‘Music’ Archives
HIROMI UEHARA – GENIUS Pianist
Do you know HIROMI UEHARA ? She is a real genius pianist. I must say I love her because of her music, positive attitude, and her humble humanity. Listening to her makes me understand she has the god-sent talent. Nobody can do the same with her because she is one and only talent in this planet. Genius artists are anytime one and only. [...]
YAMAHA PIANO as NO.1
For Piano players, the best piano in the world would be Steinway's. Bosendorferor some German piano could follwo Steinway's piano in the standard reputation. I also play the piano and recently it's becomeing to tell the difference of the sound. It took long time to taste the sound well. The reason for that is because I'm not a [...]
Nobuyuki Tsujii, the piano for healing and joy
I like playing the piano. Sound of the piano really makes me feel happy and smooth. Today, I listened to a blind person's piano play. His name is NOBUYUKI TSUJII, who won the 1st prize at this year's Van Cliburn Piano Contest. He is certainly a blind player, so he is supposed to have hardship before coming to this stage. If I look at his [...]
KITARO – SILK ROAD
KITARO is one of the international musicians Japan ever produced. He lives in California, USA now. Sometimes he seems to come back to Japan for concerts and recordings. KITARO's name is known to Japanese music fans. Yet, if compared to the USA or other countries, KITARO might be less popular in Japan. He nominated as Grammy award many [...]
SADAO WATANABE, the Jazz Sax Van of Japan
Among Japanese musicians, SADAO WATANABE, jazz sax player, may be the most famous in the world. Recently Japanese POP group like X-Japan became international band by the influence of new Japan fans in the world. Before the new fans era, SADAO WATANABE has been playing great Jazz sax among top level musicians of America or in the [...]
MIYUKI NAKAJIMA & JOE HISAISHI
MIYUKI NAKAJIMA & JOE HISAISI got Shiji Award in Japan. Shijiaward is an honorable emblem which is sent to people who made great contribution to Japanese or international art or sports. It's not a big sureprise that Joe and Miyuki are selected time year. They are admired by nation as life long musician who made all Japanese be brave [...]
YOSUI INOUE – Shonenjidai
YOSUI INOUE has been a top singer songwriter in Japan. There were some up and down in his career. Now he established his status in music scene and nobody in Japan doubts his talent. First he could not make hit records, ever since he made a hit with Yumenonakae ( into a dream ), he became the top musician in Japan. The first million sales [...]
SAKI KUBOTA – the real beauty
In late 1970's, a singer song writer made a big hit with an exotic song, Ihojin ( or Stranger in English) . She wrote this song and it became annual big hit in Japan then. She got talent, at the same time, she had a real beauty in her face. Her beauty is still shining in the video, and her song makes her beauty out-stand with exotic [...]
Michael Jackson, This Is It
Micheal Jackson is still popular in Japan too. The news of his new movie, This Is It, reports that Michael's movies is expected much in the world. Personally, I was not such a huge fan of Michael Jackson. Some of my friends were following him from album to album, but to be [...]
Yoshiki, X Japan, is expected the next tour
X Japan is probably the best known Japanese band in the world. They are not such a new band but they lived long in the Japanese music scene. The Guitarist, Hide, already died some years ago and that was a sudden farewell for fans. Even after that, X Japan kept high popularity both in Japan and in the world. Their sale points are [...]
