Credits:

Sakimoto Yuzuru 、 Mino Haruki

Description:

Yuzuru Sakimoto's 55th Anniversary Commemorative Concert in 2022, which captivated the audience! In October 2022, 55 years after Yuzuru Sakimoto, one of Japan's greatest harmonica virtuosos, gave her first recital in Tokyo in October 1967, the 55th anniversary concert was held at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Sakiemoto's longtime friend, pianist/composer Haruki Mino, served as her concert partner. The golden duo enchanted the audience with a live performance, now available in a fully recorded album. A new piece by another close ally, Chineiko Miyamae, written especially for the occasion, also adds a touch of extra flair to the concert. Please enjoy to your heart's content the harmonica and piano duo that has become more and more polished over the years. ＜Yuzuru Sakimoto (harmonica) studied under Yuzuru Sato, gave her first recital in Tokyo in 1967, entered the Conservatory of Music in Trossingen, West Germany in 1970 under Helmut Herold, and studied with Tommy Riley in London in 1971. In 1973, he returned to Japan to give a recital featuring all original harmonica pieces. In addition to performing with major orchestras, Yuzuru Sakimoto and her friends hold concerts every year.He has also given summer harmonica seminars for more than 20 years. He has given recitals abroad, and also serves as a judge for harmonica competitions; in October 2022, he gave a recital with Haruki Mino to celebrate the 55th anniversary of his musical career. He has released many albums from Camerata, and "Poem Harmonica" won the 2002 Japan Arts Festival Excellence Award from the Agency for Cultural Affairs. (He is a member of the board of directors of the Japan Council of Performers' Organizations (Geidankyo). He is also the chairman of the Steering Committee of the Performers' Copyright and Neighboring Rights Center (CPRA). ＜Haruki Mino, piano, graduated from the Department of Composition, Tokyo University of the Arts. Studied composition under Yoshio Hasegawa and orchestration under Akio Yashiro. He has worked as a composer, arranger, piano and keyboard player for many commercial works, mainly TV dramas and animation music. As a jazz player, he is also active in the "Haruki Mino Trio," and his "Urban Classical Jazz" series has been highly acclaimed. Camerata Tokyo