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| Mari Kitagawa, piano
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1stpart of live
Education & experiences in the world of music. |
At the age of 4 I was given piano Lessons by Prof. Teruko Yoshida.
When I was 6 years old, I received aural training & a general musical education at the “Kyoto Music School for children”. Later on I was taught by Prof.. Naotoshi Fukui and Prof. Yoshiko Utunomiya.
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Studies at the Aichi …..conservatory in Japan with Prof. ……and in the master class with Prof. Oskar Koebel. |
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Diploma & examination for the master degree. |
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Study for Accompanying of songs with Prof. G. Hüsch und Herta Werner |
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Accompanying of songs and correpetition with the opera association Nikikai. |
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First Award at the Naniwa festival, Osaka |
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Concert working (chamber music, accompanying of songs) |
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Continuing studies in Germany with Prof. C. Hansen at the Music Conservatory, Lübeck |
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Concert exams |
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Concert activities (solo, chamber music, accompanying of songs )
Concert travels in Europe & Japan
(solo, and with orchester) |
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Chamber music recording with the NDR & WDR |
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2nd part of live
family life stands beside musical work |
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1985 – marriage in Germany, later I gave birth to two children |
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Piano-educational work at the Country music school Segeberg |
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Lectureship for correpetition at the conservatory for music and theatre in Hamburg |
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Member of jury and piano course in Japan |
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1986 until 2006 - management and program consultant for cultural area
Kellinghusen |
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Since 2003 active member of the GEDOK Schleswig Holstein |
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Free-lancing musician, most of concerts as chamber musician, song accompanist,
correpetitor and concertaccompanist, especially for instrumentalists and Choirs |
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| Co-operation with different choirs, for example |
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CD-Recording of Rossini “petite Messe Solenelle” (choir, piano, and sax quartet) |
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Carl Orff “Camina Burana” choir with two pianos and percussion instruments |
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2005 – concert travels with the Hamburg Kanemaki-choir through Taiwan and Japan |
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2009 – concert travels to Vienna with the Hamburg SBS- choir |
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| Here are some of my musical partners for whom I was responsible for the program planning. |
| Angela Kentsch |
| Soprano |
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| Several dramaturgical song programs have been produced: |
| Trilogie “search of clues” (CD’s exist) |
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1. Clara und Robert Schumann |
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2. Fanny und Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
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3. Alma und Gustav Mahler |
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“Die Musik kommt” –musical versions of poems by Detlev v. Liliencron
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Concerts: several concerts in Northern Germany
Concert travels in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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| Dorothea Stamova |
| Contra Alto |
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| Various song programs: |
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A musical journey from all over the world |
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Russian songs(CD exists) |
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Songs by Gershwin and Zarah Leander |
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| Literarily programs: |
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Manege à trios – excerpt from the book. “Der Betrogene” by Thomas Mann, with
Harald Burmeister |
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“As if there would only be a mother …. ”, melodys of Ave Maria,“love and death of the cornet Christoph Rilke” by Rainer Maria Rilke, with Robert Tilian |
| Concert travels : South Germany, Poland and France |
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| Klaus Nagurski |
| Saxophone |
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| Pedagogical programs: |
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“Being all ears” with woodwind Instruments |
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“All ears saxophones” cross over music |
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“Peter & the wolf” by Sergej S. Prokofjew, with woodwind Instrements und piano |
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“Carneval of animals” by Camille Sain-Saens, with small chamber ensemble |
| Various chamber music programs, such as: |
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Golden age of the saxophone |
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Special chamber music Instrumentation of the saxophone (by NDR-chamber music
series) |
| Literarily programs: |
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“Fairy tales from all over the world”
with Dietmar Mues |
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“Karl Valentin and his orchestra”
by Karl Valentin with Antonia Gottwald |
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Us “Duineser Elegien” by Rainer Maria Rilke with Antonia Gottwald |
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| 3rd part of live |
New chances will be open to me next year, when my youngest child leaves home.
Living with music is a passion, which I can then execute better and more intensely.
I cannot imagine this time without music or without my piano and I am sure it will be a good time in my life. |
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