As mentioned, I was surprised to learn on New Year's Eve, 2020, that two supernumerary violinists, Natsuho Murata and Himari Yoshimura, had appeared in Japan.
The surprise was not only in the fact that there was not only one but also in the fact that there were two at the same time, with an age difference of four years.
Japan had produced two musicians who were equal to, or even better than, the most outstanding violin prodigies of all time.
Natsuho is now 17 years old, and Himari is 13.
The day before yesterday, a good friend brought me an extensive article about Himari that had appeared in the evening edition of the Sankei Shimbun.
I have been thinking about this since the other day.
While the Japanese media has been covering Himari extensively, with TV Asahi featuring her on its news station, Natsuho Murata needs more coverage.
I don't think that the people in charge of the arts section of the media are writing articles only about Himari without having heard of or knowing about Natsuho Murata.
My best friend did say that there must be someone around Himari who is good at management, though.
Natsuho is studying in Japan as a particular student at the Tokyo Music School.
Both of them have mothers who are violinists.
Natsuho was introduced to the violin at three when she and her mother watched a video of Mayuko Kamio winning the Tchaikovsky Competition.
She is now a student of Mayuko Kamio's, which is another fateful coincidence.
Recently, I happened to watch a trilogy of three people on YouTube: Mayuko Kamio, the son of Koichiro Harada, whom she had studied with since childhood, as well as Natsuho, another music world figure.
At that time, Mayuko Kamio expressed an opinion with which I agreed.
As mentioned, I learned that Natsuho Murata would perform at the Noto Peninsula Support Charity Concert, held at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall on March 10.
At that time, I realized that two supernumerary geniuses appeared in Japan simultaneously because of the tremendous depth of layers in the Japanese classical music world.
Countless children are learning piano and violin in Japan's 47 prefectures.
I realized that no other country has such a wealth of music.
Most of the prefectural capitals in Japan have excellent concert halls.
Most of them are called civic or prefectural halls.
It is a well-known fact that they are all excellent concert halls.
However, this is only the result of the politicians' box-building administration.
The Japanese media only focuses on Himari, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music.
So, in extreme cases, amateurs with PC technology will forever be unable to obtain tickets for Himari's concerts in Japan.
After all, you can't get a connection for an hour before the tickets go on sale.
When they do, the tickets are sold out, which is ridiculous.
It's just a waste of an hour of your time.
It is the same as buying a ticket for a super-popular idol.
On the other hand, I was blissfully able to listen to Natsuho Murata's concert three times.
Following the concert on March 10, I was able to attend three more in quick succession: a concert on May 26 with the Ibaraki Symphony Orchestra at the Mito Arts Center in her hometown and a concert on June 3 with the Gunma Symphony Orchestra at the Takasaki Arts Theater.
The concert on June 3 was a classical music concert for high school girls organized by the Gunma Prefectural Government, so the general public was only allowed to sit on the second floor.
I was fortunate to have front-row center seats for the two concerts above.
"I don't think Japan will be the only country to go to Europe and the United States forever. I want to create an era in which musicians from abroad come to Japan. There is no other country in the world like it."
Kamio's spirited words were echoed by the other two participants in the trilogy.
I listened to Kamio's words with an even greater sense of conviction.
As a result of the box-building administration, all prefectural capitals have magnificent concert halls that are unique in the world.
However, this may have also been a state of neglect, where the box was built, but the soul was not put into it.
Kamio said with the spirit of Ryoma Sakamoto, "I want to put the soul into this place and create an era in which Westerners will come to Japan, not an era in which Japanese will forever leave for the West."
I hope she will be the Tadao Umesao of the music world and accomplish her goal.
he nation of Japan should give Natsuho Murata the most excellent support as a Japanese citizen, taking the fact that she is studying in Japan as a good thing.
It is because, as the video below proves, it takes a super-genius to single-handedly give everyone the utmost admiration and praise, not just in Japan but worldwide, and to inspire them with the utmost emotion.
