Credits:

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

Description:

The hottest young traverso player! Toshiyuki Shibata plays C.P.E. Bach! Toshiyuki Shibata, a flutist of ancient and modern music based in Belgium and widely active in Japan as the founder of "Takamatsu International Festival of Ancient Music", has released a new recording on the long-established Dutch label "Et'cetera". He has performed as a modern instrumentalist with the Brussels Philharmonic and the Belgian Chamber Orchestra, and as an ancient instrumentalist with the La Petite Band, Il Fondamento, and other leading orchestras, and in 2017 he founded the "Takamatsu Festival of Ancient Music and Old Music" in his hometown Takamatsu, and in 2019 will celebrate its third edition as general director In September 2019, he will be the soloist of the B'Rock Orchestra in Japan for the first time, as well as giving a successful solo recital with the renowned Belgian keyboardist Bart Narsens. Toshiyuki Shibata, a researcher at the Royal Conservatory of Music Library and the Flanders Institute of Music in Antwerp, is also involved in researching period performance techniques, discovering 18th- and 19th-century Flanders works, and proofreading and publishing music scores. The collection of flute sonatas.The "jewel" of C.P.E. Bach, who left a wonderful legacy in music history but remains underrated in the shadow of his too-great father, is presented in a soft Traverso tone with rich overtones. This is a must-see for all fans of ancient music and lovers of traverso! Tokyo M-Plus