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Ando Masateru

安藤 政輝

Ando Masateru
Koto

ANDO Masateru studied koto with MIYAGI Michio , MIYAGI Kiyoko and MIYAGI Kazue . He received his Ph.D. from Tokyo University of the Arts. He was awarded 1st place in the All-Japan Children’s Koto Concours and the First Annual Miyagi Association Concours. Since 1972 he has presented 27 recitals. In 1990 he embarked on a series of concerts to perform all of the works of MIYAGI Michio. To date, in 14 recitals, he has performed 197 of those works. In 1975, as a member of the Miyagi Koto Ensemble, he received Cultural Agency Arts Festival Top Prize.

He has performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Finland, France, England, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, China, Colombia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Taiwan and other countries. His other performing activities include television and radio performances. In addition, he has taught at Tokyo University of the Arts, Gunma University Graduate School, Shizuoka University, Yamanashi University, Cambridge University Summer School (England), and Earlham College (USA).

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Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Play Button Fuyu Dori 冬鳥 07'12 Challenging Eternity Disk 11 Koto
Kotobuki - 1st Movement 寿 - 1st Movement 08'45 Yuzuriiha Koto
Ryūkyū Min'yō ni yoru Kumikyoku 琉球民謡による組曲 12'20 Anthology of Modern Koto Music 3 Koto
Play Button Ryūkyū Min'yō ni yoru Kumikyoku 琉球民謡による組曲 12'15 Challenging Eternity Disk 19 Koto
Saga no Aki 嵯峨の秋 11'54 Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 13 (三曲合奏大全集13) Koto