Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
SOSHUNFU
Performed by Kaori Muraji
Kaori Muraji was born in Tokyo in 1978. Her first guitar lessons were from her father, Noboru Muraji, when she was 3 years old. She won the top prize at the 1989 Junior Guitar Contest, and was the winner of the Student Guitar Competition in two consecutive years 1989 and 1991. She was the youngest ever student to win the Leo Brouwer International Guitar Concours and Tokyo International Guitar Concours in 1992. Her debut recital was in March 1993 at Tsuda Hall in Tokyo. In October her first CD (Espressivo) was released from Victor Entertainment of whom she is an exclusive artist. In January 1995, her second CD (Gleensleeves) was released. In July 1996, her third CD (Sinfonia) was released. In March 1995 she was given the 5th Idemitsu Music Awards. She played Rodrigo's Aranjuez Concert in 3 concerts with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI conducted by Guido Guida in May/June 1996, this time in Torino, with television on RAI throughout Italy, which met with great public and critical acclaim. In 1997, her fourth CD (Pastorale), in 1998 her fifth CD (Cavatina) were became best sellers and met with excellent reviews.
Kaori Muraji was born in Tokyo in 1978. Her first guitar lessons were from her father, Noboru Muraji, when she was 3 years old. She won the top prize at the 1989 Junior Guitar Contest, and was the winner of the Student Guitar Competition in two consecutive years 1989 and 1991. She was the youngest ever student to win the Leo Brouwer International Guitar Concours and Tokyo International Guitar Concours in 1992. Her debut recital was in March 1993 at Tsuda Hall in Tokyo. In October her first CD (Espressivo) was released from Victor Entertainment of whom she is an exclusive artist. In January 1995, her second CD (Gleensleeves) was released. In July 1996, her third CD (Sinfonia) was released. In March 1995 she was given the 5th Idemitsu Music Awards. She played Rodrigo's Aranjuez Concert in 3 concerts with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI conducted by Guido Guida in May/June 1996, this time in Torino, with television on RAI throughout Italy, which met with great public and critical acclaim. In 1997, her fourth CD (Pastorale), in 1998 her fifth CD (Cavatina) were became best sellers and met with excellent reviews.
A FECILIDADE
Performed by Soichi Muraji
Soichi Muraji was born in 1982. His father was his first classical guitar teacher, and Soichi started playing the guitar when he was 3 years old. His principal teachers in Japan include Shinichi Fukuda and Daisuke Suzuki. Soichi has won 1st Prize in many competitions in Tokyo, Japan: the 1993 Junior Guitar Competition, 1996 Student Guitar Competition, 1997 Classical Guitar Competition, 1998 in the Spanish Guitar Competition and the 41st Tokyo International Guitar Competition. Soichi came to U.S.A. in 1999. He has studied in Boston with Eliot Fisk at the New England Conservatory, with David Leisner at both the New England Conservatory and the ManhattanSchool of Music in New York, and David Starobin at the Manhattan School of Music. In September 2003, Soichi was chosen to play the Concierto de Aranjuez in U.S.-Japan 150 Festival in Chicago. In March 2006, he made his North American debut recital by performing at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington D.C., and in September, he was chosen to play in New York City's commemoration of September llth. Soichi's sixth solo CD "Reverie" will be released in May 2008 on the RCA label in Japan.
Dual Guitar_Violin Performances
Sung by Tokomo Nozawa
Sung by Maucha Adnet
Enjoy with English caption
Performed by Andre Saborio Rodriquez
Soichi Muraji was born in 1982. His father was his first classical guitar teacher, and Soichi started playing the guitar when he was 3 years old. His principal teachers in Japan include Shinichi Fukuda and Daisuke Suzuki. Soichi has won 1st Prize in many competitions in Tokyo, Japan: the 1993 Junior Guitar Competition, 1996 Student Guitar Competition, 1997 Classical Guitar Competition, 1998 in the Spanish Guitar Competition and the 41st Tokyo International Guitar Competition. Soichi came to U.S.A. in 1999. He has studied in Boston with Eliot Fisk at the New England Conservatory, with David Leisner at both the New England Conservatory and the ManhattanSchool of Music in New York, and David Starobin at the Manhattan School of Music. In September 2003, Soichi was chosen to play the Concierto de Aranjuez in U.S.-Japan 150 Festival in Chicago. In March 2006, he made his North American debut recital by performing at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington D.C., and in September, he was chosen to play in New York City's commemoration of September llth. Soichi's sixth solo CD "Reverie" will be released in May 2008 on the RCA label in Japan.
Dual Guitar_Violin Performances
Sung by Tokomo Nozawa
Sung by Maucha Adnet
Enjoy with English caption
Performed by Andre Saborio Rodriquez
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