Flutist and multi-instrumentalist Yuki Isami leads us on a voyage from the Occident to Japan, on which Bach mingles with traditional Japanese repertoire and Toru Takemitsu. The concert celebrates the grace of two musical cultures in a sacred moment of communion.
Native of Japan, Yuki Isami first discovered the world of music through piano lessons at the young age of four. At the age of ten, she began studying flute under the tutelage of Rika Nakagawa.
After having obtained first prize from the Tôhô Gakuen University of Music in Tokyo, alongside Ryu Noguchi, Yuki was accepted to the studio of Claire Marchand at the McGill Conservatory, and the following year, to the studio of Marie-Andrée Benny at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal where she would receive the prestigious Prix avec grand distinction unanimously. After having completed her studies at the Conservatoire, Yuki continued her musical education, and obtained her cinquième cycle with a specialisation in orchestral excerpts.
Yuki also studied Japanese instruments such as Shinobue, Japanese bamboo flute, Shamisen, Japanese three strings banjo, Koto, Japanese zither , and Nihonbuyo (Japanese traditional danse) with the masters such as Kan Fukuhara, Makoto Nishimura, Yumiko Takizawa, and Yukimitsu Bando.
Chamber musician, orchestra player and sought-after soloist, Yuki Isami has additionally participated in numerous festivals through which she has performed in concerts in Japan, Canada, Argentina, United States, and Europe. Since 2010, she is playing as a solist for the Festival international de musia de Besalu in Spain. In March 2010, she was invited for the concerts for Patagonic Festival of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art, ENERGIA SONORA at San Martin de los Andes in Argentina. In the summer of 2009, for the concert tour with Colorado Springs Guitar Society in Colorado Springs, in 2008, the Idyllwild Arts Music festival in California. She also participated in the Niedersachsen chamber music festival in Germany in 2007, the Domenico Cimarosa festival in Italy the previous year. She has performed under the baton of conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Orchestre Métropolitan de Grand Montréal), Jean-françois Rivest, Alain Trudel (Orchestre symphonique de Laval),Yoko Matsuo (Tokyo Symphonic Orchestra), Yakov Kreitzberg (Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra), Jacques Lacombe and Kazuyoshi Akiyama (National Youth Orchestra of Canada). She is playing in l’Orchestre Métropolitan de Grand Montréal and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval as a substitute.
Yuki is presently undertaking several projects, Duo Yusa, flute duo, as well as working with the Allogène ensemble: a chamber music group, an ensemble manifesting in various configurations. In 2010, she directed a show, Musique japonaise / Branches et racines : The mix of Japanese traditional, Japanese contemporary music, western classical and western contemporary music with video projection and staging sponsored by MAI (Montréal arts interculturels), Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec, Culture, communication et condition féminine du Québec, et SMCQ (Société de musique contemporaine du Québec).
Now she works on a creation of a musical and visual show, taken from the Japanese folk tale in partnership with The Nef, The Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec, Counseil des arts de Montreal and the Montreal Botanical Garden.
Source :
www.imsq.ca/eng/programmation-2011/programmation-2012/yuki-isami.asp
Links :
www.yukiisami.com
Artistes : Yuki Isami, Anne-Marie Cassidy, Jérôme Ducharme, Patrick Graham
Category : Spectacle | Music | Concert | World music
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Location : Église Saint-RochAdress : 590, rue Saint-Joseph Est, Québec
City : Québec (La Cité-Limoilou)
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