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打楽器奏者。マリンバ演奏をメインに近年の音楽シーンで活躍。国立音楽大学を卒用語、アジア文化カウンシルの給費生としてアメリカに渡り、ミシガン大学音楽学部大学院を卒業。在学中はミシガン・パーカッション・アンサンブルの主要メンバーとして北米、日本ツアーに参加。1989年から活動を続けるパーカッション・デュオ「Chris & Shoko Percussion Duo」は「世界に類を見ない新時代の打楽器音楽のクリエーター」と評価されるなど、多くの舞台公演や音楽政策、CDなどが高い評価を得ている。
また様々な分野のアーティストとの共演も話題を呼び、国外のアートシーンで食う目されている。打楽器による音楽教育研究では多くの執筆やワークショップ、レクチャー、教科書絵の作品掲載などもある。

Graduate of Senzoku Music University, Tokyo. Studied under Junko Sakimura, Tomoyuki Okada, etc. A member of Ensemble Historia.

Born in Tokyo in 1975, Shinsuke Ishihara started to study music at age of four. In 1998, he graduated Toho Music University with the first prize. In 1999, Ishihara won the first prize in the All Japan Solist Competition, Marimba division. Also, he received "Grootste onderscheiding" from Belgium Royal Music Antwerpen Conservatorium.

Since then, he has been giving numerous concerts, and recordings. He appears in "Marimba Dancing", which is going to be released in March 2000. In April 2000, he will do recording with Momoko Kamiya and Ludwig Albert . Apart from his solo activigy, he has formed a duo with Ludwig Albert in 1999.

Ishihara studied marimba with Keiko Abe, Momoko Kamiya, Mutuko Fujii, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic, Katrina Mycka,Gordon Stout, Ludwig Albert, and percussion with Kyouiti Sano,Leo Oudrits,Koen Willmash, and the Vibraphone with Carlo Williams.

Thomas Alexander is currently one of the only British players giving regular full length solo marimba recitals, and is also the Musical Director of the chamber music group Melange. Thomas studied at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK), Rotterdam Conservatorium & the Sweelinck Conservatorium (Netherlands), and is teachers have included Ian Wright, Graham Johns, Robert Van Sice & Peter Prommel. He has given masterclasses at a number of institutions including the RNCM, Welsh College of Music & Drama, and the prestigious Chethams School.

As a chamber musician Thomas has worked with a wide variety of musicians from the solo trombonist Christian Lindberg, to the Super Tramp saxophone player John Anthony Helliwell. He has performed full recitals in Britain, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy & Mexico. He has premiered over 30 solo & chamber works for marimba.

2003 will see the completion of his first solo CD and the launch of his website. To add yourself to the launch mailing list please send e-mail melangeensemble@yahoo.ca Subject: "subscribe" (Added 2003.1.11)

Ludwig Albert graduated with distinctions at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerp, Belgium and obtained a first prize for percussion with Prof.L.Cauberghs.
After his study as musician and pedagogue , he cooperated with several orchestra's and teached at the Conservatory and the State School for art in Antwerp.
In 1993 he specialised in solo-marimba and recieved with distinctions the Honours Diplome of solo-marimba (prof.L.Ouderits) and participated several International Masterclasses( R.von Sice , Michael Roosen...) In 1994 , he was the first Belgian marimbist admitted to the Toho Gakuen Music School in Japan and studied with the world-famous marimba-virtuoso Ms.Keiko Abe.
Afterwards he was invited to perform with her in Japan and Belgium.

Starting 1995 he searched for new sound-combinations and founded the duo marimba-soprano, nowadays called Patrasche , embellished with percussion . By this combination of singing and marimba , they developed a style of their own , performing own compositions (L.Albert), creations, arrangements of songs and improvisations based on International traditional folksongs. Their musical combination evokes a fascinating world. For their first album "Japanese Impressions" ( label Digi-classics) they recieved International outstanding critics by press and media and they were guest of several
special dedicated radio-broadcastings. During 1996-97 , they performed abroad and were invited to perform several concerts in Japan. Afterwards they performed succesfully the INternational Concert-production "Dialogue in Nature " with Keiko Abe.
Starting 2000 they will release new albums with mainly improvisations , creations and arrangements of Belgian and European folksongs.

