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Tashiro Shinnosuke

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Pianist Shinnosuke Tashiro, who studied at the Liszt Academy of Music and possesses a deep understanding of Hungarian music. With his deep understanding of Bartks pianistic language, Tashiro illuminates the composers creative journeyfrom his early works, which retain traces of late Romanticism, to his deepening fascination with folk music and the establishment of his unique musical language. From the popular Romanian Folk Dancesa piece familiar even to those unfamiliar with Bartks nameto his works situated at the crossroads of ethnicity, culture, and language, Tashiros powerful musicality imprints Bartks appealas he navigated a turbulent eraon the 21st century.In 1975, he won first place in the junior high school division of the 29th All-Japan Student Music Competition (sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun). He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1983, was selected as a finali