Amazing Grace. Lisa Kataoka,片岡リサ について・・・
Lisa Kataoka , Queen of Koto,
a composer, arranger, player and singer
This music is arranged, Koto played and sung by Lisa Kataoka.
She sings Amazing Grace while playing the Koto like a piano.
Koto is a Traditional Japanese 13 string musical instrument plucked with three plectra worn on fingers and Lisa plays other instruments, too, Shamisen( a traditional Japanese 3 string instrument plucked with a plectrum), Jushichigen(17 string Koto invented by Michio Miyagi who was the teacher of Lisa's teacher) and Kokyu( a traditional Japanese 3 string instrument played with a bow).
She sings in both Japanese traditional and Italian bel canto ways and composes music.
Performances(outstanding):
June 15 (Tokyo) and June 29 (Osaka), 2010: B to C Concert
B is for Bach and C is for contemporary. She began her recital playing "Rokudan" which was composed by a Japanese composer Yatsuhashi who died in the same year when Johann Sebastian Bach was born. After two pieces of Japanese Koto music, composed in 1914 and 1980 respectively , she played by Koto and sang in German Bach's Cantata BWV 68 and played Bach's Polonaise BWV1067 by a single Koto. She played three more pieces of traditional/contemporary music.
Three of nine pieces of music she played were composed by Michio Miyagi.
Her performance is highly appreciated in the article of METROPOLIS http://metropolis.co.jp/arts/agenda/lisa-kataoka/ .
2002: Played Disney music at the first " Disney on CLASSIC" with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Century Orchestra Osaka.
2000: Was selected and played as a representative player of Japan at Kyoto International Music Students Festival 2000.
1993: Played Koto in front of the crown prince of Japan at the award ceremony of International Cosmos Prize
Activities at Colleges: Teaching at
Osaka College of Music,
Doshisha Women's college of Liberal Arts
and
Hyogo University of Teacher Education.
Honors(outstanding):
2001: The prize for the Rookie of the Year in music was awarded to her by Agency for Cultural Affairs of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology- Japan. Lisa is the youngest prize winner of this prize in history.
Contact Point: risakoto@hotmail.com
You can also dowload her music from tradebit.com
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/106549125-kaguya
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