It is no exaggeration to say that Japan is a country where many women, almost all women, in particular, have the world's best intellect, the world's best sentiments, and the world's best intellect, which have been cultivated by art and familiarized with art since the time of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon, the oldest and the best in the world.
On top of this cultural depth, two violinists of supernumerary genius have been born.
I was reminded of this at Natsuho Murata's concert on June 3 at the Takasaki Arts Theater.
Fortunately, as I had hoped, I could secure a front-row seat on the second-floor balcony.
From my spot, I could see the high school girls from Gunma Prefecture who filled the first-floor seats and were the guests of honor that day.
It wasn't quiet until the performance began, but as soon as the doors opened, they lined up beautifully, and tranquility prevailed.
All the students were listening to the performance of Natsuho Murata, who was the same age as them, and all were wonderfully focused and moved.
It is no exaggeration to say that there could not have been a better educational experience.
A good friend in the audience gave an excellent description of the performance.
"The goddess Amaterasu, Natsuho Murata, had descended, and all the female students had become Jizo-san."
Japan has had to deal with the bias in how the two supernumerary geniuses were reported up until now.
If there are genuine people with discerning eyes in the media world, they would silently understand that this report is also a correction of that bias.
A good friend told me the day before yesterday, "School is now on summer vacation, and I think Natsuho is in Europe or the U.S."
I replied, "She might be participating in an international competition in Europe or the United States."
Of the two supernumerary geniuses, one is reported in an ample space, and there is no news about the other giant star.
Could there be any more ludicrous bias?
Or does it prove that the mass media deflects coverage of everything and anything?
The following video should make those in the media especially think twice.
After all, the fact that she competed in this competition...the result of which I assume was an overwhelming first place...is not reported.
I discovered this YouTube video late at night, the day before yesterday.
The proverb says, "Look with keen interest because if a person trains themself daily, they will have grown so much that they will look different after three days."
As I mentioned above, I had attended Natsuho Murata's concerts until June 3, so I was reminded of this saying even more.
The surprise was not only in the fact that there was not only one but also in the fact that there were two at the same time, with an age difference of four years.
Japan had produced two musicians who were equal to, or even better than, the most outstanding violin prodigies of all time.
Natsuho is now 17 years old, and Himari is 13.
The day before yesterday, a good friend brought me an extensive article about Himari that had appeared in the evening edition of the Sankei Shimbun.
I have been thinking about this since the other day.
While the Japanese media has been covering Himari extensively, with TV Asahi featuring her on its news station, Natsuho Murata needs more coverage.
I don't think that the people in charge of the arts section of the media are writing articles only about Himari without having heard of or knowing about Natsuho Murata.
My best friend did say that there must be someone around Himari who is good at management, though.
Natsuho is studying in Japan as a particular student at the Tokyo Music School.
Both of them have mothers who are violinists.
Natsuho was introduced to the violin at three when she and her mother watched a video of Mayuko Kamio winning the Tchaikovsky Competition.
She is now a student of Mayuko Kamio's, which is another fateful coincidence.
Recently, I happened to watch a trilogy of three people on YouTube: Mayuko Kamio, the son of Koichiro Harada, whom she had studied with since childhood, as well as Natsuho, another music world figure.
At that time, Mayuko Kamio expressed an opinion with which I agreed.
As mentioned, I learned that Natsuho Murata would perform at the Noto Peninsula Support Charity Concert, held at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall on March 10.
At that time, I realized that two supernumerary geniuses appeared in Japan simultaneously because of the tremendous depth of layers in the Japanese classical music world.
Countless children are learning piano and violin in Japan's 47 prefectures.
I realized that no other country has such a wealth of music.
Most of the prefectural capitals in Japan have excellent concert halls.
Most of them are called civic or prefectural halls.
It is a well-known fact that they are all excellent concert halls.
However, this is only the result of the politicians' box-building administration.
The Japanese media only focuses on Himari, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music.
