Toshihiko Urahisa (Composition/Navigator)

Writer, cultural arts producer.Representative Director of the European Foundation for Japanese Arts and Head of Daikanyama Mirai Ongakujuku. In March 2021, he received the 3th Keizo Saji Award from the Suntory Foundation for the Arts for his "Gifu Future Music Exhibition 2020", which he planned as music director of Salamanca Hall.His books include 20 Billion Years of Music History (Kodansha), Why Franz Liszt Made Women Faint, The Violinist Called the Devil, Beethoven and the Japanese (Shinchosha), Orchestra Is There a Future in Japan? (Co-authored with conductor Kazuki Yamada)” (Artes Publishing).His latest publication is "Liberal Arts - Become a Sage through Play" (Shueisha International).

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Keiichiro Hirano (novelist)

Born 1975 in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture.He graduated from Kyoto University Faculty of Law. Received the 1999th Akutagawa Prize in 120 for his contribution to the literary magazine Shincho in 40. It became a best seller with 2009 copies sold.Since then, he has released numerous works in a variety of styles that change with each work, and has been translated and introduced in various countries.He has a deep knowledge of art and music, and was in charge of the "Art Review" column of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (2016-2019), writing criticism in a wide range of genres.His publications include the novels Funeral, Burst, Fill the Blank, Transparent Labyrinth, At the End of Matinee, and A Man. "At the end of the matinee", which was made into a movie in 60, is currently a long-seller with a cumulative total of over XNUMX copies.His latest work is Honshin, a novel set in a near-future Japan where free death is legal.

Koji Ohagi (guitar)

After graduating from high school, he moved to France and studied at the Ecole Normale Conservatory in Paris and the National Conservatory of Music in Paris.He won the 2nd prize at the Havana International Guitar Competition as well as the Special Jury Prize "Leo Brouwer Prize".After that, he studied at the Chigiana Conservatoire in Italy and received the best diploma four years in a row.He has appeared in many media such as NHK's "Top Runner", "La La La♪ Classic", MBS's "Jonetsu Tairiku", and TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert".In addition to major music festivals in Japan, he is regularly invited to international festivals in Moscow, Colombia, Taiwan and elsewhere.He won the 4th Hotel Okura Music Award and the 6th Idemitsu Music Award.He is a visiting professor at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and Osaka College of Music.

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