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Takuya Okamoto

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Catch Copy Guitarist Takuya Okamoto's long-awaited debut album! ■Outline The long-awaited first album by world-acclaimed classical guitarist Takuya Okamoto. His focus on Brazil and Paraguay was influenced by his Uruguayan master and teacher, Alvaro Pierri. The title track, "Seven Rings" (Gismonti), was arranged by Takuya himself, and the "tenderness" of the original is preserved in this arrangement, which gives the listener a sense of various Brazilian rhythms. Despite the beauty and freshness of "Sandy's Portrait" by Assad, there are still few recordings of this piece in the world due to its difficulty. It is likely that many guitarists will have more opportunities to play it in the future. This time, the album is packaged in a high-quality tri-fold paper package. This is an album that you can see, hear, and touch. PROFILEClassical guitarist Takuya Okamoto was born in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture. He started playing guitar at the age of 10 and studied under the late Yasushi Hiratsuka, Masashi Shinohara, and Alvaro Pieri at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and completed his master's degree in guitar performance at the same university in November 2018 with the highest unanimous score.In 2016-2017, she won first or second prize in all five competitions in Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic; in 2018, she performed in the Act New Artist Series sponsored by the Hamamatsu Cultural Promotion Foundation, and in June, she was the first Japanese finalist in the Alhambra International Guitar Competition in Spain, the highest level in the world today. He was the first Japanese finalist at the International Guitar Competition, where he won 2nd prize. He has been invited to give master classes and recitals at the Vienna Forum International Guitar Festival and other international guitar festivals in Austria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia. In addition to solo and chamber music, he is also a member of the Talega Guitar Quartet (Gen Matsuda, Aoi Hui Park, Shinichiro Tokunaga, and Takuya Okamoto), a guitar quartet formed in 2015, which is expanding its activities throughout Japan.