Thank You!|公演終了しました

【携帯でご覧の場合は、英語 ➡︎日本語と続きますのでスクロールをお願いします】 Super Duo 2024: Connecting the UK and Japan Through SoundSuper Duo • Make Music • Japan • UK • BeyondSuper Duo 2024 has officially concluded at Ryogoku Monten Hall! Thanks to your warm support, the performance was a wonderful success.Due to the continuous heatwave and heavy rain warnings, it was unfortunate that a […]

Thank You!|公演終了しました Read More »

Guest: Hiromi Terasawa | ゲスト紹介:寺澤ひろみさん

(携帯でご覧の場合は、🇬🇧英語 ➡︎🇯🇵日本語と続きますのでスクロールしてください) Today, I would like to introduce our other special guest, Hiromi Terasawa. I first met Hiromi in the winter of 2022, right at the end of the year, when I was planning a showcase to resume my performing activities in Japan after a long hiatus.Miss. S from Moridaira Musical Instruments, who provided the

Guest: Hiromi Terasawa | ゲスト紹介:寺澤ひろみさん Read More »

Guest: Mio Hatakeyama | ゲスト紹介:畠山実桜さん

携帯でご覧の場合は、英語 ➡︎日本語と続きますのでスクロールお願いします。 We received a self-introduction and message from Mio, who will be joining us as a guest artist for the Super Duo 2024 evening performance. For more than 5 years after I moved to the UK, I barely touched a computer. Later, when I started taking an interest in the harmonica scene back in

Guest: Mio Hatakeyama | ゲスト紹介:畠山実桜さん Read More »

The Phantom Pollini

Back in Christmas 2020, our family received tickets for a piano recital by M. Pollini, 13 April 2021, Festival Hall… I put it in my calendar and waited for that date. But that day never came. The Delta strain was raging in the UK at the time, as was usual with the Corona pandemic, and

The Phantom Pollini Read More »

Harmonica and Sho

I am often asked why I chose the harmonica out of all the instruments available. I think I was about 13 years old when I first heard a chromatic harmonica being played. The crystal-clear tone was so beautiful that I wanted to touch it. It wasn’t until much later that I realised how unusual it

Harmonica and Sho Read More »

Windy Day

Today I woke up to a clear blue sky above my skylight, with white smoky clouds busily crossing it. In the distance I hear the sound of the wind, roaring. It made me want to listen to “A Windy Day (Kaze ga Tsuyoi Hi)” by Street Sliders, the song I listened to tirelessly every day

Windy Day Read More »