The era of Beautiful Sound with PA exceeding live performance
Kiyomi Niibori (a member of NE & Ladies' Quartet, Master of Arts in Music)
We are feeling honored and grateful to have been given New Year’s messages
for New Year’s issue of this magazine from so many people. Thank you very
much.
Now, for this time, the sentence from “View Point” carried in this issue,
written by Dr. Hiroki Niibori is introduced here.
Extracts from the sentence of “View Point 82” written by Dr. Niibori
The era of Beautiful Sound with PA exceeding live performance
Now in 2010, we are going in to the times of “opening concerts seeking more
beautiful sound than the sound of live performance” by many of top performers
in the world utilizing high leveled PA (Power Amplifier) technique.
It will be the worldwide trend, I think. For the public performance of Niibori
Guitar Philharmonic Orchestra in Europe, 2007, guitar concert was performed with
the experienced guitarist, living in Germany, at the traditional halls of Gesellschaft
der Musikfreunde in Wien etc. and he used his own PA apparatus especially for
solo.
Talking about the past, in 1974, we had 40 days’ concert tour in England,
the most advanced country for classical guitar, the place of dispatching the latest
music. At that time, our guitar ensemble utilizing guitars of each sound range
was praised as “fully harmonic sound with alto guitars, bass guitars and
so on, is a wonderful invention and showing clearly the future of guitar”,
and talked much about as broadcasted by BBC. However, at that time in Japan, sound
from alto, bass guitars was abused as doing in the wrong way and desecrating guitar
solo. Then we selected the way to have audition in London, where professionals
fighting and the place of the most advanced city for music.
36 years has passed since that time. Now, it became the times of peoples in 27
countries in the world enjoying fully harmonic sound of guitar orchestra through
internet. Now, in Singapore, the brand name of “Niibori” became a pronoun
for enjoying guitar orchestra in fully harmonic sound. Almost all schools and
cities are doing “Niibori”.
However, in Japan, the same thing as in the past is occurring again. That is prejudice
against “utilizing PA” and “electric guitar” for the first
on the list.
At the top ranked live houses in Tokyo, such as “Blue Note”, “Cotton
Club” and Billboard”, wonderful concerts aiming “more beautiful
sound with PA than live performance” are being held, but until a few years
ago, it was “how to get closer to live sound” for PA. Now we are going
superior way than before. And we entered “the times of beautiful sound of
electric guitar exceeding that of classical guitar”. I heard David Walker
on the other day and there existed such a beautiful electric sound.
Also in the field of aroma therapy utilizing “aroma” and “sound”
to fix one’s mind and body, it became the times to utilize mostly beautiful
sound of electric guitar as for healing sound.
I was surprised to hear that some organization of classical guitar required condition
as “never use electric apparatus”, and the same thing happened in the
small local city in this month. But I was relieved to hear some one appeared to
show clearly “no” for that.
The sentence continues. How about the situation for using PA apparatus in your
countries?
Hot news
Dr. Niibori was awarded Albert Schweitzer “Art Prize”
Austrian Albert Schweitzer Association to communicate the heart of Dr. Albert
Schweitzer devoted his life to medical treatment at deep in jungle, having the
philosophy for peace of human race, as an excellent organ performer, won Nobel
Prize for Peace, became to greet 25th anniversary in 2009. Simultaneously, commemorative
ceremony and ceremony to award Albert Schweitzer Prize, to be given to “the
person devoted to peace of human race”, recognized by the association, were
held on Oct. 8, 2009 at Wien Ehrensaal der Milit_rpfarre.
As a Japanese artist, Dr. Hiroki Niibori was already awarded Schweitzer Prize
in March, and 25th Anniversary Jubilee Medal was given for this time with the
special message of Mr. Joerg Steiner, Secretary General of the head office of
the association, to become possible to introduce here.
As many people know, Dr. Albert Schweitzer had plenty of knowledge about guitar.
That is, Dr. Isao Takahashi, a doctor and a pioneer of Japanese guitar society,
worked together at the hospital of Dr. Schweitzer.
Furthermore, people in the association supposed to be gotten more knowledge about
guitar at the public performance of Niibori Guitar Philharmonic Orchestra in Wien
on the other day.
Here, New Year’s bright, latest news were reported above!
(Certificate of merit, medal, message of Secretary General Joerg Steiner, etc.
are carried on page 12 of this issue)
Words of delight by Dr. Hiroki Niibori
Thinking about the earth, human race, philosophy, medical science, art, theology,
humanity, man of deeds, any of the fields makes me to remind the name of Dr. Schweitzer.
Dr. Isao Takahashi, pioneer in Japanese guitar society and doctor, continued volunteer
work for long time in Lambarene, and said many times as “I do not know how
much extent of healing effect I was given by Dr. Schweitzer’s calmly praying
sound of organ after finishing hard work at deep in forest”.
Having the great honor of being awarded “Art Prize” commemorating 25th
anniversary of the association, passing the heart of Dr. A. Schweitzer, the most
admirable person in 20th century, I would like to say thank you from bottom of
my heart to all peoples recommended me and all members of the association in Wien,
representing orchestra and group.
Continuing hereafter “Peace Activity through music” in solidarity is
my determination.
Thank you very much.
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