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 Izumi Kimura's Profile |
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Pianist? But anyone can play the piano. |
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| Country: |  Ireland |
| Last Login: | Jul 20, 2008 (40 days back) |
About Me |
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| Izumi Kimura was born in Yokohama, Japan and studied piano performance and chamber music at Toho Gakuen University of Music with Akikio Teranishi, Akira Miyoshi and Kazuoki Fujii. She moved to Ireland in 1995 and studied with Ray Keary at RIAM and was a multiple prizewinner at the Feis Ceoil in 1996 and 1997. Izumi has performed extensively throughout Ireland as a solo, orchestral and chamber musician. She has broadcast on RTE FM, performed with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Orchestra. Izumi is a specialist in the performance of contemporary music and her premiere performances include Etude No.5 by Kevin O'Connell, Artists in Residence by Ronan Guilfoyle which was written for her and jazz saxophonist Julian Arguelles. Also by Ronan, Sonata for Violin and Piano which she premiered this spring with Ioana Petcu-Colan. Firefly Catching, the piece based on Japanese folk tune was written for her by Greg Caffrey, which She gave premiere in Northern Ireland. She was a featured performer at the Living Music Festival 2007 in Dublin where she performed the music of John Adams, and also the world premiere of Suite for Piano Quartet and Improvising Soloist by the American Trombonist Ed Neumeister. She has worked with Crash Emsenble which She gave Irish premiere of Resist/Surrender by Scot Johnson at the Dublin International Dance Festival. Izumi is working on the project of introducing Japanese contemporary music to Ireland. In July 2007 she gave a solo concert of Irish and Japanese contemporary music at the Ghent Street Festival in Belgium. 'heroic levels of technical fearlessness, stamina and strengh in a programme dominated by flying, rumbling bass lines, hard-driven rhythms and counter-rhythms, and thousands upon thousands of notes - she also created a breathing, slow-burn climax - with a more reflective, often intimate style of playing'. Irish Times. |
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Music:Member Since: 8/14/2007Influences: Vibrations. Besides that - haven't got time to write all of them down. So here is the one which just came into my head, Hermeto Pascoal. Among the living pianists, Kenny Werner and Simon Nabatov changed my life. I still think that Bob Dylan is a genius, not to mention Coltrane and Einstein. Jazz theory is infinitely interesting. I think I'm in love with it. Vibrations of people, and of everything. People. Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Classical / Other) |
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Practice! |
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| At the moment I'm preparing two sets of contrasting programme of music - one for the performance diploma this Sunday - music by Ravel, Bartok and Prokofiev, all wonderful virtuotic masterpieces. ... Posted by Izumi Kimura on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:20:00 PST |
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Videos on Yutube |
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In fact, there are videos on YuTube for you to watch me playing these pieces......
Toccata and Feud
American Berserk
Have a look and let me know what you think, if y... Posted by Izumi Kimura on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:47:00 PST |
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Ronan Guilfoyle - composer, Simon Nabatov, Greg Felton, David Liebman, Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Jim Black, Greg Caffrey, Kronos Quartet, Crash Ensemble, Cora Venus Lunny, Conor Guilfoyle, Ellery Eskelin, Nguyen Le, Lars Jansson, The ZoiD Ensemble, Yurodny, Sue Rynhart, Newpark Music Centre, Francesco Turrisi, Stefano Bollani official, Gabriele Mirabassi, Dylan Rynhart, Lukas Ligeti, ALESSIA TSAGRIS, Paddy Kiernan, Tobias Schlierf, Seán Óg, PP Moran, Julio Pereira, David Samuelson, kaz, Gil Fray, Dave Kane, Ian Wilson, NAGER & TOLOSA Piano Duo, Sergio de la Puente, Andersen - One Nation Under A Groove, Prey Trio, Stan Le Chinois, Sumie, Paul Mauriat Grand Orchestra, Ryuichiro TONOZUKA, Yann LANGE, Dave Allen Quartet, Michel Isnard, Nectarios Karantzis-Terra Incognita, Giovanni Renzo, Gigi Masin, Michael Gregory, Daryl's Music Space, Métier, Lisa Ullén, Tuomi, Steve Mohacey, LUNFARDIA, pyrolator, CHRIS ~*MusicAid Promotion*~, Max SOLIA, Chris Kubie, Linda Shumas, Michel Zenino, Waristerror, Thollem Sickofwar
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