Profiles

 
@She was born in Kyoto and from the age of three she studied under Mr. Tomiji Sakata. When she studied composition with Mr. Kouzaburo Hirai, she was nine years old. At the age of 17, she learned harmonics and counterpoint from Mr. Masayuki Nagatomi and Mr. Tomojiro Ikenouchi. After graduating from the Department of Composition of the Kunitachi Music University she learned jazz theory from Mr. Yasutoshi Inamori. Currently, besides composing and writing lyrics, she is a pianist, and arranger. She is well known for the quality of her harmony and the beautiful tone of her piano playing.

 

1987               December

Arranged Classics in Jazz Piano 4 & 5 published by Chuo Art.

1989       March

Won first prize in the solo section of the Improvisation Competition in the former Soviet Union.

1992       March

Became a guest performer at the Japan-Tartar International Contemporary Music Festival. Made arrangements for Mozart in Jazz published by Chuo Art.

1995       February

Performed at a concert supported by the Japanese Embassy in Paris.

1995       June

Held a charity concert to support the survivors of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at the Yokohama Excellent Coast.

1996       April

Had a successful concert at the Japanese Embassy in Paris.

1996              November

Released the CD Hitotsu (One). Held a concert at Shibuya Toho Seimei Hall.

1998       June

Released the CD My Eternal LoveThe World of Harumi Takahashi.

1998              November

Performed Rainbow Crossing Day in concert at Shibuya Toho Seimei Hall.

1999       June

Takashi Harumi Music Network, a support group, begins publishing the newsletter titled Yumehiko (Dream Flight).

1999       August

Performed Hitotsu (One) and Kaze no Uta  (Windfs Song) with the Guatemalan National Orchestra at the Guatemala National Theater. This cultural exchange between Japan and Guatemala was supported by the Japanese Embassy, the Guatemalan Ministry of Sports and Culture, and the International Exchange Foundation.

2000       January

Formed the chorus group Harumion.

2000       April

Recorded with the National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.

2000       May

Dream Flight and Lost Love were included in a high school music textbook supplement published by Ongaku no Tomosha.

2000              November

Held a concert to commemorate the completion of the CD Delight Song.

2001       January

Mado wo Akete Mitara (When Opening the Window) appeared in Music Education published by Ongaku no Tomosha. The song was included in the magazines best selection CD.

2001       June

Released a 3-song CD titled Harumi Takahashi in Warsaw. Performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & vocalist Mari Meguro.

2001       August

Gave a concert in Guatemala and El Salvador. Performed Tentochi no Monogatari (Tale of Heaven and Earth) and Cantare with the Guatemalan National Orchestra.

2001       October

Ashita (Sure Tomorrow) appeared in Music Education published by Ongaku no Tomosha.

2001              November

Presented a successful evening with an orchestra and chorus at Seshion Suginami Main Hall.

2002       June

Released Shiawase Nosete (Carrying Happiness) Composed and sang all of the songs.

2002               November

As Japanese gmusic ambassadorh to England, performed gHiromi Takahashifs worldh in Cambridge, London, and Windsor.

2002               December

Composed and performed the music for the childrenfs English picture book Maxfs Miracle House 1.2, & 3 published by Tokyo Gakusan.
Futari wo Nosete (Bring two together) was published on Musical Education (Ongaku no Tomosha)
Released CD piano solo album Ai no Piano (‚”he Piano of Love.)

2003       January

Received high praise for the lecture and performance in gOpen Space of Papah at the Monastery of Yotsuya Futaba Gakuen, from which she graduated.

2003       February

Futari wo Nosete appears on New Collection of Chorus for Junior High School Students including a CD published by Ongaku no Tomosha.

2003       July

Succeeding in the event in January, performed another highly evaluated concert at the New Junior and High School Hall of Yotsuya Futaba Gakuen.

2003 from July to August

 

Held Original Song Writing and Composing Concert sponsored by the Japanese Embassy and the International Interchange Fund at three countries in Central America (El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.) Played Song of the Earth and Rainbow crossing day with the Guatemalan National Orchestra. 

2003              September

Performed gHarumi Takahashifs Worldh in a charity concert sponsored by UNIFEM at the Maple room in Canada Embassy.

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She composes and performs variety of music, such as instrumental music, song, chorus, and orchestra and performs in Japan and abroad. gLove,h her main theme lies in all the music of gHarumifs World.h Many people praise the beauty of her piano melody and the uniqueness of the harmony of the sounds. Her well known works are gHitotsu,h gSong for my Mother,h gNight of Falling Stars,hgDeeper than the Sea, Clearer than the Sky,hand gCantare.h
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