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• A Passage to Kumano / HIRO
The pilgrimage routes to Kumano shrines in the central Japan were registered as World Heritage in 2004. HIRO visited there in 2003 and was inspired to write this tune.

"As I walked the path in the mountain, I felt like seeing people in the old days, men and women, young and old, walking along with me. Many people, generations by generations, made pilgrimage in quest of peace and happiness, the truth of life." (HIRO)

• Seaside Bossa Nova / HIRO
"When I walked along the shores near Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 2003, a fresh breeze from the Indian Ocean caressed me and swept away all the dust and dirt within me. I wrote this tune expressing the refreshing and happy feeling I had then on a sweet bossa nova. (Well it was as if the breeze said to me, "It's alright. Just the way you are!")" (HIRO)

• Hidamari / HIRO
"Hidamari" is a Japanese word for a "suntrap," or a sunny place. HIRO's piano reminds me of a happy moments of lazy afternoon, spending time seeing the clouds slowly drifting away. (Editor)

• Old Stories / HIRO
"When I visited Persepolis in 2004, I wondered: "What in the world happened here?" "Why did this magnificent and splendid palaces have to perish?" "Is it a human nature to repeat creation and destruction?" I express the deep emptiness and sorrow I felt then on a minor bossa nova." (HIRO)

• Sunset / HIRO
"From the hill near my home, I can see the beautiful scenery of Set Inland Sea. Sometimes I can see the sun go down slowly into the calm water. The color of the sky changes minute by minute. A flock of birds fly away home. Slowly, and slowly does the sun go down and finally hides away into the sea." (HIRO)

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• Keiko Koma & Idaki Shin (May 2008)

May.12 (Mon) 19:00 Shinjuku Bunka Center, Shinjuku, Tokyo
"Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered"
narration: Keiko Koma
music: Idaki Shin (synth)

For more information, please visit Idaki Shin's Website.

• Toshiyuki Sekine (Apr-May 2008)

Apr.22 (Tue) 20:00 at Izumi, Roppongi, Tokyo
Apr.23 (Wed) 20:00 w/ Masayuki Kume (ds) at GH9, Ueno, Tokyo
Apr.24 (Thu) 19:30 w/ Takashi Kurosaki (ds) at Bitches Brew, Hakuraku, Yokohama
Apr.25 (Fri) 20:00 w/ Mayumi Omino (vo) at Sakaya Bar, Akasaka, Tokyo
Apr.26 (Sat) 19:15 at Okuries Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Apr.27 (Sun) 19:30 w/ Ben Okada (b) at Jay-J's Cafe, Meguro, Tokyo
Apr.30 (Wed) 20:00 w/ Mayumi Omino (vo) at Sakaya Bar, Akasaka, Tokyo
May.01 (Thu) 20:00 at Izumi, Roppongi, Tokyo
May.02 (Fri) 20:00 w/ Takashi Mizuhashi (b) at Misty, Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo
May.08 (Thu) 19:20 w/ Nobuyuki Aoshima (b) at Aries, Ueno, Tokyo
May.09 (Fri) 20:00 at Izumi, Roppongi, Tokyo
May.12 (Mon) 20:00 w/ Takayuki Koizumi (ds) at GH9, Ueno, Tokyo
May.13 (Tue) 19:20 w/ Nobuyuki Aoshima (b) at Aries, Ueno, Tokyo
May.14 (Wed) 20:00 at Izumi, Roppongi, Tokyo
May.15 (Thu) 20:00 w/ Satomi Shiga (tb) at Meg, Kichijoji, Tokyo
May.16 (Fri) 20:00 w/ Takayuki Koizumi (ds) at Swan, Tokorozawa, Saitama
May.20 (Tue) 20:00 w/ Nobuyuki Aoshima (b) at Birdland, Nishi-Magome, Tokyo

For more information, please feel free sending e-mail to Toshiyuki Sekine's Mugigi Records.

● HIRO Special

HIRO is a pianist and also gives lessons to children. As the traditional etudes bore them sometimes, she writes her own etudes which are easy and fun to play. She thinks the most important thing is to share the joy of playing music, not to be a professional pianist. She names her lesson studio as "Enjoy Music Center."

The piano music here in this issue were written for that purpose and recorded 2004-2005, with the ones for bands, for Monthly DAICHI Music Webzine Japanese Edition. I hope you will enjoy the beautiful world of her piano sounds.

Thank you and best regards,