Violinist YUUKI HASHIMORI Official Blog: 04/07/15

April 07, 2015

Napa Valley

街が静かだったイースターの週末が終わり

春を通り越してもう夏の気候

アメリカには桜もなく

また新しい区切りの月でもないので

ただ何となく過ぎていってしまう

4月

珍しく足を延ばして

ワイナリーで有名なナパバレーへ

フランスとアメリカの国旗がはためく合間

オーパス・ワンのワイナリーから見える

どこまでもまっすぐに続くぶどう畑

毎日同じ場所で目覚めることが好きな私は

何か新しい場所や懐かしいところへ行くといつも思う

それはきっとどんな場所でもそう

あそこはどんなところなのかな

あの頃のあの場所は今どうなっているかなと思っても

実際には足を運ぶことなく

その場所を遠くから思いただ過ごす方が
ほんとうは幸せだ、と

それはまた人も同じで

あの人は今どうしているかなぁと思っても

会いに行くことなく生きている方が

実際に会ってしまうよりずっとよかったりする

そういうみせることのない気持ちが

遠いどこかでその場所やその人を守ったり救ったりしているのよ、と

いつか言われたことがあるけれど

本当にそうだったらいいなぁと

こんな景色を前に思う

＊写真＊

(上) OPUS ONE ワイナリー

(中) OPUS ONEと、ナパバレーのワイナリーでしか買えないというOPUS ONEのセカンドワイン "Overture"

(下) フレンチビストロBouchonの入り口にて

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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.

April 07, 2015

Napa Valley

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