クロアチアで学んだピアニスト西井葉子が、ペヤチェヴィッチの詩的で抒情溢れる世界を描く！
生誕130年記念

西井 葉子（にしい ようこ／ピアノ）
Yoko Nishi piano

三重県伊勢市出身。三重県立伊勢高等学校、慶應義塾大学文学部仏文学科卒業後、奨学金を得て、クロアチアのイーノ・ミルコヴィッチ音楽アカデミーピアノ科に入学し、通常4年間の学士課程を異例の2年間で卒業。その後、同音楽アカデミー大学院修士課程に在籍するとともに副科ピアノ科助手として指導にもあたる。又、世界的フルート奏者ピエール＝イヴ・アルトー氏によるフルート・マスタークラスに於いて度々伴奏者を務める。2001年同音楽アカデミー大学院修士課程修了。同年9月より2年間、同音楽アカデミーピアノ科に於いて、エフゲニー・ザラフィアンツ教授の助手を務める。2005年度文化庁2年派遣芸術家在外研修員として、クロアチア国立ザグレブ大学音楽アカデミー大学院研究科に留学、主にロシア音楽に対する造詣を深めると同時に、クロアチアの作曲家と音楽の発掘・研究を進める。これまでに、富尾光子、兼重直文、小川京子、小林仁、エフゲニー・ザラフィアンツの各氏に師事。

全日本学生音楽コンクール名古屋大会入賞をはじめ、ピアネッロ・ヴァル・ティドーネ”Young Talents Musical Interpretation”コンクール（伊）第1位、マネルビオ国際音楽コンクール（伊）第1位、ヨハネス・ブラームス国際音楽コンクール（伊）第2位、アントン・ルビンシュタイン国際ピアノコンクール（伊）第3位＆アントン・ルビンシュタイン特別賞、パドヴァ国際音楽コンクール（伊）第1位、セルゲイ・ラフマニノフ国際ピアノコンクール（伊）第3位など、国内外のコンクールにて受賞歴多数。
初めてクロアチアに渡航した1998年以降、クロアチアを中心に、数々のリサイタル開催のほか、クロアチア・イタリア各地の音楽祭に出演、また室内楽・伴奏の演奏活動も活発に行い、現地メディアでも度々取り上げられる。ザグレブ・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団、キューバ国立交響楽団と共演。
日本では、電気文化会館（名古屋）、トッパンホール（東京）、浜離宮朝日ホール（東京）、三重県文化会館大ホールなどでのリサイタルのほか、各地でソロ・室内楽・伴奏の演奏活動を行っている。
クロアチア音楽、また広く旧ユーゴスラヴィアの音楽の研究・普及に力を注いでおり、2012年には、伊勢市からの文化発信プロジェクトとして、ドラ・ペヤチェヴィッチ(1885-1923)のピアノ作品全曲演奏会（全2回）を企画、開催。
2014年4月より愛知県立芸術大学非常勤講師。YOKO NISHII, piano


Yoko Nishii was born in Ise, Japan. She began to play the piano at the age of 4. After graduating from “Keio University” in Tokyo for studies of French literature in 1998, she entered Music Academy “Ino Mirković” situated in Lovran, Croatia, with full scholarship for 2 years. Thanks to her great talented and dedicated work, she finished the academic program in only 2 years of studies (normally it lasts 4 years) and graduated with excellent grades under prof. Evgeny Zarafiants in 2000. In July 2001, she got “Master of Music Art” degree. Also she often worked as accompanist in “Flute Master Class” held in the same academy by prof. Pierre-Yves Artaud from Paris. From 2001 to 2003 she worked as assistant in the piano class of prof. E. Zarafiants in the same academy. From 2005 to 2007 she did advanced study at Zagreb Music Academy as the fellowship under the Japanese Government Overseas Program for Artists.
Until now she studied with prof. Mitsuko Tomio, prof. Naofumi Kaneshige, prof. Kyoko Ogawa, prof. Hitoshi Kobayashi and prof. Evgeny Zarafiants.

