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Hiroko Daidouji

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An album brimming with thoughtfulness in both song selection and performance (Shigeo Hamada)She is a pianist who has honed her craft and accumulated so much experience that she can now truly be called a veteran. And this is made clear, above all, by the sense of fulfillment and the depth of the afterglow one feels after listening to the album.She completed her graduate studies in piano at the Graduate School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music. She worked as a piano instructor at the Tokyo Conservatory Shobi until 1991. In 1984, she performed Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Shinsei Japan Symphony Orchestra. She began giving solo recitals in 1992 and, in 1994, performed Ravels Piano Concerto with the Ars Chamber Orchestra. In September 1996, she held the first installment of the The Joy of Piano Solo and Chamber Music series at the Casals Hall in Tokyo. The series was well-receiv