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Masaki Hori

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Release of an album focusing on Tsunehiko Tanaka, a pioneer in the Japanese mandolin world, 130 years after the birth of Masaki Hori, one of Japan's most talented mandolinists! Masataka Hori, one of Japan's most talented mandolinists. He won the first prize at the 10th Raffaele Carache International Mandolin Solo Competition and is highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad. This year's album release focuses on mandolinist Tsunehiko Tanaka, who celebrates the 130th anniversary of his birth in 2020. Tanaka Tsunehiko was the first professional mandolinist in Japan to play the mandolin in the Taisho era (1912-1926), when it was not easy to obtain Western sheet music. He was one of the founders of the Keio University Mandolin Club, the first president of the Japan Mandolin Federation, and a pioneer in the Japanese mandolin world. This work is selected from the repertoire actually performed by Tsunehiko Tanaka, and represents his activities and life as a performer. In addition to his solo mandolin performances, this recording also features guitarist Daisuke Suzuki and pianist Hazuki Kusama as co-starring musicians, who were indispensable figures in Tsunehiko Tanaka's activities, in the image of his former teacher, Sarcoli, and his wife, the pianist Gyoko.This is a valuable piece if you follow in the footsteps of mandolinist Tsunehiko Tanaka and experience the early days of mandolin and Western music in Japan, transcending time and space. Masataka HORI (Mandolin)Studied mandolin, conducting, and harmony under Takashi Kubota. Studied mandolin under Juan-Carlos Munoz in Saarbrücken, Germany, as a "2011 Japanese Government Overseas Study Fellowship for Artists". Studied jazz theory and improvisation under Kiyomi Otaka. He won the Governor of Tokyo Prize (2002), the 1st Prize at the 10th Raffaele Calace International Mandolin Solo Competition (2014), and other prizes. She has performed as a soloist in music festivals and concerts in Japan and abroad, including the festival "Rencontres Pince-Cordes 2011" in Melcourt (France), "Kobe International Music Festival 2013", "Suntory Arts Foundation Summer Festival 2015", etc. In 2018, she joined mimi In 2018, she toured Australia with mimi duo (Gt.Duncan Gardiner Pf.Setsu Masuda), which was well received by the local media.He has appeared on NHK's "Music Garden," "J-MELO," "To Movie Music! In 2015, he released a classical mandolin solo album "PRELUDIO". In 2019, he released "Bouquet," his first collection of works. Guitarist Daisuke Suzuki has highly praised his work, calling it "a mellow chronicle of the dreamy colors of the mandolin spun by fresh and clear tremolos, and drawn by Masataka Hori, who approaches music without borders. He also conducts and arranges music for the mandolin ensemble "EUPHORIA," which he directs. He also performs with the fusion band "Mandolicks" (Pf: Masahiko Hatada, Ba: Yoshihiro Naruse (Casiopea 3rd), Perc: Tsuyoshi Nakazawa), and organizes the concert series "Il Mandolino Giapponese - Another Italian Culture" as a producer. He has been further expanding his activities as a producer and organizer of the concert series "Il Mandolino Giapponese - Another Italian Culture. He supervises "S-H series" Ochiai mandolins and is an endorser for OPTIMA. King International