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I will have two solo exhibitions in Nagoya in October. I finally finished enclosing the DMs and flyers. Now I’m going to put postage stamps on them. I will send them out in September, though.
This time, there will be a piano concert as well, so I am planning to make an art book that you can listen to the music.
The details of the exhibition are as follows.
I will be at the gallery all day for both exhibitions.

~ Musica Nova World of Paper Quilts ~
Dates: October 3 (Tue) – 15 (Sun) (8 days closed)
Time: 10:00 – 18:00 (until 16:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and the last day of the exhibition)
Place: Gallery MENIO
　　　Menicon ANNEX 1F, 3-21-19 Aoi, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi
Event: October 14 (Sat) Sakiki Fushiya & Hiroko Ando Piano Concert

~ Flowers ~
Dates: October 26 (Thu) – 31 (Tue) <8 days closed>.
Time: 12:00 – 18:00 (until 16:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the last day of the exhibition)
Place: Esplanade Gallery
　　　1-34-1 Nakono, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City

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This is a new work. The title is “piano duet”.
I will finish it from here, but I don’t know if it will be the finishing touch or not. What will happen?

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I have two solo exhibitions in Nagoya this October, so I am working every day.
Last year, I was in charge of the cover painting for Musica Nova, which led me to hold an exhibition at Menicon ANNEX, which will also include a piano concert. The exhibition will mainly feature the cover art of Musica Nova. A workshop will be held as well (details to be announced as soon as they are finalized).
After that, the next solo exhibition will be held a week later at Esplanade Gallery near Nagoya Station. I will be showing mainly new works with a new theme here.
I hope to see you there.

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This is the last cover art for MusicaNova, and for the December issue we have chosen “Fir Tree” by Sibelius. In Scandinavia, the fir tree is a symbol of eternal life. The reason for this is that the fir tree is considered to be a place where souls come and go and where life and death intersect. Coincidentally, the cover of the January issue, on which I began working for Musica Nova, features an Amarantine, which means “eternal flower”. I was deeply moved by how fateful it turned out to be, starting with “eternity” and ending with “forever”.

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The November issue of Musica Nova is now available. The image music for this issue is for Elise, composed by Beethoven. The identity of Elise is still unidentified, and the song is full of mystery, but if you know even a little bit of its background, the sadness of this song is doubled. Where is Elise for me now and what is she doing?　LOL!

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Today, September 20, the October issue of Musica Nova is on sale. The image in this issue is one of a collection of Spanish dances called Andaluza by Granados. It is said to be the most famous one. Actually, this piece was originally selected as the August image, but we could not produce it because we could not come up with the right image. However, while working on the cover art for the August issue, the image suddenly came to me and I started sketching it at the same time. I started sketching at the same time. I used colors I normally don’t use, and watched many videos of the famous dancer Sara Balas to clarify the image. Her words stuck with me: “I can’t stand people who don’t work hard. I doubt very much if I was able to express her image to any extent, but I did the best I could.

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I have been assigned to do the cover art for the quarterly magazine of Hamamatsu Arts & Creation, Hamamatsu Foundation for Cultural Promotion. The theme of this year’s cover is “Progress”. Unusually for me, it has a Japanese taste. Please have a look at the website of Hamamatsu Arts & Creation, which introduces the concept of this image.
https://www.hamamatsu-artscreation.jp/blog/blog-1046/

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The September issue of Musica Nova is now on sale. The cover picture this time is Fauré’s Nocturne. For some reason, I prefer Fauré’s Nocturne to Chopin’s.

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The August issue of Musica Nova has been successfully released this month. This issue was created with the image of Joe Hisaishi/Summer. Summer is my favorite season. I am in the mood to go on a long trip this August! Of course this is the song I imagine when I’m traveling!