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Kakehashi Takeshi

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Schubert's Schubert with a deep and distinctive flavor by Takeyuki Ladai. He passionately performs his masterpieces from his last years, Piano Sonata No. 21 and Improvisations, D.935! Pianist Takeyuki Ladai captivates listeners with his unique sensibility. Every year, he continues to give recitals at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Small Hall, and live recordings of these recitals are released on the SONARE label. This album is the recital "Schubertiade 2021," which took place in September 2021 at the Corona Disaster. Ladder studied in Vienna, where Schubert lived in his later years. In his masterpiece Piano Sonata No. 21 from the last years of his life, he gave a masterful performance that showed the depth that only a ladder who has felt in that place can feel and the respect for this composer. The Improvisations, Op.142 D.935 is another late masterpiece. The piano tones spun note by note are filled with soul, and the tasteful performance by Ladai is astonishing. This is a performance of Schubert that contains the thoughts and feelings of Ladai, which he wants to deliver now that the Corona Disaster is upon us. Takeyuki Lai (Piano) was born in Tokyo on August 2, 1977 to musician parents. 90 years later, he entered the preparatory course at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he studied under Professor Elisabeth Dvorak-Weisshaar.In 1994, she won the International Music Competition for the Blind and Low Vision in the Czech Republic and the International Piano Competition for Young People in Ettlingen, Germany (B category) as the youngest participant, and was recognized for her rich musicality; in 1995, she won the second prize at the Stravinsky Youth International Competition in the U.S. In 1997, she won the Muramatsu Prize. In 1998, she won the second prize at the Ron Thibaud International Competition in Paris, the SACEM Prize (recital prize), and the Spion Bonneau Foundation Prize. King International