【Rachmaninoff:compositional style as
reflected from his different periods】
主講人:
Cello/Simona
Barbu
Piano/Nariaki Sugiura
日期:2016年05月23日(一)
時間:13:30~15:10
地點:音樂系二館演奏廳
※北藝大弦樂組必到
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Simona Barbu
Biography
An astounding international cellist
and educator, Simona Barbu began her musical studies at age seven and gained
public attention as a member of the leading string quartet of the Conservatory
of Timisoara in her native Romania, where she made her solo debut in
Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Music Conservatory’s
symphonic orchestra.
After graduating from her
undergraduate as the Music Conservatory valedictorian from Lynn University in
Florida, Dr. Barbu continued her graduate studies with a Master of Music in
Cello Performance at Southern Methodist University under the tutelage of
Nathaniel Rosen and Christopher Adkins. Subsequently, she earned the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree at the University of Memphis where she studied with professor
Leonardo Altino. She has performed in master classes with Janos Starker, Lynn
Harrell, Aldo Parisot, Pieter Wispelwey, Carol Ou, Timothy Eddy, AmitPeled and
Yehuda Hanani.
SimonaBarbu has traveled to Europe,
Asia, and the United States as a soloist, chamber musician, clinician, and most
recently she held residencies at conservatories and universities in China
(Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Wenzhou and
Hong Kong), in Hungary (Budapest and Kecskemet) and Romania (Timisoara and
Cluj). She has also been an active orchestral musician, performing with Memphis
Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra,
and serving as principal with the Eroica Ensemble in Memphis, Starkville
Symphony Orchestra, Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra and Bismarck-Mandan
Symphony Orchestra.
Barbu served as a faculty member at
Mississippi State University for four years (2007-2011), where she taught
strings, coached string chamber ensembles, and conducted the symphonic
orchestra. In 2011, Dr. Barbu was appointed Assistant Professor of Cello and
Burgum Endowed Chair at the University of North Dakota, where she currently
teaches cello, string bass and chamber music. During summers, she is a cello
faculty at MasterWorks Festival in Ohio.
NariakiSugiura
Music critics have raved about
NariakiSugiura’s performances in Europe with such accolades as “the most
sensitive touch on the piano,” and “possessing the rigueur, passion, and
discipline of an old Samurai.” International concert artist NariakiSugiura has performed
solo recitals and concerto engagements in the U.S., Europe, South America, and
Asia at some of the most prestigious concert halls including Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall (China), Ferenc Liszt Music Academy
Recital Hall (Hungary), Daejeon Arts and Cultural Center Hall (South Korea),
ManoelTheater (Malta), Kioi Hall (Japan), and Museo de Arte (Puerto Rico). He
has appeared as soloist with the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra,
Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, UND Chamber Orchestra, and many others. His
arrangements for chamber ensembles and piano ensembles have been frequently
performed, and he has also conducted his large ensemble arrangements.
A devoted teacher as well as
performer, Dr. Sugiura has become of the leading piano pedagogues of his
generation. He has given piano master classes at numerous institutions such as
CivicoInstituto Musicale “V. Baravalle” (Italy), Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
(Romania), Xinghai Conservatory of Music (China), EwhaWomens University and
Sunhwa Arts High School (South Korea), UniversitasPelitaHarapan (Indonesia),
St. Paul’s College (Hong Kong), University of Denver, and many other music
institutions around the world. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Piano and
Collaborative Piano at University of North Dakota while also holding visiting
faculty positions at East China Normal University and Jiangyin Royal Piano Art
in China. Previously, he has taught at DePauw University, Indiana University,
Festival Internacional de Inverno da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in
Brazil, and Lamont Summer Pre-College Music Academy in Denver. While he was at
Indiana University, he worked for legendary cellist/pedagogue Janos Starker as
a staff accompanist. He has been an adjudicator for many national and
international piano competitions in the US and Asia.
Sugiura has recorded eight CD
albums for such labels as Klavier Records, Eroica Classical Recordings, and T.
K. Music Productions. His performances have been featured on television and
radio, broadcast nationally and internationally. Active as an editor, his
editions of chamber music scores are published by Ludwig Masters Music
Publications.
A native of Japan,
NariakiSugiura began piano studies with his mother at age five. Under the
tutelage of Michel Block and Shigeo Neriki, he received his Masters and Doctor
of Music in Piano Performance degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of
Music. Other prominent teachers include Alicia de Larrocha, Friedrich Schurr,
and Leonard Hokanson. He has won prizes at numerous competitions, including the
1999 and 2000 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition Top Prizes. He was
laureate of the 1993 National Music Competition in Tokyo and of the Annual
Competition of Music from Spain and Latin America in 1999.
