Here I am back again in SHOFUSHA studio. This week I was recording with violist Toby Hoffman for an album including Schumann’s Märchenbilder, Milhaud’s Viola Sonata No.1, and Britten’s Lachrymae. Each piece has its unique beauty, and I cannot wait for the album to be released. It was a real treat to record alongside Toby Hoffman on a viola by Yu Iida.
I am excited that “Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47 & Brahms: Piano Quartet in g minor, Op.25” (Pierre Amoyal, violin; Yuko Shimizu Amoyal, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello; Akimi Fukuhara, piano) is finally released from SHOFUSHA label, as their very first album!
The recording of Arensky’s piano trio is done, and I miss it already. I think the microphones picked up all of the magical moments. I can’t wait to be back again in the Sho-fu-sha studio later this month.
Here we are in the Sho-fu-sha studio in Yamanaka lake, near Mt. Fuji. Recording Arensky’s piano trio no.1 with violinist Paul Rosenthal and cellist Nathaniel Rosen. What a wonderful experience to work with these masters! They are using violin and cello made by their life-long friend Yu Iida.
CHANEL Pygmalion Days Chamber Music – Schumann Piano Quintet with violinist Mana Itoh and Shunichiro Fukuda, violist Meguna Naka, and cellist Hideaki Fujiwara. It was an intense week rehearsing with great players. I love this piece so much that the concert felt really short..
Buffet Crampon x CHANEL concert at Nexus Hall in Ginza.
Takeshi Imamura (Trombone), Kazuhiko Sato (Tuba) and I performed an exciting program fused with baroque, classical, jazz and rock styles. Fun collaboration with big brass instruments!
Press conference in Beijing!
It was a fun journey to collaborate with Wang Tao. I am very happy to take part in this project with a wonderful team of Universal Music China.
It was wonderful to rehearse with a renowned clarinetist Wang Tao in Beijing. I am honored to join his new album, and I’m looking forward to the recording later this month.
I am very grateful for being able to visit the forbidden city during this trip. (Thank you, producer Dave Tam!!!) Seeing their magnificent buildings was an experience that I will never forget!