TOKYO CONCERT '06 PHOTO GALLERY

SEPTEMBER 4, 2006, YOTSUYA KUMIN HALL, SHINJUKU, TOKYO
Photos by Hidefumi Tate    
 
 
The concert started with two works for piano solo:
Adagio KV. 540 and Rondo KV. 485, by W.A. Mozart (1756-1792), to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Austrian master.
Noriko Nagasawa, Piano
     
 
Noriko Nagasawa, Piano
     
 
Following the two works for piano, Oskar Espina Ruiz performed a virtuoso work by J. C. Arriaga (1806-1826), Introducción, Andante y Danza "La Húngara", to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Spanish master, born on the same day as Mozart, 50 years later.
     
  Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
     
  Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
     
  Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
     
 
Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa went on to performing the Romance Op. 37 by C. Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) and Elegía by J. Guridi (1886-1961)
     
  Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa
     
  Noriko Nagasawa and Oskar Espina Ruiz
     
 
After Solo-Kunst by Luis De Pablo (1930-) and before the last piece in the program, Introducción, Andante y Danza by J. Menéndez (1895-1975), Soprano Aya Suzuki joined Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa to perform Sheperd on the Rock by F. Schubert (1797-1828)
     
  Aya Suzuki, Noriko Nagasawa and Oskar Espina Ruiz
     
 
Aya Suzuki and Noriko Nagasawa during the performance of Sheperd on the Rock
     
 
Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa performing the first encore of the evening: Konomichi by K. Yamada
     
 
The second encore involved Soprano Aya Suzuki in a recreation of Pa, Pa, Pa from W. A. Mozart's Magic Flute. Oskar Espina Ruiz played the roll of Papageno, while Aya Suzuki sung as Papagena
     
 
Noriko Nagasawa, Aya Suzuki and Oskar Espina Ruiz during the performance of Pa, Pa, Pa from W. A. Mozart's Magic Flute
     
 
Noriko Nagasawa, Aya Suzuki and Oskar Espina Ruiz during the performance of Pa, Pa, Pa from W. A. Mozart's Magic Flute
     
  Aya Suzuki, Noriko Nagasawa and Oskar Espina Ruiz
     
 
An improvised encore ended the night: None but the Lonely Heart Op. 6, No. 6, by P. I. Tchaikovsky
     
 
Aya Suzuki, Noriko Nagasawa and Oskar Espina Ruiz took one last vow
     
  Aya Suzuki, Oskar Espina Ruiz and friends after the concert
     
 
Aya Suzuki, Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa after the concert
     
 
Aya Suzuki, Oskar Espina Ruiz and Noriko Nagasawa after the concert
     
 
 
     
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Concert at Katherine the Great Palace, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet, Noriko Nagasawa, Piano.
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Concert at Katherine the Great Palace, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet, Noriko Nagasawa, Piano.
June 2005
     
 
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, where Oskar Espina Ruiz performed a concerto with the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony during the "white nights".
June 2005
     
 
Sightseeing in St. Petersburg.
At the Church of the Spilled Blood, near the Philharmonic Hall.
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  Peterhof, in the outskirts of St. Petersburg.
June 2005
     
 
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