Naoki Tsurusaki (Cello, Composer) Sonata and Chamber Music Series Vol.1

Program

Lv Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5
Lv Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.1~5

Profile

Naoki Tsurusaki, violoncello
Born in 1953. In 1975, while studying at Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire National Conservatoire as a French government scholarship student and graduated with the first prize. Studied under Mr. Takayuki Miki, the late Reine Frachaud, and the late Maurice Gendron. In addition to performing with the Lyon Chamber Orchestra, the Hokkaido Symphony Orchestra, the Ebetsu String Ensemble, Michio Kobayashi, Katsumi Ueda, Ichiro Nodaira, and Kazushi Ono, he has performed at the Aix-en-Provence Music Festival and the Berlioz Music Festival. World premiere of Ichiro Nohira's "Two Portraits" for cello and piano in the Chamber Music Series at the Opera de Lyon. Bach's "Unaccompanied Cello Suite" full-length live recording was released by Live Notes and was well received. 《When you listen to it, you will be tempted by an emotion that transcends reason. […] and the passage from the abyss of No. 5 to the exaltation of No. 6 is also particularly memorable. It is a great pleasure to know this extraordinary cellist in such a happy way. 》(Jiro Hamada "Record Geijutsu" May 2005 Semi-Special)
In recent years, he has also focused on composing, including "Impromptu II" and "Memory of a Scenery" for piano and clarinet in the chamber music series of the Lyon Opera. In 2007, in Hiroshima and Nara, the revised version "Memory of a Scenery" for clarinet and string quartet was premiered and received favorable reviews. A member of the Lyon Opera House since its founding.

Ichiro Nodaira, piano & composer
After completing the master's course at the Tokyo University of the Arts and its graduate school, he studied at the National Conservatoire de Paris. As a pianist, he has appeared as a soloist in major orchestras both in Japan and abroad, while also performing as a chamber musician, performing with many virtuosos. As a composer, he has composed many works, including those commissioned by the French Agency for Cultural Affairs.In recent years, he has produced opera "Madrugada", a collection of songs "Elegories", "Mysteries" and "Triptyque" for cello, and for cello and orchestra. He has composed "Chain de la Resonance" and "Seven French Poems" for mixed chorus, both of which have received rave reviews. He has received the Kenzo Nakajima Music Award, the Otaka Award, the Minister of Education Award for Art Encouragement for New Artists, the Kyoto Music Award Practice Category Award, the Suntory Music Award, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Art Encouragement. Since 2005, Shizuoka Ongakukan AOI artistic director. Professor of Composition, Tokyo University of the Arts.