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[ 2014. 4/23 ] CD Release News LOTUS STRING QUARTET, Stuttgart R.Strauss/Verdi/Rossini: String Quartets |
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R.Struss: String Quartet in A major op.2 Verdi: String Quartet in E minor Rossini: String Quartet No.2 in A major The 26 April, 3 May & 12 September 2013 Clara-Wieck- Audiorium, Heidelberg/Sandhausen, Germany/session Producer: Takashi Mitsukawa Director: Yutaka Kojima Engineer: Kohei Seguchi A production of NAMI Records in co-production with KCM, Kojima Concert Management Released on 5.25! |
[ 2013. 5/28 ] CD Release News LOTUS STRING QUARTET, STUTTGART " TRAVELOGUE" LIVE at SUGINAMI-KOKAIDOU, TOKYO |
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Haydn
: String Quartet op.20-4, 1st movement Mozart: String Quartet K.155, 1st movement Puccini: Crisantemi e Tre Minuetti per quartetto ad archi Respighi: Antiche arie e danze per liuto.Terzo series,: Siciliana Wolf: Italienische Serenade Dvorak: String Quartet No.12 op.96 "The American", 4th movement Barber: String Quartet op.11, 2nd movement "Adagio" Ravel: String Quartet in F Major 30 November, 2012 Suginami Koukaidou, Tokyo / Live On sale from 25th May! Details : http://www.kojimacm.com/recording_e/recording_e.html |
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[ 2012. 11/29 ] 20th anniversary of the founding of the Stuttgart-based Lotus String Quartet Two new CD recordings now available!  |
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Brahms
: String Quartets Op.51 (complete
set of two works) Dignified portrayal of Brahms' hidden confession March 2012 studio recording at Heidelberg-Sandhausen, Germany On sale from 25th November! |
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Schubert
: String Quintet performance with Peter BUCK (cellist, Melos String Quartet) Webern : String Quartet(1905) and Langsamer Satz for string quartet performances with Maestro Buck of Schubert replete with sense of unity, and of Webern laced with romanticism June 2011 studio recording at Heidelberg - Sandhausen, Germany Available for general sale from 20th December Advance sales planned from 29th November at all Lotus String Quartet Japan performance venues |
Details : http://www.kojimacm.com/recording_e/recording_e.html Listen to a sample of these two CDs at: http://www.youtube.com/user/kcmartistpromotion |
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[ 2012. 11/29 ]
20th anniversary of the founding of the Lotus String Quartet
Japan tour 2012 (seven performances and recording sessions)
Sebastian MANZ (Clarinet) Japan Project 2012 (nine performances)
For details : http://www.kojimacm.com/project-e/lotus-pro-e/lotus-pro-e.html
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Lotus String Quartet,
an all-Brahms programme will be held Thursday 6th December at Osaka Izumi Hall,
the starting point of the Lotus String Quartet.
For details and/or to reserve your tickets:
http://www.kojimacm.com/schedule_e/schedule_e.html
[ 2011. 8/5 ]
The first session of the KCM recording project in Europe with the
Lotus Quartet and Maestro Peter Buck has now been completed!
Future plans for the next session
As we at Kojima Concert Management (KCM) have been involved in the release of a large number of recordings from diverse standpoints such as actual production or direction on occasion, we have taken notice of the importance of recording production as an extension of our concert project and artist management activities. Our recordings until now have all taken place in Japan, but on this occasion our own original recording session took place for the first time at a recording studio in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
<< Project first session : 28th to 30th June 2011 >>
Lotus String Quartet & Peter Buck (cellist, Melos Quartet Stuttgart)
Schubert : String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Webern : String Quartet (1905)
Webern : Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement) for string quartet (1905)
Will be available for sale at the end of this year or early next year
<< Future recording plans in Europe>>
Lotus String Quartet / Brahms : String Quintet, Op. 51-1 & 2 (to be recorded February 2012)
Other plans also include recordings by Japanese performers on tour in Europe
as well as 'Busoni: Goethe-Lieder' by German-based singers.
Related information
Lotus String Quartet Biography
[ 2011. 6/6 ]
Long-awaited new CD by the Lotus String Quartet available soon!
Complete set of Beethoven
'Razumovsky' quartets to be available from July 25th
The long-awaited new CD by the Lotus String Quartet will finally be released.
