A Weekend Full of Music | 音楽漬けの3連休

English follows Japanese!

この週末は月曜日がMemorial Day(戦没将兵追悼記念日)だったので3連休でした!私は土日どちらもマンハッタンで演奏があり、充実した連休となりました♩

演奏は8弦ギターとバイオリンのデュオ。8弦ギターはブラームスギターとも呼ばれ(元々ブラームスの曲をギターで弾くために発明されたため)、チェロのようにエンドピンがついた楽器です。普通のギターは6本しか弦がありませんが、このギターは上下に1本ずつ多く弦がついていて、より広い音域がでます。

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マンハッタンのおしゃれカフェにて

実は共演したギタリストのJosephとは直接会うのは初めてで、会った翌日に演奏、というなんともギリギリなスケジュールでの本番でした。が、当日リハにも関わらず、バッハのフレンチスイート5番やピアソラ、私たちのデュオのために書かれた新曲などを楽しく弾けました!

今回は2会場ともお客さんとの距離が大変近く、演奏後に直接感想を聞けたのが最高でした。ドリンクを飲みながら聴いてもらえる会場で、リラックスした雰囲気が私は好きでした♩

さて、明日夜には超楽しみな演奏会2つのためにボストンに行きます!報告をお楽しみに。
(昨日、日経カレッジカフェの連載に私の新記事が掲載されました。そちらもぜひぜひお読みいただければ嬉しいです!)


This Memorial Day weekend brought me a lot of music making!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I had two performances with Joseph Ehrenpreis, an 8-string guitar (which has a cool end pin like cellos) (a.k.a. Brahms guitar since it was originally invented to play a piece of Brahms) player. (Also FYI he is one of like three people who play the instrument, which is crazyyy.) To be completely honest – it was the first time we met in person (!) because he does not live in NYC, so we rehearsed on the day of the performances and went on stage.

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We need to come up with a duo name soon…

The performances went surprisingly well, playing Piazzolla, Bach (French Suite No.5), and newly commissioned pieces. The both venues were very intimate; the stage was very close to the audience, which I did not have a lot of experiences with. After all, however, I loved the distance to the audience as we were able to hear their comments and compliments (always motivate me 🙂 ) directly from them.

It was a lot of music-making and also friend-making weekend at these venues through performances. We are hoping to put together more shows and to work on more new pieces in the fall!

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