasse is an official "Performing
Artist" of the Buffet Crampon Company,
the Parisian firm that is the world’s oldest
and most distinguished clarinet maker. In
1995, he was appointed to the faculty of
the Eastman School of Music.
He joined the artist’s
roster of the Music
of the Spheres Society
immediately following
his acclaimed performance
with the group
in February 2002.
Aug.29th 19:00〜Crampon Gara consart |
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Profile |
Takahashi Tomomi
(Japan) |
He received grand premier from Kunitachi
Music College.
He studied with Ms. Haruko Hiramatsu, NagatakaoOgasawara
and Yukio Ohhashi. He received Tsuruyo Takeoka
award and played at Yomiuri New Graduates
Recital and New Graduates Recital at Imperial
Palace.
He joined Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and sent
to Northwestern German Academy and studied
withJost MICHAELS and received grand premier.
He joined Gelsenkirchen Philharmony as a
principal clarinet and played several concerto
as a solist.
He returned Japan in 1993.
He continues his career as a solist and organizes
Euros Ensemble and a member of Izumi Symphonietta.
He released several CDs both as a solo and
member of Euros Ensemble He also teaches
at Senzoku Gakuen and Kyoto Municipal Arts
University.
Aug.30th 18:00〜Selmer Gara Concert |
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Profile |
Taniguchi Eiji
(Japan) |
He received high reputation as a jazz clarinet
player since he was a student of WasedaUniversity.
He now plays as not only solo but also his
own combo, orchestra and producing CDs.
He also conducts several
recitals, composes,
teaches at Senzoku Gakuen
and appears on
radio programs.
Aug.28th 19:30〜Prefestival Concert |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Tsutsumi Atsuki (Japan) |
He studied Vienna Music Academy and received
premier diploma and he played in Vienna as
a member of orchestra and chamber music player.
He is a student of Mr.
Takafumi Komatsu,
P. Shmiedle, Koichi Hamanaka.
Since 1988,
he was an advisor to improve
fine-ceramic
clarinet and plays the
clarinet in several
occasions.
Aug.31th 17:00〜Mugecaseramica Concert |
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Profile |
| Tie Bai (China) |
Regarded as one of China's finest Clarinetists,
winner of the First Chinese Youth Clarinetist
Competition, Mr. Tie Bai graduated from Beijing
Military Art College and University of Southern
California.
Bai has given solo recitals in major cities
in China, the United States,
Europe and Asia.
He was invited to perform at Beijing New
Year Concert (Hosted by the Chinese Government
with audience of 10,000. Live on the China
Central TV), Beijing International Clarinet
Festival and Shanghai International Clarinet
Festival.
He was invited to perform
at International
Clarinet Association Annual
Conference in
Paris (1996), Ohio (1998),
Tokyo (2005) and Atlanta
(2006).
He has also been featured
as a soloist with
Downey Symphony Orchestra,
California Chamber
Orchestra, Los Angeles
Baroque Orchestra,
New York Chamber Orchestra
(USA), Kharkov
Philharmonic Orchestra
(Ukraine), Korea National
Symphony Orchestra, Pyongyang
Symphony Orchestra
(N. Korea), Korean Philharmonic,
Jeonju Symphony
Orchestra (S. Korea), Sichuan
State Symphony
Orchestra, Chengdu Philharmonic,
Jilin State Symphony Orchestra,
Henan State
Symphony Orchestra and
Liaoning State Symphony
Orchestra (China).
His performance was broadcasted by KUSC Los
Angeles Classic Music Station(FM91.5), KSCI-TV
International (CH-18) USA, National TV, N.
Korea, China Central TV, China Central People's
Broadcast Station and China International
Broadcast Station (China) .
Bai's solo CD record was
published by China
Audio & Video Publishing
House.
Bai has served as judge
at the Beijing International
Clarinet Competition. Currently,
he is the
professor at Xian Conservatory
of Music,
Director of the China International
Clarinet
Festival, Rico International
Performing Artist
(USA).
Yihong-Bai (Piano；China)
Aug.29th 16:00〜Overseas clarinettist recital |
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Profile |
| Takahiro Denda (Japan) |
He graduated from Musashino Music College
and studied clarinet with Mrs.
Kunio Chiba and Yuji Murai. During his college
days he was awarded in NHK-Mainichi competition
in 1972 and thereafter he studied at Koln
Music University and studied with Mr. Franz
Klein and then Basel Music College in
1975 with Mr. Hans Rudolf Stalder and received
Solist Diploma. After coming back to Japan,
he played with several European orchestras
including Deutch Bach Solisten, Lyon Philharmonic
and so on.
