"Mito dell'arco" 2nd Concert (English) / Concert Hall ATM, ART TOWER MITO

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"Mito dell'arco" 2nd Concert

The second chapter of the legend is about to begin.
Never have Haydn and Beethoven been so close to us.

Four people -- colleagues -- get together and start talking. They talk about beautiful things, about their worries, about love. After a while, their conversation becomes more heated, and at times they explore truths that no one noticed before. That is precisely what happens when the music of a string quartet is played.

Since they wanted to experience those conversations in a deeper way -- closer to the composers' wishes -- the members of Mito dell'arco have chosen to play on original instruments. Taking full advantage of the delicate sound of the gut strings, they express the full range of emotions contained in each score, not letting any warm shimmer go unnoticed. In short order, they bring string quartets from a couple of centuries ago back to life, letting the music capture our hearts.

The first piece on the program, Haydn's String Quartet in B flat major (Op. 50-1), starts off in a way reminiscent of Mozart's Discordant Quartet. It is replete with various "tricks" and playful elements. The second piece, another string quartet, is a hidden masterpiece by Andreas Romberg, a vagrant composer from the early 19th century. That will be followed by No. 2 from Beethoven's first string quartet series, Op. 18, which that composer completed in his youth after several careful revisions. Mito dell'arco's 2nd concert brings the words of the composers close to us.

September 9 (Sat) 6:30 p.m.
Concert Hall ATM
Seating begins at 6:00 p.m.
A ¥3,000 / B ¥2,000 (All seats reserved)

Program
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 50-1 (Hob. III-44), "Prussian" Quartet No. 1
A. Romberg: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 16-2
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18-2

* "Mito dell'arco Discovery" by Dmitry Badiarov

* "Instruments" by Dmitry Badiarov

Mito dell'arco

Art Tower Mito's fourth in-house ensemble, Mito dell'arco was formed in 1999 as a string quartet playing original instruments. The group's name comes from the Italian words, "mito," which means "myth," and "arco," which means "bow." Of course, "Mito" is also the name of the historical town in which Art Tower Mito is situated. There are four members in the group -- Ryo Terakado, Dmitry Badiarov, Yoshiko Morita, and Hidemi Suzuki -- all excellent musicians in their own right, particularly on original instruments.

Their first concert, in September 1999, featured works by Haydn and Mozart, and received top critical acclaim. In the Asahi Shimbun, the music critic Seiji Choki praised them, saying, "The four members have achieved an feeling of minute musical structure as a result of their uniform conversation and fusion." The same concert was broadcast nationwide on NHK-FM's "Best of the Classics" program. The group repeated the same program in concerts at Tokyo and Yamaguchi. High expectations are being pinned on Mito dell'arco, Japan's first full-time string quartet using original instruments, as they shed a new light on the masterpieces of the repertoire, including both classical and Romantic works.

Performers

Ryo Terakado (classical violin)

Born in 1961 in Bolivia, Terakado graduated first in his class from the Toho Gakuen College of Music in 1984. Although he had been the concertmaster of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, he quit that group to devote his whole time to performing on original instruments. He then travelled abroad to study at the Dutch Royal Academy of Music in The Hague, studying under Sigiswald Kuijken.
His talent having been recognized while he was in school, he served as concertmaster in several major European original instrument orchestras.
He now is concertmaster of two ensembles: La Petite Bande (LPB) and Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ).
With brilliant achievements both as a soloist and a chamber musician, Terakado continues his activities as one of Japan's representative original instrument performers.
He has also made quite a few recordings, with his CDs of Corelli sonatas (1995) and Mozart concertos (1996) both winning prizes from Japan's Record Academy. He is currently recording all of Beethoven violin sonatas.

Dmitry Badiarov (classical violin)

Both violinist and luthier, born in 1969.
He studied violin playing with Profs. Semion Ziskind, Mark Komissarov and Oleg Shoulpiakov.
In 1993 he graduated from St. Petersburg State Conservatory, and in 2000 from Brussels Royal Conservatory, where he studied baroque violin with Sigiswald Kuijken, Francois Fernandez and Luis Otavio Santos, musicology with Peter Van Heyghen, and chamber music with Herman Stinders and Peter Van Heyghen.
In 2000 attained a diploma with distinction.

Baroque Violin and Viola da braccio research & reconstruction site by Dmitry Badiarov
http://www.violadabraccio.com/

Yoshiko Morita (classical viola)

Graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Morita has studied the viola under Fumiki Asatsuma, Toshiyuki Uzuka, Yuki Hyakutake, and Ulrich Koch. She placed 3rd in the 30th Student Music Competition.
Ever since the time of her graduation, Morita has demonstrated an interest in original instruments, studying ancient music performance techniques under Toshinari Ohashi, Sadao Udagawa, as well as the baroque violin under Natsumi Wakamatsu, Katharine Macintosh, and Enrico Gatti.
She belongs to several ensembles: the BCJ, the Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra, the L'Estro Armonico Tokyo, and the Collegium Argentum.
Morita is also active performing with modern instruments.

Hidemi Suzuki (classical violoncello)

Born in Kobe in 1957, Suzuki graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Music, studying under Yoritoyo Inoue and Ken-ichiro Yasuda.
He placed first in the 48th Japan Music Competition, and won special honors in the 27th Kaigai Haken (to send artists abroad) Music Competition.
Since the time he was a student, Suzuki has been active in performing with original instruments. He studied at the Dutch Royal Academy of Music at The Hague in 1984 under Anner Bylsma. In 1986, he took 1st place at the 1st Paris Baroque Cello Competition. After that, he has been active worldwide as both a soloist and a chamber musician. Between 1985 and 1993, he belonged to the 18th Century Orchestra.
At present, Suzuki is the soloist for the LPB, and also belongs to the BCJ as a basso continuo performer.
His recording career has also been busy. He is the first Japanese musician to make recordings exclusively under the Harmonia Mundi label of Germany, having released CDs of works by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, and other composers. His CD of Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites won the Art Festival Prize from the Japanese Agency of Culture, and his CD of Haydn's Cello Concertos with the LPB won a prize in the Japan's Record Academy's Concerto Division.

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