STEP Talk Concerts at 313 Venus, 56% of the Total STEP Venues in 2016
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PTNA STEP Talk Concerts have been held at 313 venues in 2016, which is 56% of the total number of STEP venues. Those 10-15 min short concerts are held in between the main sessions by one of the advisors, and anyone can listen to for free of charge. Yusuke Kikuchi, one of the most sought-after pianists who studied both in Paris and Hanover, says that it is not easy to play piano after listening and writing comments for dozens of participants, even if the programs are not so difficult. However, those experiences made him improved as a pianist, in a different way as he used to be. He always wanted to pursue the perfect performances on stage, but he became aware that it sometimes set himself apart from the final goal, that is, to deliver music to the audience and to be heard. As he saw the audiences and local teachers satisfied with his performances in the STEP talk concerts, he came to think that the performances might not always meant to be perfect. Instruments, programs, halls, audiences, and local environments are all different each time, therefore he tries to enjoy communicating with those elements, like an improvisation.
Yoshie Ohno, the representative of Sendai-Mahoroba Station, has organized STEP four times so far, in which she incorporated the talk concerts each time. At first, she invited a well-known pianist, Takashi Obara, to inform the event widely to the local people. She then invited her favorite pianists, Ichiro Kaneko, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Akira Naito, thanks to the request-based system. She came to understand how pianists elaborately planned and prepared for the 15 min program, while she herself took time for the preparation of this concert apart from the main sessions. Now she realizes that pianists and staffs are collaboratively dedicating to the promotion and cultivation of the music culture in the local area. She and fellow staffs will perform at the next talk concert.
Aomi Sasaki, a 9-year-old-girl, made the first stage performance at STEP when she was a kindergarten kid. There she saw a talk concert by Miho Abe, and was very impressed to hear her playing the piano arrangement of a famous song "Flowers Will Bloom", which was dedicated to the victims of the Tohoku great earthquake in 2011. Since then she began to go to classical concerts with her family. Two years later, she played together with a cellist on stage, and was surprised with the big sounds from cello. She was also excited to hear the talk concert by Yasumi Taki (piano) and Masanori Taniguchi (cello). Those experiences inspired her to express herself through the music. After she listened to the concert by Aimi Kobayashi (finalist of 2015 Chopin piano competition in Warsaw), she wanted to play Chopin's Nocturne posthumous in C sharp minor. Her listening experiences definitely enhanced her desire to perform, and her family bought a piano for her.
STEP talk concert has developed in different forms. 1) The STEP Talk Concert Festival (12 pianists have performed 15 min programs) has been held four times so far. 2) Several pianists also performed in the Public School Concert the day after STEP.
Here are the top 5 requested pianists / duos since 2014; Rintaro Akamatsu (47 times), Yasumi Taki (36), Yusuke Kikuchi (24), Piano Due'or (24), Ayumi Iga & Masatoshi Yamaguchi (23)
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