Renowned marimbist and first-place winner of the 2002 Young Concert Artist International Auditions, Naoko Takada will bring her beautifully melodic talent to the Squitieri Studio Theatre on Sunday, January 17.
Takada is renowned for her wide range of repertoire, from Bach to Piazzolla. An arranger as well as a performer, Ms. Takada's transcriptions have been published by Studio 4 Music as part of the Naoko Takada Series, which also includes works written for her by composers including Yasutaki Inamori, Paul Fowler, John Anthony Lennon, and Hayato Hirose. Committed to educational outreach, Takada participates in Adventure Concerts, an educational concert series in New York City public schools, run by Midori & Friends. During the 2009-10 season, Ms. Takada performs the Kevin Puts Marimba Concerto with the Youngstown (OH), Great Falls (MT) and West Los Angeles symphonies.Ms. Takada released her first CD, Marimba Meets the Classics, produced by Japan Victor Entertainment, Inc. She has appeared as soloist with the Houston, South Dakota, West Shore (MI), Anchorage, Mobile, Fargo-Moorhead (ND), Vallejo (CA), China National, and Xalapa (Mexico) symphonies, the Boise and Louisiana philharmonics, and the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay (CA). Ms. Takada has performed at the Belgium International Marimba Festival and in a benefit for Paul Newman's Hole in Wall Gang Camp, where she appeared onstage with such personalities as Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep and Danny Glover. She has appeared at the Patagonia International Percussion Festival in Argentina, the KoSA International Percussion Festival (VT), Nancy Zeltsman's Marimba Festival (WI), and the Yamaha Sounds of Summer Drum Camp at Central Washington University.Ticket Prices: $28.50
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