Performed by Kimihiro Yasaka
Programme Note:
This piece was completed in May 2000. One day, when I was playing its opening figure, I recalled a small swan of crystal glass that I had seen in Europe. This opening figure is the dominant motif of the whole piece. This recollection led me to give the piece the title ‘Glass Swan’. The piece consists of a theme, six variations and an epilogue, and was premiered in Maebashi, Gunma, in August 2000, and subsequently performed again in Nagoya, Tokyo, Orléans, San Diego, Melbourne, and beyond.
(Kobayashi, tr. Jamieson)
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Three Views of the Keyboard
2022 Concert Series
Concert 1: The Japanese / Canadian Contemporary Keyboard ―Vox Fibrae―
Date: 3 July 2022
Venue: Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Acoustic Research Centre
Series Concept:
The piano: with its 52 white and 36 black keys, the piano continues to attract many musicians for its wide range and deep musicality. The "Three Views of the Keyboard" project is centred around the piano as an instrument and looks at the history, present, and future of cutting-edge keyboard music using acoustic, prepared, and electronic methods.
This series of concerts follows on from "Feldman meets freq", which took place in February 2022. Enjoy the music of outstanding composers and performers from the Kyushu University's Faculty of Design and from around the world. We will be very happy if you can see another side of the keyboard in a new light.
