Credits:

Yumi Takagi

Description:

The two titles, which were released as private recordings in 2003 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band's performance, are now being released as a 2-CD set by FONTEC. DISC 1, "Message of Love," contains standard masterpieces on various themes of love, while DISC 2, "Listen... Wind, Light, Fragrance, Forest," contains gems of small pieces with the scent of nature in the air. Hiromi Takagi Takagi Yumi was born in Fukui Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Piano, and completed graduate studies at the same university. Studied under Naotoshi Fukui, Yoshiko Utsunomiya, Hitoshi Kobayashi, and Lydia Kozbek. Later, she studied piano in France with Vlad Perlemuter and France Crida, and chamber music with Genevième Joie. He also studied at the State University of Music Detmold (Germany) under Renate Kretschmer Fischer. She has appeared in numerous concerts, including recitals, both in Japan and abroad. She has performed with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (Canada), London Mozart Orchestra, Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He has performed with many artists and orchestras in Japan and abroad.He has also been actively recording, including solo CDs "Schumann Album", "Ai no Messages", "Listen...Wind, Light, Fragrance, Forest", and "Piano Fantasy" at Glenn Gould Studios (Canada). Recently, his CD recording (2018, Fontec), released in tie-up with composer Tan Goto's piano music collection "Kaze-Toruru Machi ni" published by Zen Ongaku Publishing Company, has attracted much attention. He was a visiting professor at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) from 1995 to 1996, and taught at the same university in 1998 as an overseas researcher of the Ministry of Education. In 1998, he taught at Wilfrid Laurier University as an overseas researcher under the Ministry of Education. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Fukui. He is a member of the Chopin Society of Japan, Chubu Branch, and the Japan Federation of Musicians. Fontec