Izumi Kimura
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Izumi Kimura, born on the 10th of March 1973 is a Japan
ese pianist now living in Ireland
.
-shi, Kanagawa, Japan in 1973. She studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music
with Akikio Teranishi, Akira Miyoshi
and Kazuoki Fujii. In 1995, she moved to Ireland, where she studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
with Ray Keary.
, Takashi Yoshimatsu
, Toshinao Sato, Greg Caffrey, Ronan Guilfoyle
and Gerald Barry
. The critic Karishmeh Felfeli
described the album as one of the most original, creative and stimulating recordings of 2010 to be heard on an Irish label, an absolute revelation. The critic of the Irish Times agreed: heroic levels of technical fearlessness, stamina and strengh in a programme dominated by flying, rumbling bass lines, hard-driven rhythms and counter-rhythms, and thousands upon thousands of notes – she also created a breathing, slow-burn climax – with a more reflective, often intimate style of playing
Ms Kimura has performed with the Crash Ensemble
, an Irish ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, as well as with such jazz
musicians as Julian Arguelles
, Tommy Halferty, Ed Neumeister
, Stéphane Payen and Sarah Buechi.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese pianist now living in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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Biography
Izumi Kimura was born in YokohamaYokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
-shi, Kanagawa, Japan in 1973. She studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music
Toho Gakuen School of Music
is a private conservatoire located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.-History:Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan as a music school for children, and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior...
with Akikio Teranishi, Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi
Akira Miyoshi is a Japanese composer.Miyoshi was a child prodigy on piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo, and then at the Paris Conservatory with Henri Challan and Raymond Gallois-Montbrun from 1955 to 1957. He was...
and Kazuoki Fujii. In 1995, she moved to Ireland, where she studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Royal Irish Academy of Music
The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a linked college of Dublin City University located in Dublin, Ireland.It was founded in 1848 by a group of music enthusiasts and moved to its present address in Westland Row in 1871. The following year it was granted the right to use the title "Royal"...
with Ray Keary.
Repertoire
Ms Kimura has been associated with contemporary music. Her début album Asymmetry combines works by contemporary Japanese and Irish composers, including Mamoru FujiedaMamoru Fujieda
is a Japanese composer associated with the postminimalist movement of contemporary classical music.He received a Ph.D. in music from the University of California, San Diego in 1988...
, Takashi Yoshimatsu
Takashi Yoshimatsu
is a contemporary Japanese composer of classical music. He is well known for composing the 2003 remake of Astro Boy.Takashi Yoshimatsu was born in Tokyo, Japan, and like Toru Takemitsu, the composer generally considered to be Japan's greatest in the western classical style, did not receive formal...
, Toshinao Sato, Greg Caffrey, Ronan Guilfoyle
Ronan Guilfoyle
Ronan Guilfoyle is one of Ireland's premier jazz musicians. He is the director of jazz at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin, Ireland and has performed extensively around the world...
and Gerald Barry
Gerald Barry
Gerald Barry is an Irish composer.Born in Clarecastle, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel. His music is notable for its inherent use of real thematic development. Although , paradoxically, Barry's music shifts between blocks of thematic...
. The critic Karishmeh Felfeli
Karishmeh Felfeli
Karishmeh Felfeli is a radio broadcaster, pianist, vocalist and creator of , a critically acclaimed classical music and arts radio program for Dublin City FM...
described the album as one of the most original, creative and stimulating recordings of 2010 to be heard on an Irish label, an absolute revelation. The critic of the Irish Times agreed: heroic levels of technical fearlessness, stamina and strengh in a programme dominated by flying, rumbling bass lines, hard-driven rhythms and counter-rhythms, and thousands upon thousands of notes – she also created a breathing, slow-burn climax – with a more reflective, often intimate style of playing
Ms Kimura has performed with the Crash Ensemble
Crash Ensemble
Crash Ensemble is an Irish new music ensemble, founded in 1997 by composer Donnacha Dennehy, conductor and pianist Andrew Synott and clarinettist Michael Seaver. It played its first concert in Dublin in 1997...
, an Irish ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, as well as with such jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musicians as Julian Arguelles
Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles is a saxophonist. He is currently a member of the HR Big Band in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
, Tommy Halferty, Ed Neumeister
Ed Neumeister
Composer and jazz trombonist Ed Neumeister frequently tours Europe, Japan and the U.S. writing for and performing as guest soloist with bands and orchestras as well as performing solo, duo, trio and quartet concerts....
, Stéphane Payen and Sarah Buechi.