Winner and finalist at numerous international competitions, such as: the Young Talents Musical Interpretation Competition “Comune di Pianello Val Tidone”, Italy (2000, 1st prize), “Concorso Internazionale di Musica” in Manerbio (Brescia), Italy (2000, 1st prize), the 2nd Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Competition, Habana, Cuba (2003, finalist), the 5th “Johannes Brahms” International Music Competition, Alessandria, Italy (2003, 2nd prize), the 5th “Anton Rubinstein” International Piano Competition, Alessandria, Italy (2003, 3rd prize & Special prize “Anton Rubinstein”), the 1st “Citta di Padova” International Music Competition, Padova, Italy (2003, 1st prize), the 13th “Sergei Rachmaninov” International Piano Competition, Morcone, Italy (2003, 3rd Prize), etc.

She has given numerous solo recitals and various concerts as soloist, accompanist and chamber music player in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Japan. She has also performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in Zagreb and Opatija (Croatia) and the Cuban National Symphonic Orchestra in Habana (Cuba).

She works hard on research and dissemination of Croatian and other Ex-Yugoslav composers and music. In 2012 she has produced and given the concert of the complete piano works by Dora Pejačević as a project "the Cultural Transmission from Ise to the World" in Ise, Japan.

From 2014, she is a part-time lecturer at Aichi University of the Arts in Japan.




YOKO NISHII, glasovir

Yoko Nishii rođena je u gradu Ise u Japanu i već od četvrte godine života pohađa privatne satove glasovira kod Mitsuko Tomio. Od 1986. učenje nastavlja u klasi Naofumija Kaneshigea, od 1991. u klasi Kyoko Ogawe, a od 1996. u klasi Hitoshija Kobayashija. Paralelno studira i završava studij francuskog jezika i književnosti na privatnom Sveučilištu Keio u Tokiju (1998.).

Iste godine odlazi u Hrvatsku gdje, zahvaljujući stipendiji u trajanju od dvije godine, pohađa Visoku školu za glazbenu umjetnost “Ino Mirković” u Lovranu. U samo dvije godine završava četverogodišnji studij (2000.), potom postiže stupanj magistra glazbene umjetnosti (srpanj 2001.), te nastavlja usavršavanje na poslijediplomskom studiju na Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu kao stipendistica japanske Vlade (2005. – 2007.) – sve u klasi Jevgenija Zarafiantsa, kojemu je bila i asistentica na Visokoj školi “Ino Mirković" (2001. – 2003.). U međuvremenu surađuje kao korepetitor na majstorskim tečajevima flaute Pierre-Yvesa Artauda iz Pariza.

Pobjednica je i finalistica brojnih međunarodnih natjecanja kao što su: Međunarodno natjecanje mladih talenata u interpretaciji “Comune di Pianello Val Tidone” u Italiji (2000., 1. nagrada), Concorso Internazionale di Musica u Manerbiju, Brescia, Italija (2000., 1. nagrada), 2. Međunarodno natjecanje “Ignacio Cervantes” u Havani, Kuba (2003., finalistica), 5. Međunarodno glazbeno natjecanje “Johannes Brahms” u Alessandriji, Italija (2003., 2. nagrada), 5. Međunarodno pijanističko natjecanje “Anton Rubinstein” u Alessandriji, Italija (2003., 3. nagrada i Posebna nagrada “Anton Rubinstein”), 1. Međunarodno glazbeno natjecanje “Citta di Padova” u Padovi, Italija, (2003., 1. nagrada), 13. Međunarodno pijanističko natjecanje “Sergej Rahmanjinov” u Morconeu, Italija (2003., 3. nagrada) i druge.

U Hrvatskoj je održala brojne zapažene solističke recitale, a nastupala je i u Italiji, Sloveniji te u Japanu. Surađivala je sa Zagrebačkom filharmonijom i Kubanskim nacionalnim simfonijskim orkestrom.

Ustrajno radi na istraživanju i promociji skladatelja i glazbe iz Hrvatske te s područja bivše Jugoslavije. Godine 2012. održala je niz recitala i izvela cijelokupan glasovirski opus Dore Pejačević u okviru projekta "The Cultural Transmission from Ise to the World" u japanskom gradu Ise.

Predaje na Umjetničkoj akademiji u Aichiju u Japanu.