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Isoeriko Iso

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＜After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music, she was invited by Mr. I. Oistrakh to study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels as an overseas trainee for artists by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. She completed her studies at the top of her class, winning the grand prize. She has won prizes at the Maria Canals International Competition and numerous other competitions in Japan and abroad. She has given recitals around the world and performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras in Japan and abroad, including the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Venice Ensemble, earning high praise for her "intelligence, sensitivity, and technical ability. His collaboration with Tamiyo Kusakari at the Aichi Expo drew much attention. He has participated in the Miyazaki International Music Festival every year, and has appeared on "Untitled Concert 21," "Einstein's Eye," and many other TV and radio programs. She actively contributes to social contribution activities through concerts at schools around the country and performance appearances in corporate environmental TV commercials. 07Started a recital series in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of her debut. The first "Belgium Collection" was a great success and was broadcast on NHK's "Classic Club. In addition to her main solo activities as a talented violinist who plays a part in the generation of young performers, she is also active in a variety of performance activities such as Duo Prima and Ensemble Φ(phi).He is highly acclaimed in various media for his sincere approach to performance and his refined European sensibility based on solid skills, and has been praised by critics such as "His flexible, unpretentious activities are steadily making their presence felt in the classical music scene. ＜Takashi Aragaki was born in Tokyo in 1970, and began playing the piano at the age of 4. After attending Yamaha Music School and the music department of Makuhari Nishi High School in Chiba Prefecture, he entered the composition department of the Toho Gakuen School of Music in 1989. While a student, he participated in "Winter Theater," a concert by young comrades that added visual elements to unconventional music. After graduating from the same department, he has been actively involved in a wide range of activities as a composer-pianist. As a pianist, he has performed on the same stage as numerous performers, and has also accompanied many silent films, which has attracted attention for its entertainment value as well as for its ability to present a method of examining the modern era. As a composer, he has been engaged in the study of composers of the Showa period and mainly focuses on contemporary music, but his genre is not limited to that. He also composes music for movies and commercials.As an educator, he has been a part-time lecturer at his alma mater for about 20 years until 2013. He has also been making efforts to make classical music more accessible and enjoyable through his contact with many people by planning and accompanying amateur piano competitions and conducting the Yachiyo Symphony Orchestra. Recently, he has appeared on TV and radio programs, where he has shown a different side of himself as a friendly character, and is gaining more and more brilliance. He studied composition under Satoshi Minami, Toshiro Nakagawa, and Akira Miyoshi; piano under Hidehiko Nakaoka, Jun Kawachi, Tetsuhiko Muto, and Yoko Moriyasu; and conducting under Masamitsu Takashina. As a CD under the name of Takashi Aragaki, he has released a duo album "Rondo" (Sony Music Direct) with Eriko Iso (violin) and a duo album "N/Y" (APOLLO SOUNDS) with Ryuichi Yoshida (baritone sax).