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Kageyama Seiji

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Seiji Kageyama, a violinist who has had a brilliant career, including the highest prize at the 1984 Ron Thibaud International Competition, and is active on the world stage in Europe, Central and South America, and elsewhere, has released a new album. The album features works by Leclerc, Saint-Saens, Chausson, and Poulenc, all composers who are part of the important French musical lineage. Through them, Kageyama brings out the full appeal of the violin as a singing instrument. As an encore, the program also includes "Songs and Pavanes of Louis XIII," written in the style of Louis Couperin during the French Baroque period, among Kreisler's works. It also shows a playful side. ［Comment courtesy of Fontec.