Violinist YUUKI HASHIMORI Official Blog: 12/08/10

December 08, 2010

外は雪

そして週末にはマイナス18℃の予報

私のひきこもり度に拍車がかかる

冬も寒いこともとても好きだけれど

それは果てしなく寂しい

けれど日本にいて感じる寂しさと

外国にいて感じる寂しさは

私にはとても別物な気がする

日本は物が溢れていて

狭い島国にたくさんの人が溢れていて

時間が経つのがとても早くて

選択肢がありすぎて

平和すぎて便利すぎて

人とつながれすぎていて

幸福すぎてとても寂しい

日本特有の寂しさな気がする

反対に外国は

日本に比べて物は少なく

お店も少なく

不便を感じることも多く

選択肢も自ずと狭まり

皆あまり働かずでも国は動いていて

土地は広々としていて空も高い

そして一日がとても長い

けれどふと気を緩めると

明らかに自分だけが外国人であること気づき

どうしようもなく心細く寂しかったりする

どちらが良いとかどちらが悪いとか

どちらが好きとかどちらが嫌いとか

そういうことではもう計れないけれど

なんだか外国にいる期間の方が
人生の中で長くなってきてしまっている今

いつも気をつけているのは

どちらか一方にしか住めない人間にだけは

ならないようにしよう、ということ

日本人でありながら

外国に長く住みすぎてもう日本には住めないだとか

日本という島国にしかいたことがなくて

外国にはもう出れないだとか

日本にいても外に出たくてしょうがないだとか

外国にいても日本に帰りたくてしょうがないだとか

そういうことだけはなしにしよう、と

いつも思っている

それでは

身をもって感じられるはずのどちらの良さも

隠してしまう気がするから

さて、

来週からのファイナルウィークを越えれば

ようやくセメスター終わり

大好きな日本が恋しい

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Yuuki Hashimori began her violin studies at the age of three. She studied under Akiko Tatsumi (President and professor of violin at Toho Gakuen School of Music) from the age of eight. She was the youngest winner of the 5th annual Classic Music Competition in Japan. She won 1st prize in the 51st annual Japan Music Competition for young people in Tokyo, and was again the youngest winner. She performed in a joint concert in Kobe, Japan, for "Most promising young students." She was selected from all over Japan to participate in the 1st Miyazaki International Chamber Music Festival and was performed in a violin seminar with Isaac Stern and in Master Classes with Augustin Dumay. She also participated in Master Classes with Irina Bochkova at the International Tchaikovsky Music Competition. She has been featured on TV programs such as “Shin Daimeinonai Ongakukai” and “Takeshi no Daredemo Picasso” since she was a child. At the age of 11, Hashimori became the youngest scholarship student at the Cologne University of Music in Germany. She studied under renowned professor Zakhar Bron. At Nagano International Music Festival in 2006, she collaborated with Ludwig Müller (Concertmaster of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra), and appeared in grand prize winner concert in Tokyo. She is also the first-prize and Best New Artist winner of the 13th Oikawa Production Audition. From Sep. 2007, Hashimori received a scholarship, and started to study at Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts as a Student of Shmuel Ashkenasi. In 2009, she won first-prize of CCPA Concerto Competition, and she performed Brahms concerto with the CCPA orchestra for two nights, and these concerts were on the radio broadcast in Chicago. In 2011, she received her Bachelor of Performing Arts in Violin Performance from Roosevelt University. In 2010, she was invited by National University of Los Andes in South America Colombia and gave a recital in Bogota, the capital city. In the United States, she appeared at Latin Grammy Awards ceremony and performed with Carlos Santana and Ricky Martin. In 2014, Hashimori made her CD debut on Octavia Records with her album “Grand Waltz.” The album received favorable reviews from various media outlets, such as “The rich tone spun from her natural bowing is attractive.” In 2017, she released guitarist Kazumi Watanabe’s latest album “TOKYO WONDERER Kazumi Watanabe with Strings” as a strings member. From 2018 to 2019, she was an associate concertmistress for world stars Sarah Brightman and IL DIVO’s Japan tours. Since 2019, Hashimori has been appointed as a concertmistress for Yale Philharmonic Orchestra. She proposes new ways to enjoy classical music by collaborating with world-renowned designer Junko Koshino on costume collaboration and world premiere of artificial intelligence AI composition works, and holds innovative concerts every year. She has also been involved in many charity performances. She has worked to raise money for a school in Benin, South Africa, holding a “Charity Concert For Benin’s Children” five times in Japan and once in Germany. She has also raised money for orphans in Japan. In 2020 and 2021, she performed two consecutive years at Saitama City Memorial Service for War Dead. Hashimori has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo New Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Danyuu Symphony Orchestra, the Kojima Musica Collegia, and others. She has appeared in numerous concerts in Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, and various parts of America as well as Japan including La Folle Journée TOKYO 2018. She has appeared in many newspapers and has served as a violin instructor for TV programs such as Nippon Television’s “Tokkan Special National Tax Collector” and BS-TBS’s “In order for family to be family.” In 2020, she appeared in a PV for Japanese mattress brand Literie produced by Moble Co., Ltd. On New Year’s Day 2022, she performed Stradivarius at the popular variety show “Geinojin Kakuzuke Check." Yuuki Hashimori is currently based in Japan and the United States, and is active in many areas such as solo performances, concertmistress, numerous filming and recording opportunities, and serving as a competition judge. She also teaches at the Super Soloists Academy by Nippon Violin Co., Ltd. and provides guidance to young talents.

December 08, 2010

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