OFFBEAT 5 March - Izumi Kimura interviewed, plus music by Birtwistle, Guilfoyle and more.

Harrison Birtwistle
AIR DATE: 5 March 2011 9 p.m. GMT
(repeated on Thurs 9 March 2011 2pm GMT)







PLAYLIST

Pianist Izumi Kimura
Mamoru Fujieda: Pattern C and Pattern D from Patterns of Plants II *
Harrison Birtwistle: An Imaginary Landscape
Takashi Yoshimatsu: Apple Seed Dance from Pleiades Dances*
Ronan Guilfoyle: Funk Etude from Dance Suite No. 1*

* Music from Pianist Izumi Kimura's solo recording on the Diatribe label.




Japanese-born pianist Izumi Kimura who is as comfortable playing classical piano repertoire as she is premiering new music by living Irish and Japanese composers, joins Karishmeh for a conversation about music and life. Describing her musical journey from her native country to her adopted one, Izumi Kimura discusses just why improvisation forms such an integral part of her piano performances and how working with jazz musicians and composers has changed her approach to classical piano repertoire. Her solo recording on the Diatribe label titled Asymmetry has been chosen by broadcaster Karishmeh Felfeli as "one of the most original, creative and stimulating recordings of 2010 to be heard on an Irish label, an absolute revelation."Some of the music from that record forms a part of this program, including piano music by Irish composer Ronan Guilfoyle and Japanese composers Takashi Yoshimatsu and Mamoru Fujieda. 


IZUMI KIMURA GIG ALERT: 
25 March 2011, 1.05 p.m. John Field Room, NCH Dublin Music by Bartok and Guilfoyle More info..



Izumi will also be playing in the Crash Ensemble event at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the Hugh Lane Concert Series. For more information, check out her website



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