So, in extreme cases, amateurs with PC technology will forever be unable to obtain tickets for Himari's concerts in Japan.
After all, you can't get a connection for an hour before the tickets go on sale.
When they do, the tickets are sold out, which is ridiculous.
It's just a waste of an hour of your time.
It is the same as buying a ticket for a super-popular idol.
On the other hand, I was blissfully able to listen to Natsuho Murata's concert three times.
Following the concert on March 10, I was able to attend three more in quick succession: a concert on May 26 with the Ibaraki Symphony Orchestra at the Mito Arts Center in her hometown and a concert on June 3 with the Gunma Symphony Orchestra at the Takasaki Arts Theater.
The concert on June 3 was a classical music concert for high school girls organized by the Gunma Prefectural Government, so the general public was only allowed to sit on the second floor.
I was fortunate to have front-row center seats for the two concerts above.
"I don't think Japan will be the only country to go to Europe and the United States forever. I want to create an era in which musicians from abroad come to Japan. There is no other country in the world like it."
Kamio's spirited words were echoed by the other two participants in the trilogy.
I listened to Kamio's words with an even greater sense of conviction.
As a result of the box-building administration, all prefectural capitals have magnificent concert halls that are unique in the world.
However, this may have also been a state of neglect, where the box was built, but the soul was not put into it.
Kamio said with the spirit of Ryoma Sakamoto, "I want to put the soul into this place and create an era in which Westerners will come to Japan, not an era in which Japanese will forever leave for the West."
I hope she will be the Tadao Umesao of the music world and accomplish her goal.
he nation of Japan should give Natsuho Murata the most excellent support as a Japanese citizen, taking the fact that she is studying in Japan as a good thing.
It is because, as the video below proves, it takes a super-genius to single-handedly give everyone the utmost admiration and praise, not just in Japan but worldwide, and to inspire them with the utmost emotion.
It is no exaggeration to say that Japan is a country where many women, almost all women, in particular, have the world's best intellect, the world's best sentiments, and the world's best intellect, which have been cultivated by art and familiarized with art since the time of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon, the oldest and the best in the world.
On top of this cultural depth, two violinists of supernumerary genius have been born.
I was reminded of this at Natsuho Murata's concert on June 3 at the Takasaki Arts Theater.
Fortunately, as I had hoped, I could secure a front-row seat on the second-floor balcony.
From my spot, I could see the high school girls from Gunma Prefecture who filled the first-floor seats and were the guests of honor that day.
It wasn't quiet until the performance began, but as soon as the doors opened, they lined up beautifully, and tranquility prevailed.
All the students were listening to the performance of Natsuho Murata, who was the same age as them, and all were wonderfully focused and moved.
It is no exaggeration to say that there could not have been a better educational experience.
A good friend in the audience gave an excellent description of the performance.
"The goddess Amaterasu, Natsuho Murata, had descended, and all the female students had become Jizo-san."
Japan has had to deal with the bias in how the two supernumerary geniuses were reported up until now.
If there are genuine people with discerning eyes in the media world, they would silently understand that this report is also a correction of that bias.
A good friend told me the day before yesterday, "School is now on summer vacation, and I think Natsuho is in Europe or the U.S."
I replied, "She might be participating in an international competition in Europe or the United States."
Of the two supernumerary geniuses, one is reported in an ample space, and there is no news about the other giant star.
Could there be any more ludicrous bias?
Or does it prove that the mass media deflects coverage of everything and anything?
The following video should make those in the media especially think twice.
After all, the fact that she competed in this competition...the result of which I assume was an overwhelming first place...is not reported.
I discovered this YouTube video late at night, the day before yesterday.
The proverb says, "Look with keen interest because if a person trains themself daily, they will have grown so much that they will look different after three days."
As I mentioned above, I had attended Natsuho Murata's concerts until June 3, so I was reminded of this saying even more.
20th International Violin Competition 2024 - Finals day 1 - Thursday
2024/8/26 in Onomichi