He also interested in period
instruments
and extend his research
work and performances
in this field.
Aug.30th 11:00〜Lecture＆Ricital Clarimonia
support |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Yuki Nakajima (Japan) |
She received BA from Toho Gakuen and diploma
in piano and chamber music from Lyon concervatoire.
She won 1st prize at the 2nd Takarazuka Bega
competition in piano and grand premier at
M. Ravel Academy.
She is now an accompany pianist of Tokyo
Music and Arts University and also plays
piano actively both in Japan and France.
She is a student of Ms.
Etsuko Ichida, Masako
Nakajima, Miyoko Yamane,
Haruko Seki, and
others.
・Aug.29th 19:00〜Crampon Gara consart
・Aug.31st 15:00〜YAMAHA Concert
・Aug.31th 18:30〜Yuuko Hattan Recital |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Yuuko Hattan (Japan) |
She started clarinet at age of 13 and she
studied at Ishiyama High School, Kyoto Municipal
Arts University and received first prize
and played at the 20th Yamaha New Graduates
Recital.
Also she joined Franz Liszt Weimar Music
College Summer School.
She won the 3rd prize at the 14th Japan wood
wind competition, 2nd prize at the 6th Japan
Clarinet Competition, and the 1st prize at
the 21st Japan Woodwind, percussion competition.
She played Mozart's concert with Tokyo Symphony
Orchestra and awarded by Tokyo Municipal
Governer,
Minister of Education and Science of Japan.
In 2005 she won the 1st prize at the 2nd
Japan Clarinet Ensemble competition in division
of duet.
She played in 2005 Clarinet Fest Tama, Yamanami
International Music festival and also solo
recitals.
She studied with Mr. Sumio
Yamakawa and Tomomi
Takahashi and now plays
in Nihon Philharmony
Orchestra.
Aug.31th 18:30〜Yuuko Hattan Recital |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Ayako Harada (Japan) |
She received BA from Tokyo Music and Arts
University in 1993 and master degree in 1995.
She won the 1st prizes at the 6th Japan Woodwind
competition, Japan wind and percussion competition.
She was sent to Lyon concervatoir as a Rohm
music foundation supporting student and Japan
minister of culture.
She received grand premier in 2001 and returned
home to play as a solo.
She teaches at Aichi Municipal Arts University.
She was a student of Mr.
Yuji Murai, Mr.
Masaharu Yamamoto and others.
Aug.30th 18:00〜Selmer Gara Concert |
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| Name |
Profile |
| Han Kim (Korea) |
Han Kim was born in Seoul in Feb. 1996.
He began to play the clarinet at the age of seven, and from nine years old, he has studied
with Mr. YongGen Lee. After
winning several
domestic competitions in
Korea, he won the Grand Prize at the Kookmin-ilbo Concours in Dec. 2006, with playing the Weber Concertino op.26.
There were in total 558 entries and Han was the youngest winner in the competition’s history.
In 2007 when he was 11, Han was selected
as “Kumho Prodigy” sponsored
by Kumho-Asiana
cultural foundation in
Korea, and made his debut recital at Kumho Art-Hall playing the Weber Grand duo Concertant,Kovacs Hommages a Manuel de Falla and other pieces in December.
Also he was invited to Arte TV channel in
Korea to have his first
TV recital appearance
and participated as a guest
performer at
25th young Musician Festival in February of this
year.
Han is currently studying with Mr. HyunGon Kim, at the Yewon School in Seoul, and his performance is being broadcasting
through his YouTube channel,
YouYube www.youtube.com/michaelhankim
Aug.30th 15:30〜Han Kim recital |
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Woo-Ri Ko(Korea)
Piano
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Woo-Ri Ko was born in 1985 in and now one
of ’s emerging young professional soloist
and chamber musician.
Since having her debut recital on 2000 when
she was 15, she has been awarded various
piano competitions in Korea such as Joong-Ang
Music Concours and Samik Bechstein Concours,
and appeared at numerous concerts and in
recitals as a soloist, including a guest
performance in New Milennium International
Piano Festival, that held in Spain on 2002.
She studied at the Seoul National University
on a scholarship with He-Yeon Choi and Mannheim
Musikhochschule as an DAAD exchange student
on 2006.
Miss. Ko had a Joong-Ang finalist recital
sponsored by YAMAHA last year and currently
she continues her professional studies for
Master degree at Seoul National University
as well as playing in various ensemble. |
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Profile |
Bil Jackson
(The United States) |
He started his symphonic career with the
Honolulu Symphony in 1980 where he was principal
clarinetist.
Presently, he is the is the long time principal
clarinetist of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
and is also a professor of clarinet at the
University of Northern Colorado in Greeley,
Colorado. The composer Dan Welcher composed
his clarinet concerto for Mr. Jackson in
1989.
Jackson has enjoyed solo performances with
a number of American orchestras where he
has become well known for his performances
of the Copland Clarinet Concerto as well
as the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K.V. 622.
Jackson first performed the Copland with
the Honolulu Symphony in 1982.
He has subsequently appeared as soloist with
the Colorado Symphony, the Charlotte Symphony,
and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra.
Jackson is the only musician ever to win
the International Bil Jackson is the consummate
festival player appearing with numerous of
the top festivals all over the country.
These include the Aspen Music Festival, where
Jackson has been a steady performer since
he was a teenager.
Other highly rated festivals to engage Jackson
over the years are the Bravo! Vail Music
Festival, Angel Fire, and the Alpenglow Festival.
Further-a-field Jackson has been a regular
performer at Chamber Music Northwest.
He also has appeared at Chamber Music Sedona,
and the Australian Chamber Music Festival.
Bil Jackson was a student of Robert Marcellus
at Northwestern University.
Jackson is a graduate of
the Interlochen
Arts Academy where he won
the Academy's concerto
competition three times
and was awarded the
medal for overall musicianship.
Aug.31st 15:00〜YAMAHA Concert |
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Profile |
| Chiaki Mangyou
(Japan) |
She started clarinet at age of 10 and received
BA from Tokyo Music and Arts University.
She won the 2nd prize at the 55th Japan Music
competition and the 6th Japan wind and percussion
competition.
She has been playing ShinseiNihon Symphony
Orchestra since 1987 and now a principal
of Tokyo Philharmony Orchestra.
She studied with Ms. Yoko
Hosaka, Mr. Masatake
Kaihoko and Yuji Murai.
Aug.30th 18:00〜Selmer Gara Concert |
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Profile |
Masaharu Yamamoto
(Japan) |
In 1972, Masaharu Yamamoto won the first
prize at the 41st Japan Music Competition,
wind division. In 1973, he graduated from
the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts
and Music with the honour of the Ataka Prize.
After that, he entered to the Nordwestdeutsche
Musik Akademie (Detmold) to study further
with Jost Michaels.
He passed the Konzertexamen with top honours.
In 1975,he joined the "Die Dusseldorfer Symphoniker" as solo clarinettist.
In 1976, he won the second prize at the Colmar
International Chamber Music Concours (France),
woodwind trio division, with Fumiaki Miyamoto
(oboe) and Koji Okazaki (Bassoon).
In 1980, he took a "Kammermusiker"'s
title from the city of Dusseldorf.
He returned to Japan in 1983.
Participated in such as the Kiso Music Festival,
the Kurashiki Music Festival, the Miyazaki
Music Festival. Member of the Master Wind
Players, the Japan Chamber Orchestra and
the Clarinet Ensemble.
He appears various ranges
of performance
activities, including solo,
chamber music,
and orchestra performance.
Aug.31th 17:00〜Mugecaseramica Concert |
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| Name |
Profile |
Jan Jakub Bokun (Poland) |
Polish clarinetitst and conductor Jan Jakub Bokun has recently performed the Mozart Clarinet
Concerto with Christopher Hogwood, appeared
at the International China Clarinet and Saxophone
Music Festival in Beijing and won the WrocBaw
Music Prize for his album ImpresionesArgentinas.
He studied the clarinet at the Wroclaw
Academy of Music and continued at the Conservatoire
National Superieur de Musique de Paris. In
May 2001 he received the Master of Music
in Conducting degree from the University
of Southern California in Los Angeles. In
the same year he was awarded a fellowship
to the American Academy for Conducting
at the Aspen Music Festival.
The following Summer he received a scholarship
which enabled him to study with Kurt Masur
and James Levine at Verbier Academy in Switzerland
He has won prizes, as soloist, chamber musician
and conductor at competitions in Wroclaw,
Wloszakowice, Bialystok, Enschede and
Mt. Pleasant.
Three times ? in Ostend, Stockholm and Tokyo-
he was the Polish representative at the World
Clarinet Congress Clarinetfest. He has been invited to give masterclasses
in Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain,
Serbia and at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels.
Mr. Bokun has recorded for Polish Radio and
TV. He has released 8 solo albums with Koch
Classics ,JBRecords and DUX, all received
with great critical acclaim.
