"Toshimitsu Tanaka is one of the most prolific composers today in Japan, with a repertoire of over eighty compositions for all media. Notable among these are the tetralogy of Requiems for orchestra - The Grave, Gunzo, PATHOS, and maze - spanning twenty years, from 1972 to 1992, and his diverse percussion music, from the Sadlo Concerto for marimba and orchestra, commissioned by Peter Sadlo of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, to Personna (a competition for roto-toms and marimba players on one side, and, on the other, percussionists in traditional Japanese demonic masks, all playing one large gojinjo daiko Japanese drum."
I played the Ukrainian premiere of 'Personna' tonight. It's very complex and it usually would have taken a month or more for us to put something like it together... I had less than two weeks to learn it and only few days to put it all together with the other people playing... and the composer (who is for Japan what Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov were for the USSR) was in the audience.
I'm pooped...
But it's over... Ukraine has know heard Personna and I can finally get a good night sleep.
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And you didn't tell your family?!?! I would have LOVED to come!!
What side were you on? Did you (or anyone) where the demonic masks?
Did the composer clap for you guys?
Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. I can't believe that you didn't remind us of this concert...
I reminded Dad but he said that other plans had been made and I assumed they included you all as well...
Is there a recording of it? I'd love to watch when I'm in town! By they way, I've purchased plane tickets, arriving on the 30th of December and leaving 7am on the 14th of January. If you have any concerts in there, I'd be there for sure! I showed one of your videos of practicing to my tabla teacher and his nephew was there as well... he was VERY impressed, had no idea that an instrument like that could be played with four mallets! Back to the original point, try and get a video of this performance for your dear ole' sister please.
Anyone for SIX mallets?
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