NO.175-3
The 27th Meguro UNESCO Charity Concert Piano Recital by Maki SEKIYA
Date: March 9 (Fri.) 7:00p.m
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Place: Meguro Citizens’ Center (Kumin Center)
PROGRAMME
W.A. Mozart: Sonate, K.310 A minor
F.Schubert: “Wanderer- Fantasie” D.760
M.Ravel: “Gaspard de la Nuit ”
1. Ondine 2. Le gibet 3. Scarbo
The concert was performed by Maki SEKIYA to a full house and was given
a large round of applause at the end of the performance.
The concert raised 673, 040 yen for charity.
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Maki SEKIYA was a volunteer at Gekkohara and Ishibumi Elementary School.
Before leaving for Russia she offered to perform a mini-concert at Gekkohara
and Ishibumi Elementary School. Children gathered around the piano and
eagerly listened to the words and music of Ms Sekiya. The children later
wrote many letters to Maki SEKIYA to thank her for her
performance.
・ I was impressed with SEKIYA’s skill to freely move
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from low to high notes and the speed of SEKIYA’s
fingers.
・ I thought that SEKIYA must practice very hard.
・ I also play the piano and will make an effort to
play the piano well like Sekiya.
・Thank you for a wonderful performance and concert
I will never forget.
Latest News: Congratulations!
Maki Sekiya was the first prize winner at "Music and Earth International
Competition for Instrumentalist and Composer in Sofia, Bulgaria."
held in April, 2001. Congratulations!
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Class for better understanding of the world
Kevin Markovitz from South Africa and Aza Kakinoki from Algeria, both Friendship
Members, visited the Fifth Junior High School of Meguro-ku class for better
understanding of the world. They answered questions given by two first
year classes and listened to music together.
Kevin said, “ The tribe of South Africans is one, regardless of their
skin colors. Gold, which is a specialty of South Africa, can be sold out
and that’s it, whereas a specialty of Japan is the people, which cannot
be sold out. Human beings are same wherever they live. I’d like to call
us international
persons, not South African or Japanese”. Aza invited us to the Embassy
of Algeria, where she works. They seemed to enjoy this volunteer work very
much although they are usually busy with their own work. I think not
only the junior high school students but also Kevin and Aza learned something
from their interaction. We can better our understanding of the other
countries through getting to know each other in person. I think its importance
will only increase. Thus Meguro UNESCO Association will have to be ready
to provide schools with such opportunities.
UNESCO Cultural Lecture
“International Exchange of the Young” -Exchange with International Students-
Date: March 12, Mon. 18:30-20:30
Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan
Sponsored by the Meguro Board of Education and
managed by the Meguro UNESCO Association
Kiyoyuki Ito, chairperson of Meguro UNESCO Youth Activity Committee and
Hiroshi Tooyama, chairperson-elect talked eagerly about their experiences
of
the summer camp, including its
11-year-history and how to write a manual. They gave a presentation,
admitting that there is still something left to be desired. Anyway their
good skill in manipulating the computer astonished me.
Chairperson Ito said that the committee members sometimes had a hard
time
and were exhausted but it was a process to become grown-ups and felt the
work and the responsibility he bore had made him more mature.
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