Junichi Hirokami (conductor) / Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Keisuke Toyama (piano), Kanon Matsuda (piano) - Ifukube Akira no Geijutsu 13 Yo - Japan CD

Credits:

Jun-Ichi Hirokami, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Toyama Keisuke, Matsuda Kanon, Akira Ifukube

Description:

The 30th Anniversary of "The Art of Akira Ifukube" First new recording in the series in 11 years! The series' inaugural conductor, Jun-ichi Hirokami/Keisuke Sotoyama of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, will perform a retrospective of Ifukube's music. The quintessence of the King Ifukube series with piano solo by Matsuda Kanon, who approaches the essence of Ifukube! Junichi Hirokami, a conductor who was a student of Akira Ifukube and the founder of the "The Art of Akira Ifukube" series, makes his first appearance in this series in 30 years. The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra from his hometown where Akira Ifukube grew up and his fellow countryman Keisuke Toyama will perform the ultimate Ritomica Ostinata. In addition, the definitive solo piano work by Kanon Matsuda, who has worked on Akira Ifukube's music to the extent that she chose him as her research theme at the Moscow Conservatory of Music.