J.S.Bach The Goldberg Variations

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• Akira HARADA

  Born in Tokyo, Mr. Harada started studying violin at age of 6. At 13, he went to the Juilliard School where he studied under Ms. Dorothy DeLay. At 17, he was admitted to entered the 3e cycles of Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, as the youngest student, class of Mr. Régis Pasquier. In 2004 he received the Washington Award from the S & R Foundation. Recent activities include major domestic and international performances & recordings as a member of Bach Collegium Japan and Orchestra Libera Classica. In 2015, he played Viola Solo part of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra with Mr. Ryo Terakado. In 2017, he founded "Ensemble Vagabonds". On the inaugural concert, it played Mahler's Das Leid von der Erde (Schönberg ed.) with critical acclaim. He is a concert master for Yokohama City Ensemble, and Collegium Musicale.

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• Yoshiaki SATO

  Self-taught accordion player Yoshiaki Sato began learning the instrument whilst a student at Kunitachi Collegeof Music. After graduating he continued his studies at C.I.M.Ecole de Jazz in France with Daniel Mille. Yoshiaki, who has set himself apart from the existing image of accordion with his distinctive sound is very much involved in live concerts, recordings, artist support, as well as drama music. Quite active in many genres, his activities do not limit himself to performing in Japan but abroad.

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• Hitomi NIIKURA

  Hitomi Niikura began studying cello at the age of eight in Germany. After graduating with cum laude from Toho Gakuen School of Music, she continued her studies at Toho Gakuen Graduate School. When she was still a student at Toho Gakuen Collage, she made her CD debut with EMI Music Japan and released numerous albums. Currently based in Switzerland, she is active as a soloist both in her native country and abroad, constantly expanding her range of activities ranging from appearances as mistress of ceremony, program narration, and even producing her own dress collection for M Maglie le cassetto. Niikura excelled at the Conservatory in Basel (Switzerland), completing both her soloist and teaching diplomas with the highest honors. She has studied with Hakuro Mori, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Thomas Demenga, and Martin Zeller (baroque cello). She currently plays a Matteo Goffriller cello from 1710, kindly loaned to Hitomi by the Munetsugu Collection. photo by Hannes Heinzer

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