Reina Shibutani Violin Recital

Reina Shibutani plays violin and Maki Himeno plays piano in this chamber music concert. Reina Shibutani is a storyteller who paints vivid landscapes through music, and Maki Himeno has been well received for her friendly concerts.
She began playing the violin at the age of 5 and studied in Europe at the age of 19.

At the conservatory where she entered, each student was treated as an individual performer with his or her own personality,

There were no age divisions, no classifications of year or year of study, etc.

This was a great relief to me and allowed me to always be myself.



As I performed on many stages in such an environment, I found that every time I was on stage

"Ah, this is where I should come back to."

I felt as if I had returned to my hometown.

I was able to create my own world completely,

I felt that home was the stage where I could completely create my own world and be myself most of my life,

It gently envelops me like a meadow in the sun with my back to it.



And the violin is half of my body,

Being without the violin is somewhat unsettling to me, as if it were only half of my body.

The stage with the violin is my home, my oasis.