Wednesday, August 17, 2022



 ドイツ在住のマリンバ奏者・布谷史人(ぬのや・ふみと)氏が2年振りに来日し、多賀あさひやでマリンバコンサートをします。

    マリンバはローズウッドなどの木製の音板をマレットでたたく楽器です。音盤の下についた金属製のパイプを響かせることで広い音域の多彩な音色を出す打楽器です。

    多くのマリンバ奏者が両手で数多くのマレットを持ち、派手な動きで見せ場を作りながら演奏する中で、長身の布谷氏は恵まれた身体を余す所なく使いながらもあくまで「歌う」ように演奏します。叩いて出るマリンバの音が布谷氏の創り出す表現の世界で柔らかに流れ、また堅く強靭に弾みます。優れた技法と深く追求された独自の表現力が聴衆を圧倒します。なぜ布谷氏のマリンバがこれほどまでに聴くものの心を動かすのか、答えは彼の演奏を聴けばすぐに分かるでしょう。

    今や世界のマリンバ界を牽引する立場となった布谷氏ですが、どこまでも謙虚で誠実な人柄であり続けるところも、多くのマリンバファンが彼を絶賛する要因になっています。

    日本での布谷氏の演奏会はほとんどが優れた音響効果を持つ音楽ホールで開かれますが、多賀あさひやは普通の古民家です。しかしながら、演奏が間近で見られる迫力と演奏者と聴衆が一体となった空間での和みある演奏会の良さを布谷氏自身が愛し、演奏会は今年で4年目となります。



    Marimbist, Fumito Nunoya who lives in Germany is coming to Japan two years after the last time.

    Marimba is a pitched percussion instrument where the wooden tone plates that are lined up like piano keys are struck to produce sounds. Many marimbists play marimba with dramatical action holding many mallets but Mr. Nunoya who is tall and has a gifted form plays marimba like singing. It is the sounds made by striking the tone plates which flow gently in the world which Nunoya creates, and sometimes they bounce hard and strongly. His excellent technique and deeply pursued his musical expression overwhelms listeners. Why are we moved by his marimba? It is easy to get the answer if you listen to his marimba playing.

 Now, Mr. Nunoya leads the international marimba world, but he has been so humble and sincere since he had started marimba and it is one of the reasons people praise him.

 Most of Nunoya's performances in Japan are held at a music hall which has an excellent facility of acoustic effect, but Taga Asahiya is just an old Japanese house and has no such facility. However, you will watch the performer playing closely and you must feel it is very powerful. It is also a space in which the player and audience feel closely connected, and Nunoya loves it. This year will be his fourth concert at Taga Asahiya.