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Yoshio Hiratsuka Yoshio Hiratsuka, who is globally in active as koto & shakuhachi player and composer, and his Korei-Hogakukai have made performances more than 156 times at art festivals or at formal concerts in various places in the world. Being honored such activities, he was far given lots of awards including the "Foreign Minister's Prize" and the "Aichi Prefecture Cultural Art Prize" in Japan, Prizes of "Honorary Citizen" in many cities in the United States, and "Letter of Thanks" or "Certificate of Friendship" in lots of countries in the world. Hi is now the leader in the genre of hogaku (Japanese music ) in fact as well as in name. --- Born in Nagoya 1936 as a son of Kozan Hiratsuka and Tshiko Reimei, Hiratsuka is globally active as a koto and shakuhachi player and composer. His first stage performance was at the age of four. He began to compose music in 1955, and since then he has composed modern sokyoku (music of koto) such as Cosmos, Yuzuru Fantasy, Meditation, Joy, Fuji etc. He currently holds concerts on television and radio. In 1974, Hiratsuka started touring overseas, travelling first to USA. He has perfoemed more than 156 times at art festivals or at formal concerts in various places around the globe, including the Berlin Festival in Germany, Flanders International Music Festival Belgium, Zagreb International Music Festival in Yugoslvia and the Hong Kong Art Festival. Hiratsuka's music is romantic and creeps into our feelings. The emotions appeal to the heart and audience moves with beautiful melody. Hiratsuka has been awarded the 'Aichi Prefecture Cultural Art' prize, 'Foreign Minister' award in Japan and he has also received award of ' Honorary Citizen' from various cities in the USA. Hiratsuka is the leader in the genre of hogaku (Japanese music). --- KOTO Koto is a 13-stringed zither that originated in China and was introduced to Japan 1300 years ago. It under took its own distinct characteristics and transformations on Japanese soil. The Koto is a large instrument, about six feet long, consisting of a hollow body made of Paulownia wood with ivory bridges and garnishes. The Koto's thirteen strings made from silk or nylon are of same thickness. Koto produces the purest musical tone of the traditional Japanese stringed instruments; however, there are many special techniques of koto which produce added musical effects in accordance with Japanese taste, such as scraping and hitting the strings with the plectrum. Jushichigen Jushichigen is a 17-stringed bass koto. Shakuhachi Shakuhachi is a bamboo flute with seven holes. It is a traditional music instrument found only in Japan. The name is derived from the length of the flute which measures eight shakus. One shaku is about twelve inches. |
平塚晃山 (1893〜1971) Kozan Hiratsuka, the founder 初代宗家平塚晃山は兵庫県宝塚市に生まれ、少年の頃、叔父にあたる宗悦系の原修山に師事。後、都山流初代宗家中尾都山に師事し、大師範として、全国でも指折りの尺八演奏家としての名声を博す。NHK開局当初から毎月放送を続ける。 昭和8年8月18日晃山流を創立。以後多くの作曲をして、尺八本曲作品「夕雲の調」「渓流」「陽春調」「湖畔の暮」など放送や公演などで発表。昭和11年麗明都志子と"アサヒレコード" "サロンレコード"などで古典から自作の吹込みも始め、幅広く活躍する。そして流員の統率と指導に情熱を燃やし、晃山流発展に貢献した。 |
麗明都志子 (1905〜1974) Toshiko Reimei, the first head master 初代家元麗明都志子は、幼少jの頃東京で初代米川親敏に師事、又筝曲界の巨匠宮城道雄の第一回作曲講習を受け、久本玄智にも直接指導を受く。都志子の演奏する新曲及び古典は放送、公演を通して広く世に知られ、また門下生の養成にも勤める。昭和11年初代平塚晃山と麗明都志子ほかでレコード吹込「六段の調」「千鳥の曲」など絶賛を博す。 |
Kozan Hiratsuka, the founder, was born in Takarazuka city
in Hyogo prefecture. When he was a boy, he studied with Shuzan Hara, his
uncle, in the Soetsu school of Shakuhachi. Then he studied with Tozan Nakao,
the founder of Tozan school. He attained fame as a great master of Tozan
school and one of the leading Shakuhachi players in Japan. He played Shakuhachi on the radio every month from the beginning of N.H.K.'s establishment. Kozan founded Kozan school of Shakuhachi on August 18th 1933. He composed many pieces, "Yugumo No Shirabe", "Keiryu", "Yoshun Cho", "Kohan No Kure", and so on, and he publicised them on broadcasts and at concerts. In 1936 he began to record both classical and his original music with Toshiko Reimei. He led the members of Kozan school passionately and contributed to the development of Kozan school. |
Toshiko Reimei, the first head master, studied with Chikatoshi
Yonekawa in Tokyo when she was a little girl, and took the first composition
course by Michio Miyagi, celebrated player of the Koto, and was taught
by Genchi Hisamoto. New and classical music played by Toshiko were widely known through broadcasts and concerts and she also trained many pupils. In 1936 she recorded "Rokudan No Shirabe", "Chidori No Kyoku", played with Kozan Hiratsuka, the founder, and the records won the highest praise from the public. |
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