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WATANABE, Kenji
Professor - Piano, Department of Instrumental Music |
1 April, 2010 |
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| 1954 | Born in Gifu; Raised in Nagoya |
| 1976 | B.M., Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1978 | M.M., Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1978-83 | Studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest |
| 1984-87 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1988-04 | Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2004- | Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts; Director, Art Media Center Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2005-10 | Director, Health Care Service Center |
| 2005- | Trustee, Vice President, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Research Activities
Performances:
| 1983-Present | Ten to twenty concerts annually; Liszt and Bartok (solo, chamber music; accompanist) |
Some of the major performances in the last 10 years:
| 1996 | Solo recitals (Ebina, Tokyo, Gushikawa); Tokyo (KDD classic festival), Ebina (Atsuko Tenma Vn recital); Sogakudo (Hideki Hofuku / Emiko Onuma Recital), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital) |
| 1997 | Solo recitals (Tokyo, Gushikawa, Tsuyazaki); Sagami-Ohno (Hideki Hofuku Br recital), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital), Tokyo (Hideki Hofuku Br recital), Kuala Lumpur & Yangon (Joint recital with Hideki Hofuku) |
| 1998 | Solo recitals (Matsuyama, Tokyo, Kochi, Ebina, Gushikawa); Shizuoka (Hideki Hofuku Br recital), Sogakudo Opening series (University student orchestra regular concert), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital) |
| 1999 | Solo recitals (Tokyo, Ebina), Nagoya (Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra), Sogakudo (University Orchestra regular concert), Akiyoshidai & Iwakuni (Akiyoshidai Festival Orchestra) |
| 2000 | Solo recitals (Tokyo, Gushikawa); Ayase (chamber music), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital), Sogakudo (2000 Chopin series：University Orchestra) |
| 2001 | Solo recitals (Tokyo, Cebu, Odawara), Manila (Joint recital with Flutist Antonio maigue), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital), Saga (Kenji Watanabe and his company) |
| 2002 | Solo recitals (Tokyo, Gushikawa); Ayase (chamber music), Tokyo (Mariko Aikawa Vn recital), Nagoya (Naomi Ishida Vn recital), Oosaka (Hitomi Katagiri Alto Recital) |
| 2003 | Solo recital (Tokyo), Nagoya (Futaba & Mizuki Kato Vn recital, Naomi Ishida Vn recital, Yuki Hyakutake Va recital), Tokyo (Gala concert of Japan Federation of Musicians), Solo recital(Ouchi-Machi), Sogakudo (Prokofieff series) |
| 2004 | Solo recital (Tokyo), Nagoya (Futaba & Mizuki Kato Vn recital, Naomi Ishida Vn recital), Sogakudo (Wind Instrument series) |
| 2005 | Solo recital (Tokyo), Nagoya (Futaba & Mizuki Kato Vn recital, Naomi Ishida Vn recital) |
Awards：
| 1974 First Prize at Japan National Music Competition; 1977 Special award; 1979 Third Prize at ARD competition, Munich; 1980 Fifth Place, Japan International Music Competition; 1981 Forth Place, Liszt-Bartok International Piano Competition; 1986 Liszt-Medal, Hungarian Cultural Ministry; 1992 “Sora no hi” Art Prize, Japan Aeronautic Association. |
Educational Activities
Piano, Chamber music, Ensemble I/II/III (Tokyo University of the Arts)
Intensive Lecture Series: Joy of Piano Music (Hokkaido University) |
Social Activities
Jury, Various Competitions and Auditions in Japan; Special councilor, Japan Piano Teachers Association ; Open Lessons and Lectures: Various places in Japan;
Publications: Journal articles on subjects such as “Liszt and Bartok Piano Works,” and Piano Performance (“Lesson no Tomo,” “Ongaku no Tomo,” and others) | Key Words
| Studies of piano performance (Liszt and Bartok); Explorations of the possibilities: “Tone color” expressions by piano performance |
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