International
Junior Piano Institute
in Uozu
June 29, 2024 ~ July 7, 2024
Location: Uozu-city
Toyama Prefecture ,Japan
It ended successfully.
With gratitude to all the teachers, participants, and everyone involved.
See you again！！
Greetings
from the faculty and staff
of our very first Uozu
Piano Seminar
My teacher always told me that summer is a time when we have the opportunity to learn and grow as a pianist. We can learn a new concerto, make music with other musicians or even change our technique and how we play the instrument. Summer is a wonderful time of the year to assume a challenge. Giving ourselves a challenge is one of the greatest tools we have for growth as a musician. When you are young and have strong bodies, you need to challenge yourselves to be a better pianists. We, as pianists, have to realize that our bodies start to have problems after the age of about 26 so one should really challenge themselves before we reach that point. Teenage years are the best time for achieving optimal growth and establishing the foundation of technique which you will use for the rest of your lives. Look at the natural scenery around you to have an image of something truly beautiful, like Debussy. Eat something delicious that makes your tongue tingle with excitement, like Rachmaninoff. Read something that is profound that scrambles your mind like Bach. Or dance to music whose rhythm makes your body twitch involuntary, like de Falla. Everything in our life is related to these great works of art so go and explore while you are young!
We are extremely fortunate to have a great facility in a beautiful place like Uozu. Here the beauty of nature blends with the beauty of human made works of art, like the Hamburg Steinways here in Uozu.
Miyoko Nakaya Lotto
Faculty
Miyoko Nakaya Lotto
Master class &
Solo Lessons
Faculty, Manhattan School of Music Pre college,USA
Yuka Ohno
Solo Lessons ＆
Ensenble Coaching
Lecturer, Senzoku-Gakuen College of Music,
Executive Director of this Festival,Japan
Time Schedule
The individual lesson times will be discussed and determined with the respective teacher on the first day. Apart from lesson times, the practice rooms are available for use from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Regarding transportation between the venue and the hotel
There is a bus departing from Manten、 Granｍirage and Route Inn at 8:30 AM daily, as well as free buses returning to the hotel at 6:00 PM and 9:30 PM.
Outside of these times, please use the Uozu City Bus service (200 yen per ride).
A taxi ride between the hotel and the facility is approximately 2500 yen one way.
If there is a sudden illness or any other circumstances, please do not hesitate to inform the staff as they will assist you accordingly.
Uozu City Bus
Our Rootbus color is Green
( 1time 200yen)
To go to Facility and Ainokaze Uozu Station,Shopping TownBus
If you wish to go to another location within Uozu City, please ask the staff about alternative bus routes.
Special Concert
A special concert will be held for the local community and students during the period
Albert Lotto Piano
Sonoko Numata Violin
Thursday, July ３ *Scheduled
Special Concert Musicians
Piano : Albert Lotto
Described by music critic Robert Sherman as "one of the best pianists", Albert Roth has been internationally active as a soloist, orchestral soloist and chamber musician. After winning the first prize at the Montreal International Piano Competition and the gold medal at the Busoni International Piano Competition, he has traveled frequently on four continents. Albert Lot was elected by the Juilliard School to represent the U.S. State Department and visited Japan, Taiwan, China, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. At the same time, he worked as a representative artist and teacher of the Peace Corps in Honduras, Central America.
Mr. Roth is also a frequent performer in Japan. In addition to solo recitals throughout Japan, he has performed with many major orchestras in Japan, including the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Japan Columbia Records, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He performed masterpieces by Japan's leading composers, Yoshinao Nakata and Sadazo Matsumura, in solo piano and chamber music.
Based in New York, he has performed frequently in major halls in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, and elsewhere. He is also the artistic director of a concert series held at the Tenri Cultural Center in Greenwich Village, New York. This concert series promotes the careers of young Asian artists as well as young artists from around the world.
He studied at the Juilliard School and received his Ph.D. under Sascha Gorodnicki while still a student.
Violin : Sonoko Numata
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in string music at the top of his class. Earned credits for the doctoral program at the same graduate school. He won the 3rd prize in the International Competition for the 200th Anniversary of Paganini's birth, the 2nd prize in the Violin and Piano Duet section of the Maria Canals International Competition, and the 5th prize in the International Competition of Albeto Curci. He received the Special Prize of the Jury Committee for his performance in the composition section of the Japan Music Competition, the Kenzo Nakajima Award as a member of Art Respiran, and the Shizuoka Prefectural Cultural Encouragement Award.
He has been a permanent member of the Mito Chamber Orchestra for 25 years since 1990. In addition to performing as a soloist with major orchestras in Japan and overseas orchestras, she also makes guest appearances as a concertmistress. He has been invited to music festivals in Japan and abroad as a performer and lecturer, respectively. He has also given concerts in London, Paris, Prague, Warsaw, Munich, Cremona, and other parts of Europe. They have performed at concerts organized by various halls, held recitals as a fine duo all over the country, and performed with top performers in Japan and abroad, and have always earned a high level of trust in chamber music. In 2015, he formed a string quartet, Quartet Platinum.
CD Japan no Hibiki Vol.1, 2, 3,4 "Song of Sadness", "Melancholy in Japan", "Fairy Distance", "Genealogy of the Works of Japan Female Composers" (4 discs) have been released by Camerata Tokyo and the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas (4 discs) have been released by Art Union, and have received rave reviews in various magazines.
Currently, he is a lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts and Aichi Prefectural University of Arts, a visiting professor at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, and a visiting professor at Tokoha Junior College.
『Niikawa-Manabi-no-Mori Tenjinyama-Koryukan』
Access
From Tokyo Station, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kurobe-Unazuki-Onsen Station
From Kurobe-Unazuki-Onsen Station, take the Toyama Regional Railway to Shin-Uozu Station
Regarding transportation for participants on June 28th and July 8th,
we will provide separate instructions.