小学校時代にピアノを習っていた恩師の裕子先生。ピアノの、音楽の素晴らしさを教えてくれた先生です。当時から微妙な半音進行にときめきを覚え、ショパンのメロディーに特に魅力を感じていた私に、バラード第1番を選び、指導して下さいました。ひとつの曲にストーリーがあること、メロディーに心を載せて弾くことを、教えて頂きました。
She is my piano teacher, Yuko Tsunekawa.It has been almost 20 years since I saw her last time. When she was a student of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she came to my house every week to give me piano lessons. My late mother was very fond of her, so almost every week after piano lesson, she was invited to our dinner table and had supper together. That brings back memories...