Echoes from Fukushima

　Panos Karan, a Greek pianist who has visited 132 countries and speaks seven languages freely (Master's degree from the Royal Academy of Music), and Kenki Taniguchi, a Japanese cellist born in Switzerland and educated in Boston (Master's degree from the Boston Conservatory). Both are first-rate players as well as conductors.

　The two met through a charity project in Fukushima, Japan, and began conducting and teaching a youth orchestra. They have great trust in each other's musicianship.

　Western music performed by Japanese in Japan is mastered by practicing the same piece in the same way over and over again. This is true in club activities, competitions, and concerts.
　However, classical players around the world train daily in order to maintain the ability to improvise immediately on stage, no matter what inspiration may fall on the day of the performance.

　This duo will create the kind of music that can only be experienced on the day of the performance, and that is exactly what classical music should be.