This album is a new development of a gallery-recital event, also titled Hanakage No Komichi, which combined piano performance with copperplate prints.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Ichiro Hirano's works blend reality with imagination, and modern times with ancient times, to revive forgotten legends and spiritual soundscapes.
Album & Artwork
The album's design concept incorporates the image of holding something precious close to one's chest with both hands.
Performer Biography
Pianist Satoko Tsutsumi, after graduating from Kyoto City University of Arts, paused her performing career for a deep exploration of her musical roots before resuming activity.
Composition History
Chopin's Ballades No. 2 and No. 3 were inspired by the legendary poems of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.
Album & Artwork
The album title, Hanakage No Komichi (Promenade in the Shadow of Flowers), was chosen to reflect the idea that even beautiful things cast a shadow, and living flowers are rooted in the soil.
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