Tuesday, 26. September 2006, 14:20:32
A few weeks ago, I went to the "Bologna Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi(ボローニャ国際絵本原画展)". A lot of Japanese illustrators were accept for this competition.
"Yoshikazu Takai(たかい よしかず)" had a autograph session. He was drawing his character very carefully. All of people who got his autograph beamed with pleasure.


Last Friday evening, I went to the exhibition of "Shiko Munakata(棟方志功)". His "Byobu(屏風)" drawn some carp was impressive to me. However, I was pleased with the "Byobu" drawn some owls. And this was displayed in children's room of "Soichiro Ohara(大原総一郎)", his patron.


Last Saturday, I went to the concert of Orchestra Ensemble KANAZAWA(OEK、オーケストラ アンサンブル金沢). OEK was trained by "Hiroyuki Iwaki(岩城宏之)" OEK is one of the top of the orchestra in Japan. OEK also gives good service. The quartet of OEK played two strings quartet of Haydn, "Lark" & "Serenade", as a lobby concert before the openning.
OEK gave an excellent performance, but two rising player were unskilled.
Program:
W.A.Mozart : "Don Giovanni" overture
W.A.Mozart : Violin Concerto No.5 "Turkish" (violin) Baiba Skride
W.A.Mozart : Piano Cncerto No.21 (piano) Yoko Kikuchi(菊池洋子)
W.A.Mozart : Symphony No.35 "Haffner"
Conductor : Michiyoshi Inoue
Concertmaster : Simon Blendis
芸術の秋
いろいろ行ってきました。いずれも感動的なものでしたが、志功の肉筆画は印象的でした。
アンサンブル金沢は相変わらず高い水準を維持しています。新進の演奏家達は、残念ながらオーケストラのレベルに到達していないように思いました。