The Lotus Quartet performed the complete set of three Razumovsky quartets, Beethoven's middle period masterpiece, in Tokyo, Nagoya, Takasaki and Sapporo during their 2008 Japan tour. The live recording for this CD was from the 30 September 2008 performance at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
Complete set of three Beethoven 'Razumovsky' quartets
Lotus String Quartet Recorded live in Tokyo on 30 September 2008
WWCC7677-78 Available from 25 July 2011
Lotus String Quartet Biography
[ 2011. 6/6 ]
Lotus String Quartet 20th Anniversary Japan Tour
(late November to early December 2012)
Guest: Sebastian Manz
(1st prize winner at the 2008 ARD International Music Competition in Munich)
The Lotus String Quartet, the only Europe-based string quartet founded in Japan with ongoing concert activities since the Tokyo Quartet.
Their story began twenty years ago, when four young women decided to leave behind their careers to engage in quartet musical studies in Germany... since then, they have even further deepened their musical understanding as the Lotus String Quartet.
The Lotus String Quartet have invited Sebastian Manz who is the first clarinettist in 40 years to have been awarded 1st prize at the rigorous ARD International Music Competition in Munich for their 20th Anniversary Japan Tour. Together they will surely create new achievements in the Western music history of Japan.
There are other plans underway for Mr Manz to perform both a concerto with orchestra as well as a recital.
For project details of the Lotus Quartet, please visit:
http://www.kojimacm.com/project/lotus-project/lotus_manz02.jpg
For project details of Sebastian Manz solo projects, please visit:
http://www.kojimacm.com/project/manz_miwa/manz_miwa.jpg
Lotus String Quartet Biography
Sebastian MANZ Biography
[ 2011. 3/22 ]
20th Anniversary of the Lotus String Quartet
Japan & Asia Tour (late November to early December 2012)
Guest : Sebastian Manz (awarded 1st prize at the 2008 ARD
International Music Competition in Munich)
The Lotus String Quartet, the only string quartet originating in Japan and based in Europe to have continued with ongoing concert activities since the Tokyo Quartet.
It all started when, twenty years ago, four young women decided to leave their careers to engage in quartet musical studies in Germany... since then, they have even further deepened their musical understanding as the Lotus String Quartet.
The Lotus String Quartet have invited Sebastian Manz who is the first clarinettist in 40 years to have been awarded 1st prize at the rigorous ARD International Music Competition in Munich for their 20th Anniversary Japan Tour, which will surely create new achievements in the Western music history of Japan.
Moreover, other projects currently underway for Mr Manz are to perform a concerto with orchestra, as well as a recital with pianist Iku Miwa (to be confirmed).
Project details
Lotus String Quartet Biography
Sebastian MANZ Biography
[2008. 10/7]
Lotus String Quartet Finished Japan Tour 2008
The Lotus String Quartet has performed ten concerts, consisting of six types of programs, and one studio recording during 13 days from September 23 to October 5, and soon departed for Germany.
As each member of the quartet has individual musical activities, it was on September 23, the first day of the tour, that all the members finally arrived in Japan. Since then they have been on very tight schedule, with only one whole day off on September 28.
Among six different programs, the ensemble played Beethoven: Rasumovsky No.1 to No. 3, which took as long as two hours and 25 minutes, at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Munetsugu Hall in Nagoya, Takasaki Sogo Fukushi Center, and Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara.
Their superb performance won the highest praise at each concert.
The eight world renowned string quartets, including the Hagen Quartett, the Tokyo String Quartet, the Quatuor Mosaïques, the Gewandhaus Quartett and the Lotus String Quartet, are invited to a series of concerts named "Beethoven: Zyklus of String Quartets", which are organized by Izumi Hall in Osaka.
The Lotus String Quartet performed programs by Beethoven and Webern there.
Another remarkable event of this concert tour is that four of the ten concerts, which were performed at Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (two times), were live recorded. Part of the recordings will be released in CD in the future (Live Notes label).
At the recording session at Sai-no-Kuni Saitama Arts Theater on October 2, the quartet recorded Schubert: Rondo for Violin and String Quartet with Asako Urushihara (violin) (Fontec label).
Many informed persons commented on this concert tour that the performance of the Lotus String Quartet reminded them of the musical sound by European musicians. In other words, if they had not seen the performers, they would not have recognized that three of the four players were Japanese women. These women played as if they were German musicians.
These promising young female Japanese musicians gave up their careers as professional musicians in Japan to study string music as a student in Germany. Eventually, they obtained the right of permanent residence in Germany. They have been continuing musical activities as professional artists of the Lotus String Quartet.
The journal published by Casals Hall once introduced the Lotus String Quartet as follows: Lotus has no model to copy.
This Japanese concert tour may have reminded us that the quartet is pioneering a region no one has ever explored.
The Lotus String Quartet left the Kansai International Airport for Germany in the morning on October 6. As soon as they arrive in Germany, they will begin rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Octet with the Prazak Quartet, a string quartet representing Czech. The quartet has formed a close friendship with the Lotus String Quartet.
(Reported on October 6)
Lotus String Quartet Japan Tour 2008
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