Honsinger is internationally known for his cello playing. Photo by Marco Tedaldi.
Honsinger is internationally known for his cello playing. Photo by Marco Tedaldi.
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Improv Vets and Novitiates
Hosted by Kazue Kobata
Originally aired 12/12/05


A private session for WPS1: Innovative composer/performer and maker of avant garde opera Tristan Honsinger, a cellist born in USA but more active in Europe, was on tour in Japan in September 2005. Kazue Kobata, WPS1 Tokyo Correspondent, happens to be his good friend and producer, and they set up a truly ad-hoc private session at a quaint local club in downtown Tokyo, during the afternoon off-business hours and without an audience. The aim was to set up an interface between vets and novitiates of freely improvised music. Two other musicians joined: Shuichi Chino, a vet on piano, and guitarist Ryuichi Daijo, a novitiate with 2 years experience. The session was conducted truly with good intentions, with some suggestions regarding combination and playing unit time, and the result is a nice, warm, private session where WPS1's audience is invited for the first time before anyone else. (59 minutes)
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