Saxophone & Piano Duo Recital Featuring Eri Yoshimura & Chiaki Hanafusa
Steinway Hall - Dallas and Steinway Hall - Plano would like to invite you to join us for a special Duo Recital featuring pianist, Eri Yoshimura and Saxophonist, Chiaki Hanafusa. Many of the pieces in the program were originally written for other instrumentation, but these are nicely adapted for saxophone and piano. Together they will perform works from Piazzolla, Gershwin and more in what is sure to be an entertaining performance.
There is no charge for the event. However, seating is limited.
For more information or to reserve your seats, contact the showroom of your choice below or RSVP Online.
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Saturday, February 18 at 6:00 PM
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Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 PM
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Eri Yoshimura, piano
Born in Osaka, Japan, Dr. Eri Yoshimura earned a music education degree from Shinshu University before moving to Denton, Texas. There, she obtained Masters and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in piano performance from the University of North Texas under Dr. Pamela Mia Paul with a related field in Music and Medicine under Dr. Kris Chesky.
Dr. Yoshimura’s scholarly research has focused on understanding and preventing piano‐related medical problems. Her research papers were published in the Medical Problems of Performing Artists journal 2006 and 2008 and in the MTNA E‐journal 2009. The latest focused on the possible application of an ergonomically modified keyboard (a narrower‐sized keyboard) for reducing piano‐related pain among small‐handed pianists. Her performance on the 15/16‐sized keyboard in April 2006 marked its concert premiere. She has been invited to perform on this special keyboard and presented her research in conferences at Aspen (PAMA), Chicago (NCKP), Serbia (EPTA) and England (RNCM). She won the research scholarship in 2008 and was featured in the university homepage/magazine and regional TV news reports and radio. She is currently using the 7/8‐sized keyboard to teach her students at Gray School of Music.
Dr. Yoshimura has performed solo and four‐hands recitals in the USA (including Hawaii), Japan, Mexico, and Hungary (Franz Liszt International Festival). She and Hungarian pianist, Dr. Emöke Ujj, released their first album together, “Contemporary Piano Music for Four Hands” (available at http://fourhandspiano.com/), which contains the works by four living composers. All compositions in this album were specifically composed for Emöke and Eri.
Chiaki Hanafusa, saxophone
After gaining a BM from Musashino Academia Musicae in Japan, Chiaki Hanafusa came to the US to study with Thomas Walsh and Otis Murphy at the Indiana University.
She received a MM degree in saxophone performance in 2003 and a DMA degree in 2010 from the University of North Texas, where she studied with Eric Nestler. While there, she served as a teaching fellow in saxophone.
Currently, she teaches and performs in Dallas/ Fort Worth. She was a candidate in the 50th International Music Competition of Ard in Munich, Germany, and also in the 3rd International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium.