*anese pianist and composer (born 1969)

Mine Kawakami (born September 7, 1969) (Shōwa 44) is a *anese pianist and composer.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Discography
• 3 Soundtracks
• 4 Concerts
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Mine Kawakami was born in the town of Nagakute, *an in 1969. She started playing piano at age 3. She is en*led in music by High School Aichi Prefectural Meiwa and graduated from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich and the Madrid Royal Conservatory. As a cl*ical musician, she has performed on the five continents, organized by foundations such as YAMAHA, NHK (*an Broadcasting Corporation), *an Foundation, SEEI, Emb*y of Spain in *an or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of *an. She has the awards of Radio Nagoya (1986) and the Munich Conservatory Compe*ion (1990).

However, her formation in cultured tradition has been gradually approaching, without setting any barriers, different styles and aesthetics. These include traditional *anese music, reflections from impressionism and neocl*icism, Latin jazz and Cuban rhythms. In 1996, she began her career as a composer.

Past projects include the two-piano concert with Chucho Valdés in Teatro Amadeo Roldan in Havana, Cuba (2004). In 2005, Kawakami was the pianist and official composer of the World Expo 2005 in Aichi (*an), in 2008 she performed "Los Conciertos del Sueño" in Spain, an experimental proposal born in *an, which approached and emphasized concepts of musical therapy. In 2013, Mine Kawakami was commissioned to compose the Sonata samurai in cultural events organized to commemorate the "Dual Year Spain – *an", premiering this composition on June 11 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Spain and the Prince of *an, Naruhito. On March 11, 2014, played inside the Cathedral of Córdoba a unique concert that gathered more than 1,400 people.

In the words of Mine "The piano can express infinite number of possible sounds, rhythms and tones. I want my compositions and my playing forward so you might be touching the trees in the jungle, the sound of the wind or the voice of the earth."

Discography

• In LatinAmerica (2004)
• In The Forest (2006)
• Kaori (2010)
• O meu caminho (2011)
• El piano durmiente (2012)
• Sonata samurái (2013)
• Samurai 1613 (2015)
• Nostalghia-Kiyomizu- (2017)
• NHK Radio Shinya Bin -Piano ga Kanaderu 72 kou- (2017)
• Yamato Amadera Shojin Nikki Original Soundtrack (2019)
• Pilgrim (2019)
• Sky Blue (2019)
• Christmas of Mine (2019)
• Neko no Shippo Kaeru no Te (2020)

Soundtracks

• Morizo to Kikoro (2005). 4 chapters.
• Kamataki (2006). Film directed by Claude Gagnon. Theme: "Como si fuera una cancion" (original of Victor Fonseca, musical arrangement & piano by Mine Kawakami)
• Neko no shippo Kaeru note (2010). 3 chapters.
• El jardín de las cuatro estaciones (2013). Film based on the life of Venetia Stanley-Smith.
• Anime time of adult women (2013). 4 chapters.

Concerts

References

External links

• http://www.minekawakami.com.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140301031323/http://minekawakami.wordpress.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Minekawakami