As a soloist, chamber musician
and conductor
he has appeared in most
European countries,
USA, Japan, China, Chile
and Argentina.Hishonours
include a prize of the
Foundation of Polish
Culture , the Jan Adolf
Gorecki Scholarship
and grants from the Polish
Ministry of Culture
and the French Government.JanJakubBokun
is
on the faculty of the WrocBaw
Academy
of Music where he teaches
clarinet and chamber
music.
・Aug.29th 17:00〜Overseas clarinettist recital
・Aug.30th 18:00〜Selmer Gara Concert |
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| Youko Yokota (Japan) |
Born in Tokyo and began playing clarinet
at age of 12. After graduating
Tokyo University
of Arts, from 1997 she
studied at Munich
Music University, Conservatoire
of Basel,
and Karlsruhe Music College
for clarinet
and wind quintet. She studied
with Mrs. Toshiaki
Kobayashi, Yuji Murai,
Masaharu Yamamoto,
and others.
She was invited to Yamaha Freshpeople’s
recital and also received a grant from Villa
Musica foundation to play in German. She
was trained at Passau Opera house and Nurnberg
Symphony.
After returning to Japan
she had several
solo recitals as well as
a member of ogts
ensemble since 2005. In
last April she joined
a contemporary music festival
at Adelade,
Australia as a member of
SUAVE, a trio.
Aug.30th 11:00〜Lecture＆Ricital Clarimonia
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| Name |
Profile |
Jozsef Balogh (Hungary)
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Jozsef Balogh (Budapest) ClarinetClarinettist, composer, teacher, and member
of the highly regarded
InterClarinet ensemble. Mr. Balogh is a graduate of the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He has been the principal clarinettist
in a number of leading
orchestras, including
the Budapest Opera Orchestra and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the clarinet, he plays the
saxophone and the Hungarian
national instrument,
the "tarogato".
He plays both the
German and French system clarinets with equal fluency, and
has a repertoire encompassing
classical,
jazz, contemporary, klezmer
and gipsy music.
In his unique compositions
and improvisations,
he combines Hungarian and
Middle Eastern
musical influences to create
a highly personal
style.
He is a prizewinner of national and international
competitions (Prague, Graz
and Budapest).
In addition to performing
at prestigious
clarinet conventions and
conferences around
the world (Clarinetfests,
EuroCass Conference,
Oklahoma Symphosium etc.).
He has given recitals
and masterclasses in Finland,
Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Slovenia,
England, Israel, the
Netherlands, Italy, and
the United States.
He has also served as a
guest professor at
the universities of Oklahoma,
North Texas
and Idaho State in the
US, and the Hochschule
fur Music Nurnberg-Augsburg
in Germany.
He performed with the greatest clarinetists
such as Eddie Daniels,
Buddy DeFranco (Jazz),
Larry Combs (Chicago Symphony
Orchestra),
Stanley Drucker (New York
Philharmonic) at
international festivals
and courses.
He is the founder of the Healing Sounds Beethoven Project, director of Europe Art School, and the Interclarinet Master School.
He is the Artistic Director of the ?Four
Seasons on the Danube” Regional Art Festival and Courses
in Hungary, and the newly
established Greenland Palace of Art and Music.
He can be heard on numerous recordings for
the Naxos Label as well
as on two highly
acclaimed CDs with InterClarinet
ensemble,
both of which feature some
of his own works
for clarinet quintet. He has recorded Brahms, Mozart for Naxos,
and his solo CD “Contrasts” includes works
by Bartok, Weiner, Kokai etc.
He is noted for his fascinating programmes,
his playing shows humour,
vitality of a dynamic
and virtuosic musician.
He is opening new
doors on the concert scene
bringing great
music and his artistry
to the stage. He has
compositions for children’s
musical theatre,
and for clarinet, saxophone
and tarogato.
His “Hagada Klezmer Symphony: Four Glasses of Wine,” was premiered in
2004.
In November, 2006 include being featured
as "Musician of the
week" by Bartok
Radio, Hungary. He was
the guest professor
of the University of Oklahoma
in autumn of
2007.For more information, please contact:
Beatrix Balogh, Chairperson
Windland Music Foundation H-1054 Budapest, Hold utca 23. Fszt.6..
Tel/fax: (36-1-) 388-6689 info@windland.org
www.windland.org
http://balogh.cjb.hu/
http://greenland.cjb.hu/
Aug.29th 17:30〜Overseas clarinettist recital
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