インディアナ大学ブルーミントン校
IU Jacobs School of Music 主催
東日本大震災復興支援のためのコンサート
日本を代表するピアニストとして名高い練木繁夫氏のお声掛けで、IU Jacobs School of Musicの卒業生、学生、友人ら、世界のトップミュージシャンとして活躍する皆様が一同に会し、東日本大震災復興支援のためのコンサートを開催いたします。このコンサートの収益金は全て、インディアナ日米協会の「Japan Earthquake Relief Fund」を通じ、日本赤十字社に全額寄付されます。
素晴らしい音楽家の皆様の美しい演奏を聞きながら、被災者の皆様、そして日本の復興を共に祈ってください。どうぞ皆様お誘い併せの上、お出かけください。
WHAT: "Benefit Concert for Japan," including performances by Jacobs School faculty, students and friends
WHEN: April 18, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan Ave., IU Bloomington campus
TICKETS: $20 General/$10 Students. Net proceeds from the concert will be given to the Japan Red Cross through the Japan-America Society of Indiana. Purchase tickets at the Musical Arts Center box office Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., or phone 812-855-7433.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Faculty, friends and students of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music are coming together to present "Benefit Concert for Japan," a fundraiser for those affected by the tragic 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the northeastern part of Japan March 11.
The concert will take place at IU's Musical Art Center (MAC) on April 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for students and $20 for the general public, and are available at the MAC box office.
Playing 18 pieces that range from classical to jazz styles are 33 musicians. Performers include Jacobs faculty members Federico Agostini, Edward Auer, Ik-Hwan Bae, Emilio Colon, Edmund Cord, Luke Gillespie, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Petar Jankovic, Eric Kim, Henryk Kowalski, Jaime Laredo, Kathryn Lukas, Otis Murphy, Emile Naoumoff, Jeff Nelsen, Reiko Neriki, Shigeo Neriki, Sharon Robinson, Marietta Simpson, Shuichi Umeyama, Carol Vaness, Tom Walsh and André Watts, as well as guests Sung-Mi Im, Haruko Murphy and Nina Yoshida Nelsen, along with students in the Jacobs School of Music.
The concert was organized by Jacobs faculty members Federico Agostini, Emile Naoumoff and Shigeo Neriki, and Jacobs student Mikela Asano.
Neriki said he happened to be watching a Japanese cable channel at 1 a.m. in Bloomington when coverage of the tragic March 11 disaster began. As the days went on, he watched mounting reports of the tsunamis that followed the quake, with waves as high as 30 feet sweeping away cars and carrying burning buildings toward factories, fields and highways, completely washing away many homes and villages. He saw the crippled Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant emitting dangerous levels of radiation as the death toll exceeded 12,300, with more than 15,000 people still missing.
"People were asking, 'What can we do? Can we play concerts for charity?'," he said.
"Mikela already had a link with the Japanese Student Association," said Neriki, a Jacobs faculty member since 1980. "When I had the idea for the concert, I sent out a note to practically every performing faculty member at the Jacobs School." Despite the time of year -- late in spring semester and right in the middle of many concert tours -- 23 faculty members offered their time for the concert, with 10 talented students and special guests also participating.
The concert will conclude with J.S. Bach Aria in D Major, also known as an Aria on G String, played by a string orchestra composed of Jacobs students and faculty.
"I'm very grateful for everyone to be able to participate within such a busy time of year," Neriki said. "If I think about the goodness in their hearts, it makes me emotional."
練木 繁夫(ピアノ) Shigeo Neriki
1976年ツーソンのバイエニアル・ピアノ・コンクールと1979年ピッツバーグのスリー・リヴァーズ・ピアノ・コンクールで１位に輝く演奏を機に、ボストン響、シカゴ響、デンバー響、ピッツバーグ響、ミネアポリス響、ワシントン・ナショナル響等と共演の機会に恵まれる。アメリカ国外でもメキシコ国立響、フランス放送管、そしてN響を含む日本の主要なオーケストラと共演。また、76年より、チェロの巨匠ヤーノシュ・シュタルケルとともに世界各地を公演し、絶賛を浴びる。
室内楽奏者としてもヨーロッパ、アジア、北米のコンサートやフェスティバルに数多く出演。スイスのFestival der Zukunftの室内楽シリーズと霧島国際音楽祭に、毎年出演している。2008年より、漆原啓子（Vn）との本格的なデュオを結成し、今後の活躍が益々期待されている。
93年第24回サントリー音楽賞を受賞。90年シュタルケルと収録したD．ポッパーの作品のCDが、グラミー賞のソリスト部門にノミネートされる。97年にはオール・シューマン・プログラムの「パピヨン」が、文化庁芸術祭賞作品賞を受賞。03年秋には著書「Aをください」（春秋社）を出版。
現在、インディアナ州立大学教授、桐朋学園特任教授、国立音楽大学招聘教授、相愛学園大学客員教授、エリザベート音楽大学非常勤講師、霧島国際音楽祭企画委員。2007年からは、東邦音楽大学、東邦音楽大学院にて定期的にマスタークラスを開講。
リサイタルのみならず、室内楽、オーケストラ共演と幅広く活躍中。
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