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Koichi Komine

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The depths of the viola, in finely honed narrativeThe solo debut recording of Koichi Komine, principal viola of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra and an active soloist and chamber musician. In performances of sincerity and passion he speaks, as if in soliloquy, of everything that Reger – a composer he loves above all others – and his contemporaries invested in their works for unaccompanied viola.He began the violin at the age of six with Kenichi Miyazawa, switching to the viola at eleven. After the high school attached to the Tokyo University of the Arts and the university itself, he graduated with highest honours from the Conservatoire de Paris. His viola teachers were Junji Suganuma, B. Pasquier, C. Leroun and F. Gneri.In 2007 he gave his debut recital at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan under the auspices of the Japan Federation of Musicians. In the same year he received the Prix du Musee Bonnat from the