Japanese duo to play Hungarian masterpieces

Japanese duo to play Hungarian masterpieces

Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The first of this year's Classical Concert Series will present a
piano duo recital featuring Japan's Torie Masako and Fukushi
Miwako playing compositions by Hungary's Franz Liszt, Franz
Schubert and Johannes Brahms.

To be performed at Dutch Cultural Centre Erasmus Huis on
Monday, the duo will play Liszt's Szozat es Magyar Himnusz and
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Schubert's Divertissement a la
Hongroise Op. 54, and Brahms' Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 4, 7
and 8.

Torie Masako began studying the piano at the age of four under
Kawai Horoe and Mizuta Kaori, and won an award at the Sapporo
Arts Festival in 1990. In 2002, Torie moved to Indonesia and has
since performed with Fukushi Miwako.

Fukushi Miwako left for Hungary in 1985 to study at the Franz
Liszt Academy under Nador Gyorgy for the piano and Horvath Aniko
for the harpsichord. She performed at the 1987 Baroque Music
Festival in Sopron, Hungary, and was a member of the Franz Liszt
Academy Chamber Orchestra.

Since relocating to Indonesia, Fukushi has participated in
classical music awareness programs for schoolchildren and has
performed with many Indonesian musicians and orchestras.

"We have deliberately chosen this theme because Hungary is the
home of several major classical composers who are famous for
their masterpieces," said a statement released by organizers M-
Project, a non-profit organization headed by pianist Fukushi
Miwako herself as Artistic Director.

Established in 2003, M-Project aims to contribute to the local
music scene through educational programs, masters workshops
featuring noted musicians and musicologists, as well as concert
recitals to introduce and to excite appreciation for classical
music.

The Classical Concert Series is M-Project's first concert
initiative and the piano duo recital its first performance,
organized in cooperation with the Hungarian Embassy, the Japanese
Embassy, the Yogyakarta Arts Institute, Yayasan Musik
Internasional and The Daily Jakarta Shimbun.

The recital will be held on Monday, March 1, 2004, at the Erasmus
Huis auditorium, Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav. S-3, Kuningan, Jakarta
12950, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available through Yayasan Musik
Internasional at 7503729, 75905639; adults Rp 50,000;
students/children Rp 20,000. Adult tickets will be available at
the door on the day of the recital.