Sarabande from Suite Ancienne -2022-

Artist Profile

• Naoki Tokuoka

  Born in Tottori prefecture in 1970. His family business is a bookstore with 130 years of history. He studied abroad in France in 1997 after graduating High School, from the Kunitachi High School of Music and university, master's degree in the Kunitachi College of Music. By recommendation of composer Yoshihisa Taïra, he conducted at the National Academy of Music at the Rueil Malmaison and studied composition under Francine Aubin. He was a semi-finalist at the 1999 and 2001 Besancon International Conductor Competition. He got recognition by the master Neeme Järvi when participating in the Sibelius Conductor Competition in 2005 and has been studying with Neeme and Paavo Järvi's father and son since then. In June 2007, he was invited to participate in a conducting class of the Den Haag Residentie Orchestra at the recommendation of Neeme Järvi himself. In July, he participated in a Cabrillo music festival and workshop in California, USA at the invitation of Marin Alsop. The performance during the music festival is described as "Naoki Tokuoka from Taiwan is Brahms' second symphony, he showed a wonderful personality and experience with clear and lively techniques" (Santa Cruz Metro newspaper August 1, 2007).Established in Taiwan from 2001. He formed an orchestra with the support of Chi Mei Corporation, which is known for Cremona's famous instruments, and raised it to one of the highest levels in Taiwan in a short period of time. TV broadcasts and five-volume DVDs have been released and well received, and these are still used to do promotion by China Airlines in Taiwan. Received the 2003 Tainan City Honorary Citizenship Award. He is often a guest performer at the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and the Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is active as a permanent conductor of five orchestras, writing and giving lectures classes as well as composing. As a YouTuber, titled "Cheerful Maniac", he continues to analyze the historical performances which he has been listening since childhood of the greatest conductor the 20th century Wilhelm Furtwängler and doing commentary programs of classical music. He contributed to Taiwan's only classical music magazine, MUZIK. His composition is published by Da Vinci Edition. Owner of more than 20,000 CDs, 3,000 Vinyl records, and can't count how many books. Film directors of interest are Roman Polansky, Kubrick and Ken Russell. His hobby is collecting live recordings ofbroadcast and paintings by his teacher Aubin. He is the only conductor entrusted with the performance of Aubin's symphony No.2 "L'espoir".

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  Naoki Tokuokaの他のリリース

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    Shining night for Piano solo Vol.2 Naoki Tokuoka & Stella Hsu
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    Shining night for Piano solo Vol.3 Naoki Tokuoka
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    Acacia (Piano Trio) Naoki Tokuoka
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    Purple Tango Naoki Tokuoka
• Su-lan Hsu

  許恕藍 Hsu Su-lan シュー・スーラン(ヴァイオリン) 台湾生まれ。幼少よりピアノを学び、台湾の特設音楽クラスでヴァイオリンを始め、13歳からユーディ・メニューイン・スクールに留学、世界的巨匠のメニューイン卿、クレーメル、パールマ ン、ミンツ、ズッカーマン、ロストロポーヴィチ、アマデウス弦楽四重奏団、ピアノをペルルミュテール、ニコラーエワ、内田光子、チェンバロをピノックなどの世界的な音楽家から親しく教えを受ける。メニューイン卿自身の推挙によってバッハの”二つのヴァイオリンのための協奏曲”を度々共演。ロンドン王立学院、パリ音楽院、マルメゾン音楽院でデヴィ・エルリー、ユゲット・デア、ギ・コモンタルに師事。1998年ピエール・ ロンティエ国際コンクール第一位。マルメゾン音楽院の実技試験では三年連続の満場一致、総合一位のプルミエ・プリを得、最終年度はトニー・オーバン賞を受賞。2001年五月スイス・ジュネーヴで のWHO世界保健機構大会で、台湾の文化展示としてのソロ・リサイタル開催。 台湾の正名運動、平和コンサートとして話題になる。台湾帰国後は日本、アメリ カ、オーロッパで活発に演奏活動を続ける。協奏曲ソリスト、各オーケストラの招待コンサートマスター、コンクール審査員としても活躍。2014年7月、フラン ス・メザンでの音楽アカデミー に講師・ ソリストとして招かれ、La depeche fr 紙に 「最高級の才能」と絶賛される。 故・江村哲二氏はスーランのために ヴァイオリン 独奏曲「そして、あるいは 歌をこえて」を作曲、 献呈されている。 台湾ライン・ミュージックよりルクー、 ラヴェル、ヴラディゲロフ作品のCDをリ リース。

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