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Yamashita Kazuhito

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In June 1987, the legendary "Sor Fantasie" was digitally remastered for a long-awaited revival, and the legendary recordings that are still talked about today have been engraved on the recordings. The young Kazuhito Yamashita's recording of Sol's concert works, "Fantasias," which are the best of his brilliant technical mastery and compositional techniques, are so brilliant and vibrant that you can almost hear them breathe, even after more than 30 years. We hope you will listen to this historical masterpiece. (Hirofumi Watanabe, editor-in-chief of Gendai Guitar Monthly)*This CD is a 2019 remastered version of one fantasy piece from the CD "Sol: Complete Guitar Works" released in 1989. Born in Nagasaki, Japan in 1961, Yamashita learned guitar from his father, Toru Yamashita, from the age of 8. After winning the National Guitar Competition (now Tokyo International Guitar Competition) at the age of 15, in 1977, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the world's three major international guitar competitions in Ramirez, Alessandria, and Paris. He has released 85 albums, including LPs and CDs.In 1980, his arrangement of "Pictures at an Exhibition" was a great success. Since then, he has successively arranged for guitar such major orchestral works as "The Firebird," "Scheelazato," and "From the New World," as well as "Bach: Suite for Solo Violin, Cello, Flute and Lute BWV995-1013" (5CDs). He also has a vast guitar repertoire, including "F. Sor: Complete Guitar Works (16CDs)," "H. Villalobos: 12 Exercises and 5 Etudes," and "M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 24 Caprichos by Goya," all of which are highly acclaimed. He has given solo recitals around the world, including at the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia, Teatro Olimpico and Teatro Reggio in Italy, Lincoln Center in New York, and Orchestra Hall in Chicago. He has performed with world-class conductors and orchestras such as L. Slatkin and R. Frühbeck de Burgos, and is a frequent guest at major mixed-genre festivals around the world.He has also performed with jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, flutist J. Galway, double bassist Gary Carr, violinist Kyoko Takezawa, and the Tokyo Quartet, etc. In 2004, he formed the "Kazuhito Yamashita Family Quartet Quintet" with his children, and also performs as a guitar duo with his oldest daughter (Beniyumi) and second daughter (Aiyo He also performs as a guitar duo with his eldest daughter (Beniyumi) and second daughter (Aiyo) in many parts of the world. His CD "The Dawn of Japanese Guitar Music" won the Grand Prize at the 1999 Bunka-Cho Arts Festival. Tobu Land System