Yuri Umemura, Hitomi Niikura - Danza (2021) (Hi-Res)

Hitomi Niikura, Cello
She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Music at the top, and she will perform in front of her at the Imperial Palace Tokagakudo Rookie Concert. She then moved to Switzerland, where she completed both the Basel Music Academy soloist course and the teaching profession with the highest score. She has studied under Hakuro Mori, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Thomas Demenga, and Martin Zaller (Baroque Cello). She has received numerous awards both domestically and internationally, and in recent years she has won the 18th Hotel Okura Music Awards. She made her CD debut on EMI Music Japan (now Universal Music) while attending Toho Gakuen College, and so far three albums have been released from the same label and two albums from the Earl Amphini label.
Currently based in Switzerland as the chief solo cellist of Camerata Zurich, he has performed with recitals and orchestras all over the country as a soloist and chamber musician. The attitude of expanding the range of activities and trying to convey the wonderfulness of music widely and deeply, such as the production of Maglie le cassetto, has gained a lot of sympathy. Her instrument is Giovanni Grancino (made in 1694) lent by the Munetsugu collection.

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01. Sicilienne, Op. 78
02. The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a, TH 234: V. Waltz (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
03. Suite for Variety Orchestra: VII. Waltz No. 2 in C Minor (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
04. Danse macabre, Op. 40, R. 171 (Arr. for Cello & Piano)
05. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 1, Stick Dance
06. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 2, Sash Dance
07. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 3, In One Spot
08. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 4, Dance from Bucsum
09. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 5, Romanian Polka
10. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): No. 6, Fast Dance
11. Sicilienne in E Minor (After Handel's HWV 369)
12. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): I. Bransle de Bourgogne
13. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): II. Pavane
14. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): III. Petite marche militaire
15. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): IV. Complainte
16. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): V. Bransle de Champagne
17. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): VI. Sicilienne
18. Suite française, FP 80 (Arr. for Cello & Piano): VII. Carillon
19. Serenade, Op. 54 No. 2
20. Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
21. España, Op. 165, B. 37: No. 2, Tango (Arr. A. Christopherson for Cello & Piano)