Takemitsu: Complete Original Solo Guitar Works Shin-ichi Fukuda

• Leo Brouwer (1939): Hika
• 1In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu06:43
• Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996): Folios (1974)
• 2I. —02:28
• 3II. —03:00
• 4III. —03:12
• All in Twilight (1987)
• 5I. —02:25
• 6II. Dark02:39
• 7III. —01:51
• 8IV. Slightly Fast02:32
• A Piece for Guitar
• 9For the Birthday of Sylvano Bussotti (1991)01:22
• Leo Brouwer (1939)
• 10El arpa y la sombra, Omaggio a Toru Takemitsu09:04
• Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
• 11Equinox05:18
• In the Woods (1995)
• 12I. Wainscot Pond (after a painting by Cornelia Foss)04:04
• 13II. Rosedale04:14
• 14III. Muir Woods06:11
• From Twelve Songs for Guitar (1977)
• 15No. 5. Lennon / McCartney: Here, There and Everywhere02:56
• 16No. 2. Lennon / McCartney: Yesterday03:17
• Total Runtime01:01:16

Info for Takemitsu: Complete Original Solo Guitar Works

Toru Takemitsu is widely regarded as the greatest Japanese composer of the 20th century. After the appearance of Folios in 1974 he was acknowledged as a formidable master of writing for the guitar, bringing to the instrument a sensibility and imaginative flair which have seldom been equalled. In the Woods was his final composition. Shin-ichi Fukada and Leo Brouwer were both close friends of Takemitsu, and this programme includes Brouwer’s two heartfelt homages in his memory.

“Few composers so skilfully weave silence into the fabric of sound; in this way he could be compared to Mompou or Chopin...Guitarist Shin-ichi Fukuda’s playing is as impeccable and impressive as his credentials are, which is saying something. He was close friends with Takemitsu and similarly with Brouwer.” (MusicWeb International)

Shin-ichi Fukuda, classical guitar

Shin-ichi Fukuda
Born in 1955 in Osaka, Shin-ichi Fukuda started playing the classical guitar at the age of eleven under Tatsuya Saitoh (1942-2006). In 1977 he moved to Paris and continued his musical training at the Ecole Normale de la Musique under Alberto Ponce, followed by study at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under Oscar Ghiglia. After receiving the highest diplomas in Paris and Siena, Fukuda was awarded many important competition prizes, including First Prize at the 23rd Paris Inter- national Guitar Competition, organized by Radio France. Since then, for more than thirty years, Fukuda has pursued a brilliant concert career as a guitarist, performing extensively in solo recitals, concertos with orchestra, and chamber music, in major cities around the world. Fukuda is also a highly gifted and enthusiastic teacher and has trained many pupils who have gone on to gain the highest honours, including the young Japanese guitarists Kaori Muraji, Daisuke Suzuki, and Yasuji Ohagi, among others. He is a guest professor of Shanghai Conservatory (China), Osaka College of Music (Japan) and Hiroshima Elizabeth University of Music (Japan). Leo Brouwer dedicated his Concerto da Requiem – In memoriam Takemitsu II, for guitar and orchestra to Fukuda who was honoured with the Art Encouragement Prize of Music 2011 by the Japanese government, as a musician of the highest distinction.

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