Izumi Kimura
Izumi Kimura (born 10 March 1973) is a Japanese pianist now living in Ireland.
Biography
Izumi Kimura was born in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan in 1973. She studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music with Akikio Teranishi, Akira Miyoshi and Kazuoki Fujii. In 1995, she moved to Ireland, where she studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with Ray Keary.[1]
Repertoire
Ms Kimura has been associated with contemporary music. Her début album Asymmetry was released on Diatribe Records and combines works by contemporary Japanese and Irish composers, including Mamoru Fujieda, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Toshinao Sato, Greg Caffrey, Ronan Guilfoyle and Gerald Barry. The critic Karishmeh Felfeli described the album as "one of the most original, creative and stimulating recordings of 2010 to be heard on an Irish label, an absolute revelation".[2] The critic of the Irish Times agreed: "heroic levels of technical fearlessness, stamina and strength in a programme dominated by flying, rumbling bass lines, hard-driven rhythms and counter-rhythms, and thousands upon thousands of notes – she also created a breathing, slow-burn climax – with a more reflective, often intimate style of playing".[3]
Ms Kimura has performed with the Crash Ensemble, an Irish ensemble specialising in contemporary classical music, as well as with such jazz musicians as Julian Arguelles, Tommy Halferty, Ed Neumeister, Stéphane Payen and Sarah Buechi.
Discography
| Artist | Album Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Izumi Kimura | Asymmetry | June 6, 2010 |
External links
References
- ^ http://www.cmc.ie/articles/article1788.html Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland Website
- ^ http://offbeatradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/offbeat-5-march-izumi-kimura.html Offbeat Website Blog.
- ^ http://www.diatribe.ie/artists/izumi-kimura Diatribe Website Biography of Ms Kimura.