{"id":2929,"date":"2023-04-24T17:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T00:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2023-04-24T20:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T03:45:37","slug":"an-afternoon-of-music-and-literature-please-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/upcomings\/2929","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon of Music and Literature: Please Join!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the English translation of my Japanese article for Nikkan San<\/a>, a part of my bi-weekly column, \u201cThe Way of the Pianist<\/a>\u201d to be published on April 30th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1889, 100 years before I moved to the States to start my studies at Juilliard, the very first Japanese musician to study abroad left the port of Yokohama. Her name was Nobu Koda (1870-1946). She studied violin, piano, and composition at the conservatories in Boston and Vienna, before returning back to Japan in 1895. Japan had just won the Sino-Japanese War, and welcomed Nobu back with open arms as the symbol of the new era. She started teaching at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and nurtured the first international musicians from Japan, such as the soprano Tamaki Miura singing Cio-cio-san all over the world, and Kosaku Yamada, composer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nobu, right before her sailing off to the States, age 19. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, I performed her second violin sonata (1897). Compared to the very classical first Sonata, written during her studies in Vienna, her second sonata is more romantic with its emotive melodies. It inspired my thoughts to think about her life and background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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