๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ง made in Japan, fed in Italy, graduated in Germany , based in France.
#Synesthesia
is my visual-music project since 2007 / ๆฌไบบใฎใใคใผใใฏ(S)
๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ+ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ! Are you following it? โก๏ธ
๐ To thank you all, here's a video souvenir of the encore I played, last January in Alte Oper Frankfurt, after we
Toshio Hosokawa says that he is influenced by Toshihiko Izutsu, Japanese author and philosopher over Eastern Philosophy, who wrote:
"Through possession (by the spirit), humans can reach a ยซ mystery ยป that cannot be expressed with any words, a state in which everything seems to
Merry Christmas everybody !
๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ Sarabande (Violin Partita No.2 in D Minor)
Played as an encore after my concert with the
@Israel_Phil
in in Tel Aviv (Oct. 14, 2022).
๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ โก
๐ Happy new year to each and every one of you !
May 2023 bring you love, joy, a good health, and many happy moments.
Hope Iโll see you soon on the musical road !
โก๏ธ
๐ธ ยฉ Laura Stevens
#happynewyear
#hello2023
Japon keman virtรผรถzรผ SAYAKA SHOJฤฐ..1999 Paganini Yarฤฑลmasฤฑnฤฑn birincisi. Berlin Filarmoni gibi รผnlรผ topluluklarla konserler veren, 17 yaลฤฑnda Zubin Mehta yรถnetiminde kaydettiฤi konรงertoyu; Murat Cem Orhan ile CRR Senfoni Orkestrasฤฑ โGenรงlik Ateลiโ konseri.
#sayakashoji
You're now 3000+ followers on my Instagram account ! โก
To celebrate this, here's a new video extract (Cadenza) from the
#Sibelius
Concerto we played with the
@Israel_Phil
& Lahav Shani.
๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ โก
So long,
#MenahemPressler
.
And many thanks to his closest for having made this exceptional Duo collaboration possible.
๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ - ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐บ๐ โก
๐ฝ "๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ" โก
A short video memory of the concert we gave last September in Chantilly, with
@grosvenorpiano
& the
@QModigliani
, a few days before our tour in Japan.
๐ฝ
@medicitv
#Debussy
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ with Benjamin Grosvenor
There was certainly a line in my musical life โbefore & afterโ working with
#MenahemPressler
.
Iโm truly grateful for everything he gave me.
My sincere thoughts goes to his daughter Edna and all his friends.
RIP ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ, who caught eternal image of John & Yoko๐.
Here are some pics taken by him in 2003/2006/2012.
#KishinShinoyama
#JohnYoko
Most grateful to share this amazing week with the
@Israel_Phil
& Lahav Shani, and full house, passionate audience in each concert !
๐ฝ =
#Sibelius
Violin Concerto 1st mvt.
๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น โก
Always a pleasure to record with
@Gianlu_Cascioli
... one year ago our first
#Mozart
sonatas album was released.
The sessions for the 2d volume have just ended!
Stay tuned for more info about this record + my 2024 concert calendar.
โก
๐ธ
@MichaelSeberich
"The UK premiere of
#ToshioHosokawa
Prayer was a personal piece of programming by Kahchun Wong. (...) Wong and the brilliant violinist Sayaka Shoji made a strong case for Prayer.
The "Japaneseness" is in the drama the Hiroshima-born Hosokawa has described in the piece: the
๐ซ๐ท Tellement heureuse de tomber sur ce comptoir ร la Gare de Lyon ! Si vous avez voyagรฉ au Japon, cela doit aussi vous manquer...๐
#bento
#authentique
๐ฌ๐ง So impressed to find this in Gare de Lyon ! Anyone who has traveled inside Japan must miss it...
Most grateful to share this amazing week with the
@Israel_Phil
& Lahav Shani, and full house, passionate audience in each concert !
๐ฝ =
#Sibelius
Violin Concerto 1st mvt.
๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น โก
๐Grand finale in
#Tokyo
@SuntoryHallE
! It was a tremendous tour, real joy to make music with friends, wonderful musicians and great people as
@QModigliani
&
@grosvenorpiano
!
Thank you to all public for being there and adding passion to each concert.
โAls das Kind Kind war,
war es die Zeit der folgenden Fragen:
(โฆ)
Ist was ich sehe und hรถre und rieche
nicht bloร der Schein einer Welt vor der Welt?
Gibt es tatsรคchlich das Bรถse und Leute, die wirklich die Bรถsen sind?โ
I am completely heartbroken by this war ๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บ
My new website is now online... go check it out !
๐๐ถ๐ผ | ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ | ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ | ๐๐น๐ผ๐ด ๐
๐ธ ยฉ Laura Stevens
Bach-Bartok recital, last Saturday, in
#Sibiu
๐ท๐ด.
Thank you all for your warm welcome, and many thanks again to Gabriel Bebeselea and the Musica Ricercata Festival for inviting me !
#recital
#bach
#bartok
#romania
๐บ๐ธ With wonderful
#HanNaChang
at the rehearsal today ๐ So glad to play with her again tomorrow & next Saturday with the
@atlantasymphony
!
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต & ๐ญ๐ญ - Atlanta Symphony Hall โก
I had a wonderful time in Japan with Mo
#Penderecki
after 2 years of โMetamorphosenโ journey under his baton.
This incredible music will continue growing in me forever.
Grateful to amazing
@TMSOnews
,
@SuntoryHallE
and
@hirokyo_info
๐ฏ๐ต It's always a great pleasure to play in Japan, especially in Tokyo
@SuntoryHallE
.
Many thanks to the beautiful
@NHKSO_Tokyo
, to the Maestro
@NosedaG
and to all who of you who attended these two sold-out concerts! ๐
๐ฉ๐ชAnd now, off to Hamburg... โก
Happy 80th birthday Maestro
#UtoUghi
!
๐ป Your playing have nourished and transferred me into the highly spiritual sphere, as strong as great works of art or literature affected my soul.
Thank you for your mentorship, support and inspiration.
Lots of fun last week with
#StephenKovacevich
, sharing passion for historical recordings and love for
#Kundera
, alongside prep for program in a summer festival.
An inspiring evening, last Saturday at
@FlageyStudios
(Brussels ๐ง๐ช), with Kazushi Ono & wonderful
@BrusselsPhil
!
Audienceโs curiosity and enthusiasm was absolutely unique for this beautiful but challenging program.
๐ธ ยฉ Wouter Van Vaerenbergh/Brussels Philharmonic
#dutilleux
The ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น is challenging & fulfilling intellectual curiosity.
The day before my Bach-Bartok recital, I had the chance to meet and discuss with the great Finnish composer, Kalevi Aho, after the most fascinating post-concert Q&A, in Sibiu.
๐ฌ๐ง Yesterday evening at the
@BarbicanCentre
... very grateful to have played the UK premiere of
#ToshioHosokawa
Violin Concerto ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง, with the beautiful BBC Symphony Orchestra
@BBCSO
, conducted by Maestro Kahchun Wong
@kahchun_music
.
And many thanks to the warm and
Looking forward to meeting you again in 2024, here's a little gift for this end of the year: a second video clip from the concert we gave last September in Chantilly, with
@grosvenorpiano
&
@QModigliani
.
๐ฝ
@medicitv
#Debussy
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ
Video memory of the recital we gave with
@fdumontpiano
, last week, at the Concertinos de
#Pornic
(๐ซ๐ท 44).
๐ฝ
#Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano No.2 in A major op.100
#throwback2016
with the Japanese composer
#ToshioHosokawa
, who wrote for me a violon solo piece intitled ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐จ.
Next Friday, I'll have the infinite pleasure of playing the UK premiere of his
#ViolinConcerto
๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง, with the
@BBCSO
, conducted by Kahchun Wong