Haruka Inoue,Makiko Yamaguchi - Trans- - Japan CD

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Haruka Inoue,Makiko Yamaguchi

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She sublimates her love for music into exquisite songs as a bridge to the next generation and as a pioneer who transcends the existing. Haruka Inoue, a saxophonist who has been on a path of defending and breaking away from the conventional, takes up the challenge following her 1st CD "SONATE", a collection of sonatas by Fauré, Myaskovsky, and Hindemith. ＜Haruka Inoue (saxophone) is a saxophonist born in Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture, and currently resides in Osaka. She has received high acclaim for her work with Claude Delangle, a leading French classical saxophonist, with a particular emphasis on contemporary music. Currently, he performs solo, chamber music, and orchestral performances in the Kansai area and other parts of Japan. After graduating from the ESA Music Academy in 2007 with a prize for excellence, he went to France to study at the Conservatoire de Lyon and in 2010 passed the entrance examination for the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with unanimous approval of the jury. He completed the first three DAI (Artist Diploma) courses in the saxophone department. He has premiered many new works by young composers, and has performed in projects throughout Europe, including at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et de Musique Acoustique de France), World Saxophone Congresses in St. Andrews, Strasbourg, and Croatia, and festivals such as "Monte Carlo Spring Art Festival" (Monte Carlo, Italy). and other festivals including the "Monte Carlo Spring Arts Festival". He won the Special Jury Prize (highest prize in the saxophone category) at the "Musique du dernier siecle 2014" of the Boulogne-Billancourt Contemporary Music Competition. He was awarded the Audience Prize at the "Competiton XII" contemporary music performance competition.He has made guest appearances with orchestras in Japan and abroad, including the Brussels Philharmonic, the Orchestre National Supérieur de Musique de Paris Lauréat, the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, and the Osakas Zion Wind Orchestra, etc. In October 2022, he appeared with ADI. Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach" (concert format, excerpts), planned and produced by The Phoenix Hall, won the Grand Prize at the 77th Japan Arts Festival Awards. He also serves as a judge in ensemble contests and wind band and solo competitions in Japan, and teaches at workshops. He is a member of the Impetus Saxophone Ensemble, the saxophone quartet Anima, and the contemporary music unit Duo Marz (saxophone and percussion), a part-time lecturer at the ESA College of Music, a lecturer at KMC Music Academy, and an artist associated with the Ehime Prefecture Cultural Promotion Foundation. She is an official ambassador for Selmer Paris Suprème. ＜Makiko Yamaguchi(Piano)＞Born in Osaka, Japan, Makiko Yamaguchi graduated from the piano department of Osaka College of Music in 2008, and moved to France in 2009. He also studied both composition and performance at the Accompaniment Department of the Conservatoire of the 13th arrondissement of Paris (completed in 2014), the Composition Department of the Conservatoire de Boulogne (completed in 2017), and the Electroacoustic Department of the Conservatoire Pantin (entered in 2017), while holding independent concerts in Paris and elsewhere. After returning to Japan in 2018, he has been working in Osaka He is working as a composer/arranger and pianist in