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Kinoshita Masamichi

Study In Fifths I (For Two Flutes, Keyboard And Electronic Sounds)

Label: Ftarri

Format: CD

Genre: Compositional

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*2023 stock* Contemporary classical composer Masamichi Kinoshita was born in 1969 in Ono, Fukui Prefecture. He currently lives in Tokyo. Kinoshita regularly performs at Ftarri in Suidobashi, Tokyo. In February 2020 he held the first concert in the series "Ftarri's Harmonium," featuring the harmonium housed at Ftarri. The series has since continued at a rate of one concert every few months; the fifth was held on July 3, 2021. In each concert, Kinoshita (on harmonium) performs his own compositions, along with several invited guest musicians. 

In concert number five, his guests were La Soeur, the flute duo of Airi Kasahara and Seira Murakami. The two have a strong connection, partly due to of the similarity of their backgrounds: a year apart in age, both were born in the Tohoku region (Kasahara in Miyagi Prefecture and Murakami in Akita Prefecture) and graduated from the Culture/Arts Course of Yamagata University's Faculty of Education. While also performing and recording individually and teaching flute, they continue their duo project La Soeur.

At the fifth concert, three works by Kinoshita were performed. This CD is a recording of the longest of the three, which was the last to be performed: "Study in Fifths I (for two flutes, keyboard and electronic sounds)" [59:44]. The mystical and gentle sound of Kinoshita's harmonium and electronics expands through the space, and La Soeur's flutes come in and produce sound that seems to revolve around and around as it reverberates. An hour in length, this large-scale work is a profound and mysterious masterpiece.

Details
Cat. number: ftarricl-664
Year: 2021
Notes:
Recorded live on the concert series Ftarri's Harmonium Vol. 5 at Ftarri, Tokyo, July 3, 2021.

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