Dogen Z
Jul 18, 2009, 19:45
I couldn't start a new thread in the music forum section, so I'm going to stick this here.
Some of you might have heard about the blind Japanese pianist winning the Van Cliburn Competition in Texas this year. That was an incredible accomplishment by that individual, but it's also an indication of the stature classical music has in Japanese society (shared by other countries in East Asia).
One of the first artists to demonstrate Japan's serious interest in this field was Seiji Ozawa, former conductor of the Boston Symphony. Well, I couldn't find Ozawa's version of Beethoven's 5th, which I think is marvelous. So I'm posting this piece done by Joe Hisaishi, instead.
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Some of you might have heard about the blind Japanese pianist winning the Van Cliburn Competition in Texas this year. That was an incredible accomplishment by that individual, but it's also an indication of the stature classical music has in Japanese society (shared by other countries in East Asia).
One of the first artists to demonstrate Japan's serious interest in this field was Seiji Ozawa, former conductor of the Boston Symphony. Well, I couldn't find Ozawa's version of Beethoven's 5th, which I think is marvelous. So I'm posting this piece done by Joe Hisaishi, instead.
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