WA NO KA -Japanese Traditional Songs for Piano : Aska Iino - Japan CD

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Asuka Iino

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A delightful performance of creative new commissioned works written by 10 Japanese composers! Asuka Iino, an up-and-coming pianist who has been performing contemporary works as one of her lifeworks, has recorded an ambitious new CD in 2020, with all of the pieces commissioned by the highly acclaimed composer, who won the 2014 Recording Academy Award in the contemporary category. Inspired by familiar Japanese songs, 10 leading Japanese composers of the new generation have written 10 new compositions for this CD. Both the performances and the works on this album are not to be missed. ＜Asuka Iino (piano) graduated from the high school attached to Tokyo University of the Arts and the piano department of the same university. She graduated from the piano department of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with first prize and an advanced diploma. As a Belgian Government Scholarship student, he studied at the Master Course in Piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, where he received unanimous first prize and honorary diploma. He also studied fortepiano at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where he graduated with unanimous first prize. He also holds an advanced diploma in ancient music.With a wide repertoire ranging from contemporary music to fortepiano, he has given a variety of performances, including the recital series "Parfum du Futur" (19 recitals) and the chamber music series "l'Espace" (3 recitals). He has been described as "one of the most promising young pianists in contemporary music" (Ongaku no Tomo, December 2009), and was selected in the magazine's "Top Ten Concerts 2006, 09, 10, 11, 14" and "Japanese Performers of the Season" (May 2013). He has also performed at the Kauniainen Music Festival (Finland) and collaborated with many overseas artists, including the up-and-coming New York quartet Ulysses String Quartet and the French duo Ostinat. His CDs "Toshi Ichiyanagi Piano Works," "France Now," and "Japan Now," all released on Camerata Tokyo, have received high acclaim, including the Record Geijutsu Special Mention, and "France Now" received the 52nd Record Academy Award (Contemporary Music Division) in 2014 and the In particular, "France Now" was selected for the 52nd Record Academy Awards (Contemporary Music Category) in 2014 and for the "Classical Immortal Masterpieces 1000" (edited by Record Geijutsu magazine in 2018).In 2017, he also arranged the two-piano version of Toshi Ichiyanagi's "Piano Concerto No. 4 Jazz" for solo piano, which was published by Schott as "Jazz Fantasy". He studied under Hitoshi Kobayashi, Emiko Harimoto, the late G. Meunier, the late C. Elfe, and others. He is a part-time lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen School of Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music, and Tokyo University of the Arts. She is the representative of Pitina Shiodome Italia-machi Station and MUSICBASKET, a performance group. He is a word-of-mouth ambassador for Akita City tourism and won the 28th Kenzo Nakajima Music Award in 2010. Camerata Tokyo