９月２５日（日曜日）２０２３
布谷史人さんのマリンバコンサートが終わりました。初めてマリンバを聴く方もいつもの方々も、皆さん布谷さんのマリンバの響きに誘われて一心に聴き入っていらっしゃいました。クラシックから日本人には馴染みの曲まで、またテクニック満載リズミッカルな動きの早い曲等々、全て息を飲むような見事な演奏ばかり。譜面台などありません！マリンバの説明と聴衆からの質問コーナーではとても打ち解けた和やかな空気が生まれ、一つひとつに応える布谷さんの言葉にその誠実さと温かさが滲み出て布谷ファンが一気に増えたのではないでしょうか。
古民家という完璧とは程遠い環境で、しかも間近に観客がいることで演奏者は大変やり難かったと思います。一方、聴く側は演奏者の息遣いや表情まで見えるところで演奏が聴ける（見られる）という音楽ホールにはない「お得感」がありました。
素晴らしい演奏に触れ、布谷さんの創り出す音楽の世界に感動できたこと、演奏と同時にマレットを持ってマリンバに向かう布谷さんの姿が映像として其々に残ったことは非常に貴重で大切な時間でした。
心を込めて演奏してくださった布谷史人さん、集まってくださったお客様お一人ひとりに感謝申し上げます。ありがとうございました！
Marimba Concert by Fumito Nunoya successfully finished. Both people who came to the marimba concert for the first time and people who come to the concert every year listened to the marimba music intently which was beautifully created by Nunoya. The program ranged from classical music to Japanese music. They were either familiar to the Japanese audience or rhythmic and high tempo and needed high technical skill. All were breathtakingly wonderful. Nunoya doesn't put a music stand in front of the marimba. We made time in which Nunoya explained about the instrument of marimba and responded to the questions from the audience. Everybody looked very relaxed and Nunoya's words were sincere and warm then. I am sure many people loved him.
The situation in my old Japanese house is far from a music hall which has a nice facility and the audience was too close to the marimba. It was not easy to play for the marimbist, Nunoya. However, from the side of the audience, we were in a nice situation because we could see the player's facial expression and even hear the player's breathing and we never experienced those if we were in a music hall.
We listened to his beautiful music and were impressed. We also remember the image of Nunoya playing marimba with mallets just in front of us which was a nice and valuable time.
I really thank Nunoya for playing such beautiful music. I also thank the people who came to the concert.