Aside his various marimba-recitals he's working intensively to promote the marimba as a solo-concertinstrument and is organising several marimba-projects. During 1996 he recieved the Europalia Cultural award , which has given him the possibility to continue his collaboration with Keiko Abe.
Recently he founded the first Belgian Marimba Society with mainly the purpose to increase the knowledge of the marimba and to organise several events.

In recent Years , aside performing and composing , he's working intensively to commission new pieces by Belgian composers. During 1999-2000 he will produce several new CD-albums in different musical styles by the label Talent Records, also to introduce the marimba to a general audience.
-The Dancing Marimba (own classical arrangements May 99')
-Marimba Freeze (techno Jazz, new-age July 99')
-Marimba Paraphrases ( masterworks for solo&duo marimba dec.99')
He will also publish a serial of his compositions , arrangements and a marimba-methode .

During 1999-2000 he will perform aside solo-concerts several new
concert-production:
-Wooden Conversation (with Kamiya Momoko,Shinsuke Ishihara-Japan)
-Dialogue in Nature (with Keiko Abe)
-Marimba Sounds (new CD-collection)
-Japanese Impressions (trio Patrasche-Japanese folksongs)
-Clanck & Sanck (trio Patrache - Belgian folksongs and creations)
-Het Quamen drij Coninghen (Patrache - Christmas songs)
-concert for children (Patrasche)
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Born in 1937, Maestro Abe is one of the first person to make Marimba a solo instrument and received the award from the Ministry of Culture for four times. Her repatoir spans Solo, popular, classic, Japanese folk songs to concerti. In 1981, she played "Lauda Concertata" with America Symphony (Dir. Comissioner) at the Carnegie Hall, and in 1988, she appeared at the Berlin Philharmony Hall.
She is also famous for her composition such as "Dream of Cherry Blossoms". Numerous CDs has been published.
She currently teaches at Toho Gakuen University.
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Mike HAMNET is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.UK,Mike's career has covered pretty much every musical base possible.From world premieres of several concerti,most notably Paul Mitchell-Diavidson's "Aficana" broadcast on national television,to free-wheeling jazz and salsa,via many West End shows (Pirates of Penzance mallets chair,Lion King African and mallets,and assistant conductor,amongst others) and contemporary and orchestral concerts and recordings with,amongst others,the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Halle Orchestra and the Manchester Camerata,Mike's virtuosic musicality always brings a smile to the listener. Currently working on Disney's production of the Lion King in London,future plans include recording a new album of original compositions with his new group "Project One",followed by a tour around Europe in summer 2003. Mike can be contacted at:mikeymd@btinternet.com (Added 2002.8.31)

Andy Hanrsberger completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature at The Eastman School of Music, where he also received the prestigious Performer's Certificate. He has presented numerous recitals and clinics throughout the United States. A member of the marimba duo PARAGON with partner Greg Giannascoli. Director of Percussion studies at Lee University in Cleveland, TN. Dr. Harnsberger is a performing artist and clinician for the Pearl Corporation and performs on an Adams Artist Series marimba exclusively. He is also an artist/endorser for Innovative Percussion mallet company. Website: members.aol.com:/ahparagon (Added 1999.2.6)

Mutsuko Fujii, a percusionist, a marimbist, and a Sanukite player (Sanukaite is a marimba like instrument made of a type of stone called Sanukite), graduated Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku in 1970 and since then, she has been actively playing as a percussionist as well as a solo and duo marimba player. Her duo group (Fujii/Kikuchi Duo : Kikuchi=Tomoko Kusakari) commisioned over 40 peices of works, and is slated to have created "new sound" for the marimba duo. Since 1985, her solo activity gained momentum and this resulted in premiering many well known pieces like Keiko Abe's Prism Rhapsody. Naturally, she appeared in TV and Radio many times. She is also a composer and many works are published.

On the academic side, she teaches at Senzoku Gakuen University.

She also spend a lot of effort for music education of children, and is the Chiar of All Japan Children's Education League.(Added 1999.7.12)